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Learning The Salsa with Lele Pons & Brandon Armstrong

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Young Hollywood hits the rehearsal dance floor with influencer Lele Pons and her "Dancing With The Stars" pro partner Brandon Armstrong as he gives us some lessons in the spicy Latin dance, the salsa! We also learn another one of Lele's specialty moves!

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Young Hollywood

What's up, guys? Leslie Robbins here for Young Hollywood. Guess where we are. Back behind the scenes at Dancing with the Stars.

Brandon Armstrong

Okay, Brandon, this is your space. You are the choreographer. He's got it down. I'm here to learn. What do you got? You got it. Okay, we gotta do salsa. That's Lele's bread and butter. Coach's butter. We gotta do it. Okay, so we're gonna start with our left foot, feet together. We're gonna start with our left foot going forward. Very first time that we step, we're gonna turn our body around. So we're gonna go step, step, close. So we have three steps. One, two, three and then we're gonna go back on our right foot and go one, two, three. We're gonna add a little shoulder shimmy. Okay, from the top. One, two, three, one, two, three. We're gonna go

Lele Pons

Oh, I'm so used to doing this.

Brandon Armstrong

Yeah, those little arms, right? Let's go from the top. We should do that again. Yeah, eh. One, two, three. One, two, three. So, left foot forward. Right foot back. Now this is Lele's professional move. We're gonna go. Oh. Shaky, shaky, shaky, shaky. Now, I'm gonna turn it over to the pro for the shakes. Tell us how we do these shakes. How do we really get into these shaky shakes?

Lele Pons

Okay. Yes. Like that? Like do. Do. So like you see like chest. Almost like chest. Yeah, like that. Bah, boom, bah, boom. Bah. And then the ones that just go down like bah, bah, bah, bah, bah. That is the Lele special. It's a gift.

Brandon Armstrong

You did great. This is amazing. Right? And then obviously if you wanna do it really fast like

Lele Pons

Yes. I've been practicing my whole life. My whole life for that. So we're throwing that after our salsa turn.

Brandon Armstrong

That's after our salsa turn. Let's try it. Ready? Six, seven, left foot. One, two, three. One, two, three. Wah, pah, pah, pah, pah, pah, pah, pah. Hey. You did great. You did great. Now you're great. You're

Lele Pons

She's great. I can't do the butt thing next to you. I am like

Brandon Armstrong

The butt thing's great.

Lele Pons

I can't do it next to her.

Brandon Armstrong

I haven't even choreographed the butt thing yet. We did a butt thing week two on the show and I was standing on my knee not even trying it because I said I'm not doing it next to Lele. I just I'm gonna sit and watch.

Lele Pons

Yeah, I just watch. I just watch.

Brandon Armstrong

Okay, from the top we got. From the top. Six, seven, here we go. One, two, three. One, two, three. Wah, pah, pah, pah, pah, pah, pah, pah. How we doing? Keep going. You did pretty good? Okay, now I'm gonna I'm gonna try to step here. We're gonna go one, two, three, the counts go one, two, three. We're gonna cross our foot. We're gonna go one, two, point and one, two, point. They're called karaoke runs. So these get a little fast. Cross our right foot over. Cross, side, point. Now ball change and go. Ball change and point. Ball change and point. Ball change and good. Go, one, two, three. Oh, one, two, three. Oh, one, two, three. Look at you guys. Hey, hey, hey. Okay. You know how to do it was good.

Lele Pons

Yeah, right? That comes after our wah, pah, pah, pah, pah, pah.

Brandon Armstrong

Okay, from the top. Slow. Slow. Six, seven, here we go. One, two, three. One, two, three. Wah, kah, kah. Wah, kah, kah. Cross our right foot. One, two, three and one, two, three and one, two, three and one, two, three. Nice and slow. Left foot, right foot. Shake it out. Bah, pah. Bah, pah. Bah, pah. Towards me. One, two, three and one, two, three and one, two, three and one, two, three. Oh, come on. Just a little bit of like fun. So you like you know, like you have like

Lele Pons

I should get

Brandon Armstrong

Yeah, social. Very social. I was smiling the whole

Young Hollywood

Good job. Good, good, good. We're gonna try it again. Yes. Ready? Five, six, seven, here we go. One, two, three. One, two, three. Keep it. Keep it. Keep it. I'm gonna go through the two of you. Hey. Down. Hey. And. Yeah. Chewing it. Chewing it. Chewing it. Chewing it. Who do I call for ya?

Lele Pons

Um, Gleb because that's who's apparently getting everybody on here. Gleb. Gleb, where you at? Gleb. Get her a job.

Brandon Armstrong

Try not to gloat. I think I've danced with you before too, Gleb. I see. Yeah, you're hard to forget.

Young Hollywood

Group hug. Group hug. Group hug. Good job. Yes. Most memorable day. This is the day. This is the day.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Lele Pons

    Influencer and dancer, featured in the video

  • Brandon Armstrong

    Professional dancer from Dancing With The Stars, teaching salsa

  • Leslie Robbins

    Host for Young Hollywood

  • Gleb

    Mentioned as a pro dancer who gets people jobs

FAQ

Who teaches the salsa lesson in the video?+
Brandon Armstrong, a professional dancer from "Dancing With The Stars," teaches the salsa lesson.
What is Lele Pons's signature dance move shown in the video?+
Lele Pons demonstrates a "shaky, shaky" move as her specialty.
What are some of the salsa steps taught?+
The salsa steps taught include a basic forward and backward sequence with shoulder shimmies and "karaoke runs".
Who is Leslie Robbins?+
Leslie Robbins is the host for Young Hollywood in the video.

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