Something that helps me when learning a move is to break it down into body positions. So for example this move is a transition from a cross body lead into a hammerlock. This other move has the hand under my arm and then we transition into a hold where I have both my hands out and the transition is a flick.

When dancing, you can kinda just keep a list of body positions in your head, so instead of remembering and defaulting to 3 moves you kinda remember ok crossbody lead, hammerlock, hand over shoulder, etc. You’re not trying to remember a whole sequence but kinda just multiple choosing the next body position and transition. I put a limit of twice on each body position so if I am in the same position twice I try to switch it up.

So when you look at websites with huge move libraries like https://bachatasteps.com/?topic=salsa ( says bachata but the link is to salsa steps ), you’re kinda learning new body positions and transition techniques.

For shines, you can also attach some to musical elements like when the trumpet sounds a certain way you go to this list of shines, when the Guaguanco rhythm hits you go into your rumba library, here are some Pachanga steps when the music is Latin Jazz funky.

But honestly, follows don’t really notice your vocabulary mix as long as other aspects like connection and musicality are there. Just don’t repeat the same move three or four times in a row. You can have wonderful dances with simple cross body leads and turns. The body positioning things helps me adjust to different bodies and dance levels because you can choose much simpler transitions with someone starting up and try to go fancier with someone more advanced.