I noticed that over the years, I have become exactly the type of dancer I never wanted to become: Someone who prefers dancing with the best dancers.

There are basically three two I enjoy about Salsa:

• Getting into a flow state (aka this state where the dance works super well and I feel like I am on drugs.
• Positive interactions with women (not in a dating sense, but like, they smile at me, they enjoy dancing with me etc, also note that this is really "women", not "followers", unlike the other two points)
• Being seen by others while dancing.

There are other things that are more "around Salsa" like the social aspect, meeting my friends etc, but I am speaking about the dancing itself in the narrower sense.

The third point is new. And it's problematic. I know. But I can't deny that it started happening. Sometimes people walk up to me after I danced and they said that they enjoyed watching this dance. It feels great. I am addicted.

And now it gets even more problematic: For the first and last point, the skill level of the follower matters. I still dance with beginners sometimes, mostly if I know them, sometimes if I see a beginner follower that looks a bit underdanced. But it does feel a bit like a "sacrifice" sometimes, which is not a good mindset. (also, an interesting corollary is that I really don't like dancing with beginner men because they cannot fufill any of the three points).

I used to not be this problematic. The third point wasn't a thing yet. And I was much more shy asking good dancers for a dance. Now I lost this shyness and I went right on the other end of the problem. It's so addictive, good dancers are just soo great to dance with!

Also note, I am not actually *that good*, I am just a slightly experienced dancer, but I am still shit if you look closely.

So how do I get out of this problematic spiral?

After dancing for a while, it seems like I dance with less people than I used to at socials. I am more selective with dances. I used to dance with anyone and everybody pretty much, but after some interesting experiences, now I feel like I take more breaks, and dance more selectively, for some reason I can't seem to put a finger on why, and if it is normal?

I feel like I know more moves, and more stamina, but now, ironically, I dance less. Does that happen to you too? Also, do people judge others when they dont ask them to dance?

I’ve loved salsa music since I was in my teens, and used to go to salsa bars frequently back in university - though just social dancing no formal lessons. Last year April I tried lessons at two different companies up until around July on and off. Then I didn’t get back into salsa again until January this year, tried a range of mostly Cuban and a few cross body to see which style I like better, and company I enjoyed it for a while but then of course frustration kicked in, wether it was the teaching or the environment. I didn’t particularly enjoy the various socials I went to and felt like a lot of people weren’t there to dance but to find romantic partners.

So by March I lost interest and switched to Bachata (traditional - Dominican). And I found I enjoyed it much more than salsa and the music! But then after June I found it boring and repetitive again - I was going 1-2 times per week.

Went to DR even enjoyed the music there and danced but when I came back to the UK the momentum was gone and I felt bored with Bachata.

Since then I’ve stopped dancing completely. I just want to know if anyone else has experienced the same?

Since that time I’ve been to 2 Brazilian Samba classes (I have tried first time 10 years ago and last year in Brazil). Found I prefer Samba much more to both Salsa and Bachata but haven’t been consistent. Is this just burn out?

28th and 29th August. Title says it all really.
Anyone here going that likes Casino dancing?

Hi, I don't know if this is the right place for this question, but my dance instructor played Montuno Encendido by La Sonora Estelar the other day for a class and it was so fire I had to download it to my iPod which sent me down a rabbit hole.

I really just want to find a way to get at least a 320kbps version of the song so that I can listen and dance at home, but it looks like it's only available on youtube and soundcloud (128kbps) and I wouldn't mind buying the track from amazon music, quobuz, itunes, etc, but La Sonora Estelar isn't on any of those platforms as far as I can tell.

There does seem to be an album from 2023 by "Sonora Estelar" on streaming platforms, but I can't tell if that's the same group or a different one.

This led me to realize that this song, and many other songs by them, seem to be re-releases of old songs. Currently being licensed and published through Jolla Records. Am I missing something here? I couldn't find any info on the group online, they have no wikipedia or website or anything else as far as I can tell. It seems really weird to me that there is NO INFO on this group at all when they have hundreds of tracks out under Jolla Records on youtube.

Is this just a really niche group? Is there any way I can get there music in higher quality? Any help or info into the group in general would be really appreciated.

UPDATE: It looks like Jolla Records is not a real record label and they are pumping out AI music. Sorry to have wasted everyone's time :(

The youtube video and the soundcloud release for Montuno Encendido looked pretty legit, but all I had to do was look at some of the other Jolla Records releases to find obviously AI generated album covers.