Salsa Workshop Series (East Side)

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Sun, 07 June 2009
from 6-8pm

Sun, 14 June 2009
from 6-8pm

Sun, 05 July 2009
from 6-8pm

Sun, 26 July 2009
from 6-8pm

Sun, 09 August 2009
from 6-8pm

Sun, 23 August 2009
from 6-8pm

Instructor: Sarah Calhoun
Enrollment: limit 20 (this is a workshop series)
Tuition: $100 for all six (one free!), or $20 / workshop

Six Workshops
Offered by: Art of Dance Ballroom Dance School

This is a Workshop Series. Pre-registration is recommended. Contact the instructor to reserve space in each workshop, regardless of whether you have already been taking classes or Private Lessons with this instructor.

Please fill out all pertinent Registration Material, and bring it with you on the first day of class.

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

This Workshop Series will meet for six Sundays from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, between 7 June 2009 and 23 August 2009, for a total of six sessions. Note that these are not weekly classes. While each Workshop is a discrete class, it is highly recommend that you attend all six sessions.

In these 2-hour long workshops meeting for a total of six sessions, we will discover how to enhance basic Salsa skills in order to give your dancing more flash and excitement on the floor!

The first hour and a half of each workshop will be devoted to instruction; the last half hour will be open dance, designed to give you time to practice and have fun with the material we have been working on!

This class is intended for people with some experience partner dancing or Salsa dancing and will move at an appropriate pace. In the first class, however, we will spend time reviewing the basics of Salsa. 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 fundamental parts of dancing!

The Workshops may cover the following topics:

Arm pretzels, follow and lead styling, social dance and performance, light and shade, varying speed, Cuban motion, free spins, and dips

We will cover various aspects of Miami or Cubano style of Salsa in each workshop. We will use a simple set of common moves to explore good lead and follow connections, inventiveness, and fluidity in Salsa dancing. These same principles can be applied to many other Rhythm / Latin dances, including (but not limited to): Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Bolero, and Merengue.

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!

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 recommended. Contact the instructor 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.

This is a one-time-only or short-duration event with enrollment open to the public (unless otherwise specified). Specific limitations or requirements may apply. Please read all information carefully. Gift certificates or discount specials issued by the studio may not be used for this activity unless otherwise specifically described above. Contact the organizer directy for information about the activity and for enrollment or participation reqirements.

written by: Events Publisher

published: 15 May 2009 at 9:38am

last edited: 15 May 2009 at 9:38am