Cali’s own salsa style: lightning-fast footwork, acrobatic lifts and spectacular shows that made the city the ‘world capital of salsa’.
From the 1960s, Caribbean records arrived in Cali and dancers in its working-class neighbourhoods began to dance salsa in their own way — often playing records faster than normal speed. Out of this came the caleño style: very quick footwork with many small kicks and taps, close to the ground, combined in shows with lifts, spins and acrobatics. Today Cali has hundreds of dance schools and companies, and events such as the Salsódromo of the Feria de Cali and the World Salsa Festival attract dancers from around the world.
