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Argentine Tango
has been thrilling dancers for
more than 100 years. Argentine Tango is loved by dancers
and audiences for its beauty, passion, drama and excitement.
Learning to dance Tango socially is based on
improvisational movement and respecting both your partner and
the other dancers on the floor. The essence of Argentine
Tango is about life and, especially, about the
relationship between a man and a woman.
Smooth Street Ballroom provides world
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The Beginner's Guide to Argentine Tango
The exact origins of tango—both the dance and the word itself—are
lost in myth and an unrecorded history. The generally accepted
theory is that in the mid-1800s, African slaves were brought to
Argentina and began to influence the local culture. The word
"tango" may be straightforwardly African in origin, meaning
"closed place" or "reserved ground." Or it may derive from
Portuguese (and from the Latin verb tanguere, to touch) and
was picked up by Africans on the slave ships. Whatever its
origin, the word "tango" acquired the standard meaning of the
place where African slaves and free blacks gathered to dance.
Argentina was undergoing a massive immigration during the later
part of the 1800s and early 1900s. In 1869, Buenos Aires had a
population of 180,000. By 1914, its population was 1.5 million.
The intermixing of African, Spanish, Italian, British, Polish,
Russian and native-born Argentines resulted in a melting pot of
cultures, and each borrowed dance and music from one another.
Traditional polkas, waltzes and mazurkas were mixed with the
popular habanera from Cuba and the candombe rhythms from Africa.
Most immigrants were single men hoping to earn their fortunes
in this newly expanding country. They were typically poor and
desperate, hoping to make enough money to return to Europe or
bring their families to Argentina. The evolution of tango
reflects their profound sense of loss and longing for the people
and places they left behind.
Most likely the tango was born in African-Argentine dance
venues attended by compadritos, young men, mostly native born
and poor, who liked to dress in slouch hats, loosely tied
neckerchiefs and high-heeled boots with knives tucked casually
into their belts. The compadritos took the tango back to the
Corrales Viejos—the slaughterhouse district of Buenos Aires—and
introduced it in various low-life establishments where dancing
took place: bars, dance halls and brothels. It was here that the
African rhythms met the Argentine milonga music (a fast-paced
polka) and soon new steps were invented and took hold.
Although high society looked down upon the activities in the
barrios, well-heeled sons of the porteño oligarchy were not
averse to slumming. Eventually, everyone found out about the
tango and, by the beginning of the twentieth century, the tango
as both a dance and as an embryonic form of popular music had
established a firm foothold in the fast-expanding city of its
birth. It soon spread to provincial towns of Argentina and
across the River Plate to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay,
where it became as much a part of the urban culture as in Buenos
Aires.
The worldwide spread of the tango came in the early 1900s
when wealthy sons of Argentine society families made their way
to Paris and introduced the tango into a society eager for
innovation and not entirely averse to the risqué nature of the
dance or dancing with young, wealthy Latin men. By 1913, the
tango had become an international phenomenon in Paris, London
and New York. There were tango teas, tango train excursions and
even tango colors—most notably orange. The Argentine elite who
had shunned the tango were now forced into accepting it with
national pride.
The tango spread worldwide throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
The dance appeared in movies and tango singers traveled the
world. By the 1930s, the Golden Age of Argentina was beginning.
The country became one of the ten richest nations in the world
and music, poetry and culture flourished. The tango came to be a
fundamental expression of Argentine culture, and the Golden Age
lasted through the 1940s and 1950s.
Tango's fortunes have always been tied to economic conditions
and this was very true in the 1950s. During this time, as
political repression developed, lyrics reflected political
feelings until they started to be banned as subversive. The
dance and its music went underground as large dance venues were
closed and large gatherings in general were prohibited. The
tango survived in smaller, unpublicized venues and in the hearts
of the people.
The necessity of going underground combined with the eventual
invasion of rock and roll sent the tango into decline until the
mid-1980s when the stage show Tango
Argentino opened
in Paris. Once again Paris was ground zero for igniting tango
excitement worldwide. The show toured the world and stimulated a
revival in Europe, North America and Japan that we are part of
today.
Argentine Tango Basics
Argentine tango is an improvisational dance based on the four
building blocks of walking, turning, stopping and
embellishments. The dance is like a puzzle that gets put
together differently each time. Women and men bring their own
styles and embellishments to the dance which contribute
significantly to the excitement and unpredictability of the
experience. Even though dancers follow certain conventions, they
never quite know how someone will construct a dance, add an
embellishment or interpret the music. The surprises possible
within the dance are what make the dance so addicting. It really
does take two to tango, because the dance isn't just about the
man leading and the woman following. Both partners have
important things to contribute—like all good conversations.
Tango is danced counterclockwise around a floor just like a
horse race. Dancers try to stay on the outside edges of the
floor and away from the center space. If you were able to look
down on a tango dance floor, you'd see dancers move as if
floating down a river—flowing smoothly forward sometimes and
occasionally stopping for a spin in a shallow eddy.
Is Argentine Tango the Same as
Ballroom Tango?
No. They started out from the same roots, but location, time and
the ever evolving nature of dance have made them separate
dances. The American and International ballroom tangos you may
see on PBS, are very different from the tango danced socially in
Argentina. Argentine tango is different from the ballroom tangos
in its posture, embrace, improvisation, movement, balance,
steps, and music. It's completely different from the top of your
head to the bottom of the soles of the shoes you dance it with.
If you have a background in ballroom tango, just think of
Argentine tango as a completely new dance—not as an enhancement
of the one you already know.
Is Argentine Tango the Stage Dance?
Quite a few people develop an interest in dancing tango because
they have seen a stage performance of tango. The tango you see
on stage is related to social tango, but it is also very
different. Stage tango is called "fantasia" and is more
theatrical and exaggerated than social tango for the simple
reason that the audience must be able to see it performed from
the back row.
Watching a performance is a wonderful
opportunity to see tango and (hopefully) hear a live tango
orchestra. Once you've heard a bandoneon played live, you'll
never forget it.
Attending Tango Classes
When you're a beginning tango student, attending a class is the
best way to get your bearings in the dance. Sign up and attend
regularly. Every good dancer I know is good because they signed
up for the first series of classes and attended all of them.
Learning to dance tango is a wonderful commitment you make for
yourself and consistency is as important to achieving this goal
as it is for all others in your life. Signing up and coming to
one class a month here and there will just be frustrating for
you.
A good tango class should introduce you to the following
elements of tango: walking, turning, stopping, navigation,
musicality and some embellishments. Tango is a dance based on
walking so you must practice this essential element. The good
news is that you already know how to walk, you just need to
practice taking a partner with you. All great tango dancers work
on their walk. In fact, one of the best compliments a
tango dancer can receive is, "Look how well he walks!" No
matter how experienced the students, I've never seen a good
tango teacher start a class without walking exercises.
After you've "walked your miles" you'll learn how to turn,
how to stop momentarily on the floor, how to navigate a crowded
floor, how to listen to and learn the various types of tango
music and how to add your own signature to the dance in the form
of embellishments. Because tango is an improvisational dance,
you should also be exposed to that aspect of the dance as well.
Tango is a dance you create on the fly with another person. It
isn't about memorized steps that go together the same way every
time. This is one of the most beautiful aspects of tango and is
the one that makes the dance endlessly interesting.
Do I Need a Partner?
You do not need a partner to start learning to dance tango.
There are always a variety of people taking classes and it's
unusual for everyone to come with a partner. In my experience,
more people come without a partner than with. If a class has a
gender imbalance, a teacher can ask people to rotate so everyone
has a chance to learn. Don't let the lack of a partner stand in
the way of learning.
Tango Teachers
If you're lucky to live in a city with at least one tango
instructor, try them out. They can be your first guides to the
world of tango. In addition to teaching classes, local teachers
usually help arrange (or know of) workshops with visiting
instructors and opportunities to dance tango socially. If your
city has more than one instructor, take several classes from all
of them. Attend their practices and dances. See whose teaching
and dancing style you like and whose method of instruction feels
right for you. In my experience, the best tango teachers are the
ones who bring out the best in you rather than try to get you to
conform to a particular style (which interestingly enough is
usually theirs). If you feel welcome in a class, chances are
it's the right one for you.
Attending Workshops
As you become comfortable with the important elements of tango,
you may want to attend (in your own city or elsewhere) special
weekend workshops that provide the opportunity to meet and learn
from some of the world's best professional dancers. In addition,
several week-long workshops are held in Argentina and around the
world which also offer an incredible chance to combine travel
with learning tango.
Visiting instructors come to town for
many reasons. Find out in advance from both the local organizer
and dancers if the type of instruction, the style being taught
and the level of dance experience expected in the class is right
for you. If the visiting instructors are offering classes for
beginners, check them out. You never know who will provide just
the right information to make something clear.
Early in your study of tango, you'll probably take workshops
from as many different instructors as possible. Over time,
however, you'll find certain instructors have a teaching and/or
dancing style that fits your inclinations and you'll probably
narrow down the number of people you study with. You have an
amazing variety of teachers and places to dance available to
you—worldwide.
Taking Private Lessons
Private lessons from either local or visiting teachers are a
great way to have someone evaluate and make recommendations
about your own dancing. When an instructor can look at your
dancing without having to look at 40 other people at the same
time, you can really learn a tremendous amount. One hour of
private instruction with a great dancer can save you many hours
of frustration and help you avoid painful mistakes—both
emotionally and physically.
Keep in mind that different
instructors may have different requirements for private lessons
and may be in very limited supply. Then set up private lessons
spread out over a couple of days. Don't try to pack too much in
one day—your brain needs times to understand and your muscles
need time to assimilate new movements.
One word of caution about private lessons. Be wary of
instructors who approach you about taking lessons from them.
Some teachers love to approach beginners and try to make them
believe that there is a shortcut to learning tango through
private lessons with them. It's been my experience that
instructors who tell you how much better you could be if only
you had a few private lessons from them are usually just out for
your money. There are no shortcuts. Save your money for
instructors who are there to enrich your experience of tango and
not their pockets.
Practice, Practice, Practice
One of the most important aspects of learning tango is
practicing on your own. I've found that regular practice is the
most important element in becoming a proficient tango dancer.
It's also a good way to meet other people in the tango community
who have more experience with the dance. They can be a great
resource to answer questions.
Tango Shoes
he search for great tango shoes is part of the fun of dancing.
Tango is typically danced in shoes with leather bottoms that
stay on your feet well. Shoes with straps for women and lace-up
shoes for men are the most common. Women also need to wear shoes
with a heel. In the beginning, open-toed shoes for women and
slip-on shoes for men are usually disasters. There are shoes
designed specifically for tango dancers, but your main
consideration should be to find shoes that support your feet,
don't squish your toes, and are comfortable enough to dance in
for several hours. I don't recommend using ballroom dance
shoes because they have little to no support and suede soles.
No
matter what shoes you dance in, everyone should add pads to
their shoes. I recommend Spenco pads because they are incredibly
comfortable, resilient and long lasting. Dr Scholl's foam
pads are OK, but avoid the expensive and useless blue gel-filled
pads. They seem like a good idea–a waterbed for your
feet–but are extremely disappointing.
