HOW TO ADD RUMBA INTO YOUR DANCING //"Cuban Salsa"

Here's a simple sequence to incorporate rumba into your solo dancing to Cuban popular music. We're borrowing movements from guaguanco and columbia.
Guaguanco example:
• Rumba en Miami
2 fantastic dancers to check out:
• Carlos Ramirez:
/ insuperiortorment
• Marisol Blanco:
/ marisolblanco99
* * * Big thanks to PALO for the music! * * *
Song: "Tabaco y Ron Pa' Mi Santa" by PALO!
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Song: "Fumando" by PALO!
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Song: "Agua Pa'los Santos" by PALO!
feat. Descemer Bueno, Roman Diaz, & Pedrito Martinez
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[@MessinaDance]

If you enjoyed this video... here is a little more in depth breakdown of basic steps in guaguanco as they relate to the instruments played by percussionists. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHeohH9tnsqDm8U

[@tatianawolf3892]

watching from Ukraine , thanks it helps to feel life)

[@MessinaDance]

THANK YOU for sharing that. It is my pleasure🙏 We are going live to 2 hours tonight if by chance you are feeling like watching

[@wormemc]

I have never seen this set out so clearly anywhere. Thanks

[@MessinaDance]

I really appreciate that.

[@MessinaDance]

Until THIS one... :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHeohH9tnsqDm8U

[@loudpacifist]

Threw them right in the deep end with the side step. Love it.

[@frefri4628]

Still religiously following your uploads from Brisbane, Australia! Love this content, the more Afro and Afrocuban the better, there isn't enough of it on KZbin WITH INSTRUCTIONS!

[@MessinaDance]

I think that's a great idea :)

[@maribelmoreno7136]

Hi, I'm watching you from Spain . Thank you too much for your video. Love Guaguanco

[@jay-sg8tv]

I live in Miami I was born in Cuba great video you really explain step-by-step very clean style very good explanation thumbs up👍

[@MessinaDance]

You made my day 🙏Thank you

[@mikeq.4020]

This is awesome, thank you. I'm having a problem keeping grounded, so I think learning some Rumba will help me with that.

[@elsaloraarbulu3951]

Amazyng first time i listen that clear explanation from 🇵🇪 Peru

[@MessinaDance]

Thanks so much for watching 🙏

[@anarmammadoa]

Just perfect, i improved my style! Many thanks!!! I Understood a lot of thing and learned bases in Rumba salsa and other style of afro danse thanks to your lessons!!! And the most important thing that i had all answers without going anywhere!!! Thanks A lot!!!!

[@clhanson3]

I am from Philly but just moved to Indy(indianapolis). Just started taking lessons. Love your videos

[@MessinaDance]

Thanks so much! Good luck in the lessons!

[@aidanmh]

Watching from Finland 🇫🇮😁 nice corner of the globe you have there. These have got to be the best dance videos I have found yet. The dances you teach are authentic and true to their roots - this is hard to find. You break down the steps really well and take the time to explain all the important basics such as musicality that have usually (sadly) been overlooked in the dance classes I have taken. The humour in your videos also appeals to me on a spiritual level and your photography and video editing are top notch 🔥🔥🔥

[@MessinaDance]

[@Kamaga7]

I know this "travel step" under "marco-abre, marco-cierra" name :) pretty hard to coordinate at the beginning, but great to play with during dancing. Also, what a great ending! Pedrito Martinez voice is incredible :)

[@MessinaDance]

Merci!

[@InkaHacker]

Por fin! Excelente explicación de los pasos! I wish this video was available 2-3 years ago when I started dancing casino! Gracias!! Que siga la rumba!

[@peterzums4228]

Killer vids man! Much respect, watching from Freiburg, Germany

[@MessinaDance]

I sincerely appreciate it. More coming, thank you for the support.

[@bluesbulletin]

Appreciate you doing that for the ladies 🤗👍💯

[@MessinaDance]

..I honestly enjoy it more than I admit 💁‍♂️

[@ChuckSSoul]

Nicely explained brother. Much better explained than others have taught me

[@MessinaDance]

I appreciate that 🙏

[@skyquest5109]

Amazing! Excellent instructions...so rare to find such clarity. I love your dance style and channel. More guaguanco and rumba please!

