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Salsa Courses

Cuban Salsa for Absolute Beginners

Cuban Salsa for Absolute Beginners is a four-week beginner series that will give you all the tools you need to get out on any dance floor and move with Cuban style. The learning progression will be slow and methodical , so that upon completion of the fourth class you will be able to–

  • Listen to Salsa music and know exactly where to begin, consistently.
  • Lead or follow a variety of basic turns.
  • Combine what you know in interesting ways to multiply your possibilities on the dance floor.
  • Dance with proper alignment, while still looking natural.

Prerequisite: None

Living Social: You can sign up for this class.

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NY Salsa for Absolute Beginners

This four-week introduction to NY Salsa will prepare you with a basic foundation for social dance and further study.

Each 1.5 hour class will cover–

  • Solo movement to improve your sense of balance and timing.
  • Drills to help you develop better rhythm and coordination.
  • Basic partner work, taught in a way that emphasizes connection, to build your ability to lead and follow a partner without ”cheating”.
  • Ear training to include a new instrument every week.

Clothing: Ladies, high heels are highly recommended, but not required.

Prerequisite: None

Living Social: You can sign up for this class.

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Cuban Salsa Essentials 

Cuban Salsa Essentials is an ongoing course (8 class rotation) that will build on the concepts taught in our ever-popular Cuban Salsa for Absolute beginners. Some of the material covered–

  • High-Beginner to Intermediate turn movements
  • Addtional music theory
  • More involved treatment of parter connection

Prerequisite: Completion of Absolute Beginner Course

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Cuban Salsa Fundamentals 1 and 2. An Alternative Track, for Faster Progress.

 

Fundamentals 1 and 2 offer a different track for those who feel like they want more of a challenge. Both of these courses were designed to help you
achieve fluency on the dance floor, while covering more in-depth concepts like musicality and partner dialog.

Both Fundamentals 1 and 2 are ongoing courses, with no start or end date. Talk to your instructor if you feel like the Fundamentals is better suited to your goals.

 

Cuban Salsa Fundamentals 1: Movement Vocabulary

This course is based on eight different sessions that you can take in any given order. Each session is based on a theme, that will push your dance
to the next level.

Prerequisite: Cuban Salsa for Absolute Beginners

  • 8 turn movements and core objectives
  • ‘Integration drills’ to help wipe off any signs of beginner residue.
  • Faster paced than Essentials with more focus on the finer details.

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Cuban Salsa Fundamentals 2: Integration and Expression

This course is based on eight different sessions that you can take in any given order. Each session is based on a theme, that will push your dance
to the next level.

Prerequisite: Completion of Fundamentals 1 with Evaluation

  • 24 turn movements
  • ‘Integration drills’ to help wipe off any signs of beginner residue.
  • Faster paced than Essentials with more focus on the finer details.

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Salsa Percussion Essentials 1: Clave, Conga, and Cowbell

In this six-week introductory course, we will be learning to play the Clave, Conga drums, and Cowbell instruments, which play a special role as they are the instruments most easily heard by Salsa dancers.

If you’ve ever felt totally lost listening to the crazy complicated rhythms of Salsa music, either on the couch or on the dance floor, you’re not alone. Understanding how to dance to the music and rhythm is probably one of the most difficult points that students encounter when learning to dance Salsa.

Upon completion of this course you will have a basic understanding of–

-Basic Conga technique

-Common cowbell patterns and their variations

-The Son Clave in its role as the ‘rhythm organizer’.

Prerequisite: None

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Rumba Dance Courses

Rumba for Absolute Beginners

The smooth rolling of the shoulders…the fluid, figure-eight motioning of the hips and the sharply syncopated upper body movement.

Rumba for absolute beginners will cover the basic technique, history and philosophy of both the Rumba Yambu and Guaguanco dances.

The class will be taught at a slow pace for those with no Afro-Cuban experience.

Prerequisite: None

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Zumba Classes

Zumba Fitness

Just Add Fire!

Put your raw power to the test while you dance to the heavy pulsating sounds of Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, and Samba.

Feel your body surge with energy as you invigorate every muscle with new vivacious movement.

The health benefits of physical fitness are obvious… but why Paso?

Our dance philosophy is inseparably intertwined with our fitness program which means that with every session you can expect:

• A mind-body awareness approach that creates constructive practices which continue to inspire you beyond the classroom
• Benefit-driven focus areas with emphasis on form and optimal physical intensity
• New expressive movement possibilities, from real dance instructors!
Bring your water, towel, and be prepared to sweat!

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