Salsa is a distillation of a lot of Latin and Afro-Caribbean dances. Each played a big part in its evolution.Salsa is similar to Mambo in that both have a mold of six steps danced over eight counts of music. Thedances share many of the same moves. In Salsa, turns have become a significant feature, so the overall look and feel is fairly different form those of Mambo.Mambo moves usually forward and backward, whereas, Salsa has more of a side to side feel.

Hip hop started as a cultural movement in the ghettos of New York in the early 1970s. The term 'hip hop' was initially used by underground MCs and DJs in the clubs, as they chose up on the rhythm of the music and shouted to the crowds to join in the dancing.On the other hand, it was DJ Africa Bambaataa who used the term to portray the urban movement which was at present on the rise.

Ballet Dance as a backbone for many other styles of dance, as many other dance genres are based on ballet. Ballet is based on techniques that have been developed over centuries. Ballet uses music and dance to tell stories. Ballet dancers have the ability to transport an audience to another world.

Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuban origin that corresponds to mambo music. Mambo music was invented in 1930s Havana by Cachao and his contemporaries and made popular around the world by Perez Prado and Beny More. Mambo music developed from Danzon and was heavily influenced by the Jazz musicians that the Italian-American gangsters, who controlled Havana's casinos, brought to entertain their American customers.