Salsa Cubana
The Salsa as we know it today evolved from the Cuban Son into a mixture of dance styles we call Salsa today. Although there are different flavors of the Salsa – of which the most well-known are: the Salsa Cubana, The New-York style and the LA style, the Salsa Cubana is the style with most of the African-Cuban dance movements still present. The styles evolved in the United States tend to have more European classical dance styles as a predominant base and are more tailored for European’s to dance to.
This does not necessarily mean that one style is better than the other, although the contemporary Salsa Cubana offers more freedom in its dance and evolves rapidly with influences of new Cuban Salsa Music trends (Timba) and also new Afro-Urban dance styles known today (e.g. Reggaetón - derived from Jamaican dancehall styles, Hip-Hop, but also the more traditional African-Cuban dance styles with Classical European dance influences).
The primary difference between the Salsa Cubana and the US Salsa dance styles (NY & LA), is the freedom and circular movements in dancing the Salsa Cubana, compared to the US Salsa styles that tend to predominantly dance in straight lines. The Salsa Cubana also lends itself for dancing on the two (somewhat comparable to the New-York style) or on the one (like in the L.A. style), on the three (Bass - not done in the other Salsa styles) and because of its flexibility, with more than one dance partner simultaneously (applicable to both men and women). Finally, the Salsa Cubana is the only Salsa dance style that allows you to dance in groups of dance partners - the Casino de Rueda.
Yanek Revilla is currently one of the leading Cubans creating the Salsa Cubana of tomorrow and continuously evolving the dance with new moves and integrating it with other dance styles, thus continuously updating the Salsa Cubana. In the SalsaYanek community these updates are presented to the community members.