Always practise the basics. Let’s look at the anatomy of partner dances: a string of basic puzzle pieces threaded together in different sequences to make a huge range of step patterns, and salsa is no exception. The better you know and can perform each puzzle piece, the better you can perform the entire dance.
I have found over my years of teaching that practising long, advanced, convoluted step patterns rarely helps students develop as much as going back to basics does. It’s easy to get so wrapped up in the tiny, intricate details of advanced patterns that you are no longer really dancing or making much progress. Even as teachers, we train on the basics much more often than we train on the advanced material.
If you have a bit of time to practise, going back to basics is what I always recommend. Many members here at QuickSteps find that using