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Takeshi Young

Takeshi Young is a salsa dancer with 8 years of dance experience. He dances all styles of salsa and is a big fan Colombian-style salsa. He is the coach for Spartan Mambo, the college salsa team at San Jose State University and runs a number of salsa-related websites including Salsa Vida, Salsa Memes, and Salsa By The Bay.

Dance 101, General DanceFebruary 18, 2020

How To Be A Better Dance Partner (Without Improving Your Dancing)

By Takeshi Young

If you’re reading this site, then it goes without saying that Latin dances (salsa, bachata, kizomba(yes, we know its not a Latin dance)) can…

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World Salsa Summit vs World Latin Dance Cup
Competitions, Opinions, SalsaFebruary 8, 2016

World Latin Dance Cup VS World Salsa Summit

By Takeshi Young

A couple months ago, I wrote an article about the 2015 World Latin Dance Cup, which this year was one of the most poorly…

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Competitions, Opinions, SalsaDecember 21, 2015

Why The World Latin Dance Cup Sucks (And How To Fix It)

By Takeshi Young

UPDATE: See my thoughts on the World Latin Dance Cup vs the World Salsa Summit. This week I attended the 6th Annual World Latin…

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Community, SalsaOctober 27, 2014

An Introduction To The Orishas

By Takeshi Young

If you listen to a lot of salsa music, especially Cuban salsa, then you may notice certain African words repeated throughout different songs such…

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