Basic step on the spot
The salsa basic danced in place, so you can find the timing before you travel.
Glossary
Salsa Moves
The New York salsa moves our courses teach, from your first steps in the Introduction to Level 1.5.
Every LocoMojo course follows a clear plan, one week at a time. In the Introduction you find the timing, learn your first turns and finish with the cross body lead. Level 1.5 builds on that with the closed embrace, open breaks, inside and outside turns and ways to bring your partner back into hold. Use this page to look up a move after class.
Introduction (5 weeks)
For complete beginners. Four weeks of new moves, then a revision week to put them all together. No partner or experience needed.
Forward and back basic
The basic step travelling forward and back along the line of dance.
Right turn
A simple turn to the right for the follower, led from the basic.
Left turn
A simple turn to the left for the follower, led from the basic.
Cross body lead
The leader opens the line and guides the follower across to the other side. The building block of New York salsa.
Level 1.5
The next step after the Introduction. Two parts of five weeks, A and B, each with new moves every week and a revision week at the end.
Closed Embrace
Dancing close together in closed hold, with a clear frame between partners.
Cross Body Lead Open Break
A cross body lead that finishes in an open break, with partners stepping apart in open hold.
Outside Right Turn
A right turn for the follower, turning away from the leader.
Basic Collect
Bringing your partner back into hold after a move, ready for the next one.
Inside Left Turn
A left turn for the follower, turning in toward the leader.
Cross Body Collect
A cross body lead that ends by collecting the follower back into hold.
Inline Turn
A turn for the follower along the line of the cross body lead.
Inside Right Turn
A right turn for the follower, turning in toward the leader.
Inside Left Turn Collect
An inside left turn that finishes with the follower collected back into hold.
Walk Through
Partners walk past each other and swap places along the line.
Leaders Turn
A turn for the leader, while the follower keeps the timing.
Reverse Cross Body Lead
A cross body lead that sends the follower the other way around the leader.
New to salsa? Start with the Introduction, or read the FAQs.