From Thorsten's Salsa Pages

Contents 1 The First Beginning 1.1 Lesson 1 1.1.1 The basic steps 1.1.2 The basic turns 1.1.3 Dancing together 2 The Elements of Salsa Dancing

The First Beginning

Lesson 1

The basic steps

It all starts with the Basic Step. Here, you will learn about the counting, and what foot to move.

Followed on the regular basic step, you learn a few Basic Step Variations:

• Basic Side Step
• Basic Step Forwards
• Basic Step Backwards
• Basic Step in Place

The basic turns

Learning the Single Right Turn Shine and the Single Left Turn Shine is the next part of the first lesson.

Dancing together

Finally, the basic steps get together when dancing as a pair.

The Elements of Salsa Dancing

See Learning the Elements of Salsa Dancing for an overview of the different area's of dancing to cover.