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3 Ways Dance Lessons Can Give You Higher
Levels of Confidence, Energy and Enthusiasm
3 Ways Dance Lessons Can Give You Higher
Levels of Confidence, Energy and
Enthusiasm
Wouldn’t if be great
if everyday you had so much energy, so
much confidence and so much enthusiasm
that you could accomplish anything that
you set your mind to do? Below are just
three ways dance lessons benefits your
life:
1. Dance lessons
increase your energy. It’s been proven
that any regular physical activity
increases your energy levels. Practicing
dance lessons is no exception. Plus, the
additional benefits and effects of
training dance lessons take this
increased energy to another level. Read
on to find out more…
2. Dance lessons
increase confidence. Dance lessons helps
you create a self awareness like no
other physical activity. You’ll also be
able to get (and keep) your body and
mind in tune with one another. By
training a dance art, you will learn how
to physically defend yourself. This
ability gives you the confidence to
control yourself in stressful
situations. You’ll find that you’ll soon
be able to defend yourself physically,
emotionally and mentally – and, in turn,
excel in your endeavors!
3. Dance
lessons increases your enthusiasm. Once
you find a dance lessons style, school
and instructor that suit your needs and
help you reach your goals, you’ll become
so enthusiastic about your dance art
experience that you’ll tell everyone you
know. In addition to that, this
enthusiasm (along with your increased
energy and confidence) will carry over
to other plessons of your life. Just
think about it: If you are full of
energy and have the confidence to reach
your goals, you are going to be
enthusiastic about your job, your
family, your hobbies, and your life.
Just imagine, after even a few weeks
of training in dance lessons you’ll be
able to concentrate, focus and reach for
whatever goals you want.
Now, we
know that everyone has different goals
in their lives – but that’s the beauty
of dance lessons. The energy, confidence
and enthusiasm you gain from dance
lessons can be directed towards
virtually any goal you have in mind.
You’ll be able to work hard towards that
promotion. You’ll be able to keep your
family life moving smoothly. You’ll be
able to reduce your stress while
increasing your success.
Give it
a try. You owe it to yourself to
increase your energy, confidence, and
enthusiasm. Make a commitment to start
becoming unstoppable today and give us a
call at (877)453-6501.
Dance Lessons and Children
Often, children are enrolled in dance
lessons for vastly different reasons.
You may want your child to develop
self-discipline, a more respectful
attitude, or get better grades. Perhaps
you'd like to give your child the
opportunity to experience individualized
achievement. Whatever your main goal,
you can count on dance lessons to
increase your child's self-esteem.
Dance lessons focus the child's
attention on moves and activities that
require a great deal of self discipline
to learn. Children are taught skills
that not only allow them to master the
positions and movements of their
routines, but also improve their skills
in daily life. The belt system is a very
important tool that provides not only a
goal but great positive reinforcement as
well. As the children advance through
the various levels, they learn what they
are capable of, self control, respect
for themselves and others and patience.
The Peace and Power of Dance
These days, it's widely accepted around
the world that stress plays a major role
in physical as well as emotional
disorders.
