>>BRUCE HAMILTON: WE CAN CELEBRATE AND HONOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AT A LOOK AT
THE HISTORY OF
>> LATIN DANCE, RIGHT? I MEAN,
SURE. THERE’S A LOT TO LEARN.
APPARENTLY VOTING IS NOW
YOU’VE GOT SOME EDUCATION ON
THE DANCE FLOOR. I AM
IMPRESSED JUST BY WHAT I’VE
SEEN SO FAR. YOU KNOW, ALL
RIGHT. SO I LEARNED SO MUCH ON
THE DANCE FLOOR, BUT THEN I
HAD TO DO SOME RESEARCH. I HAD
NO IDEA, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT
THERE WERE MANY DIFFERENT
STYLES OF SALSA, NEW YORK,
SALSA LA SAUCE, SALSA, EVEN
TORONTO AND LONDON SALSA.
>>LENA PRINGLE: IT ALL HAS ITS
OWN FLAIR. BUT ONCE YOU FEEL
THE RHYTHM AND RELINQUISH JUST
A LITTLE CONTROL, YOU CAN DO
ALMOST ANYTHING.
>> ALL RIGHT. SITE SIDE. NICE.
BEFORE WE TALK, WE DANCED
SIDE. JOHN ANTHONY AT LATIN,
BE 9, 0, 4, FOOT ME TO THE
TEST ON THE DANCE FLOOR. I DO
DON’T CHANGE THAT. THEY WANT
TO TIE FAST AS JOHN COMES
ALIVE BUT THAT WASN’T ALWAYS
THE CASE. IT ALL STARTED MANY
YEARS AGO HAS SO MANY THINGS
DO WITH ATTRACTION. A WOMAN
INVITED HIM TO DANCE. AND AT
THAT TIME HE WAS I FELT PRETTY
EMBARRASSED. I WAS LIKE, I
DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON
HERE TONIGHT. I NO UNDERSTAND
THIS MUSIC AND I REALLY WANTED
TO LEARN BECAUSE THE MUSIC. SO
IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME,
VERY, VERY ENERGETIC. AND I
FEEL VERY CONNECTED TO IT. BUT
I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SEAN
FELT THE MUSIC. THE RHYTHM
STATES BACK TO BEFORE THE
ARRIVAL OF CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS, THE MAYANS AND
AZTECS AND INCAS WHO LIVED IN
WHAT IS NOW CENTRAL AND SOUTH
AMERICA.
>> CONNECTED WITH THE
PERCUSSION AND WIND
INSTRUMENTS THAT YOU STILL
HERE AND LATIN MUSIC TODAY. IT
DOESN’T MATTER IF ALSO
SOMETHING FROM COLOMBIA OR
CUBA.
>> OR PUERTO RICO WHERE IT
DOESN’T MATTER. AND THE 1, 2,
3, EXACTLY. YOU MAY YOU MAY
DO. YOU MADE FOR EXAMPLE, YOU
MAY GO 1, 2, YOU MAY DO 1, 2,
3, YOU MAY DO 1, 2, 3, YOU MAY
DO 1, 2,
>> BUT IT’S STILL THE SAME
RHYTHM THAT YOU’RE DANCING TO.
LATIN DANCE DATES BACK TO AT
LEAST THE 15TH CENTURY. IT
GAINED POPULARITY IN THE
UNITED STATES WITH THE RUMBA
AND THE EARLY
>> AS IT MOVED TOWARDS THE
AMERICA IS IN THE WEST IN
PLACES LIKE THAT, PEOPLE ARE
LIKE, HOW DO YOU LEARN THIS?
SO THE COVID CAME A LITTLE BIT
MORE MODERNIZED. PEOPLE ARE
LIKE WHAT KIND OF SALSA IS
KEEPING SOUTH SOUTH OF HIS NEW
YORK STARTS OFF LA SOUTH-SOUTH
IS COLOMBIAN SALSA.
>>LAUREN VERNO: HE NOW TEACHES
AT ALL TO A CROWD THAT’S FOUND
CONNECTIONS THROUGH DANCE. WE
MAY ALL LEARN TO DANCE FROM
DIFFERENT PLACES AND WE MAY
LEARN DIFFERENT STYLES, BUT
WE’RE TRYING TO CONNECT.
DANCING IS A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO
CONNECT AND SHARE SOMETHING
WITH EACH OTHER. IT’S NOT
ABOUT BEING PERFECT. WE WORKED
ON SEVERAL STYLES MERINGUE
GAME HAS A ONE TO THE LEFT.
THINK LIKE YOU’RE MARCHING,
LEFT, RIGHT LEFT, THAT WAS A
CHALLENGE FOR ME. BUT THE BUT
YEAH, ONE TO 3 TO FIRST AFTER
IT’S IT IS A A NATURAL 1, 2,
3, 4 AND A SALSA WHICH YOU’RE
PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH WAS A
BLAST. IT IS ALL ABOUT LETTING
LOSE CONNECTING TO THE MUSIC
AND EVENTUALLY YOUR PARTNER
ALL WHILE APPRECIATING A
CULTURE THAT BROUGHT US MUSIC
AND ON THAT DAY AS THE SHOT
AND THE OWNER AND FOUNDER OF
LATIN BEAT 9, 0, 4. AND THERE
ARE LOT OF WAYS TO LEARN TO
DANCE. YOU CAN DO GROUP
LESSONS PARTIES. THOSE ARE
SUPER AFFORDABLE. THEN THEY
HAVE SOME PRIVATE LESSONS
WHICH ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE
PRICEY. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
BENEFITS. YOU’LL FIND ALL THE
INFORMATION INSIDE THIS STORY
ON NEWS4JAX.COM. SO COMING UP
AT 8.40, BRUCE, YOU ARE OFF
THE HOOK. I TRY TO GET MORE OF
US IN THE STRETCH, BUT
APPARENTLY IT’S NOT LIT. SO
IT’S JUST GOING TO BE WHAT A
SHAME BRUCE IS SO I INSTEAD
WILL BE THE ONE THAT GETS TO
BE A PARIS. THOSE DIFFERENT
OPTIONS. SO I’M GOING AT HOME
TO BACK IN THE YOU KNOW,
WHAT’S SO FUNNY IS THAT WE’RE
GOING TO LEARN SOME BASIC LET
DANCING SKILLS. BUT JEN, YOU
KNOW, YOU BROUGHT UP THE FACT
THAT IT WILL BE HARD FOR YOU
HAVE TO RELINQUISH SOME
CONTROL. I ASKED HIM THAT
QUESTION. I WAS LIKE AS
POWERFUL WOMEN WHO ARE IN
CHARGE OF LIKE THEIR LIFE. BUT
YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM DO
WHAT THEY DO. IT’S NOT ABOUT
YOU ABOUT US STRUCTURE,
MINDSET CHANGE? HE SAID FOR A
LOT OF WOMEN WHO HAVE TO KIND
OF JUST LET GO AND LET THE MAN
LEAD. WELL, TO
>>LAUREN VERNO: I THE BRUCE OR
AS MY FATHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT
US. NOW LEAD US INTO THE NEXT