salsa

Salsa refers to a fusion of informal dance styles having roots in the Caribbean (especially inCuba and Puerto Rico), Latin and North America. The dance originated through the mixture ofMambo, Danzón, Guaguancó, Cuban Son, and other typical Cuban dance forms. Salsa is danced to Salsa music. There is a strong African influence in the music as well as the dance.

Salsa is a partner dance, although there are recognized solo steps and some forms are danced in groups of couples, with frequent exchanges of partner (Rueda de Casino). Improvisation and social dancing are important elements of Salsa but it appears as aperformance dance too.

The name "Salsa" is the Spanish word for sauce, connoting (in American Spanish) a spicy flavor^[1]. The Salsa aesthetic is more flirtatious and sensuous than its ancestor, Cuban Son. Salsa also suggests a "mixture" of ingredients, though this meaning is not found in most stories of the term's origin. (See Salsa music for more information.)

break dance

Breakdance, breaking, b-boying or b-girling is a street dance style that evolved as part of the hip hop movement among African American andPuerto Rican youths in Manhattan and the South Bronx of New York Cityduring the early 1970s. It is normally danced to pop, funk or hip hop music, often remixed to prolong the breaks, and is a well-known hip hop dance style. Breakdancing involves Toprock (movement while standing up), Downrock(movement on the ground) and Stalls (acrobatic pauses in movement). Abreakdancer, breaker, b-boy or b-girl refers to a person who practices breakdancing.

Breakdancing may have begun as a Building, productive, and a constructive youth culture alternative to the violence of urban street gangs.^[1] Today, breakdancing culture is a remarkable discipline somewhere between those of dancers and athletes. Since acceptance and involvement centers on dance skills, breakdancing culture is often free of the common race, gender and age boundaries of a subculture and has been accepted worldwide.