Salsa Coca Cola Doble

The Salsa Coca Cola Doble is a two‑measure traveling turn used in LA‑style and New York‑style salsa. On the first measure the leader breaks back on his left foot on count 1, initiating an outside (right‑hand) turn of roughly ¼ turn; the follower mirrors by breaking back on her right foot on count 1, opening a slot for the leader. The leader then steps forward on count 5 with his right foot, completing the remaining ¾ turn for a net ~180° rotation by the end of measure 2. The follower travels forward through the opened slot on counts 2‑3 and again on 6‑7, re‑orienting ~90° into the slot on each entry and ~90° back to face the leader on each exit, yielding a total ~180° split across the two re‑orientations. The figure is timed to On1 salsa music, with breaks on counts 1 and 5 and a typical social tempo of 150‑185 bpm^[1]. It emerged in the New York On1 community in the early 1990s and spread to Los Angeles, Miami and Cali, where dancers often retain the English label “Coca Cola Doble”^[2].