New Dancer Salsa For Women

written by: Sarah Calhoun [ About ] [ Contact ]

Event Dates

This event occurred
in the past.

Sundays
from 4-4:55pm

Will NOT Occur On...

Sun, 01 March 2009
from 4-4:55pm

Occurs...

Sun, 15 February 2009
through
Sun, 29 March 2009

Instructor: Sarah Calhoun
Enrollment: limit 20 (this is a private group class)
Tuition: TBA

Six Weeks of 55-Minute Group Classes
Offered by: Kim Nemacheck and Art of Dance Ballroom Dance School

This is a Private Group Class. Pre-registration is required. Contact Kim Nemacheck to reserve space in this class, regardless of whether you have already been taking classes or Private Lessons with this instructor.

You do not need to enroll with a partner. Expect frequent partner changes and numerous group activities and exercises.

This Group Class will meet each Sunday from 4:00 – 4:55 pm, beginning 15 February 2009 and running until 29 March 2009, for a total of six sessions. There will be no class on 1 March 2009.

In this 55-minute class meeting for a total of six sessions, we will discover how to produce many of the common dance moves you see at nightclubs where people dance Salsa. Many people begin going to Salsa clubs and using their new skills after only two or three sessions! Yes, it is possible to learn enough about Salsa dancing to have a lot of fun very quickly.

We will cover the Miami or Cubano style of Salsa, featuring many turns and spins for both the leads and the follows. We will use a simple set of common moves to explore good lead and follow connections, inventiveness, and fluidity in Salsa dancing.

The class will emphasize creating a solid constant connection between the lead and follow and how to use that connection throughout the entire dance and in every move that we create! We will use a simple set of common moves to explore good lead and follow connections, inventiveness, and fluidity in Salsa dancing.

Improve your own balance and learn to recognize how each partner influences the balance of the other. Develop an understanding of how you move your own body and how those movements are felt and interpreted by your partner. (Applies to leads and follows alike.) Build the fundamentals for creating good partner connections and for leading and following well. Exercise those fundamentals to invent your own moves!

This class is intended for people new to partner dancing or new to Salsa dancing and will move at an appropriate pace. Experienced dancers, enroll to improve your sense of partner connection and to refine your body action and basics! There is no such thing as doing “too much work” on the most foundational parts of dancing!

You do not need to enroll with a partner. Expect frequent partner changes and numerous group activities and exercises.

Please, no Street Shoes on the dance floor. Dance shoes, dance sneakers, or stocking feet are all fine.

Pre-registration is required. Contact Kim Nemacheck to reserve space in this class.

Held at:

PilateSpa

    PilateSpa
    2045 Atwood Avenue
    Suite 107
    Madison, WI 53704
    (608) 244-0402
    ( map | website )

PilateSpa is easily accessible (located on Atwood Ave. near the Barrymore and Montys) with plenty of free and well-lighted parking.

PilateSpa is a Pilates and dance studio. They have a floating bamboo floor–approximately 1000 square feet–with plenty of mirrors and ambient lighting. There are two bathrooms and a small sitting/kitchen area in the front of the studio.

From East Washington Ave. (Hwy 151), turn onto South 1st St.
Cross over the train tracks, and then turn left onto Winnebago St.
At the next light, turn right onto Atwood Ave.
Go a block and a half (past Tex Tubbs Taco Palace).
You will see a large sand-colored building (Kennedy Place).
Turn right into the parking lot (next to Milios) – you are there!
The entrance to PilateSpa is located on the parking lot side of the building near Good N Loud Music.

Though taught by an Art of Dance instructor, this class is offered exclusively for the people who organized it. This is a Private Group Class. To organize your own class, see Private Group Classes.

Each instructor at the Art of Dance is independent and sets his or her own prices. See Prices for all available private lesson packages. See Group Classes for all avaialable classes. Lesson packages and group class enrollments are not transferable. Limitations may apply. Please see the FAQ and read the studio's Policies.

written by: Sarah Calhoun [ About ] [ Contact ]

published: 02 February 2009 at 9:55am

last edited: 10 March 2009 at 7:17pm