[@MessinaDance]

I'd love to :) thanks for the kind words

[@MessinaDance]

Say no more... :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHeohH9tnsqDm8U

[@russianescapist5262]

Super clear explanations. And, with your style of making videos, you can make tv series/documentaries on any topic you like - its just so nice to watch and hear. Also, you have such a good sense of humor.

[@MessinaDance]

I always appreciate your kind words

[@priyastreram]

Thank you for sharing this awesome pattern. Love your videos. Enjoying this all the way from Singapore

[@MessinaDance]

Thanks for taking the time! Hope to visit one day 🙌

[@zwartvonk]

I have been learning cuban salsa for several years primarily through the Rueda method and learning ever more complicated turn patterns. Although a bit difficult combining fast moving rueda when your learning a new pattern its great once you have a rough idea because you then get to continually practice it with constantly different partners combined with all the other patterns you previously learned. but despite reaching the master class two times I quickly realised that this is just a mere fraction of what Cuban Salsa is really about. My main dance instructor always tried to introduce rumba, afro rumba and son steps into the Rueda but I always wanted to have a separate non Rueda course that purely focuses on this side of Cuban salsa starting right at the beginning with the basic rumba movement, weight transfer, angle and stance. A one of workshops at a social or salsa festival has never worked for me. The limited dance ability I do have was learned by going to lessons twice a week, week in week out one month after another the whole year around, combined with going to salsa socials virtually every weekend where I could get to practice what I learned straight away on the dance floor. It's like you said, you sometimes need to practice a movement 6000 times before it sinks in and starts to look natural. Anyway I really love the way you explain and teach, breaking down every movement for us. Your channel and these videos are the best I have ever seen on KZbin.

[@MessinaDance]

Thanks so much for the kind words. I have a playlist for afro if you haven't checked it out yet, you may like it. More coming soon and thank you for watching!

[@zwartvonk]

@@MessinaDance I am Spotify music addict with one or two playlists just recently added Rumba Guaguanco from one of my distant Teacher friend open.spotify.com/user/blackspark00?si=kZnsrE5xQ1OYWN4t5wxmbg

[@Soestmusic]

Increíble. Beautiful quality video. Appreciating you from lisboa pt.

[@MessinaDance]

You will really like the new project starting March 1st. 🙌

[@dieguismama2330]

Its funny seeing this being taught so formally, this is what you see people dance tambores at the beach in Venezuela.

[@awithplus]

Hello! I can't tell you what exactly I want to see here on your chanel. But your videos resonate with something in me both throught content and throught manner of presentation. Thank you!

[@MessinaDance]

[@AmericanPTstuttgart]

Great video man. Funny enough my sister just moved to North Carlolina. I never knew that was where you filmed from. If I ever visit (I live in Europe) I will def drop by the studio and say hello!

[@news7908]

Russia Krasnodar city.Great video👍

[@MessinaDance]

🙏🙏🙏

[@rolandsharp]

loved it. would love more videos on adding rumba to salsa. not much content on this out there. would love to know how to add it to the basic partner moves

[@naomimankrado8510]

Amazing video! Cant wait to show off my new moves

[@MessinaDance]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@carolleist]

Bien expliqué. bonne vidéo. Merci

[@mishkaangry7404]

Watching you from Crimea, one of the most beautiful places of our planet. 00:03:30 Some cubans, that were with the classes in our town told us, that a man grabbing his pants in rumba also means he is saying "look, i have something in my pockets (cash, present)" to attract and distract woman. Awesome content you have. Keep it up!

[@KILLERDOG416]

keep making vids you are a great dancer and also great editor!!

[@MessinaDance]

I appreciate both of those sentiment greatly :)

[@sebj4415]

Super clear! Merci from France

[@eleareyna8102]

That's pretty cool you do the "female version" of this dance. Arriba Latinoamerica! Hay por Dios la gente sigue fumando! te lo dije cuidao tu eh....:-)

[@udowagner9199]

That's great! Thanks for sharing!

[@MessinaDance]

Thanks for watching 💪

[@davidalen9279]

well done as always amigo. love the breakdown...and hope you make more videos on rumba and can expand and go even deeper. excellent work! and your photography is impressive as well...the town looks like a pleasant place to live...but with your last name I would have figured across from reggio di Calabria...hahaha...cheers and keep up the great work supporting and promoting Cuban patrimony!