BALLROOM DANCE AND LATIN DANCE
RESOURCES
(USA Dancesports, Colleges &
Universities, Social & Recreational,
Magazines, Chapters, Events, Comps,
Press)
USABDA Youth & College Network (YCN) — (Social Dancers, DanceSport
Competitors, Youth & College
Dancers, Membership & Benefits,
Press Center)
United States Imperial Society of
Teachers of Dancing — (About the Society, Mission,
History, Newsletters, Publications,
Membership, Exams & Medal Tests,
Related Sites)
NDCA: The National Dance Council of
America — (Directories, Events, News & Press
Releases, Information, Registration
& Store, Search for a Member)
Ballroom Dancing Worldwide — (List of dance organizations and
societies from Argentina to
Yugoslavia)
International Dance Council — (Introduction, Members, Visitors,
Press releases, Dance Directory,
Publications, News)
Ballroom Dance Clubs:
Brown Ballroom Dancing— (Class & Room Schedules, Special
Events, Pictures, Private Lessons,
Links)
Cornell
Ballroom Dance Club—
(Classes, Events, Pictures, Mailing
List, Dance Organizations, Dance
Supplies, Dance Library, Useful
Dance Sites)
Harvard Ballroom—
(Intro & FAQ, Dance Stuff, Social
Dancing, Classes, Calendar, Guide to
Local Dancing, Competitive Dancing)
MIT Ballroom Dance Club—
(Overview, Club History, Workshops,
Dance Parties, Formation Teams,
Music, Dance Links)
San Jose State University Ballroom
Dance Club —
(Class Schedule, Special Events)
Stanford Ballroom Dance Club—
(Events, Outings, Etiquette, Dance
FAQs, Volunteers, Dance Links)
University of California Berkeley
Ballroom Dancers —
(Current Schedule, Events & Outings,
DanceSport, Competitions, FAQ,
Elsewhere in the Bay, Directions &
Map)
University of Pennsylvania
Ballroom Dance Society—
(Club, Classes, Team, Photos, Links,
Email)
Yale Ballroom Dance—
(Club, Team, Events, Schedule,
Competition, Links)
- Ballroom Dance Articles:
BALLROOM DANCING: The Russians Are
Coming, Stepping Lightly (By
JOSEPH BERGER, June 11, 2003)
Before Dancers There Must Be Dance
Teachers—
(by Jennifer Dunning, New York
Times, April 28, 2002)
And One and Two: The Dancers Are
Off!—
(by Shayna Samuels, New York Times,
April 21, 2002)
Dance 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
Steps—
(by Marcia Kaplan, San Francisco
Chronicle, March 19, 1999)
IN THE SWING: The
Peninsula's vintage dancers kick up
their heels with authority—
(by Kimberly Chun, San Francisco
Chronicle, July 10, 1998)
Passing Up Hip-Hop for the Lindy Hop—
(by Maitland Zane, San Francisco
Chronicle, April 3, 1998)
SHALL WE DANCE?: Sure, because
charming Japanese comedy takes all
the right steps—
(by Ruthe Stein, San Francisco
Chronicle, July 18, 1997)
Masayuki Suo's Whole Wide Whirl
Japanese director's Shall
We Dance has
brought audiences to their feet—
(by Edward Guthmann, San Francisco
Chronicle, July 13, 1997)
Strictly Ballroom: It takes two to
tango, and talent to win, in
competitive dance—
(by Octavio Roca, San Francisco
Chronicle, March 9, 1997)
The Healing Powers Of Dance—
(by Bill Workman, San Francisco
Chronicle, May 10, 1996)
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 articles from the London
Times—
(Dozens of dance articles dating
back to 1996 from UK's top daily
newspaper)
Stretching and
Flexibility (by
Brad Appleton)—
(Physiology of Stretching,
Flexibility, Types of Stretching,
How to Stretch, Splits, Joint
Motion)
Ballroom
Newsletter Articles (Ron
& Rebecca Kellen: Prescott,
Arizona)—
(Characteristics of Dances,
Essential Information, History of
Dances)
- Ballroom Dance Music:
BallroomDanceMusic.info (by
George Lindholm)—
(By Rhythm, Recommended, New Albums,
Albums by Artists, By Record Label,
Ballroom related links, Tempos, Help
me find...)
Ballroom Dance Music (BallroomDancers.com)—
(Browse by Dance Style, Browse by
Album, Album Pick of the Week, Song
& Ratings)
Universal
Ballroom Dance Music Listings (University
of Pennsylvania)—
(Sorted by list compiler or by dance
type.)
