What I have learnt from Salsa #2

This applies to the idea of staying out of your head when performing a choreographed routine.

It is true that if you are consciously aware of the routine when carrying out, you can be aware of not making mistakes, but it can be mind-boggling and result in unnecessary tension.

The real stage to achieve is reaching unconscious competence where you can carry out the routine and the dance motions through muscle memory and also be one with the mind.

Once the mind starts becoming aware on any specific parts of a routine, it becomes vulnerable to disturbance and thus error.

This is almost the same as a piano or guitar recital (or any other kind of musical instrument). Very often, you can play a tune from the beginning to the end a lot more easily than from a random segment in the middle of the song