Feel the Clave. Own the Floor.
From Havana's streets to New York's dance halls, discover the styles, the legends, the steps and the songs that fill every Latin dance floor, with El Tranquilo, our masked dancer, leading the way.
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14 deep dives
Salsa Tranquila is a calm, confident guide to the music and dance born in Cuba and raised in New York, Puerto Rico, Colombia and beyond. We trace the main styles, the bandleaders and singers who built the sound, the steps you need for your first night out and the classic songs worth knowing by heart. Leading the way is El Tranquilo, our original masked dancer: unhurried, romantic and always on the beat.
Cuban Casino
Salsa the way Havana dances it
Rueda de Casino
The giant salsa wheel
LA Style On1
Hollywood flair in a straight slot
New York On2 and Mambo
Smooth salsa on the second beat
Cali Style Salsa
Colombia's lightning-fast footwork
Son Cubano Roots
The Cuban sound behind salsa
Fania and the Name Salsa
How a sauce named a genre
Celia Cruz
The Queen of Salsa
The Clave Rhythm Explained
The five-beat key to salsa
The Salsa Basic Step
Six steps over eight counts
The Cross-Body Lead
The move that defines linear salsa
Essential Spanish Dance Words
The vocabulary of the salsa floor
Oye Como Va
Tito Puente's cha-cha-chá that crossed over
Pedro Navaja
Salsa as street storytelling
Salsa Tranquila Shorts
Quick, accurate, under a minute. Every Short is original and made only for this channel.
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