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This is an advanced move that requires a lot of practice and perfect timing to execute. Please review our Double Turn video as well as our Copa lesson. Enjoy!

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In this lesson we focus on teaching the New York Prep for a Double Turn. This Prep can be used with any number of turns but you should start with just two. Enjoy!

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This move starts with a Cross Body Lead with two inside turns (aka left hand turns); on the second turn the follower goes into a right arm hammerlock. This is a great move to add a little dynamicism to your dancing. Enjoy!

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This is a right hand turn variation with threading the needle. The toss is an important move to learn and useful for many other combos. This move has numerous endings however in this lesson we will show you one variation. Check out the other lessons for more endings. Enjoy!

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This salsa dance lesson will teach you the basic steps to salsa dancing and get started dancing salsa. Check out more videos at http://addicted2salsa.com . The salsa dance basic step lesson for beginners dancing salsa.

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Building off the Cross Body Lead, we add an inside turn (aka left hand turn) for the follower. It’s very important for the follower to master the footwork for the turn. Keep the steps small. Enjoy!

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This is lesson number 4 on how to play congas and it is the first video that actually starts with developing rhythms. It goes step by step and instructs the student on how to execute it to the tee…Lesson 1,2,and 3 are recommended before using this one. Please comment, and let me know what you think…

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Beginner salsa lesson:
In Lesson 1, we saw variations on the basic step, cross-body lead, and right-hand turn. Here, we add variations on the inside turn.

As always, CORE Salsa strives on efficiency: mastering basic moves and learning simple variations of them to give you ample room for dance-floor improvising.

CORE Salsa by Jonathan Hershaff with immense thanks to Ai Hoshino for assistance

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In previous lessons, we saw variations on the basic step, cross-body lead, right-hand turn, and the inside turn. Here, we add variations on the spot, or hook, turn. These moves flow perfectly into cross-body and inside-turn variations perfected by CORE Salsa.

As always, CORE Salsa strives on efficiency: mastering basic moves and learning simple variations of them to give you ample room for dance-floor improvising.

CORE Salsa by Jonathan Hershaff with immense thanks to Ai Hoshino for assistance.

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This salsa dance episode will teach everyone the basic salsa crossbody lead. For most of you, this will be a very essential move to pull-off some of the other complicated dance combinations. In addition, we add some dance styling techniques to make your salsa crossbody leads better.

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