Josip Sito

Written by Josip Sito . Dancing since 2012. Started with breakdance, but after 5 years of spinning on head decided to spin on feet, i.e switched to Salsa. Have traveled to international festivals like Salsa Beach Splash in Šibenik, World Salsa Meeting in Milano, Croatian Summer Salsa Festival in Rovinj, and Magic Slovenian Salsa Festival in Ljubljana.


The breakdancing guy in red is me

  1. March 28, 2021

    Introducing one of the salsa instructors that inspired not only me but also many other people, Nataša Pavičević. On the meaning of dance, creating your job, stopping everything and focusing on the calling, sabotaging yourself, and other similar topics you can listen to in this interesting podcast.

  2. February 23, 2021

    Sometimes there is a tendency to separate, to categorize. To think what we like is better than other things. In the salsa context, there is a tendency to think that one type of dance is better than another.

  3. February 20, 2021

    Frankie Martinez, one of the Eddie Torres students, gives here a beautiful and short introduction to the most popular salsa types.

  4. February 16, 2021

    You can see the difference between this type and line type of salsa (which I've shown in the previous articles). This style is danced more in a circular pattern. They are usually not doing fast spins and there is a lot more body movement and Cuban folklore involved. It is a very playful style of dance.

  5. February 14, 2021

    On of the big faces of Salsa On 1 is Johnny Vasquez. He is, along with his brothers Luis and Francisco, credited for creating and popularizing the Salsa On 1 style. He won a load of Salsa competitions and because of his talent Eddie Torres crowned him as the Prince of Salsa.

  6. February 09, 2021

    This video describes in detail what was happening in the Palladium Era. At one point they started to organize competitions in the Palladium Ballroom. One of the famous dance couples that were regulars at these contests were Augie and Margo who were also a big inspiration to Eddie Torres.

  7. February 05, 2021

    One of the veterans who didn't agree with the term Salsa was Eddie Torres, the man who defined salsa. Or mambo? What is the difference? Why didn't he like the term? I've put the material in which he explains all of that in this article.

  8. February 01, 2021

    This is salsa. Or then it was called Mambo. And it was during the 60s in New York. During those days dancers came into one place. Palladium Ballroom.

  9. January 22, 2021

    Simply said, Salsa is a sauce of made of many ingredients. It is not just one dance, but it contains many rhythms and dances.

  10. December 21, 2020

    They are a pure flavour of body movement and energy. I was at some of their workshops last year in Rovinj salsa festival, and I ended being positively surprised. In this social dance you can see how they are really just playing with music and mixing many, many styles.

  11. October 30, 2020

    Again Rodrigo, but now he is with his partner Bersy Cortez. Both of them are crazy, and very famous in salsa and their workshops are always crowded what you can see by the amount of attendants in...