San Francisco Salsa Dance Classes: Salsa Lessons in the San Francisco Bay Area

Salsa Classes and Salsa Dance Lessons in the San Francisco Bay Area

Salsa Fridays at Jack's Club, San Francisco

New Hot Spot for Salsa Dancing

Every Friday Night

Jack's Club

24th and Utah

San Francisco, CA

Since 1978 Jack's Club has been one of the best spots to bring some friends, grab a bear, and just sit back and watch the game.

Conveniently located right across the street from SF General Hospitals. This evening hangout offers excellent happy hour with drink specials that won't break the bank. Pool tables, free food and a friendly neighborhood atmosphere are just some of Jack's qualities that keep people coming back for more.

Top 5 Ways to Speed Up Your Salsa Dancing Skills

Top 5 Ways to Speed Up Your Salsa Dancing Skills

Whether you are a beginning, intermediate, or advanced salsa dancer, there are certain tips and tools that will always come in handy when you want to dance at your best. It is one of the greatest things about salsa dancing. We are ALL ALWAYS learning, so that means that even the best dancers that you look up to will never know all there is to know about dancing. If we knew everything there was to know it would quite frankly get boring. Constantly challenging ourselves, as dancers, with new styles, moves and tricks is what keeps us dancing. So with that said there are certain importand tips that will never die. I have been dancing socially for about 10 years now. When I feel myself getting rusty, I revert back to the 'ol basics.

1. COUNT 123,4,567,8, that is right…it may sound easy, but even now when I dance with experienced dancers I find myself wondering…"What beat are they dancing on?" Count silently in your head, especially when you are just starting out. I kid you not, I was counting out loud on the dance floor for the first 3 years. Not only did it help me to stay on the beat, but if your partner is observant enough, they might actually hear you and follow your lead.

2. Make salsa tension a top priority. Doesn't matter if you are the leader or the follower. The connection between the two dancers is what makes salsa what it is. Remember the four points of contact in the closed position. The hands, the leaders hand on the followers shoulder blade, the followers hand on the front of the leaders shoulder, and the leaders and followers elbows that line up when in closed position. Remember to meet your partners tension and adjust to each individual.

3. Watch other dancers. Whether it is the class instructor you are watching, dancers in the salsa clubs, or salsa videos. Watch different styles of dancers and pick the styles you want to adapt to your own. There is no right or wrong style of salsa dancing. The more you make the style your own, the more interesting you dancing style will become. So take a little something from everyone, keep what you like and forget what you don't.

4. Practice the basic step. This should go without saying, but it really does make the biggest difference. Practice in your kitchen, practice when you are walking around your house. The more you engrain the basic step into your muscle memory, the easier all of the other turns and patterns will become. Build a solid foundation with the basic step. It will never fail you.

5.Last, but certainly not least, listen to salsa music. You are what you eat, so to speak. If you listen to salsa music all the time, you will get more and more familiar with how the rhythm of the music progresses, and how your dancing will speed up and slow down with the music. Dancers connection to the music is really what make them amazing dancers. It is not about showing all your flashy moves, it is about letting the music move you.

The most important thing is to enjoy yourself. This may seem like a give in, but it is what salsa dancing is all about. It is natural to get nervous when you are first starting out. But we all started somewhere, so just communicate with the person you are dancing with and just remember that they were right where you are at some point in their dancing lives.

Do you have any tips for salsa dancing?? If so let us hear about them. Add you comments and ideas.

This Thursday: Dance with Tomaj at Bing Crosby's

Salsa Dance Videocast, 6/17/08 for SalsaCrazySF.com, SF Bay Area Salsa Dancing

This is it, SalsaCrazySF.com weekly salsa dance videocast, covering weekly salsa dance news, reviews, and events in the San Francisco Bay Area. Have you missed any of our past salsa dance episodes?

We're always looking for more news, news events, great classes and clubs! Don't be shy – let us know about anything and everything. Just email: salsacrazy@salsacrazy.com with all the event news!