Our Best Music (University
of Pennsylvania)—
(Top Discs, Argentine Tango, Cha
Cha, Foxtrot, Hustle, Jive,
Merengue, Paso Doble, Quickstep,
Rumba/Bolero, Salsa/Mambo, Samba,
Slow Waltz, Swings, Tangos, Viennese
Waltz)
- Cha
Cha:
Cha Cha—
(Cha Cha Music, Basic Elements,
Featured Steps,
Bronze-Silver-Gold Syllabus,
Other Dances)
Characteristics of American
Style Cha Cha—
(July 1999 Ballroom Newsletter)
History of the Cha Cha—
(February 2000 Ballroom
Newsletter)
- Foxtrot:
Fox Trot Tutorial—
(Introduction, Basic Pattern,
Left Turn, Conversation Step,
Box Step, Turning Box, Side
Step, Right Turn)
Fox
Trot: Box Step (Bernice
Dubro Dance Studio, Dayton,
Ohio)—
(Animated Gif of the Fox Trot's
Box Step with count & rhythm for
steps for man & woman)
Foxtrot—
(History, Description, Overview,
Basic Figure, Video Clips,
Music)
Piet Mondrian, Fox
Trot; Lozenge Composition with
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".
I asked him
when did he learn to do ballroom
dancing, and he said "It's a
comic strip!")
History of Foxtrot—
(October 1998 Ballroom
Newsletter)
- Hustle:
Hustle Dance Club—
(Hustle Dance Club News, Where
to Hustle Dance, Dance Club
Images, Dance/Disco Links)
Hustle FAQs—
(On the count in Hustle, Tempo,
Style variation, Rock steps,
Character of Hustle, Slotted
Hustle)
- Rumba &
Bolero:
Rumba—
(International Style, American
Style, Video Clips, Music)
History of the Rumba—
(December 1998 Ballroom
Newsletter)
Characteristics of Bolero—
(October 1999 Ballroom
Newsletter; suggestions for
Bolero danceable music)
History of Bolero—
(August 1998 Ballroom
Newsletter)
- Salsa:
Salsa—
(Overview, Basic Figures, Video
Clips, Music, Order Videos)
Josie Neglia's Salsa Site (Josie
Neglia: "Dance is life at its
most sensational moment")— (What's New?, Video Clips,
History Of Salsa Discussion,
Photos, Life As A Dancer,
Message Board, Chat Rooms, Tips
Corner, Looking for Male &
Female Partner, Events Calendar,
Videos, FAQ, Mailing Lists)
Characteristics of Salsa
Timing—
(August 2002 Ballroom
Newsletter)
- Swing:
US Swing Dance Server—
(dance events, clubs, styles,
techniques, steps, literature,
music, videos, competition,
quotes, links)
Swing
Moves—
(a free, comprehensive, and
useful online database of swing
dance moves for swingers of all
levels and styles)
The Swing Jive Dance Company—
(Events Lists, Online Dancing,
History of Lindy Hop, Music,
Today's Swing Scene)
FAQ: West Coast Swing—
(Specific to West Coast Swing,
Ladies footwork, J-Lead, Arm
tone & Body leads, Tricks for
leaders & followers)
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
Online Lessons)
Argentine Tango Music, Tango
Lyrics—
(News, Artists, Academy,
Library, Tango Tracks, Tango
Sites)
Argentine Tango in San Francisco—
(Classes, Private Lessons,
Parties, Tango Performances,
Tango Videos, Tango Resources)
Algo de Tango—
(Technique Exercises, Elementary
Dance Figures, Lagniappe of the
Evening)
Characteristics of American
Style Tango—
(January 2000 Ballroom
Newsletter)
History
of the Tango—
(April 1999 Ballroom Newsletter)
Ernesto's Tango Page—
(Argentine Tango: read, listen,
watch, and dance the tango— with
hundreds of tango links)
Nora's Tango Week—
(Class Schedules, Instructors,
Celebration Tango!, History,
Photo Gallery, Press, Links)
Planet Tango—
(Complete connection to the
world of Argentine Tango)
Top 100 Tango recordings—
(Tango music rankings in
English, French, and Spanish)
This Is The Tango—
(3 hours of excellent radio
programs about Tango history
with Guadalupe Jolicoeur in 3
Real Audio files from CBC)
Lausanne Tango Server—
(Special Events, Teaching,
Library, Music, Dancers, Shows,
and Musician Profiles, Fashion,
Links)
Forever Tango—
(Luis Bravo's internationally
acclaimed dance extravaganza
from a year on Broadway and the
national tour.)
