TDS Salsa Workshops with Giovanni Torres
Posted September 1st, 2007 by Jamin
Salsa Workshops with Giovanni Torres from Toronto at
$30 for both!
Giovanni Torres is a full-time salsa dance instructor, performer, choreographer and now is the director of Los Salsomanos Dance Co. He has been instructing Latin dance since 1989. Giovanni has traveled extensively throughout the world instructing, performing and judging salsa competitions representing Toronto at various salsa conventions, congresses and events hosted in Canada, USA, Puerto Rico, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Italy. Giovanni and Los Salsomanos performed at the World Salsa Congress in Puerto Rico 2002 and 2003. He also co-choreographed 2002 Salsa Team Canada and participated at their outstanding premier performance in Puerto Rico.
The TDS Salsa Social starts at 9pm
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Salsa Workshops with Giovanni Torres from Toronto at
Troy Dance Studio & BodyWorks
When:
- Saturday September 8th:
1pm - 4pm
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Troy Dance Studio
4963 Rochester Rd, Troy, MI
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| Time | Class | Level | Instructors | Price |
| 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Lead & Follow Turn Patterns | All | Giovanni Torres | $20 |
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Practice & Break | |||
| 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Turn Pattern with Styling | All | Giovanni Torres | $20 |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Practice & Break | |||
Giovanni Torres is a full-time salsa dance instructor, performer, choreographer and now is the director of Los Salsomanos Dance Co. He has been instructing Latin dance since 1989. Giovanni has traveled extensively throughout the world instructing, performing and judging salsa competitions representing Toronto at various salsa conventions, congresses and events hosted in Canada, USA, Puerto Rico, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Italy. Giovanni and Los Salsomanos performed at the World Salsa Congress in Puerto Rico 2002 and 2003. He also co-choreographed 2002 Salsa Team Canada and participated at their outstanding premier performance in Puerto Rico.
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Workshops?
Did you or anyone else attend the workshops with Giovanni? Any feedback?
Geo-
Workshops
I went to the two on saturday, and the spontaneously arranged one on sunday. They were good. He only taught turn patterns on Elaine's request (no shines). Giovanni's a good teacher -giving tips to ensure that the guys learned to lead the pattern, reminding girls to follow and not just go through the motions. He's also funny and engaging which made the workshops fun. I thought the patterns were a little advnaced, but over all I though they were good workshops.
-Heather
Advanced?? Had I known it
Advanced?? Had I known it was going to be an advanced level class I might have made more of an effort to show up. Since the classes were listed (in the email) as 'All Levels' I didnt feel like risking the drive or the 20 for fear of the class being too basic.
Intermediate/Advanced
Giovanni watched us all dance with 2 or 3 partners first to see people's levels and then tailored the class accordingly. I don't think that anyone was a true beginner there. In the first session he showed two variations - an easier and a harder. He did the same on Sunday. I have video of the Sunday pattern I can share.
Also - beware that having only been dancing salsa for 15months, my version of advanced and yours might be slightly different :)
-Heather
YouSendIt.com
I would love to see it! Ever use www.yousendit.com? It is a free way to send large files... like video :)
You Tube
It's on my youtube site.
They talked about putting the clips on Facebook, so I don't think they'll mind that it's there.
Looking at it, I think the sunday one was the easiest of the three. Though some leaders had a hard time w/ timing their turn at the end.
A friend is sending me the saturday ones - I'll see if he'll let me post them.
-Heather
Post some links?
Can't find it. I did a search for Troy Dance and another for Giovanni but nothing comes up.
Can you post the links?
Added to Online Classes
I added Giovanni's pattern demonstration to the Online Classes page.
Geo-