Without further ado, here's the SalsaCrazySF.com weekly Salsa Dance Video Podcast:

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Congratulations, now you're complete up to date with the San Francisco Bay Area Salsa Dance Scene!

Of course, as mentioned in the video cast, here are the key points:

1) SalsaCrazy Advanced Salsa Dance Mastery System is now on Pre-Order Sale!
http://www.SalsaCrazyAdvanced.com

2) Mexican Riviera Salsa Dance Cruise has now been announced…
http://www.SalsaCruiseCrazy.com – All are welcome!

See ya' out dancing! Keep it crazy…
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Salsa Dance Wednesday at Cafe Cocomo, San Francisco Salsa Clubs

Sizzling Salsa Wedesdays at Cafe Cocomo

Cafe Cocomo

650 Indiana St, San Francisco, Ca
415-824-6910

Latin Fuzion presents Wednesday Salsa Nights
The Best Salsa Lessons and Dancing on Wednesday Nights.
8:00 pm Salsa Lessons /w Orlando and Nata
9:00 pm Music /w DJ Mendy Playing the best in Salsa and also Cha-Cha, Bachata
(no partner required for lessons)

for more info goto fuzion.info or cafecocomo.com
(18 and over only)
$8 Lesson and (only $5 with a valid college ID)

Salsa Lessons at Club Montero's, Albany

Salsa Lessons at Club Montero’s

Club Montero’s

1106 Solano Ave. Albany, CA 94706
Tel:(510)-524-1270
Dress Code: Evening Attire

• *2 hardwood dance floors
• *2 full bars
• *Social lounge, outdoor patio and 3 bathrooms
• *Romantic waterfall and candle lit rooms.
• *Live salsa, flamenco and international music.
• *Salsa Dance Lessons
• *Professional quality sound system
• *Complete dinner menu
• *Easy and abundant parking
• *18 and over ID required.
• *Dress Code Enforced

Thursdays Intermediate Salsa Lessons @ 8:00pm
Fridays Beginning Salsa Lessons @ 8:30pm
Saturdays Beginning Salsa Lessons @ 8:30pm

Summer Intensive Salsa Program With RicaSalsa, San Francisco

Summer Intensive Salsa Program with RicaSalsa!!

Learn to dance salsa with the Top 10 ESPN world salsa championships finalist and 2008 Bay Area Salsa Team Competition Amateur and Pro Champions. Ricardo Tellez and Tianne Frias, are rated 5th place ON1 division in the world!

Summer intensive Salsa program:

June 16-August 8! This summer, we offer a 8-week progressive workshop in Salsa Fundamentals. Full program: only $300! for up to 8 hours a week of intense salsa training. Limited space

Summer Intensive schedule:

Monday:
Studio Gracia
19 heron ST in San Francisco

8pm Body Fundaments, All Levels
9pm Partnering Fundamentals, Advanced Beginners
10pm Turning Drills, Intermediate
11pm Advanced Repertory Class

Wednesday:
Hayward
8-11pm Advanced Drills, Company class
OR by invitation only

Thursday:
DSG Studio in SF
564 Monterey Blvd in San Francisco
8pm Partnering skills: Making Connections, Advanced Beginners
9pm RicaSalsa Musicality: Hitting the Breaks, All Levels
10pm High Intermediate Turn Patterns, Intermediate

For more information visit the website at www.ricasalsa.com

Orchestra Baobab CD Release Party, salsa dance Oakland, SF salsa dancing

Orchestra Baobab CD Release Party at Yoshis

Yoshi's Oakland 510 Embarcadero West Tel:(510)238-9200

June 7-9th

About Orquestra Baobab:

Formed in Dakar, Senegal in 1970 by saxophonist Baro N’Diaye and bassist Sidathe Ly, Orchestra Baobab quickly became one of the world’s most innovative and important musical ensembles. The group’s music resides where Afro-Cuban and Portuguese styles collide with Congolese rumba, highlife, calypso, and American soul. Dakar, one of the world’s great port cities, has been exposed to an array of cultural influences for centuries—African, European, Latin American, Islamic. Orchestra Baobab combines these influences, pioneering a sound that is at once local and global. Their Yoshi’s dates are the first of a month-long North American summer tour to support the release of their new CD Made in Dakar (World Circuit/Nonesuch), of which the New York Times has written: “There isn’t likely to be a more buoyant or affirmative-sounding release this year than Made in Dakar by the legendary Orchestra Baobab.”

