How do you teach attitude?
Salseras (that’s the ladies for those who don’t know). I’ve taken my first women’s styling class and left excited but troubled. The class is taught by a cute (if I had to guess) PR who talks with a J Lo accent. Seeing her move (and learning how she wants us to move) sparked sort of a revelation for me on the soul of on-2 NY salsa. It’s about ATTITUDE. How do you teach that shit? I thought I’d be enhancing sexiness, but NO. The moves are like one, TWO (f*uck you mother f*cker don’t f*ck with me because I’m the shit), three, five, six, seven. The conversation on two is done with a stomp and left shoulder rotation.
The on-2 female gods have revealed themselves to me. And that’s just the basic step. I’m not even getting into the scissor move where you hands feel down your female frame. (I just make up names as they strike me, so don’t add them to your proper salsa vocabulary).
Really, you need to have your pulse rooted in the streets to get this attitude. Or be a really good parrot. This dance oozes New York. Watch out, Nova.
