BeginningsAmericaRevolucionMamboToday     Salsa's Transformation: In North America there has long been a populous of Latin American Immigrants from countries where Salsa dancing was popular - such as Puerto Rico and Colombia - dancing Salsa in the Latin Nightclubs they frequented to get their weekly taste of home. As the influx of these immigrants continued, more and more non Latin people became interested in Salsa. Over the years, Salsa in North America began to integrate steps from "Ballroom" Mambo as many teachers from ballroom studios ventured to teach this ever more popular dance. In New York as in many North American cities, Salsa teachers took much influence - and many steps- from the Arthur Murray version of the Mambo, (very different from the original Cuban version of Mambo). Today a search on the net will show that in New York the word Salsa and Mambo are used interchangeably. Perhaps Tito Puente (mentioned earlier as a forefather of Latin Music in New York) and his refusal to recognize the term Salsa, was a result of that or an influence on that. In recent years Salsa's popularity has increased to world-wide proportions. It is being danced all over Europe, Asia, North America and now even the Latin American countries that have not traditionally danced Salsa such as Argentina and Mexico, have thriving Salsa scenes.     Salsa Today >>
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