Cuban Dance Classes in the Bay Area, San Francisco

Learn to Dance Salsa, Cuban Style!!

Classes Start

Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 3:30pm

AT DANCE MISSION
3316 24th St. San Francisco

Classes start on Saturday, April 4th
and Sunday, April 5th
Saturdays: Afro-Cuban Folklore
3:30–5:00 pm | all levels | $12

Sundays: Cuban Popular (Listening + Dance)
12:00–2:00 pm | all levels | $20

AT MOBU DANCE STUDIO
1605 Church at 28th St., San Francisco

Classes start on Thursday, April 2th

Thursdays: Afro-Cuban Folklore
7:30–9:00 pm | all levels | $15

NEW VENUE!

AT LAKE MERRIT DANCE CENTER
At Oakland Veteran's Hall, 200 Grand Ave. at Harrison, Oakland
Classes start on Tuesday, April 7th

Tuesdays: Cuban Popular (Listening + Dance)
7:00–9:30 pm | all levels | $25

About Roberto Borrell:

bio from Roots of Timba Project
Roberto Borrell learned traditional and popular Afro-Cuban dance, percussion, and song from master musicians and dancers while growing up in la Havana Vieja, Havana, Cuba. He is a respected dancer and percussionist of Afro-Cuban Yoruba, Abakua (Calabar), Rumba, Arará (Dahony), and Palo (Congo). He also a master dancer and teacher of Cuban popular dance styles such as son montuno, danzón, and cha cha cha.

Mr. Borrell led the Afro-Cuban folkloric group Kubata in Cuba for 10 years before coming to the United States in 1980, where he founded a new company under the same name. Kubata, then based in New York City, performed Roberto’s productions for 10 years in many major East Coast venues, such as the Smithsonian, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. He also was founder and musical director of the famous New York-based Son Grupo, part of Kubata productions.

Borrell danced in the front line of the Folklorico Nacional de Cuba for several years and, in major United States venues, has performed and recorded both as a dancer and percussionist, with legends such as Tito Puente, the Machete Ensemble, Chocolate Armenteros, “Cachao” Lopez, and Richard Egües.

Mr. Borrell was the co-founder, percussionist and musical co-director of the 11-member Orquesta la Moderna Tradición, one of the only ensembles in the United States that is dedicated to the performance of classic Cuban dance music: son, guaracha, cha cha cha, and especially the lilting grooves of the danzón.