Hi I'm Antony from Learn To Dance, Emma's behind the
camera [Hiya] and Immi's sitting just over
there [hi]
We're going to look at a solo Salsa
routine for you to practice hopefully in
your front rooms over the next few
months
okay so our first section is our
cucarachas and back basics.  For the cucaracha what we're going to do
I'm gonna start with my left foot now it's up to
you when you're copying if you want to
start with the left foot as well that's
absolutely fine if you find it easier to
mirror what I'm doing you need to start with your
right foot what we're going to do is
go out to the side come back in
going out back in.  Okay so that's the
Cucaracha.  That's a side and close, side
and close, side and close, side and close.
Now what we're going to do is introduce the back movement.
For the back movement, it's going to be back and in, back and in
So going back, come back in.  Going back, come back in.
Now the idea is we're gonna have two side steps, two
back steps.  So we have side in side in then
going back and in, and back and in.  So
out in, out in, back and in back and in.
We'll go quick and slow, quick and slow, quick and
slow, quick and slow.
A one, two, three, and five, six, seven
 and a one, two, three, and five, six, seven
okay
We're going to try it to some music and see how that feels
[music]
We're going to the side first of all
Two sides, two backs
Five,
Six,
Seven,
Eight
Out and in
Out and in
Back and in
Back and in
So, out and in
Out and in
Back and in,
Back and in
A quick and slow, quick and slow
Quick and slow, quick and slow
Out and in
and a one, two, three
and a five, six, seven
okay so what we're gonna now add in then
our next move is our chasse action
two steps to the side, it's gonna be a side together side, have a little tap
tap
side, together, side tap
one, two, three, tap
one, two, three, tap.
When we're talking about a tap, you don't put your weight on that foot.
so I go in
I'm gonna have a one, two, three and tap
place the foot down and use that
same foot again
it's going back the other way
okay, just show it again 
it's a one, two, three
and one, two, three, and
Ok we'll have four of those
so: quick, quick, quick, tap; 
quick, quick, quick, tap
quick, quick, quick, tap; 
quick, quick, quick, tap
that same move for the moment. 
Later on when we do the embellishments
we'll show show you a slightly different way of doing this
but we'll make that same move
for the moment of a
side, cross, side, tap; 
side, cross, side, tap
side, cross, side, tap; 
side, cross, side, tap.
Ok so now four of the normal chasse
movement and then four with the cross
action.  There's going to be a 
1, 2, 3 and 2, 2, 3 and 
3, 2, 3 and 4, 2, 3
Then a side, cross, side, and
side, cross, side, and
side, cross, side, and
side, cross, side, and.
Now what we're going to do is put 
that with our previous movement
So have our two cucarachas, two going back
we'll do two cucarachas again, and two back steps
Before then bringing in our Chasse and our
cross step
okay so we'll try that from the beginning
We'll have: out, in, out, and in
then back and in, back and we're gonna repeat
out, in, out and in then 
back and in, now the chasse, and
one, two, three, tap; one, two, three tap 
one, two, three, tap; one, two, three, then
side, cross, side, tap; side, cross, side, tap; 
side, cross, side, tap; side, cross, side, tap;
and for the moment we're going to 
start again with the cucarachas
Ok, now, we are going to try that to some music
[music]
now in this intro part, 
we'll just have a little
on the spot, side
on the spot, side
on the spot, side
just pushing into the floor
push, push, side; push
now we've got the beginning
and, cucaracha, cucaracha
and back, in, back, in
repeat, cucaracha, side, in
back, in, back
side, close, side and 
one, two, three, and
one, two, three, and
one, two, three, and
one, two, three, then
side, cross, side, and
side, cross, side, and
side, cross, side, and
for the moment, back to the beginning
side, in, side, in, 
going back, in, back, repeat
side, in, side, in, and
back, in, back, (side close side)
1, 2, 3, and
2, 2, 3, and
3, 2, 3, and
4, with the cross
side, cross, side, and
side, cross, side, and
side, cross, side, and
side, cross, side, and
We'll go back to the beginning 
from there
okay so section three then.  We're
introducing a move called the Pata Mala
a lot of you won't have seen this if you come
to our regular dance classes it is more of
a solo dance step. 
Now the idea is we'll leave one foot on the spot
I'm going to leave this foot on the spot 
and I push my other foot
out to the side, out to the side, 
out to the side, out to the side.