Northern California Argentine
Tango Events—
(Compiled by Polo Talnir: La
Milonguita Tango Activities
List)
The Stanford Tango Club—
(Classes, Practicas, Ben's FAQ,
Links, Special Events)
Tango Primer—
(Music, Timing, Embrace, La
Marca, Improvisation, Glossary)
Tango, Our Dance—
(Articles published in El
Firulete, The Argentine Tango
Magazine)
The Women's Technique Class—
(By Valorie Hart, El Firulete,
The Argentine Tango Magazine,
6-5-2000)
Radio Cubik Network—
(Radio Tango, Radio Salsa, Bossa
Brazil, Bop City Radio)
- Two
Step:
Nightclub Two Step—
(Philip Seyer: Interview with
Buddy Schwimmer, the creator of
this beautiful "new" dance)
Characteristics of
Ballroom Two Step—
(February 2001 Ballroom
Newsletter)
History of
Ballroom Two Step—
(March 2000 Ballroom Newsletter)
Night Club Two Step (University
of Saskatchewan DanceSport
Club)—
(News, Classes, Articles,
Training, Links)
Night Club Two Step Videos (By
Buddy Schmimmer)—
(You'll find a list of 45 steps
in the
Beginning-Intermediate-Advanced
Two Steps in the two videos)
- Waltz:
Waltz Tutorial—
(Basic pattern, positioning,
leading & following, under arm
turns, hesitation, twinkle)
Welcome to the Waltz—
(History, Description, Music)
American Silver Waltz
Routine (Waltz
Video in QuickTime)—
(Promenade, Open Natural Turn,
Tiplets, Natural Hesitation
Drag, Rise-up Step to Promenade,
Fallaway with Slip Pivot)
Viennese Waltz:
Viennese Waltz—
(Overview, 10 video clips of the
basic figures, presented by
Jonathan Atkinson & Melissa
Winogrand)
History of
Viennese Waltz—
(March 1999 Ballroom Newsletter)
Split Tree Waltz Page—
(Strauss Centennial Waltz Ball,
Waltz Page Links, Year of
Strauss 1999 100th Anniversary,
History of the Waltz)
Art Print: Viennese Waltz—
(Hungarian print of "Vien Walz"
circa 1820 photographed in
Vienna)
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
Manhattan Dance 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
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 Dancers
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 dancers 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 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 Studio
& Marisol from
Latin Fever Dance 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 dancers from
around the world -
Tonight's band:
Son Boricua
LORENZ DANCE STUDIO -
MAMBO MADNESS ON MYRTLE
- Glendale, Queens -
Cancelled for tonight
SALSA SALSA DANCE 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 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 dancers 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 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 dancers 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
performances by
M.D.M Dance Company from
Michael's Dance Magic
(Arizona) and
Andrea E Stefania from
Estudio Tropical
(Italy) - Held at Dance
Manhattan Studios - The
longest running & most
attended mambo social in
New York City since 1993
- A destination for
dancers from all over
the world - Great music
& sound system,
excellent studio floor &
hundreds of dance
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 &
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 performance by
Jose Bolivar (LI) -
Dancing to classic salsa
& cha cha by
DJ Babaloo of RadioBomba
Productions- & guest
DJ Dave (Germany) -
Dance lesson 8:00 PM by
instructor
Cynthia "La China" &
Hector Pena - Held
in an attractive club
with full bar &
restaurant & 2 excellent
dance floors -
Complementary hors
d'ouvres on some nights
- The crowd is friendly,
multi-cultural &
educated with groups of
all ages. NYC Dance
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
dancers - 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
dancers 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 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 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 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 dancers
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TRAVESURA SALSA
WEDNESDAYS @ CAFE NUNEZ
- Midtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:00 PM or
later - FREE - Dance
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 Dancers
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
dancers 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 lesson 9:00 -
10:00 PM
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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
dancers 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
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 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 Studio
& Marisol from
Latin Fever Dance 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
Dancers
