Learn How To Dance And Score Huge Points With Latin Women

This post is aimed at all the non-Latino men who read my blog. If you’re North American, Australian, or European or from any other region outside of Latin America, and not of Latino background, you’re generally not expected to know how to dance. In fact those that have traveled to Latin America before you, and have dared to go on the dance floor, have established a perception across Latin America that “gringos” don’t know how to dance.

In general a “gringo,” is a term used to refer to any foreigner, although it started as a term used to refer to North Americans, mainly from the United States. Today the common perception is that if you’re a gringo aka foreigner, and not of Latino background, you will most likely not know how to dance. Most women and men are already use to seeing “gringos” dance in their own funny and weird way so you won’t loose any points if you don’t know how to dance.

So don’t be scared that you’ll make a fool of yourself by trying to dance to the music. The perception is already in place that you will not know how to dance, so just have fun. By hitting the dance floor and dancing to Latin rhythms you’ll appear to be fun and carefree, and even confident even though you know that you don’t know how to dance. Since everyone will not expect you to know how to dance you won’t loose any points by trying.

The real game changer comes in, if you DO know how to dance. If you’ve taken the time to go into salsa, or Latin dance classes back at home, before you travel. And if you’ve taken the time to learn how to move to Latin music and the rhythms you will score HUGE points with the women. Since you’re not expected to have one dancing bone in your body, the women will be amazed that you know how to dance, and you will stand out from all the other gringos who’ve ever traveled to Latin America.

What To Learn?
I suggest learning how to dance salsa and merengue and a bit if reggeaton. Salsa music can be found just about anywhere you go in Latin America and in many other regions of the world. Salsa can come in handy almost anywhere you travel even in places as far off as Asia, and Europe. Merengue has in recent years broken outside of just the Caribbean into other regions of Latin America. Reggeaton is a lot easier and is another genre of Latin music that has caught on big all over Latin America. I recommend starting with these three because they will be most useful and are the most widely accepted types of music and dance throughout Latin America. If you’re interested in learning how to dance Latin music, check out my post on Five Steps to Learning Latin Dance.

What If You’re Black or Latino
If you’re black you may or may not be expected to know how to dance. For example if you’re in Colombia, people might think you’re from Cartagena, and they may expect you to know how to dance better then the average gringo. If you’re in Brazil, people might think your from Salvador and they may expect you to know how to dance better then the gringo as well.

If you’re Latino, you’re expected to know how to dance just about anywhere you go. The good news is that most people of Latin American background know how to dance, even if they were born and raised outside of Latin America. However even if your of Latin American background and you don’t know how to dance, you do have an excuse… you grew up abroad.