“Salsafición” is an impressive Dance Academy with a professionel website, http://www.salsaficion.com and YouTube Channel. The many YouTube dance videos are innovative and well organized as a free online course, started in 2018! Here is an overview of the course as presented at the website: Salsafición: Free Cuban Salsa Couse. The videos have focus on the instructions. It took me some
Read moreSiete Complicado is most likely made by Gianfranco Bighi (Italy). This maestro of a Salsa instructor has many good videos. He is on my list, Gianfranco Bighi (Italy), over good video archives of Cuban Salsa moves. Siete Complicado is similar to Siete Loco except that the back-to-back turn (barrel turn) at the end is replaced by a rare two handed
Read morePanqué y Enroscate (enroscate = roll up) starts with a full Panqué to the Follow and then similar to the Lead, exactly like Llévate mi Panqué (take my pancake). The Enroscate part of the move can also be done alone without Panqué. I have not found a video with Panqué followed by Enroscate, but that is the natural way to
Read moreLlévate mi Panqué (Take my pancake) is a cute and a little different move adding spice to your social dancing. This move is brand new, I guess, the video is from 2018, and I think the move can be attributed to the “Salsafición” dance school in Mexico. The video features Amando and Anahi: Same video at YouTube: Llévate mi Panqué.
Read morePanqué 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 morePanqué 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. First video shows the Panqué
Read morePanqué tres tiempos is a move I have experienced in Rueda de Casino many times with different callers, and they use different names for the move. One of my Salsa teachers, Frank Eddelien, calls the move Revisala. I prefer the name “Panque tres tiempos” because it reminds us that the move starts with Siete/Panque, and that we walk forward and
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