Are the moves leadable on a dance floor?
Of course if you buy a video tape called Crazy Acrobatics in Salsa, it’s to be expected that you will only dance those moves with your permanent partner. However, if the moves are for social dancing then they should be leadable on anyone who has not seen them before. So intricate transitions between moves for which the follower somehow telepathically knows to put her hand in just the right place are a sure sign to be careful of what is being taught. 3. Do the moves make sense with your footwork? This may be a little hard to explain, but here goes. In Salsa, the basic is essentially taking three steps starting on the left foot for leads and the right foot for followers, and then three steps starting on the right foot for leads and the left foot for followers. The basic goes…left-right-left and then right-left-right for leads, and the opposite for followers. If you put numbers to it…it goes like this: left (1)-right (2)-left (3)-pause on 4, then right (5)-left (6)-right (7)-pause on