LORENZ DANCE 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 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 performances by
the
Dance Atlantic Kids,
Clase Social from Viva
Salsa Dance 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 dancers to
come and enjoy his
social
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PIEL CANELA SALSA DANCE
SOCIAL - NYC - 7:00
- 11:00 PM - An On 2
event with lots of
classic salsa in the
spacious ballroom of
Pearl Dance Studio by
DJ Miguel Rodriguez &
guest DJs - Presented
by instructor &
performer
Joe Burgos, Director
of the
Piel Canela Dance 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 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 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 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 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 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 &
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
lesson 8:00 PM by
instructor
Cynthia "La China" &
Hector Pena - Held
in an attractive club
with full bar &
restaurant & 2 excellent
dance floors -
Complementary hors
d'ouvres on some nights
- The crowd is friendly,
multi-cultural &
educated with groups of
all ages. Manhattan
dance 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
dancers - 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
dancers 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
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 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 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 dancersd
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TRAVESURA SALSA
WEDNESDAYS @ CAFE NUNEZ
- Midtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:00 PM or
later - FREE - Dance
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 Dancers
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
dancers 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 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
dancers 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
performances by the
Viticco "La Magia"
Dancers, the
Yamule Pro Team
(Bronx) and the
Pzazz Dance Company
(NJ) - A classic uptown
mambo night held in a
very attractive night
club with full bar &
good dance 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 Studio
& Marisol from
Latin Fever Dance 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 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 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 Studio
- Everyone is invited
for classic salsa & cha
cha in a friendly
environment
SALSA SALSA DANCE 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 Manhattan Studios
5th floor, excellent wooden floor &
sound system
MDN LATIN DANCE 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 dancers
to a classic mambo
social held in a big
entertainment hall with
full bar, seating & big
dance 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 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 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 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 Manhattan Studios
- The longest running &
most attended mambo
social in New York City
since 1993 - A
destination for dancers
from all over the world
- Great music & sound
system, excellent studio
floor & hundreds of
dance 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 &
drink specials all night
Dance
lessons Manhattan
Dance
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 lesson 8:00 PM
by instructor
Cynthia "La China" &
Hector Pena - Held
in an attractive club
with full bar &
restaurant & 2 excellent
dance floors -
Complementary hors
d'ouvres on some nights
- The crowd is friendly,
multi-cultural &
educated with groups of
all ages
Ballroom Dance 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
dancers - 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
dancers 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 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 available
in our Manhattan dance
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 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 dancers
Dance classes in NYC
are offered through
dance 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
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 Dancers
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 Studios in NYC
offering Ballroom and
Latin dance 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
dancers 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 lesson 9:00 -
10:00 PM
Dance NYC presents
ballroom dance classes
and latin dance classes
in our dance studios in
Manhattan. Call us for a
free tour of our dance
studios in Manhattan and
our introductory
ballroom dance class
registration.