For more information visit the website www.yoshis.com

Cha Cha Cha Wednesday at Albertos Night Club, salsa dancing San Francisco,

Cha Cha Cha with Pantea @ Albertos Night Club

One of the most popular Latin dances, the Cha Cha Cha is an elegant and rhythmical dance that comes from Cuba. It began as a variation of the Mambo called 'triple Mambo'. It has a triple beat & this is why it's named Cha Cha Cha.
It's fun, energetic, sexy and flirtatious, easily distinguished from other dances by its "Cha Cha Cha" rhythm.

About Pantea

Pantea has been a dance instructor, choreographer, and performer since 1999. She offers weekly classes, workshops, and coaching to an ever-increasing Salsa community.

Pantea's style of Salsa combines elegance and grace with playfulness. Her training came from the best Salsa performers/teachers in the world. Her teaching technique is based on a clear understanding of the roles of the leader and follower. With her extensive experience and training, and an excellent attention to detail, she offers some of the best Salsa instruction available.

ALBERTO'S NIGHT CLUB
736 W. Dana St. * Mountain View
(650) 968-3007
Classes 7:30pm – 9:00pm
9:00pm General Dancing
$10

Salsa On 2 Wednesday Alberto's NightClub, Salsa dancing mountain view, San Francisco salsa dance

Check out Alberto's Night Club on Wednesdays for some New York style, salsa on 2 lessons.

Salsa on 2 with Pantea

Pantea's style of Salsa combines elegance and grace with playfulness. Her training came from the best Salsa performers/teachers in the world. Her teaching technique is based on a clear understanding of the roles of the leader and follower. With her extensive experience and training, and an excellent attention to detail, she offers some of the best Salsa instruction available.

Check out Orquestra Bahia at Albertos Friday 9th, salsa dancing Mountain View, Mountain View salsa dance

Orquesta Bahia will be performing for us live at Albertos Nightclub this Friday, May 9, 2008.

Come and Enjoy Live Salsa Music at Albertos Nightclub, and feel the energy of dancing to a live Salsa Band.

I will be teaching Salsa classes (8pm Beg. Salsa & 9pm Int. Salsa) & the band will start at 10pm.

Please bring your friends, and forward this e-mail to anyone and everyone you think might like good music!

Schedule:
8pm Beg. Salsa class
9pm Int. Salsa class
10pm Live Salsa Band

Albertos Night Club
736 W. Dana St.
Mountain View

Free Dance Classes and Events at Palomar Ballroom Santa Cruz, Salsa dancing Santa Cruz

The Palomar Ballroom is a full-service ballroom dance studio in Santa Cruz, California. They provide the highest quality dance instruction to their students in a fun, friendly, professional, and supportive environment.

 

 

 

 

 FREE classes for National Dance Week!!
various days
Time: various times
Location: Palomar Ballroom
Instructor: various teachers
Come celebrate National Dance Week at the Palomar Ballroom, by joining us for our FREE classes!!

Saturday, May 3rd: 1-2pm Beginning Ballroom Basics (Waltz, Foxtrot, Rumba, & Cha-Cha) with Jeremy

4-4:45pm Beginning Youth Samba (8-12 year olds) with Zak

4:45-5:30pm Beginning Teen Samba (13-17 year olds) with Zak …as seen on Dancing with the Stars!

Sunday, May 4th: 10-11am Pilates Mat Class with Madelon

11am-12pm Beginning Classical Ballet with Rebecca

Tuesday, May 6th, 10-11am Zumba Class with Cynthia

All FREE!! Open to anyone. No pre-registration required — feel free to drop in. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Hot Salsa Fridays at Dance Spectrum San Jose. Salsa classes San Jose

 

HOT SALSA FRIDAYS @ Dance Spectrum, Campbell