What is Salsa ON1, Salsa ON2, and Salsa Rueda?
As a beginner dancer it probably isn’t advisable to get into the details of ON1 and ON2 salsa because it will probably cause more confusion than clarity. It would suffice to simply know that you should always keep track of the 8 counts in salsa music in order for you to know how slow or how fast you must dance. Salsa ON1 or ON2 are both danced on a straight line. This is what some instructors refer to as “slot dancing” or “cross body lead style” because the figures are executed and completed in a straight line. Salsa Rueda on the other hand is danced as a group dance in a circle where there is a caller that calls the names of figures (just like in square dancing).
As a beginner dancer it probably isn’t advisable to get into the details of ON1 and ON2 salsa because it will probably cause more confusion than clarity. It would suffice to simply know that you should always keep track of the 8 counts in salsa music in order for you to know how slow or how fast you must dance. Salsa ON1 or ON2 are both danced on a straight line. This is what some instructors refer to as “slot dancing” or “cross body lead style” because the figures are executed and completed on a straight line. Salsa Rueda on the other hand is danced as a group dance in a circle where there is a caller that calls the names of figures (just like in square dancing).
