- I know it involves a lot of hips.
I've been listening to Beyonce all day, to prep for this.
I didn't know how else to prepare.
(salsa dance music)
- I'm Danella Dutton,
and I've been teaching Salsa now for about 10 years,
and I'm here today to teach new people how to dance Salsa.
(salsa dance music)
- The biggest thing I would really love to see people
take out of today is getting out of their comfort zone,
and being more present.
- I'm confident, but I don't know how I'm gonna do.
- I'm confident I'm gonna be horrible.
- I think a lot of this is just so sexy,
I think we all have to just embrace our inner sexy.
It's just very hard to out-sexy latin people.
You have, like, all these white people and one asian person.
- So, right foot's gonna go back.
We're gonna go right, replace, come back to the middle.
We're gonna go left, replace, back to the middle.
Now, every step you take, I want you guys to
really make sure you're actually shifting your weight.
- I really like Salsa.
- I feel like I was air and she was fire,
and I was just sort of like, inspiring her
- Feeding the fire?
- Feeding the energy towards you, yeah.
It was cool.
You don't feel that in a lot of dances.
- No.
- Usually you just feel like, two fire,
just going (grinding imitation)
- We're going left, right, left, keep dancing a basic.
And what foot's gonna go back?
For now, what foot's going back?
- Left. - Right.
- Oh, right.
- You said it, though, it's ok. Good job.
Right foot, though.
- Unlike most dancing, where I feel like
I forget the steps really easily,
I felt like I could remember all the steps.
- Yeah, yeah.
- When she added to it, I wasn't anxious
that she was adding more.
- So, nice and slow, all together.
Ready? Same thing. Ready?
Hand goes out, and up.
Now ladies right turn.
Way to go, keep dancing.
So your basic is happening while you're leading this turn.
- I would do this again.
I think it's, you know, it's really fun,
to just kinda like, once you start
to kinda loosen up a little bit,
and I got a hint of that.
I'm not saying I was loose, but, like,
once you start to kinda feel a little more,
it's like, oh, I could, I could get into this.
- You guys ready to try it on your own?
- [Group] Yeah.
- Yeah, come on, be more enthusiastic than that.
- [Group] Yeah! (clapping)
- You guys ready to try it on your own?
I think your ready, I think you're ready.
(salsa dance music)
- You don't have to be good at it,
to have fun doing it.
LIke there's some sports, like golf,
where it sucks if you're not great at golf.
But, salsa dancing, I think is fun even if you're not good,
but then, the better you get, the more fun you're having.
(salsa dance music)
- So as you can see, I'm drenched in sweat right now,
which obviously means it was phenomenal.
Once you get into it, you kind of stop thinking about it,
which was really awesome.
- I think it's interesting to remember that partner dancing
was the only way you danced for a really long time.
So, getting into the partnering spirit is really great,
it feels, like, natural.
- I don't feel like I was as bad
as I thought I was going to be.
- Yeah, it just feels very intuitive.
I mean, that was also an interesting thing about it,
they tell you a new move, and you're like,
"Oh, how am I gonna,
"I have to figure out how to add this thing."
And like, but like the moment you stop fighting it,
it's like, "Oh yeah, this is how my body
"would naturally move into this position."
And then it would just flow.
- I'm ready to be in Dirty Dancing, now.
(laughter)
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