0_Apprentice
I love salsa dancing for exercise. It works up a sweat!
1_Wizard
It's hard to believe that Salsa dancing is so popular in America.  It originated all the way down in the Caribbean.
0_Apprentice
It's a lot of fun. What else is interesting about it?
1_Wizard
The salsa's movements are derived from several other dances' forms, including Puerto Rican bomba and plena, Cuban Son, cha-cha-cha, mambo, and others!
0_Apprentice
Very cool. So it's a mexture of all those?
1_Wizard
Yes, but it actually originated in New York in the mid-1970s!
0_Apprentice
Really? I'm surprised it originated in the U.S.
1_Wizard
I believe that was only one variant, as different regions have their own variations on salsa.  Some of the more known styles are Cuban, Puerto Rican, Cali Colombia, L.A., and New York.