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Next YA Salsa Social - May 11th

Detroit's Biggest Salsa Social!

When: May 11th: 5:30pm - 10:00pm
Where: 31775 Grand River Ave
Farmington, MI

American Legion Post 346
1/4 mile West of Orchard Lake on Grand River.
Look For the 3 Flagpoles.
See Map
Who: ALL AGES WELCOME!
Photos the previous events

Average: 4.8 (48 votes)

Salsa Workshops at Troy Dance Studio - Saturday!


Salsa Workshops with Los Salsomanos Dance Company!!
Brought to you by the Troy Dance Studio


Where:
Troy Dance Studio (map)

Prices:
$20 per Workshop

Workshop schedule:
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Beg/Int

3:00 p.m. - 4 p.m. Int/Adv
Package Deal: Buy both Workshops and enter the TDS Social at no additional charge, plus 10 Free raffel tickets for a chance to win a private lesson with Giovanni Torres or anyone from his dance company.

Learn more about the Los Salsomanos Dance Company at www.lossalsomanos.com

Tiempo Libre Mother's Day Concert with the DSO

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will host a Mother's Day concert with Miami latin jazz stars Tiempo Libre. Tiempo Libre will join the DSO in performing a piece by Venezuelan composer Ricardo Lorenz & Tiempo Libre pianist Jorge Gómez. Rumba Sinfónica celebrates Cuba’s musical heritage and features Tiempo Libre's danceable Timba roots.

This is a great oppportunity to celebrate Mom and have a great musical experience.

  • Sunday May 11th, 2008
  • 3:00 PM
  • Tickets $33.50 - $43.50 & 2 tickets for the price of one for salsa dancers
  • Proper Attire
  • All Ages

Chicago Salsa Festival 2008



The 2008 Chicago Salsa Festival is gearing up to take over downtown Chicago with four days and nights of dancing indoor and out. The festival is centered at the historic Palmer House hotel in the financial district downtown. The Palmer house is known for its huge elegant ballrooms and is a perfect location to access everything downtown including shopping, restaurants and of course the beach.

Organizers Lisa "La Boriqua" & Latin Street Dancing have lined up 30 workshops, lots of performances and live concerts each night at nearby clubs and during the Taste of Chicago festival in Grant Park.



  • When: June 26th-29th 2008
  • Where: Festival Map
  • Cost: $200 untl May 31st 2008

For reservations & passes click here...

Dance In Your Space

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Part 3 of Awareness

What is “your space”? For want of a better definition, your space is the area that is more or less reasonable for you and your partner to use on the dance floor. Generally speaking in club dancing, that space is a rectangle with a line running down the center where you and your partner stick. In formal terms, this is called “slot-dancing” and it is generally the best way to make a predictable and comfortable dance space. The key for dancing in the slot is drawing these imaginary lines -- North, South, East & West -- and following them without fail.


Moving on the line

The Slot

Probably everyone has heard of "the slot", but not many of us dance with a real awareness of it. Most styles of salsa dictate that you move in straight lines. Every cross body lead, enchufla, and turn must start and finish on the lines. For leaders, that means getting out of your partner's way (being exactly perpendicular) and establishing a clear path that can only be followed one way. For followers it means following that line and staying within the boundaries your partner is trying to set. Dancing with this awareness and control will not only make you safer, it will improve your turns and make everything you do even better.

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