This salsa prep drill sequence is a great exercise to train your balance, quickness, agility and response speed in your preps. I will keep this one very short and sweet. All you need to do is go back and review all of the notes from day 16. Then when you feel comfortable with you preps […]

Ok, so I am not really going to say much about this today. You are ready for this. We have been training the preps for two days now which means that you are ready to take this to the next level. If you are struggling with the full spin, go ahead and just do half […]

Ok, we are officially doing multiple spins now. The challenge just got real. Yes the pirouettes were hard, but lets be honest, this is what we are really trying to get good at because these are the spins we actually use the most. Double spins are nothing to scoff at, they are hard and they […]

Day 20: Travel Turns Travel turns are a great way to bring everything we have practiced so far together. The turns we will be practicing are also known as chaine turns. They are trained in ballet, jazz, ballroom and even in salsa (whether you realized it or not). You don’t need to know the fancy […]

Today’s turns are another example of a ballet turn, but honestly they are pretty much the same as what we did yesterday. So just give them a try and if you don’t like them you never have to do them again!! I find them to be lots of fun and a great turn to practice […]

I pretty much made up the name for this turn, but I am sure you have seen it done before. This is a pretty common salsa turn, and I think it is one of the most fun ones because it can be used so musically AND it’s easy!!! Thank goodness we have something easy again! […]

Another semi-made up turn from the Isabel repertoire of turns and names for things. This is another one where we won’t be focusing too much on the technical aspect of it as there is really no right or wrong way to do it, just different variations, interpretations and expressions. That is the beauty of dance […]