Go to your local dance studio and purchase a dance lesson package or take lessons at a local community college or club. Attend lessons once to three times a week. Practice and review lessons at home in your spare time. Work on different timing and moving to the beat for each specific dance. Repeat footwork until it can be done without consciously thinking about it.
Find a dance partner who shares your interest and motivation to learn Latin dance. Practice at a studio, a local college or an open space at home. Work on proper leading techniques by keeping upper body framework strong and turning the person in the intended direction of movement.
Begin to practice hip action, which is an important but difficult element of Latin dance. Stand up straight and point your feet outward. Begin a slow and small marching action forward, keeping your upper body isolated while moving your legs and hips. Bend your knees inward as you flex to increase hip range of motion. Roll on the inside edge of the feet as you step, as if you are try to squish a bug with your big toe. Practice straightening the non-flexed leg and driving the hip back as the other flexes and moves the hip forward. Practice daily.
Watch videos of professional Latin dancers and pay attention to hip action, leading, timing and footwork. Try to mimic their action and style. Purchase videos of professional lessons to get step-by-step instruction to improve your dancing.
Go out dancing as much as possible with a partner, and don't be afraid to make mistakes. Enter novice or amateur Latin dance competitions to give you a goal to work towards. Learn unique choreography by creating an amalgamation of moves you already know with other creative ideas. Practice performance skills by watching the professionals.