The music has to be Mambo, New York Latin Jazz, and that to me is what salsa is all about! There is no other music that can move me emotionally like these do. If one day I couldn’t dance to this music anymore, I would give up dancing salsa in a heartbeat.

This article is not going to go in depth with the music, because I am not a musician, I don’t understand all the nuances in the music, how and why the music is put together, and quite frankly, I don’t care; in my opinion it is not important (although some of you will disagree). This article is how I relate to the music as a dancer and to do that I am going to talk about my journey through salsa.
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