News Tips Digital Daily Wisc. It's been around for decades and its popularity is peaking. Dimension shows you why it's hotter than ever at such Twin Cities night spots as the Minneapolis Cafe, First Avenue, The Quest and the Regal Hotel.
Movements are exotic, sometimes provocative.
The style emerged from New York City's Hispanic community in the 1970s. The hot sounds of Tito Puente, the Mambo Kings and Gloria Estefan drove hips and heated up dance floors. Initially, it was strictly people from Spanish descent, Latino people. Now, you look around and there's a lot of Swedish people doing the salsa. Salsa lovers say that the atmosphere brings them to downtown Minneapolis.