You can choose from
Salsa dance classes or a
private dance lesson for
your introductory lesson
in our modern dance
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
dancers 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 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 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 Studio
& Marisol from
Latin Fever Dance 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
Dancers. Dance 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 performances
by
Eddie Torres Dance,
Karisma Dancers,
Melissa Rosado
(NYC),
Addie-Tude Dance Company
(Westchester),
Anderson & Vanessa
(Brazil) &, of
course, the
Santo Rico Dance
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 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 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 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 performances by
the
Mambo Bravo Divos
(Queens),
Arelis Beato's Tropical
Image Dancers
(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 dancers 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
SOCIAL - NYC - 7:00
- 11:00 PM - An On 2
event with lots of
classic salsa in the
spacious ballroom of
Pearl Dance Studio by
DJ Miguel Rodriguez &
guest DJs - Presented
by instructor &
performer
Joe Burgos, Director
of the
Piel Canela Dance 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
performance by the
Griselle Ponce Dance
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 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 ATLANTIC STUDIO
SIZZLING SATURDAYS -
Cypress Hills, Brooklyn
- 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM or
later - Attracting
dancers from all over,
this event is presented
by instructor &
performer
Melody Andino & the
welcoming gang at
Dance Atlantic -
Plenty of classic salsa
& more on a pro sound
system, in a dance
studio with wooden
floor, plus delicious
Latin food & welcoming
atmosphere
LORENZ DANCE 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 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 SOCIAL WITH
"MAMBO MARIO B" -
Jersey City, NJ - 9:00
PM - 3:00 AM - Dance
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
dancers 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 &
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
lesson 8:00 PM by
instructor
Cynthia "La China" &
Hector Pena - Held
in an attractive club
with full bar &
restaurant & 2 excellent
dance floors -
Complementary hors
d'ouvres on some nights
- The crowd is friendly,
multi-cultural &
educated with groups of
all ages Dance Lessons NYC
& Ballroom Dance NYC.
Manhattan Latin Dance
lessons are available
with social dance
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
dancers - 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
dancers 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 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 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 dancers
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TRAVESURA SALSA
WEDNESDAYS @ CAFE NUNEZ
- Midtown Manhattan, NYC
- 8:00 PM - 1:00 PM or
later - FREE - Dance
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 Dancers
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
dancers 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 lesson 9:00 -
10:00 PM Dance studio nyc Dance studio
manhattan offers dance lessons in nyc, dance classes nyc
and dance classes
manhattan.Jose
from Salsa Salsa Dance
Studio & Marisol from
Latin Fever Dance Studio
with plenty of classic
salsa & more by DJ
Marcus Gonzalez - All NY salseros are
invited
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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
dancers 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 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 Studio
& Marisol from
Latin Fever Dance Studio
with plenty of classic
salsa & more by
DJ Marcus Gonzalez -
All NY salseros are
invited
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Ballroom dancing
From Dance Magazine by Rebecca
Smith
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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 dances
as the fox-trot, tango, rumba,
samba, and swing, to name a few.
But just as the waltz takes its
dancers full circle across the
dance floor, returning them to
where they first began, today's
baby boomers and members of
Generation X are turning back to
the dances of the past,
embracing each other on the
dance floor while embracing the
dance 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.
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 Dancers Association, a
nationwide organization that
governs and promotes ballroom
dance locally, nationally, and
internationally.
Social dance 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
instructor and co-owner of
Aequus Dance Studio in New York
City. And when relationships are
in, according to Russell, so is
ballroom dance. 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 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
provides a safe form of contact,
so safe, it seems, that many
women now go to ballroom dance
clubs alone.
"I feel comfortable going by
myself, because I know the
people are there to dance," says
Gail, a thirty-one-year-old
schoolteacher. "A man typically
will dance a few dances 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.
Who's my next partner? I don't
know. I'm just going to enjoy
the dance," says one man.
For some, ballroom dance is a
form of "safe sex." Says
Matthew, a thirty-eight-year-old
computer programmer: "When I've
danced 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 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 instructor at
Stepping Out Dance Studio in New
York City. "The way the dances
are choreographed, you're with a
partner for a while and you can
talk. With freestyle dance, the
music is so loud you're apart
and yelling at each other." The
ballroom dance 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 steps but also
the interaction between the
dancers. Dale Stotts, a dance
instructor, points out that the
steps are not the only thing
students learn from ballroom
dance: "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.
Guides and handbooks from the
eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries presented strict
guidelines to be followed by
dancers in the ballroom. Such
issues as how many times a man
should ask a woman to dance,
appropriate topics for
conversation during a dance, 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 dancers
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 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.'" 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 floor at the
end of the eighteenth century,
the dancers were not looking for
structure but looking to abandon
it. The waltz turned away from
set forms and dance 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 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 is primarily
nonverbal. "It's a way to meet
people without necessarily being
verbal," says Kyle Larsen, a
dance 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 communicates
its own message, the Argentine
tango is probably the most
conversational. It is the one
dance in which the man and woman
are not the mirror image of each
other. In this dance, 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 dances 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 Society and
professor at the State
University of New York at Stony
Brook, thinks this trend has
ultimately to do with music.
