Any good things to know about salsa dancing?

Question:A friend is teaching me how to salsa dance, using my boyfriend as my parter. I'm wondering if there's anything salsa dancing that I should know ahead of time. Or any ways not to get myself killed dancing.
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: A friend is teaching me how to salsa dance, using my boyfriend as my parter. I'm wondering if there's anything salsa dancing that I should know ahead of time. Or any ways not to get myself killed dancing.
Any contributions help!
Thanks.

Dancing is muscle memory, Like riding a bike. There is nothing you can study. Just start riding and enjoy yourself.

Physically salsa is a cardiovascular exercise, so any workout you already do will help you dance longer. I also would recommend small stretch before you begin, to limber up your muscles.

Just feel the beat!!! and have fun. Since your dancing with your dancing with your boyfriend flirt with him as you dance and be confident. Salsa dancing is sexy:)

well salsa is a very fast paced dance, its one of the fastest unless you are dancing to a salsa ballad. what I recommend is just for you and your BF to just follow the music, try and feel it and move to the beats. Have fun with it or else you will seem very rigid to your audience. Its really easy once you get the hang of it.