Select Youtube Videos of
Rueda, Cuban Ambience
Son & Casino Salsa
Courtesy of Youtube, here's a selection of videos showing fun with Rueda.
Santiago de Cuba excerpts of a great DVD
Competition but Cuban and amazing Rueda!
Osbanis and Rafael go to Russia!
Here's some general Cuban ambience, culture and scene setting for Malecon Matinee, thanks to Youtube:
Boogalu compilation from all their videos of Cuban music and dance
Cuban streets, party and dance
(Poor sound but) This is what a tourist may also find magical - an unashamed yet innocent Cuban beauty dancing for him to ubiquitous live music
. . . . And women tourists enjoy exactly the same sort of thing with the Cuban men! They're just less likely to video and Youtube it!
You could almost be there walking along Calle Aguilera in Santiago de Cuba
Courtesy of Youtube, here's some videos mainly about Son, the original Cuban Salsa dance
- from older minimal to younger dynamic styles:
Santiago social Son showing minimal moves maximum rhythmic feel
Awful sound except clave, but worth it to see how exactly on the clave it is
High quality video, basic Son lesson, beautiful students in strange garb!
Courtesy of Youtube, some video samples of Cubans mainly doing mainly Casino style Salsa.
Brilliant Casino style, clear contra tiempo Social Casino dancing by people we know (aka Farah) - having fun making it up!
Santiago Casino Competition couple
Rooftop Casino line dance and fun More bits of line dance -see the fun and body movement.
Cuban ex-Tropicana man teaching 15 year old Cuban girls to move their bodies!