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Eric Freeman's “Hot Moves for the Salsa Addict” Video Series!
Eric's Website: www.salsaville.com
Eric Freeman has done it again! This time, teaming with partner Lauren Mones, Eric has added to his "60 Cool Moves" with even more rhythm and style. "Hot Moves for the Salsa Addict" takes on more of a Cuban technique. Eric "El Cubanito" displays 42 new hot moves in Volume I, and 45 moves in Volume II. Born in New Jersey, and now living in Colorado, Eric masterfully demonstrates dance patterns from his catalog of now over 2,500 moves and turns. From watching him dance, and listening to him speak Spanish, one would swear he was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. Eric has spent the last decade traveling virtually every year to Cuba and studying the movements and rhythms of Cuban style Salsa.
What's unique about this video is how he combines Cuban style with Los Angeles and New York moves. Masters of both "On One" and "On Two" Salsa dancing, Eric and Lauren, at the end of each video, dance at length on the “1” and then on the “2” while seamlessly mixing moves, techniques and style from Cuba, Los Angeles and New York.
One thing that I find fascinating is how he demonstrates a 10-step pattern that allows a slow-spinning woman to come out of her spin more smoothly, and on time with the music. Although the man's footwork timing ends up on ladies timing for a brief measure, Eric has a unique way of easily flowing back onto men's timing within the next measure.
I believe that Eric takes the lead in instructional videos. He cuts to the point, doesn't spend an infinite amount of time on each pattern, doesn't repeat the same pattern over and over again, and understands completely, that each one of us, as viewers and eager students of the dance, no matter what level, have a REWIND button on our VCRs.
Two thumbs up for his "Hot" and "Cool" Moves series! |