It's going to be a one, a two, 
a three, come in and close
and the same idea with the other foot
one, two, three, come in
so that's a one, two, three, in 
one, two, three, in
now as we do that we're gonna try and 
rotate, so the foot's on the spot
you rotate towards that foot 
so a turn, turn, turn, close
and then go back the other way
one, two, three, together
I'll show you that sideways on
I'm going to do this foot on the spot first of all
I'm gonna push and turn,
push and turn, push and turn, together
change feet and back the other way 
push, push, push, together
so doing this in the spot it's going to be a 
1 a 2 a 3 and in, a 1, 2, 3, in
it doesn't matter how much you rotate
so long as you rotate the same amount
both directions you end up back to the 
front again when we finish
what we're going to do, in terms of the timing, that's going to be slow, slow, slow, in
slow, slow, slow, in
okay we do that two times so 
one, two, three, close, 
one, two, three, close.
okay so what we're going to do is 
put that Pata Mala then with our previous steps
So we have our cucarachas, our back
basics our chasse action our cross
basic than the Pata Mala movement and
for the moment we'll repeat.
There's one more section to bring in
But for the moment we'll repeat that
to music to get used to those steps
let's try that nice and slow 
without music first of all
so what we're going to do is cucarachas to begin with
Have our out and in, out and in,
then everyone goes back
you go back
repeat. Out and in, out and in
go back (go side close side)
1 2 3 &
2 2 3 &
3 2 3 & 
4 2 3 &
and side cross side 
and side cross side
side cross side 
side cross side
Pata Mala round, in 
five six seven in
one two three in 
five six seven in
and for the moment then
back to our cucarachas from there
Let's try it to some music shall we?
See how we do
during the intro what we're gonna try
and do the hip action is
push push side step
push push side 
push push side 
push push side
Now when the music kicks in,
when the lyrics kick in
that's when we start with the cucarachas
But I will count you in for that
So, from the beginning
For the intro, just a little push push side
push push side
Just get a feel for the music 
quick quick slow, quick quick slow
Music's going to start in 
five, six, seven
Out, in
Out, in
Back, in
Back
Repeat
Side, in
Side, then we go
Back
(side close side)
one, two, three and 
two, two, three and
three, two, three and
four, two, three and
Side cross side
side cross side
side cross side
step cross step
side cross (Pata Mala)
Push, 2, 3, change
5, 6, 7, change
1, 2, 3, 4
5, 6, (for the moment), 
back to the beginning
out, in
out, (everyone back)
back and in
back, repeat
side, in
side, (go back)
back and in
(chasse to the side)
one-two-three and
two-two-three and
three-two-three 
then the cross basic
side-cross-side, and
side-cross-side, and
side-cross-side,
side-cross-side
round, 2-3-in
5-6-7-in
1-2-3-in
5-6-7-in
you could if you like 
keep repeating that
if you want to practice a bit more 
feel free to skip back, come back again
keep practicing until you feel happy 
then when you're ready we'll
go on to the next section
okay so hopefully quite happy there with
those first couple of moves
we're now going to bring in our Salsa basic
movement 
I know, wait until section 4 to get the basics in!
