Salsa dancing developed hand in hand with salsa music, emerging in nightclubs frequented by Puerto Rican New Yorkers (“Nuyoricans)” in the late ’60s and early ’70s. Just like salsa musicians created a new genre by fusing meoldic and rhythmic forms from many Latin genres, salsa dancers found inspiration in classic Latin dances like son, Afro-Cuban danzon. While that all sounds academic, one of the most salient features of salsa was that it was FUN. Salsa was party music, and dancers created a party dance.
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