[@udaybhan1]

Lovely explanation! Thanks

[@MessinaDance]

🙏🙏🙏

[@noeliamartinez6100]

Amazing video 💙 thanks for sharing :)

[@MessinaDance]

Thank you for watching!

[@strahinja95]

Supporting! Today i made a list of videos of yours and went on to dance the whole day. Like in the good old festival days. Rumba, afro, palo.. feelt soo good. Thanks man!

[@antonmakhatilov8008]

Thank you ! it very intresting! Big love for !Palo)

[@MessinaDance]

Thanks for watching!

[@hvince67]

Thanks. Very interesting, I enjoyed that.

[@MessinaDance]

Thanks for watching

[@alexj1897]

Good stuff

[@gaming-fadi]

Thank you so much for this great video:)

[@MessinaDance]

I'm glad you enjoyed :) More coming.

[@florentthomas5300]

great video as always! More basic turns for casino would be great. Thx ^^

[@MessinaDance]

Planning to do a part 3 live some time soon :)

[@user-nj2vv1uz2p]

muchas gracias mano que lindo

[@MessinaDance]

🙏🙏🙏

[@EyesOnYouToo]

More suelta!!

[@sirikhalsa7054]

I’m in Tucson, AZ BUT moving to the D R in Sept

[@MessinaDance]

I'll know where to aim 🎯 Have been making some trips lately :)

[@sirikhalsa7054]

Fabulous

[@DJarry394]

I have struck gold. I kept finding ballroom dance rumba

[@MessinaDance]

Happy to be here 💪

[@TimoBaader]

very good video

[@MessinaDance]

🙏

[@mikemike5732]

Nice work, can I add this in L.A style? 😀😀

[@MessinaDance]

I don't see why not 💁‍♂️. Numbers/timing should work out the same

[@mikemike5732]

@@MessinaDance thanxxx a lot, have a nice day😀

[@sirikhalsa7054]

I love the videos I would love to visit class

[@MessinaDance]

Where are you??? 👀

[@sirikhalsa7054]

I’m in Tucson AZ But moving to the Dominican Republic in Sept

[@portocuban]

Just for my own sanity, you were dancing on two when you were doing these movements to the music, yes?

[@Mihic96]

4:45 6:35

[@unfrancesenamericalatina9818]

Hi....( I don't find your name :'(), will you put some afro-cuban tutorials? the most common like elegua etc...

[@unfrancesenamericalatina9818]

Thanks :)

[@MessinaDance]

Thanks for the kind words. I'm working on eleggua / lumbanche tutorial for the patreon page.

[@unfrancesenamericalatina9818]

@@MessinaDance nice ! I also make videos so I know how hard it is to produce this kind of content (you put a real effort on the quality and rhythm), so I'll be patient :)

[@MessinaDance]

@@unfrancesenamericalatina9818 I really appreciate that you notice :) Thanks!

[@kasandralopez7825]

Are you Cuban?

[@elizabethanaya9983]

Your video is pretty cool, but I gotta say that one important thing you missed is the WHEN and the WHY. If you don't include a discussion of when it is appropriate to incorporate rumba into salsa or casino, then the problem is that it just becomes an appropriation - a caricature of dance. And why not suggest at some point that folks learn rumba for it's own sake and in it's original context - not just some isolated steps for the purpose of incorporating it into salsa?

[@MessinaDance]

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I tend to go on endlessly down any path related to whatever topic I'm babbling about already, so I tried to limit the scope of this one just to the movements and cadence for guaguanco, because really most casineros are at least peripherally acquainted with rumba etc. For that reason, I usually have them in mind and not so much "salsa" audience (I put "Cuban salsa" in quotes in the video titles for search reasons), but if a salsero (as in line) stumbled across this, hopefully at least they would pick up the correct posture and avoid some of the bad habits that you see in their "shines" like opening the shoulder like crazy and doing the dirt shoveling thing. All that said, I might get preachy in another video :) Thanks for watching.

[@elizabethanaya9983]

@@MessinaDance Could be a great topic for a future video! Or I believe the author of the blog "Son y Casino" also has written some posts on when to use rumba in terms of musical cues in timba - could be good to point towards in your links in the description on this video. Anyway, I don't mean to be critical just pointing to where it could be better in terms of educating the public. Overall really good stuff! My husband I watched several of your videos the other day and we really liked them!