{"id":1521,"date":"2015-11-21T22:33:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T22:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2015-11-21T22:33:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T22:33:25","slug":"1521-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/blog\/ballroom-dances\/1521-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Salsa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2015\/12\/The-salsa.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1523\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px 15px 0 0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2015\/12\/The-salsa-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"The salsa\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Salsa is a popular style of Hispanic dance that has gained popularity due to its sensual style and upbeat music. The salsa draws inspiration from numerous countries and cultures, including Cuba, Africa, and Latin America. Although primarily a partnered dance, the salsa also gives each individual the opportunity to \u201cshine\u201d during solo breaks, making it a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">versatile and appealing dance<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for many couples. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Salsa Origins<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The exact origin of the salsa remains unknown; historians believe it originated either in Cuba or Puerto Rico. Salsa is danced to a combination of Cuban and African music; this melding is believed to have occurred during Spanish colonization of the Caribbean in the 1400s, which brought African slaves and their culture to the region. However, salsa also draws inspiration from much more modern dances, including swing, cha-cha, and mambo. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The salsa<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> gained popularity in America between the 1940s and 1970s, when Caribbean immigrants first brought the dance to New York, where it was combined with jazz to develop the salsa\u2019s most current accepted form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Salsa Music<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Salsa music features upbeat and complicated rhythms, which often highlight percussive instruments. Modern salsa music draws heavily from jazz influences, with instrumental breaks allowing dancers to feature their individual moves. The salsa is danced to a recurring eight-beat pattern; dancers take steps on each beat during the dance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Salsa Dress<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Salsa dress has evolved to show off the dancers\u2019 bodies and movements. Women wear high heels and dark-colored sequined dresses. Men wear well-fitted black pants and shined shoes, coupled with deep V-necked shirts to show off the male dancer\u2019s body as well. However, salsa dress has evolved to ensure that the men never outshine the women in terms of dress, as women are the traditional stars of this dance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Are you ready to experience the appeal of salsa dance for yourself? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Burr Ridge<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is pleased to offer a wide variety of dance classes in Burr Ridge, including salsa, ballroom, swing, and waltz. You can find out more about our classes and schedule\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Our Burr Ridge dance studio is conveniently located near: Burr Ridge, Darien, Oak Brook, La Grange, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, Woodridge, Westmont and Western Springs.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salsa is a popular style of Hispanic dance that has gained popularity due to its sensual style and upbeat music. The salsa draws inspiration from numerous countries and cultures, including Cuba, Africa, and Latin America. Although primarily a partnered dance, the salsa also gives each individual the opportunity to \u201cshine\u201d during solo breaks, making it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ballroom-dances","category-hobby"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}