New York style

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The New York Style is a style of Latin American salsa . It differs from the Cuban " casino " essentially in that it gives the lady more freedom to present herself .

Characteristic

Much emphasis is placed on solo interludes, on shines and on show effects, such as B. Case Figures. Many of the characters contain choreographic elements. The harmony in dance sometimes consists in the fact that the partners basically know the sequence of the individual figures, but each time they put the figures back together again and still know - even without consultation - what to do.

The essential dance element is the so-called cross body lead , a counterclockwise change of place for the woman.

Overall, the New York style (like the closely related Puerto Rico style ) cannot hide its origins from the classical dance school. In this sense, it appears more elegant and harmonious, while the Cuban “ casino ” seems more spirited and playful.

Styles

There are two more variants of Salsa New York Style: (There are many different names in use for each of the two styles, which often cause confusion. The names that are also common are given in brackets)

• Salsa Night Club Style ( Eddie Torres Style , Mambo Tipico , Salsa breaking on 2 )
• Mambo Palladium Style ( Old School Mambo , Mambo Classico , Power 2 )

Both variants are danced "on 2", but in different ways.

distribution

The Salsa New York Style is enjoying increasing importance, so that more and more dance schools around the world are concentrating only on the New York Style. In Germany, the New York Style is very much focused on southern Germany. The cities of Karlsruhe , Freiburg, Stuttgart and the Rhine-Main area around Frankfurt am Main are among the pioneers in Germany when it comes to Salsa New York Style. You can find numerous dance schools here with more and more professional dancers. In the Rhein-Main area / Frankfurt the LaCalidad Dance Center, in Stuttgart the Dance Academy, in Karlsruhe the TSC Astoria Karlsruhe, in Freiburg Mamborico and many more.

In the salsa scene and at international festivals (e.g. New York Salsa Congress 2017, Berlin Salsa Congress 2017, Milano International Festival 2017), "New York Style" always means Salsa "on 2".