The Family of Tango Dances
There are actually three tango dances—each with its own music—in
Argentine social dance. During the course of an evening of
dancing all three will be played and danced. The first is simply
tango. This is the dance most people would recognize as tango
and the dance most beginners learn first. Its music is typically
based on a slow, steady four-count beat. The second dance is
called milonga. Milonga is a faster-paced dance based on
simplified tango steps. It has much the same rhythm and feeling
as a polka. Milonga music is historically older than tango
music, but the dance itself is actually newer. Milonga is a
dance simply for fun. The third is tango waltz, called vals or
vals cruzado. Tango waltz music is based on the classic 1-2-3 of
waltz, but in this type of tango, dancers typically dance on the
ones.
The word "milonga" has three uses in tango. It means,
(1) the dance milonga, (2) the music you dance the milonga to,
and (3) a tango dance party. It's possible for you to dance a
milonga to a milonga at a milonga. And believe me, that's a
great thing.
Styles of Argentine Tango
Within Argentine tango there are various styles you may hear
people refer to. They will say, "Oh, he's milonguero dancer,"
or "She dances salon style." Styles are as unique as dancers
and I think it's rather foolish to try to categorize either.
Just remember if you hear terms like "salon," "milonguero,"
"fantasia," or "orillero" someone is talking about a certain
style.
As with any evolving art form, trying to pin down the
rules is impossible. Every day, new styles come forward and
dancers find ways to play with them and incorporate them into
their dance. In the past few years, styles known as neuvo and
liquid have appeared. Who knows what's coming next? All we know
is that it's coming.
Tango Music
The history of tango music is as rich and interesting as the
dance. Tango music in Argentina followed much the same evolution
as swing music did in the United States. It started as simple
rhythms played for dancers by orchestras led by some colorful
and charismatic bandleaders. Over time, simpler rhythms evolved
to more complicated ones and finally edged toward more jazz-like
interpretations less suitable for dancing but wonderful for
listening.
Tango music is probably most distinguished from
other types of music by two things: the bandoneon and the lack
of drums. The bandoneon is a German instrument that looks and
sounds like the offspring of an accordion and an organ. In fact,
the instrument was invented to provide organ-like music to
church congregations unable to afford a real organ. Like a lot
of immigrants to Argentina, the bandoneon found its way into the
culture and left an indelible mark on it.
You may also notice that there are no drums in tango music.
The beat is kept on a bass and the lower register of the piano
with (usually) bandoneons, violins and the upper register of the
piano providing the fascinating rhythms.
When you start dancing tango, you'll most likely be dancing
to the most rhythmic music from the 1940s and 1950s known as the
Golden Age of tango. Music from the late 1930s is also great for
learning how to hear the beat and feel the rhythm. As you become
more experienced, later music (including that of modern tango
orchestras) with its more modern jazzy rhythms becomes very
interesting to interpret.
At the Milonga (Tango Dance Party)
The pure joy of dancing tango is found at the milonga. A milonga
refers to the event where tangos, milongas and waltzes are
danced.
What is a Tanda?
At a milonga, music is played in sets called "tandas." Usually
three or four songs are played by the same orchestra followed by
the "cortina" (the curtain) which signals the end of the tanda.
If you ask someone to dance and they accept, it is assumed that
it will be for the entire tanda.
Cortinas are an interesting little detail at a milonga. A
cortina is unique to each DJ. Some will select one cortina for
an evening and some will use a different one for each tanda.
Some are humorous; some are grating on the ears; some are simply
beautiful music. In any case, the cortina is supposed to be a
piece of music that people know not to dance to. It's your
signal to smile, say thank you and (possibly) change partners.
How Someone Asks for a Dance
In Argentina, men ask women to dance with a look—a certain
glance, movement of the head toward the dance floor or smile
that says, "Dance with me?" This can take place from far
across the room if the right eyes are caught. If a woman wants
to accept a dance with a man, she smiles back and (most
important) keeps looking at him while he approaches her. The
slightest glance away is usually interpreted as meaning "I've
changed my mind and don't want to dance." This system is very
wonderful and full of pitfalls. What if the asker is looking at
the woman behind you? Did you really see a "yes" or a
"maybe?"In Argentina, men ask women to dance with a look—a certain
glance, movement of the head toward the dance floor or smile
that says, "Dance with me?" This can take place from far
across the room if the right eyes are caught. If a woman wants
to accept a dance with a man, she smiles back and (most
important) keeps looking at him while he approaches her. The
slightest glance away is usually interpreted as meaning "I've
changed my mind and don't want to dance." This system is very
wonderful and full of pitfalls. What if the asker is looking at
the woman behind you? Did you really see a "yes" or a
"maybe?"
Because we are caught up in this Argentine art form, the
practice of asking people to dance with the eyes is also
followed to some extent. In many areas of the world, however,
you may ask someone to dance directly or with your best
Argentine eyes. As in the dance, practice makes perfect.
Accepting a Dance or Saying "No, thank you"
Accepting a dance is as simple as saying "yes." You can do this
with your eyes—be on the look out for people who ask the
Argentine way—or by accepting a direct invitation.Accepting a dance is as simple as saying "yes." You can do this
with your eyes—be on the look out for people who ask the
Argentine way—or by accepting a direct invitation.
It is also perfectly acceptable to say, "No, thank you." If
you accept a dance remember it will probably last for the
remainder of the tanda that is playing—three or four songs if
you start at the beginning. If either one of you decides that
one or two dances is enough, however, either person can simply
say "thank you" and begin leaving the dance floor. Once you say
"thank you" to someone in a polite manner, the dance with that
person is over.
Dancing at a Milonga as a Beginner
As a beginner, you'll either be eager to dance with everyone or
hesitant to be seen as a beginner. If you're eager to dance, go
for it. Just remember that tango is danced in lanes that keep
moving and the more experienced dancers tend to stay toward the
outside. If you're hesitant, I can guarantee you that everyone
in the room has been a beginner at one time and understands how
nerve wracking it can be to look around and see everyone gliding
by when you only know three movements. Even someone who has been
dancing for only two weeks longer than you have will look like
they've been at it for years longer. I can't explain it; it
always looks like that.
The way to become a good dancer is to show up and dance. As
Woody Allen once said, "98 percent of success is showing up."
Article by Susan Brown
Useful Tango Terms
The following terms are often used to describe some of the basic
elements of tango.
| Adornos |
Ambellishments |
| Amague |
A fake |
| Arrastre |
A drag |
| Barrida |
A sweep |
| Boleo |
No translation (a particular embellishment that can
be done high or low) |
| Caminar |
To walk—the basic walking pattern of tango |
| Cruzada |
The cross |
| Corrida |
A rhymthic run (double-time walking) |
| Enrosque |
A twisting movement during a turn |
| Freno |
A brake (blocking a foot) |
| Gancho |
A hook (a type of embellishment) |
| Giro |
A turn |
| Lapiz |
Literally means a pencil (to draw a circle on the
floor) |
| Mordida |
Literally means a "bite" (used when the feet form a
sandwich) |
| Ocho |
An "eight" (part of a turn) |
| Parada |
A stop |
| Salida |
Literally means "exit," but in tango it's a basic
entrance to the dance |
| Sacada |
A displacement |
A Beginner's Checklist
Here is a list of things you should be able to accomplish as a
beginner:
For Leaders:
1. Know how to ask someone to dance
2. Follow the line of dance and stay in your lane
3. Walk smoothly
4. Keep your own balance
5. Keep the rhythm (even at the expense of executing fancier
steps)
6. Be aware of where you and others are on the floor
7. Know how to walk, turn, stop and lead a few embellishments
8. Know how to interrupt a step to keep from hitting another
couple
9. Know how to put basic elements together to make a dance
For Followers:
1. Know how to accept or decline a dance
2. Wait for the lead
3. Walk smoothly and walk to the cross well
4. Keep your own balance
5. Keep the rhythm
6. Be aware of others on the floor
7. Know how to walk, turn, stop and execute a few embellishments
Once you have mastered the elements on these lists, you are
an intermediate dancer. As an intermediate dancer you will work
on how to dance more improvisationally, how to improve your
posture and balance, how to interpret the music on a more
sophisticated level, and how to combine many basic elements to
form new dance steps or perhaps create your own.
Now you can go to your favorite romantic spot and
dance with
that special someone.
Smooth Street Ballroom provides world
class Argentine Tango Dance Lessons in NYC
including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and
Argentine Tango classes in Nassau and Suffolk Counties of Long Island.
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Yale Ballroom dance classes NYC—
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- Ballroom
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BALLROOM DANCING: The Russians Are
Coming, Stepping Lightly (By
JOSEPH BERGER, June 11, 2003)
Before dance classes NYC There Must Be
dance classes NYC
Teachers—
(by Jennifer Dunning, New York
Times, April 28, 2002)
And One and Two: The dance classes
NYC Are
Off!—
(by Shayna Samuels, New York Times,
April 21, 2002)
dance classes NYC History Leaps to Life in the
Archives—
(by Jennifer Dunning, New York
Times, January 18, 2002)
History of Modern Ballroom Dancing—
(by Don Herbson-Evans, Central
Queensland University, Bundaberg,
Australia, October 11, 1999)
History of Latin-American Dancing—
(by Don Herbson-Evans, University of
Sydney, Australia, September 20,
1999)
Trends in Ballroom Dancing (by
Dolly Reynolds)—
(An overview of popular dancing in
America from the Swing era in the
1920s to the Argentine Tango of
1990s)
Ballroom Dancing Gains New
Popularity on Campus—
(by Ethan Bronner, New York Times,
January 1, 1999)
Choreographer Has Line On Lively
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IN THE SWING: The
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Passing Up Hip-Hop for the Lindy Hop—
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SHALL WE dance classes NYC?: Sure, because
charming Japanese comedy takes all
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Masayuki Suo's Whole Wide Whirl
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We dance classes NYC has
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Strictly Ballroom: It takes two to
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The Healing Powers Of dance classes
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Have A Ball: Some classy spots to do
the waltz or fox-trot—
(by Sam Whiting, San Francisco
Chronicle, March 3, 1996)
All The Right Moves: PBS goes back
to the ballroom—
(by John Carman, San Francisco
Chronicle, February 7, 1996)
dance classes NYC articles from the London
Times—
(Dozens of
dance classes NYC articles dating
back to 1996 from UK's top daily
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Stretching and
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Brad Appleton)—
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Flexibility, Types of Stretching,
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Ballroom
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Ballroom dance classes NYC Music (Ballroomdance
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Universal
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(Sorted by list compiler or by
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Our Best Music (University
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- Cha
Cha:
Cha Cha—
(Cha Cha Music, Basic Elements,
Featured Steps,
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Other dance classes NYCs)
Characteristics of American
Style Cha Cha—
(July 1999 Ballroom Newsletter)
History of the Cha Cha—
(February 2000 Ballroom
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- Foxtrot:
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Fox
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Dubro dance classes NYC Studio, Dayton,
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Foxtrot—
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Piet Mondrian, Fox
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Three Black Lines (1929)—
(Oil Painting at the Yale
University Art Gallery)
Fox Trot: The Official Web Site
for the Comic Strip FoxTrot by
Bill Amend—
(Note: When I taught 3rd Graders
to design a web page of their
favorite things, one student
wrote "Foxtrot".
