Ignore the pie eating philistine. I found that most informative even though no mention was made of hooters.

Salsa music gets right on my hooters. One it's gone ta-da-da-da-dada-da-da-da-da-dah!!! it just starts again and goes fookin' on and on and on.

I once did a full weekend in the Bacardi tent at Winchester and it almost drove me lairy.

Oops, I forgot to mention hooters, they're essential.

Shut up yer tart. Learn a bit of the language then you'll understand what they're babbling on about. Next time you come to the UK never call in at my place then, it'll drive you mad.

This is a Cuban guy called Osbanis who is pretty much the best there is. He spends his time between London and Nottingham - the two biggest Salsa scenes in the UK. This video is shot at Colwick in nottingham.

Admittedly he's only messing about here teaching but you get the idea about fluidity and spontaneity.

It's not the language, I know a teeny bit of the language, it's the bloody awful repetitive beat, the tom toms and the mariachi trumpets and the cafe bar piano that drives me to distraction. It's all you hear in London these days.

Thats called the beat Sir!

1,2,3 pause, 5,6,7, pause. When you get a mit more advanced the pause is replaced by another movement.

Oh aye, us musicians call it 6/8.

Only Mark Almond, Elton John, George Michael and their ilk ever write owt in 6/8.

I don't, but as you started this thread I didn't want you to be over-awed by the intellectual stimuli of it all. I appreciate the fact that if it doesn't come in a bowl, you soon lose interest

So tell me Sir.

Do you dancers come in a bowl??

I have heard tell of such practices.......

None of the dancers come in a bowl, although i reckon there are several "dishes" amongst the female contestants.

He's a bit good this bloke
Love to see Kate Garroway and Anton DuBeck do that

all three of the country's top tap dancers too
is that a coincidence
it is all that practice on the tiled floor of the convenience

They couldn't because they are all doing a set routine. Thats why they can't do real salsa on SCD, its all put together as you go. For example; most salsa dancers will have a repetoire of 20+ different moves but when they go onto the dance floor they won't have the first clue which of them they're going to use and in which order. All of those moves that ossy used there I and a lot of others advanced dancers can do- obviously not as well, he's world class. Typically with a new partner you would start with basics and work up to more complicated stuff. They key as I said is spontaneity. That comes with practice and experience. I've been doing this stuff for over five years properly, there is no way they are going to be as good after a week?

Oh I see, it's SCD to you girls now is it??

Is that a bit like IABFGT??

What the heck is that

And yes, it is SCD. I'd love to get a ballroom hold on Camilla Dallarup

By the way, why oh why did the aforementioned Kate & Anton dance the Tango to a fast beat? The Tango is a slow sensuous dance .

They did this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/strictlycomedancing/video/index.shtml?week=(none)&video=kate03

It should look like this:



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Anton's was nothing like that one. That wasn't a Tango as we know it though. There was no sharp head movements and the hold wasn't tight. There was also large spaces between them at certain points. More an Argentinian version with the leg flicks?. The music was spot on. Pity that bloke's head obscured so much of the video

Of course I only know what Len tells me

Craig thought it was lumpy, bumpy and awkward

can you two get a room please

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dip_(dance_move)

are they going to have a 'vogue off'

But wait....

We have a late entry from the far North east.

A dancer who has a 75 inch waist and a 14 inch inside leg. He's wearing a frilly pink top and appears to have a turkey leg protruding from his mouth. His partner an 87 year old munchkin with sagging man boobs is wearing a bright yellow leotard with brothel creepers. Please put your hands together for Dribble and the Gremmlin...

Dibble is wearing a beautiful haute couture creation with 1426 sequins, Apparently he stayed up all night sewing them on himself (that must have hurt a bit)

Yes PINK

BTW, you are showing your age using Angela Ripon is the hostess. She presented come dancing many moons ago, about the time when you only weighed about 20 stone (remember those distant days?)

Now It's Brucey ( ), a man who was past his sell by date when tv's were only in black & white, and Tess, a lovely long legged blonde

What the bollox are you lot on about?

Dibble would only wear something created by Egon Ronay

Alot of these dance forums do this rip, pretend to be about something interesting, but after you have logged on you find its just the same old stuff, of sequins & pearls!

Anyway, enough of that stuff, back to Salsa.

So then Cuban or XBL. Whays your preference?

Ah. A closet fan then. Here's a tip though. Wear 2 socks when you take the floor. It looks gawdy otherwise

i refer you to last weeks thread...

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10146

you just like to rub it in,

Clang, sound of penny dropping.......

I'm not as daft as Dibble looks. I thought my answer was top drawer OK, i'll put a sock in it now

As for which version of the Salsa floats the sarfend boat, I'd have to say given the examples you posted, the guy in the Nottingham school was fandabbydozie, but i'm ballroom material only.

Aye, well we're aware of that.

You're just jealous of my adonis like physique and dancers legs

I heard you have a face, fit for radio

he has legs like a queen anne chair
or a queen

Who?? Me or him??

Oh I see, aye, alright, pick on me while I'm not well........

This thread must be some sort of record for Dibbs. How often does he post anything that requires this much correspondence?.

Just some complete w@nker. You really wouldn't like him.

Why? Maybe he would be if he was dipped in chocolate first

No, don't get things connected with poor weather here, it's forecast 96F tomorrow and 98F on Friday.

I went down the Hans Piejo Cheng, it's a micro-brewery mocked up like a German Beer Cellar and imbibed a few of their dark brewed yeast beers and it didn't quite agree with me!! Must have had a bad noodle.

Anyway, stand back and mind your feet!!

Anyway, enough of the ailments of foo man chu, did you clock the legs on Penny Lancaster-Stewart on it takes two

And as for the Samba, Len says, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm.