Salsa dancing enthusiast shows her sexy moves at the festival.

According to the El Paso Times, Salsa dancing enthusiast Laura Madrid, 23, looks forward to showing off her sexy moves at her local festival.

The festival combines Salsa making and Salsa Dancing. Putting Food and Dancing in the same festival seems a very healthy alternative to some festivals. As Laura puts it "I love salsa dancing ... I have a lot more energy, and it helps me keep a small waistline and because you dance with a partner, it is more romantic."

Orginal Article: El Paso Times - Salsa Festival tantalizes with food, dancing

Details on the El Pas Festivals can be found on their website http://www.elpasofestivals.com/ http://www.elpasofestivals.com/salsa/index.php

If anyone has any photos of this event which has now over for this year please found them as I am happy to display them.

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"Salsa Talks" Book wins top book awards

Salsa Talks a book documenting the salsa world and interviews with salsa's superstars wins best coffee table book and best overall book.

Mary Kents book seems to have hit a hot spot with the judges and the public if the reviews on Amazon are to be believed.

As one of the reviewers who gave the book five stars said

I saw this book for the first time on the living room table of a friend's house. I couldn't wait to get my own copy. If you've ever danced salsa, listened to it, or studied its origins, you'll want to own your own copy, too. The book delivers portraits of over 40 outstanding people who were instrumental in making salsa what it is today. Musicians, promoters, managers, writers and others are featured in interviews, very high quality photographs and essays. Some have passed away, others no longer perform. So it is this work that keeps the memory of them alive. The publication is very timely as salsa today is at a crossroads. The creation of this permanent record of salsa's history will enable those who follow the great artists of the 70's and 80's to maintain a connection to the culture. This book is also an excellent historical resource with articles from writers, music historians and musicologists. Very Highly Recommended

Amazon.com: Salsa Talks: A Musical Heritage Uncovered: Books: Mary Kent

Just Salsa Magazine

Just Salsa Magazine is an online web magazine centred around latin music, dance, people and culture. Only just found it so I have no idea how often the content is updated, but I will keep an eye on it for you!

The magazine contains sections on Salsa Music, Some Salsa Clubs from around the world, loads of great photos of dancers in action and some dance studios from around the world.

Go visit Just Salsa Magazine

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History of Salsa

History of Salsa.

Salsa is not easily defined. Who invented salsa? The Cubans, Puerto Ricans? Salsa is a distillation of many Latin and Afro-Caribbean dances. Each played a large part in its evolution.

Salsa is similar to Mambo in that both have a pattern of six steps danced over eight counts of music. The dances share many of the same moves. In Salsa, turns have become an important feature, so the overall look and feel are quite different form those of Mambo. Mambo moves generally forward and backward, whereas, Salsa has more of a side to side feel.

It is not only Cuban; nevertheless we must give credit to Cuba for ...

The rest of the article "A look at the origin of Salsa" By  Jaime Andrés Pretell can be found at Salsa History

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Find others inspired by Salsa Dance

43 Things is a website where people share what is important in their life, start to make it happen and share your progress. The home page starts with a bold search box titled 'What do you want to do with you life?' and encourages everyone to find 43 things to enrich their life.

To find others inspired and learning to Salsa Dance  visit

Learn Salsa Dancing on 43 Things

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In need of a salsa fix - Addicted to salsa video on google video

Google video is a great place to find salsa dance videos. Some are short snippets promoting DVDs or dance studio while others show you a good demonstration by professional dancers.

Addicted 2 Salsa Episode 10 : Some Salsa Dance Hand Techniques - Google Video

Tip: If the video keeps stopping ... pause the video and wait until the dark grey line has grown to the right. This line shows the video downloading and if the playback of the video is quicker than the download your dose of salsa gets a bit jumpy.

Also on the right when you click on the link will be more snippets for your delight.

Dave

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Free Beginners Salsa Videos

Nice set of free salsa dance videos - including basic steps to music including side-to-side, turning basic, latin basic, cross basic, cucaracha and single right turn. All the videos are in Windows media player and real media formats. If that the formats stuff makes no sense to you there is even instructions on how to view the videos on the site.

Each movement is shown in detail often from multiple angles. Detailed written instructions are also provided.

Go on get started in your own home ...

Salsa & Merengue Society – Salsa for absolute beginners

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Salsa (Dance) - a quick explaination

To get us started lets have a quick explaination of salsa dancing, its history, variations and basic steps...

Dave

Salsa (dance) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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