with a Salsa basic
It's two steps, one is forward
so you go forward come back in
we go back and in.  If you choose to either
close - forward and close, back and close
or you can have a small step forward 
and back as well
I don't mind, we don't mind whatever feels
right for you and that's absolutely fine
what we're going to do is have that
movement then, 
so forward come back in
we go back, 
we come back in
so one-two-three and
five-six-seven
quick-quick-slow and
quick-quick-slow
we're not going to do just that movement
we're going to bring in a turn on the
back part so we start off first of all
I'll show you from this direction 
and my forward basic
I'll then go forward
Forward
and point over here turn around on
the spot
I'll show you that facing the camera
there's going to be a forward two three
a back two three 
a forward, prepare
I step towards the back of the room
step turn round 
come forward again
repeats so 
one-two-three, two-two-three
three get ready and turn around on the
spot
okay that's gonna be our movement
let's try that
forward two-three 
back two-three 
forward prepare
and turn around on the spot
if you find this easier to copy from behind
 the exact same idea
it's going to be forward
back
forward,
get ready
and then turn around on the spot
so you do half a turn at the end
now we're trying just that movement 
to some music, see how we do
[music]
so 5-6-7
forward 2-3
back 2-3
forward get ready 
turn around the spot
1-2-3
2-2-3
3-2-3
turn 2-3
1-2-3
and
back 2-3
and
forward
prepare
turn around,
(one more time)
1-2-3
2-2-3
step
prepare
turn around on the spot
now if you struggle with that turn action
you can miss it out
it takes the same amount of time to do the turn 
as it does to do the back rock
so if you want to, if you're struggling 
with the turn movements
or if you're on a carpet 
and it's difficult to turn
you can just keep going 
forward and back
it won't affect the whole routine
okay so now we're going to add those basics in with the
rest of our steps
We have our two cucarachas,
two going back, two cucarachas,
two going back
we'll then have our chasse action
the cross basic
the Pata Mala going round
and then our forward and back
basic with that turn if you want
you want to include that turn
and again do make sure 
there's plenty of space around you
watch out for the sofa behind you 
when you're turning
so 
from the beginning then
we're gonna have our cucaracha
our cucaracha
our going back
our going back
we're going to repeat that
side in, side in 
back in, back in
our side-close-side tap 
side-close-side tap
side-close-side 
side-close 
(now the cross basics)
side-cross-side and
side-cross-side and
side-cross-side 
side-cross-side
our Pata Mala going round
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
1, 2, 3, 4
5, 6, 7, 8
forward
and back
forward and prepare
turn around
forward
and back
forward and prepare
turn around (to the side)
for cucarachas
from there
to carry on
now we're going to try it to some music,
but if you do want to keep practicing without music
you can either pause the video or
again rewind go back try it again
we'll try it now to some music
[music]
ok here on the spot
our on the spot, out
and, on the spot out
just keeping time
nice and loose
5-6-7 and
cucaracha
sides
and then back
and back
out and in
out and in
back
(side-close-side)
1-2-3 and
2-2-3 and
3-2-3
4 (side-cross-side)
side-cross-side and
side-cross-side
step-cross-step
Pata Mala going around
2-3-4
5-6-7-8
1-2-3-4
5-6-7 and
forward
back
forward, get ready
to turn around
forward
and back
forward get ready
and turn around
beginning
side, and
2, and
back, and
back, and
out and in
out and in
back, and
side-close-side
one-two-three and
two-two-three and
three-two-three
side-cross-side and
side-cross-side
1-2-3 and
Pata Mala going round
1-2-3 in
5-6-7 in
1-2-3 in
5-6
(forward and back basics)
1-2-3
2-2-3
3 get ready
turn around
one-two-three
two-two-three
three-two-three
turn around
so what we're going to do then is
introduce our fifth and final sequence
this will be a variation on the basic movement
so rather than going our forward 
our back our
forward and turn 
around on the spot
we're going to turn a half a turn 
on the first two basics
what that means is I'm going to step
forward turn around and go towards the back of the room
and then step forward and round 
so step-turn-step, step-turn-step
now the idea is I step forward
I turn onto my other foot
and then come forward to finish 
with a slow
and then again
step forward
turn onto my other foot 
and then step forward
always rotate towards the same wall
so step turn this way
step turn this way
step turn this
way
step turn same way
So what we're going to do, the second time
we do the basics
we're going to turn, turn and then have a normal rock 
before doing our full turn we practiced earlier on
okay so with the basic section
the first time we dance the whole
routine we'll dance everything as we've already done
the second time we repeat with
adding this new basic movement
so we go from the basic part 
we have my forward
my back 
my forward preparing to turn around
we do that twice so one-two-three,  
two-two-three, three get ready, turn around
and now bring in this new basic movement
so half a turn
half a turn
check
get ready
to turn around 
repeat
half a turn
half a turn
check
get ready
to turn around
So pencils at the ready...
