How to Remember Salsa Moves - Dancer University

[Music] how to remember salsa moves i don't want to tell you to practice because that's the obvious and ambiguous answer i will say that you need to be able to do the basic commonly reoccurring footwork and be able to do it without thinking before you add complexity to your patterns you want to be able to do your basic and your crossbody lead footwork on autopilot before you overload yourself with anything more complicated make a list the most useful tool for remembering moves has been my handy dandy excel sheet now in order to do this i found it easiest to name the patterns and ideally by giving them names that remind you about something unique to the pattern for example we have a pattern that starts with a big lasso-like motion overhead so we named it rodeo that way when i recall the name i can remember what makes it special and can execute the rest once i start i think you'll find out that your recall is a lot better and quicker when you give each pattern a name now if that sounds overwhelming don't worry we have you covered we have a cheat sheet for every level that we cover in dansha university so we already picked out the names for you and just by going to danceruniversity.com and learning with us you already have that cover memorize a choreography one common way many good social dancers have gotten so good is by memorizing choreography learning choreography comes with a number of perks you will learn a lot of material it's important that this material be social dancing friendly and not just choreography that works during a performance once you can execute a routine comfortably you can chop it up into smaller chunks that you rearrange during the dance it gives you structure to your practice if you currently find yourself trying to recall what you've learned are able to perform three accounts and then have to stop and think about what else you've learned you may not be getting the most out of your practice time having a one or two minute routine that you can practice from start to finish will help you get the number of repetitions you need to really get comfortable with your repertoire you'd be hard-pressed to find a pro or exceptional social dancer who has never been part of a performance team it has shown to be one of the best tools for learning to dance classify your moves by their starting positions to help you add more variety to your dancing and avoid repeating yourself every time you make it to left to left or hammer lock position make a list of all the moves you know that start from that position if you organize your patterns by category you may find it easier to access your mental archive of moves that are possible from that handhold if you enjoyed this video make sure you hit the subscribe button and click the notification bell so you know when we upload our next video show your support by sharing this video with your friends so you can help us reach a bigger community danceruniversity.com is your one stop shop for all things dance be sure to visit our page and subscribe to our newsletter for weekly tips and events we have full salsa and bachata online courses and lots of dance related goodies to help you navigate the dance world our online courses have something for everyone if you are a complete beginner we'll start you off on the right foot and if you have more experience we have tons of material for you to add to your repertoire including the dance principles you may not know exist and affect everything you do on the dance floor if you have any dance related questions or topics you'd like to see discussed on our channel make sure to leave it in the comments below that's it for today's video and remember dancer university is here to make sure you are a hit on the dance floor

Channel: Dancer University

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Length: 4min 20sec (260 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 05 2020