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History of Foxtrot—
(October 1998 Ballroom
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- Hustle:
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- Rumba &
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(International Style, American
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History of the Rumba—
(December 1998 Ballroom
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Characteristics of Bolero—
(October 1999 Ballroom
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- Salsa:
Salsa—
(Overview, Basic Figures, Video
Clips, Music, Order Videos)
Josie Neglia's Salsa Site (Josie
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Characteristics of Salsa
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classes NYC events, clubs, styles,
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Swing
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The Swing Jive
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History of Lindy Hop, Music,
Today's Swing Scene)
FAQ: West Coast Swing—
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History of East Coast Swing—
(May 1999 Ballroom Newsletter)
The Beginning of the Lindy Hop—
(Savoy Ballroom in Harlem 1926,
Biographies, Motion Pictures,
Links, Reading)
Lindy Hop Links—
(116 links from Any Swing Goes
to Yehoodi)
- Tango:
Argentine Tango Dancing—
(By Larry E. Carroll: Seven
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Argentine Tango Music, Tango
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Characteristics of American
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History
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Ernesto's Tango Page—
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(Philip Seyer: Interview with
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this beautiful "new"
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Characteristics of
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(February 2001 Ballroom
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History of
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Night Club Two Step (University
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(News, Classes, Articles,
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Night Club Two Step Videos (By
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- Waltz:
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American Silver Waltz
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Viennese Waltz:
Viennese Waltz—
(Overview, 10 video clips of the
basic figures, presented by
Jonathan Atkinson & Melissa
Winogrand)
History of
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(March 1999 Ballroom Newsletter)
Split Tree Waltz Page—
(Strauss Centennial Waltz Ball,
Waltz Page Links, Year of
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History of the Waltz)
Art Print: Viennese Waltz—
(Hungarian print of "Vien Walz"
circa 1820 photographed in
Vienna)
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CALENDAR OF REGULAR
SALSA EVENTS
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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WHAT'S "MAMBO ON 2"?
HOW IT FITS THE MUSIC?
HOW TO DO IT?
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Manhattan dance classes
NYC Classes
Manhattan dance classes
NYC Studios
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1
NYISC MEET N' GREET &
OFFICIAL WELCOME PARTY
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NYC - 8PM - 3AM - The
4th
NYISC pre-party - A
special Wednesday
evening mambo event in
a Manhattan nightclub
for all the
Full Pass VIP Package
holders, with
complementary food & 2
hour open bar, to Meet N
Greet each other &
afterwards to welcome
all the attendees to
NY and commemorate the
10th anniversary of the
New York Int'l Salsa
Congress - with DJ's
El Maestro,
Ray Colon & Guest
DJs - Special
performances TBA
TRAVESURA SALSA
WEDNESDAYS @ CAFE NUNEZ
- Midtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:00 PM or
later - FREE - dance
classes NYC
performance TBA - This
is an On 2 classic salsa
event held in a
restaurant / night club
- Attended by a friendly
crowd of available
partners - DJ
Alejandro Bouza
plays a
wide ranging mix of
salsa, cha cha plus more
- Presented by
DJ Alejandro Bouza &
Joe Burgos from Piel
Canela dance classes NYC
SALSA WEDNESDAYS @ LQ
- NYC - 7:00 PM -
12:00 midnight or later
- Free buffet 6:00 -
7:00 PM - With salsa &
other music being played
by rotating DJs - Band
(subject to changes):
TBA
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2
THE NEW YORK SALSA
CONGRESS
Manhattan, New York City
- An international salsa
event featuring
performances, workshops,
bands & social dancing
with mambo dance classes
NYC from
around the world -
Tonight's band: Conjunto Imagen
MAMBO CLASICO NIGHT @
THE MONTECARLO ROOM
- Kingsbridge Heights,
Bronx - 10:00 PM - until
very late - A classic
uptown mambo night held
in a very attractive
night club with full bar
& good dance classes
NYC floor &
sound system - Presented
by veteran instructor &
performer Vittico "La Magia" &
his crew who invite
everyone to come & party
-
Vittico
teaches a mambo lesson
at 9:00 PM
SALSA FEVER @ DEITY
LOUNGE - Downtown
Brooklyn - 8:00 PM -
1:00 AM -
This Event
WILL
be happening tonight -
Free All Night
- An On 2 mambo event
held at an attractive
nightclub / lounge
converted from a former
church - Presented by
fellow Brooklyn salseros
Marcus & Jose from
Salsa Salsa dance
classes NYC Studio
& Marisol from
Latin Fever dance
classes NYC Studio
with plenty of classic
salsa & more by
DJ Marcus Gonzalez &
guests DJs - All NY salseros are invited
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3
THE NEW YORK SALSA
CONGRESS
Manhattan, New York City
- An international salsa
event featuring
performances, workshops,
bands & social dancing
with mambo dance classes
NYC from
around the world -
Tonight's band:
Son Boricua
LORENZ
dance classes NYC STUDIO -
MAMBO MADNESS ON MYRTLE
- Glendale, Queens -
Cancelled for tonight
SALSA SALSA
dance classes NYC STUDIO
SOCIAL - Park Slope,
Brooklyn -Cancelled
for tonight
SALSA FRIDAYS WITH
RODNEY LOPEZ - NYC -
9:30 PM - 1:00 AM - This
event presented by
instructor & performer
Rodney Lopez, with
DJ Rodney &
DJ Juan Montoya
playing plenty of salsa
music - Held at
dance classes NYC Manhattan Studios
on the 4th floor -
excellent wooden
floor & sound system
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4
THE NEW YORK SALSA
CONGRESS
Manhattan, New York City
- An international salsa
event featuring
performances, workshops,
bands & social dancing
with mambo dance classes
NYC from
around the world -
Tonight's band: La Japonesa Salsera Yoko
MAMBO SATURDAYS PARTY
WITH CARLOS - NYC -
9:00 PM - 1:00 AM
-
This Event
WILL
be happening tonight -
Presented by
veteran instructor &
performer
Carlos Konig who
invites everyone for
this classic mambo
social, an evening of
lots of salsa & a bit of
cha cha in a big modern
multi-room studio -
Refreshments & snacks
are available - Music is
by
DJ Carlos & guest
DJs
KARISMA SALSA SOCIAL
- NYC - 10:00 PM - 3:00
AM -
Cancelled for tonight
LORENZ
dance classes NYC STUDIO -
MAMBO MADNESS IN CORONA
- Corona, Queens -
Cancelled for tonight
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5
THE NEW YORK SALSA
CONGRESS
Manhattan, New York City
- An international salsa
event featuring
performances, workshops,
bands & social dancing
with mambo dance classes
NYC from
around the world -
Tonight's band: El
Gran Combo
LATIN SUNDAYS PARTY WITH
JIMMY ANTON - NYC -
5:00 - 9:00 PM -
This Event
WILL
be happening tonight
- dance classes
NYC
performances by
M.D.M dance classes NYC Company from
Michael's dance classes
NYC Magic
(Arizona) and
Andrea E Stefania from
Estudio Tropical
(Italy) - Held at dance
classes NYC
Manhattan Studios - The
longest running & most
attended mambo social in
New York City since 1993
- A destination for
dance classes NYC from all over
the world - Great music
& sound system,
excellent studio floor &
hundreds of dance
classes NYC
partners for you - A not
to be missed event -
Presented by long-time
mambo instructor &
performer
Jimmy Anton
SABROSURA SALSA SUNDAYS
@ Rm. FIFTY 5 - NYC
- 6:00 PM - 12:00
midnight or 1:00 AM -
This Event
WILL
be happening tonight
- FREE
admission - A Sunday
evening On 2 mambo event
held in a classy chic
night club next to the
Dream Hotel in
midtown Manhattan - With
DJ Woody - Presented
by fellow salsera,
performer & instructor
Desiree Dicupe & her
cousin
Sonia Dicupe of
SIDEntertainment - Free
salsa class by
Carabali dance classes
NYC &
drink specials all night
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6 LABOR DAY
THE NEW YORK SALSA
CONGRESS
Manhattan, New York City
- 3:00 PM Salsa On The
Hudson River Mambo
Cruise Plus After Party
9:00 PM
SALSA CON MAMBO MONDAYS
@ SESSION 73 - NYC -
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM -
dance classes NYC performance by
Jose Bolivar (LI) -
Dancing to classic salsa
& cha cha by
DJ Babaloo of RadioBomba
Productions- & guest
DJ Dave (Germany) -
dance classes NYC lesson 8:00 PM by
instructor
Cynthia "La China" &
Hector Pena - Held
in an attractive club
with full bar &
restaurant & 2 excellent
dance classes NYC floors -
Complementary hors d'ouvres on some nights
- The crowd is friendly,
multi-cultural &
educated with groups of
all ages. NYC dance
classes NYC
Classes.
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SOCIAL SALSA TUESDAYS @
HONEY - Downtown
Manhattan - 7:30 PM -
1:30 AM - $10 admission
tonight for live band:
Mojo On 2 with Chico
Alvarez & Michael Amitin
- A weekly mambo event
catering to the On 2
dance classes NYC - Plenty of
classic salsa & cha cha
plus more by fellow salsero
DJ Rudy Acosta
played on a good sound
system - Held in an
attractive nightclub
with full bar & late
food menu - A sociable
place with plenty of
partners
SALSA EN EL WEST VILLAGE
- TIMBAL TUESDAYS @
VERANDA LOUNGE -
Downtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:45 AM -
FREE - Every Tuesday,
fellow salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
West Village restaurant
& full bar lounge - He
plays a nice wide
variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Late food
menu
COPA
LATIN TUESDAYS @
COLUMBUS 72ND
- NYC -
6:00 PM - midnight or
later - $3 admission all
night includes
complementary buffet
6:00 - 8:00 PM plus
dance classes NYC lesson - Mostly
salsa plus some cha cha,
merengue & bachata
played by
DJ Jeff or
DJ Woody - Schedule
subject to changes so
call the club. dance
classes NYC
Classes in NYC.
MAMBO TUESDAYS @ 46
LOUNGE - Totowa, NJ
- 7:30 PM - 1:30 AM - An
afterwork and later
salsa event in a very
attractive & spacious
nightclub with an
excellent dance classes
NYC floor &
3 bars with seating -
Lots of classic salsa
plus a bit of other
Latin music played by
DJ Ray Colon - Full
bar with drink specials,
outside patio & a
complementary Latin
buffet until 10:00 PM -
A local hangout for the
mambo dance classes NYC
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8
TRAVESURA SALSA
WEDNESDAYS @ CAFE NUNEZ
- Midtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:00 PM or
later - FREE - dance
classes NYC
performance TBA - This
is an On 2 classic salsa
event held in a
restaurant / night club
- Attended by a friendly
crowd of available
partners - DJ
Alejandro Bouza
plays a
wide ranging mix of
salsa, cha cha plus more
- Presented by
DJ Alejandro Bouza &
Joe Burgos from Piel
Canela dance classes NYC
SALSA WEDNESDAYS @ LQ
- NYC - 7:00 PM -
12:00 midnight or later
- Free buffet 6:00 -
7:00 PM - With salsa &
other music being played
by rotating DJs - Band
(subject to changes):
TBA
SALSA EN ASTORIA @
BUNGALO LOUNGE -
Astoria, Queens - 10:00
PM - 1:30 AM or later -
Every Wednesday, fellow
salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
Astoria, Queens, lounge
club restaurant
with full bar & late
night appetizer & dinner
menu - He plays a nice
wide variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Free
dance classes NYC lesson 9:00 -
10:00 PM
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9
GRAND OPENING PARTY -
SALSA EN EL EAST VILLAGE
- HOT JUEVES @
VIBRATIONS LOUNGE -
Lower East Side,
Manhattan - 9:00 PM
until late - Free
Admission - Every
Thursday, fellow salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
East Village restaurant
& full bar lounge - He
plays a nice wide
variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Late food
menu - Classy funky East
Village atmosphere
MAMBO CLASICO NIGHT @
THE MONTECARLO ROOM
- Kingsbridge Heights,
Bronx - 10:00 PM - until
very late - Performances
tonight:
Viticco "La Magia"
dance classes NYC
Company will be
debuting a new number,
plus 3 other teams TBA
will perform - A classic
uptown mambo night held
in a very attractive
night club with full bar
& good dance classes
NYC floor &
sound system - Presented
by veteran instructor &
performer Vittico "La Magia" &
his crew who invite
everyone to come & party
-
Vittico
teaches a mambo lesson
at 9:00 PM
SALSA FEVER @ DEITY
LOUNGE - Downtown
Brooklyn - 8:00 PM -
1:00 AM - Free All
Night - An On 2
mambo event held at an
attractive nightclub /
lounge converted from a
former church -
Presented by fellow
Brooklyn salseros Marcus
& Jose from
Salsa Salsa dance
classes NYC Studio
& Marisol from
Latin Fever dance
classes NYC Studio
with plenty of classic
salsa & more by
DJ Marcus Gonzalez -
All NY salseros are
invited
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10
AN EVENING WITH ABAKUA - NYC - 9:00 PM -
1:00 AM - A salsa
dancing party held in
the attractive
"Club 412" of You Should
Be Dancing Studios -
Pure classic salsa & cha
cha by
DJ Frankie Martinez
- Hosted by
Manny Blackett - An
event presented by
Frankie Martinez of
Abakua Afro-Latin
dance classes NYC
LORENZ
dance classes NYC STUDIO -
MAMBO MADNESS ON MYRTLE
- Glendale, Queens -
9:00 PM - 12:00 midnight
- A weekly On 2 mambo
social presented by Howie Lorenz & the
folks at
Lorenz dance classes NYC Studio
- Everyone is invited
for classic salsa & cha
cha in a friendly
environment
LATIN REFLECTIONS SOCIAL
@ LA SALSA DE HOY -
Sunset Park, Brooklyn -
9:00 PM - 1:00 AM -
dance classes NYC performances by
the
dance classes NYC Atlantic Kids, Clase Social from Viva
Salsa dance classes NYC Studio
and
Simply Salsa from La
Salas De Hoy
(Brooklyn) - Plenty of
classic salsa plus a bit
of cha cha, bachata &
merengue by
DJ Leyenda -
Latin Reflections
director Mike Rodriguez
invites all dance
classes NYC to
come and enjoy his
social
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PIEL CANELA SALSA
dance classes NYC
SOCIAL - NYC - 7:00
- 11:00 PM - An On 2
event with lots of
classic salsa in the
spacious ballroom of
Pearl dance classes NYC Studio by
DJ Miguel Rodriguez &
guest DJs - Presented
by instructor &
performer
Joe Burgos, Director
of the Piel Canela dance
classes NYC Studio
& the Piel Canela crew
MAMBO FATEEGZ QUE VIVA
LA SALSA SATURDAYS @
BALLROOM OFF FIFTH
STUDIO - NYC - 9:00
PM - 1:45 AM -
Presented
by fellow salsero Choco
from Mambo Fateegz,
organizer & director of
the New York
Salsa Congress
& partner salsero Edwin
Harrell. Classic
salsa dura social at
Ballroom
Off Fifth dance classes
NYC Studio
- Lots of salsa &
a bit of cha cha by
DJ Mar Y Soul
-
Free admission with
purchase of full VIP
pass to the
New York Salsa Congress
LATIN FEVER
dance classes NYC STUDIO
SOCIAL - Ditmas
Park, Brooklyn - 9:00 PM
- 1:00 AM or later -
Everyone is invited
to this On 2 mambo
social with music by
DJ Suave & guest DJs
playing plenty of salsa,
cha cha plus a bit more
Latin music - Presented
by instructor &
performer
Marisol Ramirez &
the
Latin Fever Crew -
Held at the Flatbush
Avenue studio -
CLICK HERE for
location
LORENZ
dance classes NYC STUDIO -
MAMBO MADNESS IN CORONA
- Corona, Queens - 9:00
PM - 12:00 midnight - A
weekly On 2 mambo social
presented by Howie Lorenz & the
folks at
Lorenz dance classes NYC Studio
- Salsa & cha cha, plus
a little bachata &
merengue by DJ Jose
Mariscal - Everyone is
invited for classic
salsa & cha cha in a
friendly environment
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MAMBO SUNDAYS PARTY WITH
CARLOS KONIG - NYC -
5:30 - 9:30 PM -
An On 2 social that has
been running for many
years in a friendly
welcoming atmosphere -
Carlos invites us
for nonstop dancing &
socializing in a large
modern studio - Lots of
classic salsa & cha cha
music by
DJ Carlos Konig plus
guest DJs - Held at
Ripley Grier Studios
in midtown Manhattan -
Free snacks
LVG - LA VIEJA GUARDIA
SALSA SOCIAL - NYC -
5:00 - 9:00 PM - A pure
mambo social featuring
excellent classic salsa
music including some
from original vinyl
recordings - Brought to
us by local salseros
instructor/performer
Joel Dominguez,
photographer Alfredo "Felix""
and
DJ Antonio "La Conga"
- Lots of classic salsa
& cha cha music by
DJ Antonio "La Conga"
SABROSURA SALSA SUNDAYS
@ Rm. FIFTY 5 - NYC
- 6:00 PM - 12:00
midnight or 1:00 AM -
FREE admission - dance
classes NYC
classes in Manhattan. A
Sunday evening On 2
mambo event held in a
classy chic night club
next to the
Dream Hotel in
midtown Manhattan - With
DJ Woody or DJ Andy
- Presented by fellow salsera, performer &
instructor
Desiree Dicupe & her
cousin
Sonia Dicupe of
SIDEntertainment - Free
salsa class by
Carabali dance classes
NYC &
drink specials all night
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SALSA CON MAMBO MONDAYS
@ SESSION 73 - NYC -
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM -
Band: Johnny
Almendra - Jovenes Del
Barrio - Dancing to
classic salsa & cha cha
by
DJ Babaloo of RadioBomba
Productions plus
guest
DJ Pepe
(Switzerland) - dance
classes NYC
lesson 8:00 PM by
instructor
Cynthia "La China" &
Hector Pena - Held
in an attractive club
with full bar &
restaurant & 2 excellent
dance classes NYC floors -
Complementary hors d'ouvres on some nights
- The crowd is friendly,
multi-cultural &
educated with groups of
all ages. Manhattan
dance classes NYC lessons offered.
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SOCIAL SALSA TUESDAYS @
HONEY - Downtown
Manhattan - 7:30 PM -
1:30 AM - FREE - A
weekly mambo event
catering to the On 2
dance classes NYC - Plenty of
classic salsa & cha cha
plus more by fellow salsero
DJ Rudy Acosta
played on a good sound
system - Held in an
attractive nightclub
with full bar & late
food menu - A sociable
place with plenty of
partners
SALSA EN EL WEST VILLAGE
- TIMBAL TUESDAYS @
VERANDA LOUNGE -
Downtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:45 AM -
FREE - Every Tuesday,
fellow salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
West Village restaurant
& full bar lounge - He
plays a nice wide
variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Late food
menu and tour dance
classes NYC
studios in NYC.
COPA
LATIN TUESDAYS @
COLUMBUS 72ND
- NYC -
6:00 PM - midnight or
later - $3 admission all
night includes
complementary buffet
6:00 - 8:00 PM plus
dance classes NYC lesson - Mostly
salsa plus some cha cha,
merengue & bachata
played by
DJ Jeff or
DJ Woody - Schedule
subject to changes so
call the club
MAMBO TUESDAYS @ 46
LOUNGE - Totowa, NJ
- 7:30 PM - 1:30 AM - An
afterwork and later
salsa event in a very
attractive & spacious
nightclub with an
excellent dance classes
NYC floor &
3 bars with seating -
Lots of classic salsa
plus a bit of other
Latin music played by
DJ Ray Colon - Full
bar with drink specials,
outside patio & a
complementary Latin
buffet until 10:00 PM -
A local hangout for the
mambo dance classes NYCd
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TRAVESURA SALSA
WEDNESDAYS @ CAFE NUNEZ
- Midtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:00 PM or
later - FREE - dance
classes NYC
performance TBA - This
is an On 2 classic salsa
event held in a
restaurant / night club
- Attended by a friendly
crowd of available
partners - DJ
Alejandro Bouza
plays a
wide ranging mix of
salsa, cha cha plus more
- Presented by
DJ Alejandro Bouza &
Joe Burgos from Piel
Canela dance classes NYC
SALSA WEDNESDAYS @ LQ
- NYC - 7:00 PM -
12:00 midnight or later
- Free buffet 6:00 -
7:00 PM - With salsa &
other music being played
by rotating DJs - Band
(subject to changes):
TBA
SALSA EN ASTORIA @
BUNGALO LOUNGE -
Astoria, Queens - 10:00
PM - 1:30 AM or later -
Every Wednesday, fellow
salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
Astoria, Queens, lounge
club restaurant
with full bar & late
night appetizer & dinner
menu - He plays a nice
wide variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Free
dance classes NYC lesson 9:00 -
10:00 PM
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SALSA EN EL EAST VILLAGE
- HOT JUEVES @
VIBRATIONS LOUNGE -
Lower East Side,
Manhattan - 9:00 PM
until late - Free
Admission - Every
Thursday, fellow salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
East Village restaurant
& full bar lounge - He
plays a nice wide
variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Late food
menu - Classy funky East
Village atmosphere
MAMBO CLASICO NIGHT @
THE MONTECARLO ROOM
- Kingsbridge Heights,
Bronx - 10:00 PM - until
very late - dance
classes NYC
performances by the Viticco "La Magia"
dance classes NYC, the Yamule Pro Team
(Bronx) and the
Pzazz dance classes NYC Company
(NJ) - A classic uptown
mambo night held in a
very attractive night
club with full bar &
good dance classes NYC floor & sound
system - Presented by
veteran instructor &
performer Vittico "La Magia" &
his crew who invite
everyone to come & party
-
Vittico
teaches a mambo lesson
at 9:00 PM
SALSA FEVER @ DEITY
LOUNGE - Downtown
Brooklyn - 8:00 PM -
1:00 AM - Free All
Night - An On 2
mambo event held at an
attractive nightclub /
lounge converted from a
former church -
Presented by fellow
Brooklyn salseros Marcus
& Jose from
Salsa Salsa dance
classes NYC Studio
& Marisol from
Latin Fever dance
classes NYC Studio
with plenty of classic
salsa & more by
DJ Marcus Gonzalez
and guest
DJ "Doc Salsa" Steve
Shaw - All NY salseros are invited
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MAMBO FATEEGZ SALSA
FRIDAYS @ BALLROOM OFF
FIFTH
-
NYC -
9:00 PM - 1:45 AM -
Presented by fellow
salsero Choco
from Mambo Fateegz,
organizer & director of
the New York
Salsa Congress
& partner salsero Edwin
Harrell,
invite
everyone to this classic
salsa dura social at
Ballroom
Off Fifth dance classes
NYC Studio
- Lots of salsa &
a bit of cha cha by
DJ El Maestro
-
Free admission with
purchase of a full pass
VIP Package to the
New York Salsa Congress
LORENZ
dance classes NYC STUDIO -
MAMBO MADNESS ON MYRTLE
- Glendale, Queens -
9:00 PM - 12:00 midnight
- A weekly On 2 mambo
social presented by Howie Lorenz & the
folks at
Lorenz dance classes NYC Studio
- Everyone is invited
for classic salsa & cha
cha in a friendly
environment
SALSA SALSA
dance classes NYC STUDIO
SOCIAL - Park Slope,
Brooklyn - 10:00 PM -
1:00 AM - Celebrating Ydhelca birthday -
Everyone is invited to
this On 2 mambo social
held at
Salsa Salsa's new
Park Slope studio -
Plenty of classic salsa
music plus a little cha
cha & more - Presented
by
Marcus Gonzalez, Jose
Rivera, Ray Colon & the
Salsa Salsa crew
SALSA FRIDAYS WITH
RODNEY LOPEZ - NYC -
9:30 PM - 1:00 AM - This
event presented by
instructor & performer
Rodney Lopez, with
DJ Rodney &
DJ Juan Montoya
playing plenty of salsa
music - Held at
dance classes NYC Manhattan Studios
5th floor, excellent wooden floor &
sound system
MDN LATIN
dance classes NYC STUDIO
SALSA SOCIAL @ THE
POLISH NATIONAL HOME
- Harrison, NJ - 9:00 PM
- 1:30 AM - Turn pattern
class 9:00 - 10:00 PM
taught by
Marcus Nieves -
Social dancing
10:00 - 1:30 AM -
Instructor & performer
Marcus Nieves
invites all the dance
classes NYC
to a classic mambo
social held in a big
entertainment hall with
full bar, seating & big
dance classes NYC floor - Classic
salsa & cha cha plus
more by
DJ Ray Colon -
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LVG - LA VIEJA GUARDIA
RUMBAMBA SATURDAYS @
BASIC BALLROOM - NYC
- 10:00 PM -2:00 AM -
dance classes NYC performances by Cristel (NY) and also
Reflejos De Sabor from
Melanie Torres (NYC)
- A pure mambo social
featuring excellent
classic salsa music -
Brought to us by local
salseros instructor &
performer
Joel Dominguez,
photographer Alfredo "Felix""
and
DJ Antonio "La Conga"
- Lots of classic salsa
& cha cha music by
DJ Antonio "La Conga"
plus guest
DJ "Doc Salsa" Steve
Shaw
LORENZ
dance classes NYC STUDIO -
MAMBO MADNESS IN CORONA
- Corona, Queens - 9:00
PM - 12:00 midnight - A
weekly On 2 mambo social
presented by Howie Lorenz & the
folks at
Lorenz dance classes NYC Studio
- Salsa & cha cha, plus
a little bachata &
merengue by DJ Jose
Mariscal - Everyone is
invited for classic
salsa & cha cha in a
friendly environment
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LATIN SUNDAYS PARTY WITH
JIMMY ANTON - NYC -
5:00 - 9:00 PM - Held at
dance classes NYC Manhattan Studios
- The longest running &
most attended mambo
social in New York City
since 1993 - A
destination for dance
classes NYC
from all over the world
- Great music & sound
system, excellent studio
floor & hundreds of
dance classes NYC partners for you -
A not to be missed event
- Presented by long-time
mambo instructor &
performer
Jimmy Anton
SABROSURA SALSA SUNDAYS
@ Rm. FIFTY 5 - NYC
- 6:00 PM - 12:00
midnight or 1:00 AM -
FREE admission - A
Sunday evening On 2
mambo event held in a
classy chic night club
next to the
Dream Hotel in
midtown Manhattan - With
DJ Leonard "The Salsa
Crackhead" - Presented
by fellow salsera,
performer & instructor
Desiree Dicupe & her
cousin
Sonia Dicupe of
SIDEntertainment - Free
salsa class by
Carabali dance classes
NYC &
drink specials all night
dance
classes NYC
lessons Manhattan
dance
classes NYC
classes Manhattan
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SALSA CON MAMBO MONDAYS
@ SESSION 73 - NYC -
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM -
Dancing to classic salsa
& cha cha by
DJ Babaloo of RadioBomba
Productions plus
guest
DJ "Doc Salsa" Steve
Shaw
(www.SalsaNewYork.com)
- dance classes NYC lesson 8:00 PM
by instructor
Cynthia "La China" &
Hector Pena - Held
in an attractive club
with full bar &
restaurant & 2 excellent
dance classes NYC floors -
Complementary hors d'ouvres on some nights
- The crowd is friendly,
multi-cultural &
educated with groups of
all ages
Ballroom
dance classes NYC lessons
NYC
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SOCIAL SALSA TUESDAYS @
HONEY - Downtown
Manhattan - 7:30 PM -
1:30 AM - FREE - A
weekly mambo event
catering to the On 2
dance classes NYC - Plenty of
classic salsa & cha cha
plus more by fellow salsero
DJ Rudy Acosta
played on a good sound
system - Held in an
attractive nightclub
with full bar & late
food menu - A sociable
place with plenty of
partners
SALSA EN EL WEST VILLAGE
- TIMBAL TUESDAYS @
VERANDA LOUNGE -
Downtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:45 AM -
FREE - Every Tuesday,
fellow salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
West Village restaurant
& full bar lounge - He
plays a nice wide
variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Late food
menu
COPA
LATIN TUESDAYS @
COLUMBUS 72ND
- NYC -
6:00 PM - midnight or
later - $3 admission all
night includes
complementary buffet
6:00 - 8:00 PM plus
dance classes NYC lesson - Mostly
salsa plus some cha cha,
merengue & bachata
played by
DJ Jeff or
DJ Woody - Schedule
subject to changes so
call the club. Also
dance classes NYC classes available
in our Manhattan dance
classes NYC
studios.
MAMBO TUESDAYS @ 46
LOUNGE - Totowa, NJ
- 7:30 PM - 1:30 AM - An
afterwork and later
salsa event in a very
attractive & spacious
nightclub with an
excellent dance classes
NYC floor &
3 bars with seating -
Lots of classic salsa
plus a bit of other
Latin music played by
DJ Ray Colon - Full
bar with drink specials,
outside patio & a
complementary Latin
buffet until 10:00 PM -
A local hangout for the
mambo dance classes NYC
dance classes NYC classes in NYC
are offered through
dance classes NYC studios in NYC.
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TRAVESURA SALSA
WEDNESDAYS @ CAFE NUNEZ
- Midtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:00 PM or
later - FREE - dance
classes NYC
performance TBA - This
is an On 2 classic salsa
event held in a
restaurant / night club
- Attended by a friendly
crowd of available
partners - DJ
Alejandro Bouza
plays a
wide ranging mix of
salsa, cha cha plus more
- Presented by
DJ Alejandro Bouza &
Joe Burgos from Piel
Canela dance classes NYC
SALSA WEDNESDAYS @ LQ
- NYC - 7:00 PM -
12:00 midnight or later
- Free buffet 6:00 -
7:00 PM - With salsa &
other music being played
by rotating DJs - Band
(subject to changes):
dance classes NYC Studios in NYC
offering Ballroom and
Latin dance classes NYC classes in
NYC.
SALSA EN ASTORIA @
BUNGALO LOUNGE -
Astoria, Queens - 10:00
PM - 1:30 AM or later -
Every Wednesday, fellow
salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
Astoria, Queens, lounge
club restaurant
with full bar & late
night appetizer & dinner
menu - He plays a nice
wide variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Free
dance classes NYC lesson 9:00 -
10:00 PM
dance classes NYC NYC presents
ballroom dance classes
NYC classes
and latin dance classes
NYC classes
in our dance classes NYC studios in
Manhattan. Call us for a
free tour of our dance
classes NYC
studios in Manhattan and
our introductory
ballroom dance classes
NYC class
registration.
You can choose from
Salsa dance classes NYC classes or a
private dance classes
NYC lesson for
your introductory lesson
in our modern dance
classes NYC
studios in NYC.
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SALSA EN EL EAST VILLAGE
- HOT JUEVES @
VIBRATIONS LOUNGE -
Lower East Side,
Manhattan - 9:00 PM
until late - Free
Admission - Every
Thursday, fellow salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
East Village restaurant
& full bar lounge - He
plays a nice wide
variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Late food
menu - Classy funky East
Village atmosphere
MAMBO CLASICO NIGHT @
THE MONTECARLO ROOM
- Kingsbridge Heights,
Bronx - 10:00 PM - until
very late - Tonight's
dance classes NYC performance by
Marcus Nieves & Diana
Osorio (New Jersey)
- A classic uptown mambo
night held in a very
attractive night club
with full bar & good
dance classes NYC floor & sound
system - Presented by
veteran instructor &
performer Vittico "La Magia" &
his crew who invite
everyone to come & party
-
Vittico
teaches a mambo lesson
at 9:00 PM
SALSA FEVER @ DEITY
LOUNGE - Downtown
Brooklyn - 8:00 PM -
1:00 AM - Free All
Night - An On 2
mambo event held at an
attractive nightclub /
lounge converted from a
former church -
Presented by fellow
Brooklyn salseros Marcus
& Jose from
Salsa Salsa dance
classes NYC Studio
& Marisol from
Latin Fever dance
classes NYC Studio
with plenty of classic
salsa & more by
DJ Marcus Gonzalez -
All NY salseros are
invited
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AN EVENING WITH ABAKUA - NYC - 9:00 PM -
1:00 AM - A salsa
dancing party held in
the attractive
"Club 412" of You Should
Be Dancing Studios -
Pure classic salsa & cha
cha by
DJ Frankie Martinez
- Hosted by
Manny Blackett - An
event presented by
Frankie Martinez of
Abakua Afro-Latin
dance classes NYC. dance
classes NYC classes
in New York.
14TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
CELEBRATION - SANTO
RICO'S SPECIAL MAMBO
EXTRAVAGANZA @ SIDE
STREET - Westchester
Square, Bronx - 9:00 PM
until late -
Please Note: This
Event Is Sold Out - Only
Advance Ticket Holders
Will Be Admitted
- Showtime at
11:00 PM sharp
with dance classes NYC performances
by
Eddie Torres dance
classes NYC, Karisma
dance classes NYC,
Melissa Rosado
(NYC),
Addie-Tude dance classes
NYC Company
(Westchester),
Anderson & Vanessa
(Brazil) &, of
course, the
Santo Rico dance classes
NYC
Company, the Santo Rico
Angels, the SantoChiquitas, the
SantoRiquitas, &
Xibicion Santo Rico
- A special swinging
affair to celebrate 14
years of
Santo Rico, the
internationally famous
dance classes NYC company & studio
directed by
Thomas Guerrero -
Excellent classic salsa
by one of NY's best,
DJ David Salsa -
Complementary Latin
buffet dinner -
Tonight: Different
Bigger Location
-
CLICK HERE
for special location
LORENZ
dance classes NYC STUDIO -
MAMBO MADNESS ON MYRTLE
- Glendale, Queens -
9:00 PM - 12:00 midnight
- A weekly On 2 mambo
social presented by Howie Lorenz & the
folks at
Lorenz dance classes NYC Studio
- Everyone is invited
for classic salsa & cha
cha in a friendly
environment
LATIN REFLECTIONS SOCIAL
@ LA SALSA DE HOY -
Sunset Park, Brooklyn -
10:00 PM - 2:00 AM
- dance classes NYC performances by
the
Mambo Bravo Divos
(Queens),
Arelis Beato's Tropical
Image dance classes NYC
(Brooklyn) and Franklin
& Johana - Celebrating
the birthdays of Nathaly
Cosme &
DJ Leyenda - Plenty
of classic salsa plus a
bit of cha cha, bachata
& merengue by
DJ Leyenda -
Latin Reflections
director Mike Rodriguez
invites all dance
classes NYC to
come and enjoy his
social -
PLEASE NOTE: This
event will be held
across the street at 505
46th Street
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PIEL CANELA SALSA
dance classes NYC
SOCIAL - NYC - 7:00
- 11:00 PM - An On 2
event with lots of
classic salsa in the
spacious ballroom of
Pearl dance classes NYC Studio by
DJ Miguel Rodriguez &
guest DJs - Presented
by instructor &
performer
Joe Burgos, Director
of the Piel Canela dance
classes NYC Studio
& the Piel Canela crew
YAMULEE'S
BOOGIE DOWN MAMBO PARTY
- Mt. Eden, Bronx -
9:00 PM - 2:00 AM - New
Bigger Air Conditioning
System - dance classes
NYC
performance by the Griselle Ponce
dance classes NYC
Company (New Jersey)
- Another swinging
affair presented by Osmar Perrones & the
Yamulee crew - MC'd
by famous Levi "La Leña"
- Lots of great old &
new salsa, plus a little
good merengue & bachata,
by
DJ Osmar "Jean Claude
Van Damme" Perrones ",
DJ "Doc Salsa" Steve
Shaw and DJ Jose "La
Salsa" -
Everyone's invited to
this classic uptown
social with plenty of
partners at all levels
LATIN FEVER
dance classes NYC STUDIO
SOCIAL - Ditmas
Park, Brooklyn - 8:00 PM
- 1:00 AM or later -
Everyone is invited
to this On 2 mambo
social with music by
DJ Suave & guest DJs
playing lots of classic
salsa, cha cha & more -
Presented by instructor
& performer
Marisol Ramirez &
the
Latin Fever Crew -
PLEASE NOTE:
Tonight's social is held
at Solo Kitchen Bar -
CLICK HERE for
location
dance
classes NYC ATLANTIC STUDIO
SIZZLING SATURDAYS -
Cypress Hills, Brooklyn
- 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM or
later - Attracting
dance classes NYC from all over,
this event is presented
by instructor &
performer
Melody Andino & the
welcoming gang at
dance classes NYC Atlantic -
Plenty of classic salsa
& more on a pro sound
system, in a dance
classes NYC
studio with wooden
floor, plus delicious
Latin food & welcoming
atmosphere
LORENZ
dance classes NYC STUDIO -
MAMBO MADNESS IN CORONA
- Corona, Queens - 9:00
PM - 12:00 midnight - A
weekly On 2 mambo social
presented by Howie Lorenz & the
folks at
Lorenz dance classes NYC Studio
- Salsa & cha cha, plus
a little bachata &
merengue by DJ Jose
Mariscal - Everyone is
invited for classic
salsa & cha cha in a
friendly environment
GALA 5TH
YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY -
SALSA
FEVER dance classes NYC SOCIAL WITH
"MAMBO MARIO B" -
Jersey City, NJ - 9:00
PM - 3:00 AM - dance
classes NYC
performances
by Darlin & Liz from Art In
Motion
(Philadelphia) and
Mariano Neris and Vera
Rowe
(Boston) -
Mario B is one of
the few New Jersey
instructors & performers
who are internationally
known representatives of
our NY On 2 style, & he
is a one of a kind great
guy - Now he celebrates
5 years of his own
independent studio &
invites all the NY & NJ
dance classes NYC to come
celebrate & party with
him at this pure mambo
social in his studio -
No age limit, no dress
code, no excuses - Free
drinks, snacks, dips -
Lots of classic salsa &
more by
DJ Mario B (NJ) &
guest DJ Leonard "The
Salsa Crackhead" (NJ)
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MAMBO SUNDAYS PARTY WITH
CARLOS KONIG - NYC -
5:30 - 9:30 PM -
An On 2 social that has
been running for many
years in a friendly
welcoming atmosphere -
Carlos invites us
for nonstop dancing &
socializing in a large
modern studio - Lots of
classic salsa & cha cha
music by
DJ Carlos Konig plus
guest DJs - Held at
Ripley Grier Studios
in midtown Manhattan -
Free snacks
LVG - LA VIEJA GUARDIA
SALSA SOCIAL - NYC -
5:00 - 9:00 PM - A pure
mambo social featuring
excellent classic salsa
music including some
from original vinyl
recordings - Brought to
us by local salseros
instructor/performer
Joel Dominguez,
photographer Alfredo "Felix""
and
DJ Antonio "La Conga"
- Lots of classic salsa
& cha cha music by
DJ Antonio "La Conga"
SABROSURA SALSA SUNDAYS
@ Rm. FIFTY 5 - NYC
- 6:00 PM - 12:00
midnight or 1:00 AM -
FREE admission - A
Sunday evening On 2
mambo event held in a
classy chic night club
next to the
Dream Hotel in
midtown Manhattan - With
DJ Woody or DJ Andy
- Presented by fellow
salsera, performer &
instructor
Desiree Dicupe & her
cousin
Sonia Dicupe of
SIDEntertainment - Free
salsa class by
Carabali dance classes
NYC &
drink specials all night.
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SALSA CON MAMBO MONDAYS
@ SESSION 73 - NYC -
8:00 PM - 1:00 AM -
Band: Grupo Latin
Vibe - Dancing to
classic salsa & cha cha
by
DJ Babaloo of RadioBomba
Productions - dance
classes NYC
lesson 8:00 PM by
instructor
Cynthia "La China" &
Hector Pena - Held
in an attractive club
with full bar &
restaurant & 2 excellent
dance classes NYC floors -
Complementary hors d'ouvres on some nights
- The crowd is friendly,
multi-cultural &
educated with groups of
all ages dance
classes NYC Lessons NYC
& Ballroom dance
classes NYC NYC.
Manhattan Latin
dance classes NYC
lessons are available
with social dance
classes NYC
parties.
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SOCIAL SALSA TUESDAYS @
HONEY - Downtown
Manhattan - 7:30 PM -
1:30 AM - FREE - A
weekly mambo event
catering to the On 2
dance classes NYC - Plenty of
classic salsa & cha cha
plus more by fellow salsero
DJ Rudy Acosta
played on a good sound
system - Held in an
attractive nightclub
with full bar & late
food menu - A sociable
place with plenty of
partners
SALSA EN EL WEST VILLAGE
- TIMBAL TUESDAYS @
VERANDA LOUNGE -
Downtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:45 AM -
FREE - Every Tuesday,
fellow salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
West Village restaurant
& full bar lounge - He
plays a nice wide
variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Late food
menu
COPA
LATIN TUESDAYS @
COLUMBUS 72ND
- NYC -
6:00 PM - midnight or
later - $3 admission all
night includes
complementary buffet
6:00 - 8:00 PM plus
dance classes NYC lesson - Mostly
salsa plus some cha cha,
merengue & bachata
played by
DJ Jeff or
DJ Woody - Schedule
subject to changes so
call the club
MAMBO TUESDAYS @ 46
LOUNGE - Totowa, NJ
- 7:30 PM - 1:30 AM - An
after work and later
salsa event in a very
attractive & spacious
nightclub with an
excellent dance classes
NYC floor &
3 bars with seating -
Lots of classic salsa
plus a bit of other
Latin music played by
DJ Ray Colon - Full
bar with drink specials,
outside patio & a
complementary Latin
buffet until 10:00 PM -
A local hangout for the
mambo dance classes NYC
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TRAVESURA SALSA
WEDNESDAYS @ CAFE NUNEZ
- Midtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:00 PM or
later - FREE - dance
classes NYC
performance TBA - This
is an On 2 classic salsa
event held in a
restaurant / night club
- Attended by a friendly
crowd of available
partners - DJ
Alejandro Bouza
plays a
wide ranging mix of
salsa, cha cha plus more
- Presented by
DJ Alejandro Bouza &
Joe Burgos from Piel
Canela dance classes NYC
SALSA WEDNESDAYS @ LQ
- NYC - 7:00 PM -
12:00 midnight or later
- Free buffet 6:00 -
7:00 PM - With salsa &
other music being played
by rotating DJs - Band
(subject to changes):
TBA
SALSA EN ASTORIA @
BUNGALO LOUNGE -
Astoria, Queens - 10:00
PM - 1:30 AM or later -
Every Wednesday, fellow
salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
Astoria, Queens, lounge
club restaurant
with full bar & late
night appetizer & dinner
menu - He plays a nice
wide variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Free
dance classes NYC lesson 9:00 -
10:00 PM dance
classes NYC studio NYC
dance classes NYC studio manhattan offers
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and dance classes NYC classes manhattan.Jose
from Salsa Salsa dance
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with plenty of classic
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Marcus Gonzalez - All NY salseros are
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SALSA EN EL EAST VILLAGE
- HOT JUEVES @
VIBRATIONS LOUNGE -
Lower East Side,
Manhattan - 9:00 PM
until late - Free
Admission - Every
Thursday, fellow salsero
DJ Mustachio
welcomes all the On 2
dance classes NYC to this mambo
event in an attractive
East Village restaurant
& full bar lounge - He
plays a nice wide
variety of classic
salsa, plus a bit of cha
cha & more, on a good
sound system - Late food
menu - Classy funky East
Village atmosphere
MAMBO CLASICO NIGHT @
THE MONTECARLO ROOM
- Kingsbridge Heights,
Bronx - 10:00 PM - until
very late - A classic
uptown mambo night held
in a very attractive
night club with full bar
& good dance classes
NYC floor &
sound system - Presented
by veteran instructor &
performer Vittico "La Magia" &
his crew who invite
everyone to come & party
-
Vittico
teaches a mambo lesson
at 9:00 PM
SALSA FEVER @ DEITY
LOUNGE - Downtown
Brooklyn - 8:00 PM -
1:00 AM - Free All
Night - An On 2
mambo event held at an
attractive nightclub /
lounge converted from a
former church -
Presented by fellow
Brooklyn salseros Marcus
& Jose from
Salsa Salsa dance
classes NYC Studio
& Marisol from
Latin Fever dance
classes NYC Studio
with plenty of classic
salsa & more by
DJ Marcus Gonzalez -
All NY salseros are
invited
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Ballroom dancing
From
dance classes NYC - Magazine by Rebecca
Smith
-
The intimacy of ballroom dancing
gives it new life.
In the early sixties, when
Chubby Checker performed the
twist on American Bandstand, he
changed the face of social
dancing. It was the beginning of
the end for "touch dancing," an
era that began in the late
eighteenth century with the
waltz, and included such dance
classes NYCs
as the fox-trot, tango, rumba,
samba, and swing, to name a few.
But just as the waltz takes its
dance classes NYC full circle across the
dance classes NYC floor, returning them to
where they first began, today's
baby boomers and members of
Generation X are turning back to
the dance classes NYCs of the past,
embracing each other on the
dance classes NYC floor while embracing the
dance classes NYC styles of their parents
and grandparents.
Since 1990 there has been a
dramatic increase in the number
of twenty- and thirtysomethings
turning to ballroom dance
classes NYC.
Figures shows a 110-percent
increase among those under the
age of thirty, and a 75-percent
increase among those in their
thirties and forties, according
to the United States Amateur
Ballroom dance classes NYC Association, a
nationwide organization that
governs and promotes ballroom
dance classes NYC locally, nationally, and
internationally.
Social
dance classes NYC is a continually
evolving from that reflects the
spirit of the time and, in
particular, the ever-changing
relations between the sexes.
