Spring Workshop Week 2008

While there are no regular group classes during workshop week (we take breaks sometimes), we are offering a wide array of workshops ranging from salsa turn patterns to Hip Hop, as well as a variety of classes that focus on technique.

Register in advance for 4 or more workshops and get a 10% discount off the combined total.

Roberto Pagan
Styling for Any Dance - Int/Adv
Monday 4/28, 7:30:00 pm

Sharpen your accents and smooth out the rough edges. This class is designed to break down and enhance your steps and movements, regardless of the dance style or its timing.

Competition Hustle - Advanced
Monday 4/28 8:30 pm

Arms, Footwork, & Spins, this Competition Hustle class is designed to finish your lines and clean up your footwork, fingers and hand movements. You will also learn about connection, timing, and rhythm changes. Be prepared to learn the footwork variations that will make you stand out in a crowd!

David Sarul
Hustle Traveling Moves - All levels
Monday 4/28, 7:30 pm

Let’s move to the groove of that hustle beat and step it up with some creative
and fun traveling moves across the floor.

Maranda Folmer
Fun Variations with Hustle Basics - Level I & ll
Monday 4/28, 8:30 pm

Get ready leaders to “Walk the Walk,” and ladies to “Strut your Stuff!” This class will be covering Basic Level 1 & 2 Hustle Material with an extra flare to bring out your inner Hustle Diva!

Swing Swing Swing - Level I & ll
Wed 4/30 8:30 pm

Get ready to have Fun Fun Fun in this high energy swing class where you will learn some fun variations for your sailor shuffles, sliding doors, and swivles. This class is best suited for the Advanced Beginner / Intermediate Dancer.

Luis Aguilar
Body Isolations - All levels
Tues 4/29 6:30 pm

Master coordination and isolation and you will take your dancing to the next level in every dance style. This all level class will put you in tune with your body and allow you to discover the ability of movement that will put the “Sabor” into your salsa!

Salsa Shines - IV & V
Tues 4/28 7:30 pm

NY Style on 2 - A workshop designed to help you develop speed and accuracy to the Mambo/Salsa rhythms. This workshop will definitely make you stand out in a crowd!

Salsa Turn Patterns - IV & V
Tues 4/29 8:30 pm

NY Style on 2 - Develop precise hand/arm variations that will help you create exciting and unique turn patterns.

Jessie Louis
Hip-Hop Salsa - Beg/Int
Tues 4/29, 7:30 pm

The best of two worlds come together when Hip Hop meets Salsa on the dance floor. Funky, sultry, sleek movements to the hottest beats.

Hip-Hop - Adv Beg/Int
Thur 6:30:00 pm

Go beyond the basics and learn how to feel loose and confident on the dance floor in this high energy class where hot choreography is put to hot jams.

Tito Sandoval
Afro-Cuban Rumba & Salsa - Beg/Int
Tues 4/29, 8:30 pm

Explore the family of Rumba, its origins and its contemporary styling! There is Yambu, a classic of the urban folklore dances with slow syncopated movements that spotlight the female; Columbia, with its fast movements, emerged from the “pueblos” typically performed by men in order to demonstrate their prowess and superiority over other suitors; And Guaguanco, the contemporary rumba of urban origin, is a dance of playful courtship that uses various Latin American rhythms indiscriminately.

Daniel Raphael
Brazilian Samba - Beginner
Wed & Thur, 6:00-7:30 pm

Want to have some fun? In this 2 day workshop you’ll experience the joy of Brazil’s most famous dance.

Smooth Moves of Tango - Adv Int/Adv
Wed 7:30:00 pm

Learn the most contemporary approach to Tango incorporating the fluid style of Tango Nuevo to both classical and contemporaryTango.

Milonga Canyengue - All levels
Wed 8:30 pm

Discover the roots of tango in this century old street adaptation of the dance that continues to captivate. The embrace is close and in an offset V, and the dancers typically have bent knees as they move. Canyengue is freer from form than the more contemporary style and can help students from beginners to advanced gain a more grounded sense of movement in Tango

Jenny Levina
Side by Side Cha Cha - All levels
Wed 7:30 pm

No Partner Required-Go beyond the basic partner footwork and enjoy the rhythms and accents of Cha Cha, incorporating the whole body and everyone dancing side by side. Cha Cha Cha!.