Cuban Salsa: Panqué con Candela
The Panqué con Candela (candela = candle) is a solid new Siete move made by Alexander Friol, published in 2017. The video is from “Tum Taka Tum” in Mexico:
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Cuban Salsa: Panqué y Castigala
The Panqué y Castigala (castigala = punish her) is a typical Rueda de Casino fun move. It is difficult to bend over and up again with style and with perfect timing! The video is from “Cubanoboom Club” in Ukraine, first showing Panqué twice then Panqué y Castigala:
Read moreSocial dancing: the more moves you know the better
Many Leads in Cuban Salsa, X-Body Salsa, West Coast Swing, etc, get along well using the same handful of moves over and over again. If that is good enough for you, if you are that type of person, no offense, just do it your way. But some of us would like to get better, especially we would like to become
Read moreCuban Salsa: Panqué pa’ti pa’mi
Panqué pa’ti pa’mi (para ti para mi = for you for me) is a common move in Rueda de Casino. I have done it many times with different callers, often from Cuba. Other names might be used for the move, but Panqué pa’ti pa’mi (pancake dig mig) is a good name that makes sense, and is easy to remember. A
Read moreCuban Salsa: Panqué con Chocolate
The Panqué con Chocolate is a so-called fun move for Rueda de Casino. I have done it in Rueda de Casino many times with different callers, often from Cuba. The move is rather well-known. The move is exactly the same as Panqué pa’ti pa’mi except that the ending, the para mi part has a “naughty” twist. Panqué con chocolate begins
Read moreCuban Salsa: Panqué tres tiempos
The Siete/Panqué move, Panqué tres tiempos (“Pancake three steps”), is a move I have experienced in Rueda de Casino many times with different callers, and they use different names for the move. I prefer the name “Panqué tres tiempos” because it reminds us that the move starts with Siete/Panqué, and that we walk forward and back three steps. The move
Read moreCuban Salsa: Panqué Complicado de Martin
Panque Complicado is a move made by Martín Ruedero. He was lucky that the complicado name way free to use except that we have a move called Siete Complicado. And since Siete = Panqué, I have called his move Panqué Complicado de Martin. Only one video found. Just like Siete Unisex Complicado, the Panqué Complicado move is not a typical
Read moreCuban Salsa: Spaghetti
The Spaghetti is an excellent move with a bad name. Not a typical Complicado but much better: An advanced, elegant and demanding move. It is attributed to Maykel Almuina from the Salsa Lovers DVD: We really don’t need another version of the Spaghetti move, but it is always good to see another interpretation, this time from “Media Noche Salsa”:
Read moreCopenhagen Dance Venue: Museumsøen in Roskilde
30 km from Copenhagen, we have some of the best summer salsa open air dance events, in 2018: four Fridays in August with live music. Roskilde has a vibrant Cuban Salsa community spearheaded by the Salsa Latina Dance School. This dance school could be a good model for other small towns, a community of the local dancers, run by volunteers.
Read moreCuban Salsa: El Suave
El Suave (The Soft) is an elegant move attributed to Maykel Almuina from the Salsa Lovers DVD, and it really is “Maykel” style. It is not a typical Cuban Salsa move. It is nice when dancers try something a little different. Get inspired or let it go. I like the “softness” of the myatushi55 version of “The Soft” move (El
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