What does this trend back to
touch dancing tell us then about
the status of sexual relations
today?
"Monogamy is in," says Carlan
Russell, ballroom dance classes
NYC
instructor and co-owner of Aequus
dance classes NYC Studio in New York
City. And when relationships are
in, according to Russell, so is
ballroom dance classes NYC. She has a point.
The last time touch dancing had
such a strong hold on young
people was in the 1940s, during
World War II, when the
uncertainties of that time
encouraged the intimacy of
clinging together on, as well as
off, the dance classes NYC floor. There is
uncertainty among today's young
people too, the uncertainty
brought on by AIDS. But the
paradox of AIDS is that it
encourages people to enter into
monogamous relationships at the
same time that it hinders from
finding such relationships.
Singles are apprehensive about
the prospect of meeting and
dating, let along making contact
and touching. Ballroom dance
classes NYC
provides a safe form of contact,
so safe, it seems, that many
women now go to ballroom dance
classes NYC
clubs alone.
"I feel comfortable going by
myself, because I know the
people are there to dance
classes NYC," says
Gail, a thirty-one-year-old
schoolteacher. "A man typically
will dance classes NYC a few
dance classes NYCs with me
and then go ask another woman."
Men, too, feel less threatened
in an atmosphere that stresses
dancing. "There's not some
agenda where I have to check
someone out before I dance
classes NYC.
Who's my next partner? I don't
know. I'm just going to enjoy
the dance classes NYC," says one man.
For some, ballroom
dance classes NYC is a
form of "safe sex." Says
Matthew, a thirty-eight-year-old
computer programmer: "When I've
dance classes NYCd with a hundred women in
one week, I don't feel the need
to date anybody. If I meet a
woman, I'll spend all this
money, go out to a restaurant
and try to get to know her, talk
to her, and then hopefully three
or four days later we're going
to dance classes NYC and that will be the
best part. This way I can do the
best part again and again and
again. So I don't have that
craving for a dating situation.
I come home totally, totally
sated."
Figueroa,
dance classes NYC instructor at
Stepping Out dance classes NYC Studio in New
York City. "The way the
dance classes NYCs
are choreographed, you're with a
partner for a while and you can
talk. With freestyle dance
classes NYC, the
music is so loud you're apart
and yelling at each other." The
ballroom dance classes NYC club is a breed
apart from the traditional club
or disco, which many young
people find alienating. Remarks
one man, "At the discos, people
eyeball each other and avoid
each other and wish they weren't
there. You leave feeling much
lonelier than when you came and
wishing you'd never gone."
In large part, the greater
satisfaction given by touch
dancing is due to the form and
structure that determine not
only the dance classes NYC steps but also
the interaction between the
dance classes NYC. Dale Stotts, a
dance classes NYC
instructor, points out that the
steps are not the only thing
students learn from ballroom
dance classes NYC: "It teaches you proper
etiquette. A lot of people need
to improve their social skills,
just saying hello to someone."
This structure, when it comes to
the conduct between the sexes,
is not new to ballroom dance
classes NYC.
Guides and handbooks from the
eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries presented strict
guidelines to be followed by
dance classes NYC in the ballroom. Such
issues as how many times a man
should ask a woman to dance
classes NYC,
appropriate topics for
conversation during a dance
classes NYC, and
the significance of an
introduction made in the
ballroom were as relevant as
learning the steps to the waltz.
And how do today's young
dance classes NYC
feel about such structure? One
of them tells me, "It's so much
better. Structure means we can
do something with each other,
not just at each other. When
you're apart, you're both doing
something sort of show-offy, but
when you're doing a rumba, for
example, you're totally
coordinated, two bodies doing
one thing." The structure that
at first glance may seem cold
and formal actually helps in
promoting intimacy. It makes it
easier to touch and hold each
other. As one instructor puts
it, "Ballroom dance classes
NYC is sort of
like a buffer. People want a
reason to say, 'I have to
communicate with you.' They
can't do the dancing without
touching someone, so it's almost
like someone's saying, 'You have
my permission to touch this
person, to hold them, to ask
them to dance classes NYC.'" Perhaps, then,
it is not the structure that is
the key, but what the structure
leads to.
What it leads to is intimacy,
and intimacy has always been a
part of touch dancing. When the
waltz hit the dance classes NYC floor at the
end of the eighteenth century,
the dance classes NYC were not looking for
structure but looking to abandon
it. The waltz turned away from
set forms and dance classes NYC formations,
from dancing at arm's length,
which had been the practice for
four previous centuries. It
abandoned logic and rules,
turned to emotion, and threw men
and women into each other's
arms, creating a private world
in a public place. Is this what
is happening today?
Rather than looking for a set of
rules and guidelines to follow,
today's twenty- and
thirtysomethings may be looking
for ways to banish such
guidelines; they are tired of
hearing about safe sex and
sexual harassment. The trend to
ballroom dancing could represent
a search for the days when much
about love and sex was left
unsaid instead of being topics
for seemingly endless debates
about what is careful and
correct in the matter of sexual
relations. Ballroom dance
classes NYC offers
a way to close the gap between
the sexes, to achieve closeness,
intimacy, passion, and romance.
"The nineties are a time for
searching for new norms of
behavior. How do we relate?"
asks Antioch University
President Alan E. Guskin, in
response to his school's "sexual
offense policy" (nine pages of
sexual conduct codes that demand
verbal consent at each minute
stage of sexual interaction).
But in ways that verbal
communication taken to extremes,
as at Antioch, pushes the sexes
apart, touch dancing steps in to
bring them together.
"We're alienated. This forces us
to run up against each other,"
says Matthew. "You get this
person you've never met, you're
holding them in a consensual
way, and it's not crossing
anybody's boundaries. It allows
a form of closeness, it's not an
offensive thing, and it feels
incredibly alive." While touch
dancing is choreographed with
conversation in mind, the
communication that occurs during
a touch dance classes NYC is primarily
nonverbal. "It's a way to meet
people without necessarily being
verbal," says Kyle Larsen, a
dance classes NYC instructor. "I think it's
very rough today. You don't have
a lot of physical contact with
people. People just have contact
with the people in their office.
But there's something about
either holding somebody in your
arms or being held by somebody
gently and dancing around that's
really lovely. It's like you're
taking care of each other."
While each
dance classes NYC communicates
its own message, the Argentine
tango is probably the most
conversational. It is the one
dance classes NYC in which the man and woman
are not the mirror image of each
other. In this dance classes NYC, the woman
can initiate many of the moves.
"It's like making love," says
Regan, a thirty-nine-year-old
composer. Men and women agree
that of all the dance classes
NYCs the tango
is the one that most naturally
evokes an image of passion. Carlan Russell claims that this
is because of the music. A tango
in 2/4 time has a simplistic,
unrelenting rhythm similar to
Ravel's Bolero. And like Bolero,
it strikes a chord of emotion.
Bob Crease, president of the New
York Swing dance classes NYC Society and
professor at the State
University of New York at Stony
Brook, thinks this trend has
ultimately to do with music.
Usually new dance classes NYCs come in
tandem with new popular music.
In the Big-Band era, musicians
made their living and became big
names by traveling from club to
club playing for kids who wanted
to dance classes NYC to their music. But
after the war, music was
increasingly produced in
recording studios. "When the
music detached itself from the
dancing, it became something
almost cerebral. There is a
fundamental human need to
celebrate one's body through
movement," says Crease. And this
need, he claims, has been denied
young people.
"I think twenty- and
thirty-year-olds feel like
they've missed out on ballroom,"
says Angel Figueroa. "Now we've
given it a title; it's 'ballroom
dancing,' whereas to our parents
it was just dancing. It didn't
matter what kind it was. You
could do it in the basement of
your house or in the
speakeasies, the little basement
apartments with the little blue
and red lights on them. But I
think the young people are
catching up with it again, and I
don't think they're going to let
it go this time."
How should we define Ballroom
dancing? The safe sex of the
nineties? The vertical
expression of a horizontal
thought? A satisfaction of the
fundamental need to celebrate
one's body through movement to
music?
In Ettore Scola's 1982 film, Le
Bal, life from the 1930s to the
1980s is depicted on the dance
classes NYC
floor in a Paris dance classes
NYC hall. As
the social and political climate
changes, fashions change, faces
change, even the dance classes
NYCs change.
But two things remains constant,
the space in which the dance
classes NYC
move and the need to eliminate
that distance between them. Scola's characters leave the
dance classes NYC hall as they entered it,
alone. If this is symbolic of
life, is it any wonder that we
look for moments when we can
share a dance classes NYC, an embrace, a
chance for happiness, a bit of
heaven here on earth? One thing
is certain: In a world in which
people feel increasingly
alienated, touch dancing
provides a form of contact. As
Irving Berlin wrote, "Heaven,
I'm in heaven . . . / And I seem
to find the happiness I seek /
When we're out together dancing
cheek to cheek."
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The Peace and Power of dance
classes NYC
These days, it's widely accepted around
the world that stress plays a major role
in physical as well as emotional
disorders.
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classes NYC AND LATIN dance
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BALLROOM DANCING: The Russians Are
Coming, Stepping Lightly (By
JOSEPH BERGER, June 11, 2003)
Before dance classes NYC There Must Be
dance classes NYC
Teachers—
The intimacy of ballroom dancing
gives it new life.
In the early sixties, when
Chubby Checker performed the
twist on American Bandstand, he
changed the face of social
dancing. It was the beginning of
the end for "touch dancing," an
era that began in the late
eighteenth century with the
waltz, and included such dance
classes NYCs
as the fox-trot, tango, rumba,
samba, and swing, to name a few.
But just as the waltz takes its
dance classes NYC full circle across the
dance classes NYC floor, returning them to
where they first began, today's
baby boomers and members of
Generation X are turning back to
the dance classes NYCs of the past,
embracing each other on the
dance classes NYC floor while embracing the
dance classes NYC styles of their parents
and grandparents.
Since 1990 there has been a
dramatic increase in the number
of twenty- and thirtysomethings
turning to ballroom dance
classes NYC.
Figures shows a 110-percent
increase among those under the
age of thirty, and a 75-percent
increase among those in their
thirties and forties, according
to the United States Amateur
Ballroom dance classes NYC Association, a
nationwide organization that
governs and promotes ballroom
dance classes NYC locally, nationally, and
internationally.
Social
dance classes NYC is a continually
evolving from that reflects the
spirit of the time and, in
particular, the ever-changing
relations between the sexes.
What does this trend back to
touch dancing tell us then about
the status of sexual relations
today?
"Monogamy is in," says Carlan
Russell, ballroom dance classes
NYC
instructor and co-owner of Aequus
dance classes NYC Studio in New York
City. And when relationships are
in, according to Russell, so is
ballroom dance classes NYC. She has a point.
The last time touch dancing had
such a strong hold on young
people was in the 1940s, during
World War II, when the
uncertainties of that time
encouraged the intimacy of
clinging together on, as well as
off, the dance classes NYC floor. There is
uncertainty among today's young
people too, the uncertainty
brought on by AIDS. But the
paradox of AIDS is that it
encourages people to enter into
monogamous relationships at the
same time that it hinders from
finding such relationships.
Singles are apprehensive about
the prospect of meeting and
dating, let along making contact
and touching. Ballroom dance
classes NYC
provides a safe form of contact,
so safe, it seems, that many
women now go to ballroom dance
classes NYC
clubs alone.
