Hey everyone 👋 I’m planning the next wave of lessons, trainings, and courses inside Social Dance Mastery and I want to make sure I'm creating things that actually help you grow on the dance floor. So I’m curious: What area of your dancing do you most want to improve right now? Vote in the poll below 👇 😉And if you want, comment with what you struggle with the most. Your answers will help me design the next trainings for the community.

Today we begin training classic Mambo On2 timing — the timing that dancers used in the Palladium Ballroom during the 1940s and 50s, when mambo was exploding in New York. Over the last 10 days we’ve been laying the groundwork for full rhythm integration, training your ears to hear clave, tumbao, and the deeper structure of salsa music. Now we start connecting that rhythm directly into the mambo time step using the bass tumbao as our guide. This is where the timing really starts to lock in. ⚡ If you're already inside the On2 Timing Accelerator, go watch Day 11 – Video 1 now. Not inside the Accelerator yet? The full On2 Timing Accelerator normally sells for $100, but Premium Members get it included for free, along with all upcoming musicality trainings inside Social Dance Mastery. If you want to finally understand On2 timing instead of just guessing, this is where the work begins. 👉 Upgrade to Premium to unlock the course 🎧 NY Mambo Practice Playlist Here below is the playlist we use to train classic mambo timing: NY MAMBO PLAYLIST😁 Spend some time today listening for the bass tumbao and let the rhythm guide your step. We’re just getting into the good part now. 🔥

Thanks Musa! Happy to be here to learn, grow, enjoy, and participate in the Community 🙏🏾

1️⃣ Before watching this video, where did you think On2 timing came from? New York 2️⃣ What surprised you the most about the story of the Sarabande? I think what amazed me is , why it is banned for it is wild and scandalous, may be because of how slow and control and deepen of movement while tune in sync with the music, created some kind of emotion and lead to relationships that prohibit in that Era ? 3️⃣ Do you think learning the history of rhythm changes the way dancers approach musicality? Why or why not? I think, yes, learning history eg. Flu pandemic in 1918 teach us similar thing about COVID 19 pandemic. Every event has their own history and peoples around it tales. For dances, learn history of dance , is to learn about people way of life, the music expression , the rhythm likely come from the way of life, the dance is the communication and the expression of people and their culture. To learn the history of rhythm teaches us about how it originated and evolved and to feel the music as though we are living in and dancing among them.

Day 1 video 3: how am I supposed to clap along to the African Sarabande .. the beats all blur/ overlap into each other and are hard to differentiate thus hard to clap in a defined corresponding manner.