This is a great move attributed to Henry Herrera, at least he made the move popular by including it on his “Salsa Racing DVD Vol 5 Henry Turns 1” way back around year 2000. I have found many YouTube videos with this move: it is a long, elegant, advanced, two handed combination. The “Al Derecha y al Revés” Complicado, “to
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This great move is attributed to Henry Herrera, “Salsa Racing DVD Vol 5 Henry Turns 1”, just like so many other moves we use today. The videos of Herrera’s move found on YouTube nowadays, are not that good, and the original “Salsa Racing” video have never been uploaded except by copyright violators, typically the full DVD an hour long. Fortunately,
Read moreThe name Candado means Padlock. The origin of the name has been forgotten, or I just don’t see the light. Candado comes with a couple of variations and with two very different endings. The shortest version of the move starts with a two handed Enchufla Doble, the Lead’s right hand held low. Next a two handed Enchufla, and on 5-6-7
Read moreThis is a useful, long, two handed figure, quite common with many videos found. Kentucky Complicado consists of three sections: 1) Kentucky, 2) Lazo Complicado, 3) Kentucky. This setup makes the move very versatile. One can just do the Kentucky, or one can prolong it and prolong it even more, or one can start with Lazo Complicado and end with
Read moreA very popular “standard” move learned at improvers level. The origin of the Kentucky name seems to have been forgotten but everyone calls the move Kentucky, and we all do the move the same way. So far so good. The Kentucky move is important because it has a different look and feel than the majority of moves typically starting with
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I am proud to announce that I have uploaded my third YouTube video in my Masterclass series: “Enchufla Continuado”. The video naturally has a lot of overlap with my blogpost Cuban Salsa: Enchufla Continuado.
Read moreMany or most Rueda callers use Dame Directo a handful of times in each Rueda. For Dame Una, the Lead goes to the first Follow behind his back, that is opposite of the direction his facing and opposite of the direction the Rueda is moving. For Dame Directo, the Lead goes directly to the next Follow in the direction he
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