Hola Amigo- have been around the dance scene as a pro since 1951 and danced many yrs before that.

I got my first intro to Mambo on the w.coast ( LA ) in the late fifties and then then the pall. in the early sixties .
I was already highly trained as a dancer, coming from the U.K.-- I quickly learned, that what I thought was latin,was not even close !!-- My P.Rican buddies coached me into the real world of Latino culture, and I immeresed myself into that, from that time on.
Funny, how people keep trying to re invent ( some call it progress ) a pure art form borne of the barrios .
I realise that with time, music changes , some good, and some not so.
Everyone now seems to be an expert-- funny-- most of them were not even born , when the genre was in its heyday ( Mambo, that is )
I see alot of talent in my travels, but the energy seems to be placed in the direction of performance .The sad part of that-- it tends to influence the newer devotees, many who never seem to get, a basic fundamental approach to the dance .Like all disciplines, the foundation is at the very core of that which we attempt to display .
Am currently teaching in the U.K.. have had so called " advanced dancers " attend my beginners classes ( why, I dont know ) suffice it to say, they never returned. Sad, because in nearly all instances, they did not have a clue about the substance-- all they seem to want , is more steps !!