Usually new dances 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 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
floor in a Paris dance hall. As
the social and political climate
changes, fashions change, faces
change, even the dances change.
But two things remains constant,
the space in which the dancers
move and the need to eliminate
that distance between them.
Scola's characters leave the
dance 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, 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
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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BALLROOM DANCING: The Russians Are
Coming, Stepping Lightly (By
JOSEPH BERGER, June 11, 2003)
Before Dancers There Must Be Dance
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 dances
as the fox-trot, tango, rumba,
samba, and swing, to name a few.
But just as the waltz takes its
dancers full circle across the
dance floor, returning them to
where they first began, today's
baby boomers and members of
Generation X are turning back to
the dances of the past,
embracing each other on the
dance floor while embracing the
dance 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.
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 Dancers Association, a
nationwide organization that
governs and promotes ballroom
dance locally, nationally, and
internationally.
Social dance 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
instructor and co-owner of
Aequus Dance Studio in New York
City. And when relationships are
in, according to Russell, so is
ballroom dance. 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 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
provides a safe form of contact,
so safe, it seems, that many
women now go to ballroom dance
clubs alone.
"I feel comfortable going by
myself, because I know the
people are there to dance," says
Gail, a thirty-one-year-old
schoolteacher. "A man typically
will dance a few dances 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.
Who's my next partner? I don't
know. I'm just going to enjoy
the dance," says one man.
For some, ballroom dance is a
form of "safe sex." Says
Matthew, a thirty-eight-year-old
computer programmer: "When I've
danced 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 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 instructor at
Stepping Out Dance Studio in New
York City. "The way the dances
are choreographed, you're with a
partner for a while and you can
talk. With freestyle dance, the
music is so loud you're apart
and yelling at each other." The
ballroom dance 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 steps but also
the interaction between the
dancers. Dale Stotts, a dance
instructor, points out that the
steps are not the only thing
students learn from ballroom
dance: "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.
Guides and handbooks from the
eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries presented strict
guidelines to be followed by
dancers in the ballroom. Such
issues as how many times a man
should ask a woman to dance,
appropriate topics for
conversation during a dance, 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 dancers
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 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.'" 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 floor at the
end of the eighteenth century,
the dancers were not looking for
structure but looking to abandon
it. The waltz turned away from
set forms and dance 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 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 is primarily
nonverbal. "It's a way to meet
people without necessarily being
verbal," says Kyle Larsen, a
dance 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 communicates
its own message, the Argentine
tango is probably the most
conversational. It is the one
dance in which the man and woman
are not the mirror image of each
other. In this dance, 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 dances 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 Society and
professor at the State
University of New York at Stony
Brook, thinks this trend has
ultimately to do with music.
Usually new dances 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 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
floor in a Paris dance hall. As
the social and political climate
changes, fashions change, faces
change, even the dances change.
But two things remains constant,
the space in which the dancers
move and the need to eliminate
that distance between them.
Scola's characters leave the
dance 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, 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 and Music
Salsa is not easily defined.
What is Salsa? A sauce, a
recipe, a dance? Who invented
salsa? The Cubans, Puerto
Ricans? Salsa is a distillation
of many Latin and Afro-Caribbean
dances. Each played a large part
in its evolution.
Salsa is similar to Mambo in
that both have a pattern of six
steps danced over eight counts
of music. The dances 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) 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
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. 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 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 is better,
imagine that the best dancer of
a style, without his partner,
goes to dance with whomever he
can find, in a club where a
different style predominates. He
wouldn't look as good as the
locals. Each dancer is
accustomed to dance his/her own
style. None is better, only
different. Viva la variedad,
Viva la Salsa!
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