The whole routine made up of
two cucarachas, two back steps 
two cucaracha, two back steps
our Chasse
four times so one, two, three, four 
our cross basic four times
the Pata Mala going around, coming back again
going around, coming back
our basic movement
forward, back, forward, turn around
repeating that 
forward, back, forward, turn around
we'll then go back to the beginning
so again
two cucarachas, two going back,
two cucarachas, two going back
four chasses
four cross basics
two Pata Mala
or two half turns, coming back again
then we'll have the basic
with the turn
the basic with the turn 
the turning basic with a turn
the turning basic with a turn
with me so far
we'll see how we do
so let's try that
whole movement to music shall we
[music]
so again
on the spot side
on the spot side
push-push-side
push-push-side
push-push-side
we're going back to the beginning
cucaracha, and
cucaracha
back and in
back and in
out, in
out, in
back, in
back (side-close-side)
one-two-three and
one-two-three and
one-two-three
(the cross basic)
side-cross-side and
side-cross-side and
side-cross-side
step-cross (Pata Mala)
go round
push-push-push in
push-push-push in
push-push-push in
push-push-push (the basic movement)
so forward
back
forward get ready
to turn around
forward
back
forward, get ready
to turn around
(beginning)
side, in
out (back)
back and in
back and to the side
quick and slow
quick and slow, then
back and in
back, (side-close-side)
1-2-3 and
1-2-3 and
1-2-3
1-2 (cross step)
side-cross-side
step-cross-step and
step-cross-step
Pata Mala going round
push-push-push in
5-6-7-8
1-2-3-4
5-6 
(forward & back basic)
forward 2-3
back 2-3
forward, prepare
to turn around
repeat that
forward 2-3
back
are you ready 
because after this one
our basic 
turn 2-3, turn 2-3
check, get ready
to turn around
turn 2-3, turn 2-3
check, prepare
to turn 2-3
sides
out, in
out, in
back, in
back
now if you want to
side, cross
back
(back to basic)
forward 2-3
2
prepare
and, turn around
repeat that
prepare
and now our turning basic
turn 2-3
turn 2-3
check, prepare
to turn
one more time
turn 2-3
turn 2-3
check 2-3
turn around
okay so the main thing we're going to
try and add now is a little bit of styling flicks
and taps   We've done some taps earlier on
what we're going to have a look at is
especially when we do our cross step and
that sort of thing, we'll introduce
a little flick action.  Now the first part,
with cucarachas, we're pushing
the floor pushing then come back in push
come back.  At the same time circle the arms you can
you reach out, come back in, reach out,
come back in. You can do the same when you
go back you can reach the back, come in,
reach the back come in.   On the chasse
will keep it small, low, pushing into
the floor
[bum bum bum] 
At the end here, rather than tapping, 
we'll have a little flick
kick forward, back step, 
step across, side
that's in our cross basic
it ends on the previous move
so flick back cross step,  
flick back cross step, flick back cross step
and then we get tap there okay
we'll go from the chasse
gonna be all one two three tap one two
three tap one two three tap one two
three flick back cross side flick back
cross side flick back then cross side
and flick.  Back, step across side tap
I'll show you that sideways on
so got my side-close-side and one-two-three and 
two-two-three and three-two-three and
four-two-three-kick, back-cross-side-kick,
back-cross-side-kick, back-cross-side
kick
back-cross-side, tap
a couple of things you can do during the actual 
Pata Mala going around
if you had a slightly quicker piece of music
it might just have a little bit of a shimmy round 
but it doesn't really work for this kind of speed
so I do really just push, keep the arms
in, small little circles as you go round
there okay on the forward back basic
I'm not going to worry too much about
embellishments and flicks on those but you could, normally, have the same idea
so forward basic, step
flick back and step tap forward and step
flick back and step tap
I'll show you that sideways on.  Forward and three-four
five-six-seven-eight, one-two-three-four
five-six-seven-eight okay
now again
there's not a lot of time in this
particular routine for embellishments on that forward and back basic so you can try with
you liked it will be quite quickly and
all those so I wouldn't necessarily worry about
doing the flicks if you don't want to
on those forward and back basics
that's a couple of little ways you can use to embellish it,
and other things then come down to the
arms so, on the cucarachas you could, for
ladies especially, go out, come round
go out, come round.  The idea is to get the arm up around behind the head and then come down
that's the idea so we're going to try to
incorporate all those elements into the
routine and that's the whole thing to
music
[music]
okay so hopefully that gives you something to work on
over the next few weeks we'd love to see
how it's all going so if you have any photos or
videos of your friends and family trying
routines we'd love to have them any
suggestions what we can do to improve
these videos or things like to see us teach let
us know otherwise we look forward to seeing you again soon.
