Salsa dancing. This is an old question, but I've decided to add my take on it. Salsa is very intricate and syncopated (stress on the weak beat), but while it looks good, it is not the same as dancing merengue, where you dance to the beat. I enjoy more watching two graceful salsa dancers than doing it myself; maybe because I cannot do it for the life of me. Merengue is just plain fun. Japanese, Chinese, Salvadorans, all make an attempt at merengue. No need to 'look' good while dancing to merengue, it just feels good, plain and simple. Some salsa dancers look too serious, and look around to see if people are watching them, especially the good ones. So, my take is that salsa is a show-off kind of dance. But on the 'fun' factor, merengue rules. And while I'm envious of good salsa dancers--they get all the good-looking girls--I have given up at trying to look good. Damn it! Why me?
When God was passing out salsa dancing skills, I thought they said "want some oil spills?", so I told them I did not want any.