Beginner - Looking for advices to improve body movement / musicality
Hello everyone, I'm looking for advices/tips from dancers on how to improve body movement and musicality.
For context, I've started linear salsa on 1 since january (27M lead, never done any dance before), I'm taking two classes a week, one for partnerwork and one for footwork/shine (1 hour each). Since April and now that I feel a bit more confident, I try to go to social at least once a week with others beginners from my class. I struggle a bit because I only know a handful of movements and I feel like I'm a stuck in a loop really quickly but I'm trying my best and enjoying it.
I've always been stiff, like really stiff, I can see it when I practice at school in front a mirror but last night during a social, I asked one of my teacher who was there if we could dance while another student recorded us because I've never took any video off me and I wanted to see a bit how it looked and how I could improve. My teacher agreed and we went for a dance. Another beginner then sent me the video on whatsapp. I didn't look it right there but when I got home, I looked it before going to bed and I was horrified. I LOOK SO STIFF !!! Of course next to my teacher I look even more stiff but I had never realised that my back and shoulder looked so straight. I looked like and electric pole !
I'm a beginner and I still have a lot and a lot to learn, but my question is how do you train musicality and body movement (outside of school and social) ? Have you recommandations of things I could train at home alone ? Even online ressources like youtube channels ?
Thanks for your time !