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EYE CONTACT IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN DANCING SALSA
If you are always keeping your head down when you dance, or how about staring at other things instead of
your partner. Well, there is such thing as eye contact ladies and gentlemen, and it is as important
as anything else when we talk about Salsa.
Remember that eye contact is very important, but what type, when to, and how should you do it is a whole
new ball game folks. The following are samples of the wrong way to do it.
The "I AM WATCHING YOU" Look
One thing is to give them the ol "am watching you" kinda look, this is just something that is mostly
performed by men, and it can get somewhat scary if you ask me. This is when your partner just
stares right at your face during the whole song without smiling nor giving you any kind of feeling
with a frozen face. People, this is silence of the lambs scary, don't do it.
The "SPACE ALIEN" look
Here is another one that is somewhat similar to the one above, except that this one has the traits of
exploration. It's like the head and face of the person remain the same througout the whole song, but
the eyes just keep moving around staring at different parts of your body, like you are a creature he
has never encounter.
The "DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS" Look
Alright, I know that you must face your partner, but that also means than when doing so, don't just
let your mind go places. Focus people, focus! If you let your mind go out and about, you will look
like you just got hipnotized by houdini. Look alive, look alive.
The "YO YO STARE" look
Alright, this is another one that cracks me up. I've seen many people doing this too, they are trying
to look at your face, but also want to look at your feet, so they move up and down, up and down. Got
the idea of looking more alive here, but still a bit nauseating I think.
The "CARE BEAR STARE" look
Okay, looking alive and happy is really good, but the care bear stare is just over the top here. Dancing with
a huge smile, big enough that is making your eye squint. Well, at least you know that they are happy
to dance with you, or maybe they just got plastic surgery and can't really move their face much.
The "I KILL YOU" look
This one is another scary one. This happens when they are just too concentrated in the step or musical
tempo. They are so concentrated that they are putting en effort face right in front of you, but because
it of that, it just looks like they are about to know you out or will pull out a knife and give you the
ol pschyco routine.
NOW FOR REALS
Okay, okay, enough of having fun here. Everyone can just stare at your face during the whole song, and
others can just give you a glimpse of it, but how do you know how much of it is necessary to keep
body language at it's best. Remember that eye contact in Salsa is very important, is another way to
communicate with your partner without speaking, therefore you must practice it just as much as your other
moves to master it. You can not just ignore this discipline, it's really more of an art within the art
of Salsa itself.
Eye contact is another great way to communicate what your dancing is all about, and believe it or not
a little and well done glimpse can communicate just what you want to get across. A load of
information can be transmitted to your dancing partner, and this gives them a huge advantage
in understanding your next move, step, and even reaction without touching each other.
It is so important in fact that the more you dance with one partner, they will learn your looks
so good that they will know before you do it what you are about to do, just with eye contact.
The crazy thing is that eye contact is not consistent what so ever. You must use different eye contact
with different people, remember that everyone is different. Some people will dance better with you
when you give them a lot of eye contact, while others prefer to get crazy and look other ways, but still
need a little glimpse here and there.
Well, how do you know how much, that is like asking how do you fall in love? You just do, you will learn
it and feel comfortable with it when you get to a certain level. But always practice it, because
of the difference that can occur from person to person.
Don't always train yourself into giving a lot of eye contact, because some people will not be able
to handle that much, and don't give it too little because some will be looking for it. It is something
that can not be explain with words, you just got to feel it. But hopefully with the samples that
I put up there, you try to stay away from all of them, and somewhere in there, you'll find just
the right amount you need for everyone.
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