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In Cuban Salsa we count 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 to the beat of the music. Since we don’t step on 4 and 8, we normally count “1-2-3-…, 5-6-7-…”. Since we can tap on 4 and 8, as an optional feature, many of us count 1-2-3-tap, 5-6-7-tap. So far so good. The full eight count In Cuban Salsa, and this is important to understand

The back-to-back turn, also called the barrel turn, is not that common in Cuban Salsa but we have it in moves like Siete Loco and A Bayamo por Arriba. I like it a lot when done slowly using a full eight count, and I use it in almost every dance. The back-to-back turn makes use of basic steps on the

We only have a handful of figures in the A Bayamo family. They are important because they break the circular clock-wise movement of most other moves, adding variation to your dance. The moves in the A Bayamo family brings the Follow around the Lead in a motion sometimes called “rodeo”, “laso”, “around the clock”, “around the world”. A Bayamo figures

Open op and tap on 8 is sometimes presented as the only way to start many moves, as if indispensable to the move. It is like it must be done exactly like that. Not explaining why in some detail, mystifies what is going on. It took me several years to realize that “open up and tap” is just an option