Salsa suelta
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Salsa suelta or suelta, is a form of dancing to salsa music
. Though the term technically describes any instance of salsa being danced without touching a partner, it is normally used to refer to a type of line dancing. As in casino rueda, there is often a leader who calls out names of set moves or simply dances a move for the rest of the group to follow. The dance moves may be borrowed from dances related to salsa, from jazz and hip-hop to rumba and orisha
. Suelta is also commonly danced to reggaetón
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Salsa music
Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
. Though the term technically describes any instance of salsa being danced without touching a partner, it is normally used to refer to a type of line dancing. As in casino rueda, there is often a leader who calls out names of set moves or simply dances a move for the rest of the group to follow. The dance moves may be borrowed from dances related to salsa, from jazz and hip-hop to rumba and orisha
Orisha
An Orisha is a spirit or deity that reflects one of the manifestations of Olodumare in the Yoruba spiritual or religious system....
. Suelta is also commonly danced to reggaetón
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...
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Forms of suelta
- during partner dancing, each person does his or her own solo dance; also known as shines
- during partner dancing, the partners break away and dance a mirror image dance step
- salsa performances often include a modern-jazz dance inspired routine
- solo salsa dancing
- a group of people line dancing in one or more rows, all facing one direction or else facing each other
- coordinated dance moves by members of a salsa or merengue band