
Join Carina as she welcomes you to the salsa lady styling course, recapping beginners lessons and introducing new Morse code techniques and styling tips to elevate your dancing.
Perform a quick recap of all beginner salsa steps, reviewing basics, side and cross, taps, Kumbia step, slides, flicks, and kicks, with practice before moving on.
Practice guapea to music by first performing the three versions—basic version, arm up, shoot out—then repeat to build styling and technique.
Explore isolations to interpret salsa music by moving one body part while the rest stays still, such as shoulders, chest, or hips in rhythm with the bass.
Learn rond de jambe en l'air with a jump and leg swing that stays in the air. Engage your core and bend the supporting leg for balance and stability.
Learn to execute the rond de jambe into a right turn, linking a half basic sequence with five, six, seven, release the right leg, and swing through on seven eight.
Master the rond de jambe around the world in salsa, starting from a half basic, crossovers front and back, and circling the right leg around to the back for styling.
Practice flare options to music, performing two of each option and counting the cues five, six, seven, five to refine styling and rhythm.
Combine the learned steps into a routine, starting with hips in a figure of eight, followed by isolated shimmies and pops, weight transfer, a double right turn, around world moves.
Practice the full routine with counts to build timing and flow for improver dancers. Learn shimmy and pop accents to enhance styling and technique.
Master salsa ladies styling and technique with routine 1, practice to music to build timing, movement, and confidence at improver level.
Develop arms and hand styling in salsa, coordinating lateral movements to the music using rhythm cues five six seven and jack, then returning to jack.
Practice central arms and hand styling with music in salsa, focusing on central versions for this course.
Master hip rolls in salsa by extending from a half basic, stepping to side or front, and pushing the hips to the left or right while keeping the legs straight.
Coordinate hip rolls to music through a sequence of right, left, side, and forward steps, including double forward variations with counts five, six, seven.
Learn the basic swing step in salsa by practicing the one-two-three-five-six-seven-eight sequence, bending and stretching the legs to create a swing feel, with coordinated arm motion.
Master swing steps and practice to music in salsa ladies styling & technique course for improver level, building rhythm and performance.
Learn how to perform a body roll and weave it into salsa. Follow steps from chest out and weight transfer to the back foot, arch, hip forward, and sit.
Practice body rolls to music, alternating slow and fast tempos, with counts five six seven, to refine styling and technique in salsa.
Hold a back posture, engaged core, and bent knees with weight on the balls of your feet. Keep eyes straight ahead and maintain a tight frame for balanced salsa spins.
Learn to spot while you spin by keeping your head forward as your body turns, snap to a fixed point, and release neck tension to keep shoulders down.
Improve balance and technique in salsa by mastering weight distribution, body positioning, spotting, and progressive spinning from quarter turns to full spins.
Practice the spinning exercise to music, starting slow and progressing, counting five six seven for improver level.
Prepare for spinning by placing about 80% of your weight on the back foot and 20% on the left, twist to the corner, and practice open and close before spinning.
Practice spinning with music, perform three singles, then attempt a double on the final spin to sharpen timing and styling.
Routine 2 - Using techniques from Section 4 & 5
Celebrate completing the improvers level and review every choreography several times at your pace to master them before advancing to the advanced course.
Incognito Salsa Ladies Styling Course - Improvers
This course will build on what you learnt on the Incognito Salsa Ladies Styling Course - Beginners and cover all essential aspects of Salsa Ladies Styling on the dance floor.
If you are unsure of any of the fundamental techniques or just want more practice, we recommend and invite you to complete the Incognito Salsa Ladies Styling Course - Beginners course.
During this course you will discover that dancing is more than a movement – it’s a passion and love for music and your body is an instrument to express it.
We expand and introduce new “Core Techniques” essential for this level.
During this course we will cover:
Recap of essential techniques
Body Isolation exercises
Body coordination
Arms movement
Spinning drills
Shines, Swing Steps, Rond’s etc
Developing confidence
Music Interpretation
Practice videos