Casino
(Cuban Style) is
social dance related to Salsa that developed in the 1950s in Cuba. It
was first danced there in large halls called casinos, and spread to
the United States through Miami's Cuban population. Casino-style Salsa
is essentially danced to the same timing as other Salsa styles, like
in N.Y. and L.A., but it has a looser feel to it. Based on a different
set of basic movements, it is designed so that a couple can dance intricate
turn patterns on a tightly packed dance floor. There is almost no rock
step like in other Salsa forms and the lead and follow stay close together
so that they can do some of the really wild and pretzel-like turns.
It's really a lot of fun.
This
style is also danced in a wheel.
Couples form a circle and go through dance patterns that involve
switching partners. There is another style of Rueda - primarily on the
West Coast. Groups in L.A. and other Western cities have developed their
own style, which took the concept of dancing in a wheel, but based the
moves on L.A.-style Salsa instead of Casino. In the four-week class,
we will teach Casino Rueda (or more accurately, Rueda de Casino) the
way it would be danced in Miami and Cuba.
Casino
(Cuban Style) is
social dance related to Salsa that developed in the 1950s in Cuba. It
was first danced there in large halls called casinos, and spread to
the United States through Miami's Cuban population. Casino-style Salsa
is essentially danced to the same timing as other Salsa styles, like
in N.Y. and L.A., but it has a looser feel to it. Based on a different
set of basic movements, it is designed so that a couple can dance intricate
turn patterns on a tightly packed dance floor. There is almost no rock
step like in other Salsa forms and the lead and follow stay close together
so that they can do some of the really wild and pretzel-like turns.
It's really a lot of fun.