"I feel comfortable going by
myself, because I know the
people are there to dance
classes NYC," says
Gail, a thirty-one-year-old
schoolteacher. "A man typically
will dance classes NYC a few
dance classes NYCs with me
and then go ask another woman."
Men, too, feel less threatened
in an atmosphere that stresses
dancing. "There's not some
agenda where I have to check
someone out before I dance
classes NYC.
Who's my next partner? I don't
know. I'm just going to enjoy
the dance classes NYC," says one man.
For some, ballroom
dance classes NYC is a
form of "safe sex." Says
Matthew, a thirty-eight-year-old
computer programmer: "When I've
dance classes NYC with a hundred women in
one week, I don't feel the need
to date anybody. If I meet a
woman, I'll spend all this
money, go out to a restaurant
and try to get to know her, talk
to her, and then hopefully three
or four days later we're going
to dance classes NYC and that will be the
best part. This way I can do the
best part again and again and
again. So I don't have that
craving for a dating situation.
I come home totally, totally
sated."
Figueroa,
dance classes NYC instructor at
Stepping Out dance classes NYC Studio in New
York City. "The way the
dance classes NYCs
are choreographed, you're with a
partner for a while and you can
talk. With freestyle dance
classes NYC, the
music is so loud you're apart
and yelling at each other." The
ballroom dance classes NYC club is a breed
apart from the traditional club
or disco, which many young
people find alienating. Remarks
one man, "At the discos, people
eyeball each other and avoid
each other and wish they weren't
there. You leave feeling much
lonelier than when you came and
wishing you'd never gone."
In large part, the greater
satisfaction given by touch
dancing is due to the form and
structure that determine not
only the dance classes NYC steps but also
the interaction between the
dance classes NYC. Dale Stotts, a
dance classes NYC
instructor, points out that the
steps are not the only thing
students learn from ballroom
dance classes NYC: "It teaches you proper
etiquette. A lot of people need
to improve their social skills,
just saying hello to someone."
This structure, when it comes to
the conduct between the sexes,
is not new to ballroom dance
classes NYC.
Guides and handbooks from the
eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries presented strict
guidelines to be followed by
dance classes NYC in the ballroom. Such
issues as how many times a man
should ask a woman to dance
classes NYC,
appropriate topics for
conversation during a dance
classes NYC, and
the significance of an
introduction made in the
ballroom were as relevant as
learning the steps to the waltz.
And how do today's young
dance classes NYC
feel about such structure? One
of them tells me, "It's so much
better. Structure means we can
do something with each other,
not just at each other. When
you're apart, you're both doing
something sort of show-offy, but
when you're doing a rumba, for
example, you're totally
coordinated, two bodies doing
one thing." The structure that
at first glance may seem cold
and formal actually helps in
promoting intimacy. It makes it
easier to touch and hold each
other. As one instructor puts
it, "Ballroom dance classes
NYC is sort of
like a buffer. People want a
reason to say, 'I have to
communicate with you.' They
can't do the dancing without
touching someone, so it's almost
like someone's saying, 'You have
my permission to touch this
person, to hold them, to ask
them to dance classes NYC.'" Perhaps, then,
it is not the structure that is
the key, but what the structure
leads to.
What it leads to is intimacy,
and intimacy has always been a
part of touch dancing. When the
waltz hit the dance classes NYC floor at the
end of the eighteenth century,
the dance classes NYC were not looking for
structure but looking to abandon
it. The waltz turned away from
set forms and dance classes NYC formations,
from dancing at arm's length,
which had been the practice for
four previous centuries. It
abandoned logic and rules,
turned to emotion, and threw men
and women into each other's
arms, creating a private world
in a public place. Is this what
is happening today?
Rather than looking for a set of
rules and guidelines to follow,
today's twenty- and
thirtysomethings may be looking
for ways to banish such
guidelines; they are tired of
hearing about safe sex and
sexual harassment. The trend to
ballroom dancing could represent
a search for the days when much
about love and sex was left
unsaid instead of being topics
for seemingly endless debates
about what is careful and
correct in the matter of sexual
relations. Ballroom dance
classes NYC offers
a way to close the gap between
the sexes, to achieve closeness,
intimacy, passion, and romance.
"The nineties are a time for
searching for new norms of
behavior. How do we relate?"
asks Antioch University
President Alan E. Guskin, in
response to his school's "sexual
offense policy" (nine pages of
sexual conduct codes that demand
verbal consent at each minute
stage of sexual interaction).
But in ways that verbal
communication taken to extremes,
as at Antioch, pushes the sexes
apart, touch dancing steps in to
bring them together.
"We're alienated. This forces us
to run up against each other,"
says Matthew. "You get this
person you've never met, you're
holding them in a consensual
way, and it's not crossing
anybody's boundaries. It allows
a form of closeness, it's not an
offensive thing, and it feels
incredibly alive." While touch
dancing is choreographed with
conversation in mind, the
communication that occurs during
a touch dance classes NYC is primarily
nonverbal. "It's a way to meet
people without necessarily being
verbal," says Kyle Larsen, a
dance classes NYC instructor. "I think it's
very rough today. You don't have
a lot of physical contact with
people. People just have contact
with the people in their office.
But there's something about
either holding somebody in your
arms or being held by somebody
gently and dancing around that's
really lovely. It's like you're
taking care of each other."
While each
dance classes NYC communicates
its own message, the Argentine
tango is probably the most
conversational. It is the one
dance classes NYC in which the man and woman
are not the mirror image of each
other. In this dance classes NYC, the woman
can initiate many of the moves.
"It's like making love," says
Regan, a thirty-nine-year-old
composer. Men and women agree
that of all the dance classes
NYCs the tango
is the one that most naturally
evokes an image of passion. Carlan Russell claims that this
is because of the music. A tango
in 2/4 time has a simplistic,
unrelenting rhythm similar to
Ravel's Bolero. And like Bolero,
it strikes a chord of emotion.
Bob Crease, president of the New
York Swing dance classes NYC Society and
professor at the State
University of New York at Stony
Brook, thinks this trend has
ultimately to do with music.
Usually new dance classes NYCs come in
tandem with new popular music.
In the Big-Band era, musicians
made their living and became big
names by traveling from club to
club playing for kids who wanted
to dance classes NYC to their music. But
after the war, music was
increasingly produced in
recording studios. "When the
music detached itself from the
dancing, it became something
almost cerebral. There is a
fundamental human need to
celebrate one's body through
movement," says Crease. And this
need, he claims, has been denied
young people.
"I think twenty- and
thirty-year-olds feel like
they've missed out on ballroom,"
says Angel Figueroa. "Now we've
given it a title; it's 'ballroom
dancing,' whereas to our parents
it was just dancing. It didn't
matter what kind it was. You
could do it in the basement of
your house or in the
speakeasies, the little basement
apartments with the little blue
and red lights on them. But I
think the young people are
catching up with it again, and I
don't think they're going to let
it go this time."
How should we define Ballroom
dancing? The safe sex of the
nineties? The vertical
expression of a horizontal
thought? A satisfaction of the
fundamental need to celebrate
one's body through movement to
music?
In Ettore Scola's 1982 film, Le
Bal, life from the 1930s to the
1980s is depicted on the dance
classes NYC
floor in a Paris dance classes
NYC hall. As
the social and political climate
changes, fashions change, faces
change, even the dance classes
NYCs change.
But two things remains constant,
the space in which the dance
classes NYC
move and the need to eliminate
that distance between them. Scola's characters leave the
dance classes NYC hall as they entered it,
alone. If this is symbolic of
life, is it any wonder that we
look for moments when we can
share a dance classes NYC, an embrace, a
chance for happiness, a bit of
heaven here on earth? One thing
is certain: In a world in which
people feel increasingly
alienated, touch dancing
provides a form of contact. As
Irving Berlin wrote, "Heaven,
I'm in heaven . . . / And I seem
to find the happiness I seek /
When we're out together dancing
cheek to cheek."
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History of Salsa
dance classes NYC and Music
Salsa is not easily defined.
What is Salsa? A sauce, a
recipe, a dance classes NYC? Who invented
salsa? The Cubans, Puerto
Ricans? Salsa is a distillation
of many Latin and Afro-Caribbean
dance classes NYCs. Each played a large part
in its evolution.
Salsa is similar to Mambo in
that both have a pattern of six
steps dance classes NYC over eight counts
of music. The dance classes NYCs share many
of the same moves. In Salsa,
turns have become an important
feature, so the overall look and
feel are quite different form
those of Mambo. Mambo moves
generally forward and backward,
whereas, Salsa has more of a
side to side feel.
A look at the origin of Salsa
By: Jaime Andrés
Pretell
It is not only Cuban;
nevertheless we must give credit
to Cuba for the origin and
ancestry of creation. It is here
where Contra-Danze (Country
dance classes NYC) of England/France, later
called Danzón, which was brought
by the French who fled from
Haiti, begins to mix itself with
Rhumbas of African origin
(Guaguanco, Colombia, Yambú).
Add Són of the Cuban people,
which was a mixture of the
Spanish troubadour (sonero) and
the African drumbeats and
flavora and a partner dance
classes NYC
flowered to the beat of the
clave.
This syncretism also occurred
in smaller degrees and with
variations in other countries
like the Dominican Republic,
Colombia, Puerto Rico, among
others. Bands of these countries
took their music to Mexico City
in the era of the famous films
of that country (Perez Prado,
most famous ...). Shortly after,
a similar movement to New York
occurred. In these two cities,
more promotion and syncretism
occurred and more commercial
music was generated because
there was more investment.
New York created the term
"Salsa", but it did not create
the dance classes NYC. The term became
popular as nickname to refer to
a variety of different music,
from several countries of
Hispanic influence: Rhumba, Són
Montuno, Guaracha, Mambo, Cha
cha cha, Danzón, Són, Guguanco,
Cubop, Guajira, Charanga,
Cumbia, Plena, Bomba, Festejo,
Merengue, among others. Many of
these have maintained their
individuality and many were
mixed creating "Salsa".
If you are listening to
today's Salsa, you are going to
find the base of són, and you
are going to hear Cumbia, and
you are going to hear Guaracha.
You will also hear some old
Merengue, built-in the rhythm of
different songs. You will hear
many of the old styles somewhere
within the modern beats. Salsa
varies from site to site. In New
York, for example, new
instrumentalization and extra
percussion were added to some
Colombian songs so that New
Yorkers - that dance classes NYC mambo "on
the two" - can feel comfortable
dancing to the rhythm and beat
of the song, because the
original arrangement is not one
they easily recognize.
This is called "finishing",
to enter the local market. This
"finish" does not occur because
the Colombian does not play
Salsa, but it does not play to
the rhythm of the Puerto
Rican/Post-Cuban Salsa. I say
Post-Cuban, because the music of
Cuba has evolved towards another
new and equally flavorful sound.
Then, as a tree, Salsa has
many roots and many branches,
but one trunk that unites us
all. The important thing is that
Salsa is played throughout the
Hispanic world and has received
influences of many places within
it. It is of all of us and it is
a sample of our flexibility and
evolution. If you think that a
single place can take the credit
for the existence of Salsa, you
are wrong. And if you think that
one style of dance classes NYC is better,
imagine that the best dance
classes NYC of
a style, without his partner,
goes to dance classes NYC with whomever he
can find, in a club where a
different style predominates. He
wouldn't look as good as the
locals. Each dance classes NYC is
accustomed to dance classes NYC his/her own
style. None is better, only
different. Viva la variedad,
Viva la Salsa!
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