CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

CUMBIA (Level 1)
This class introduces students to the fundamentals and spatial awareness of Cumbia dancing, quickly moving on to sustaining combinations.

BACHATA (Level 1.5)
This class will give students a quick introduction and advancement through Bachata partnering, utilizing foundations and movement styled after the Dominican dance with room for modern figures and techniques.

SALSA “On 1” (Level 1)
This class will give students the foundations on which to build basic proficiency in Salsa “On 1” (linear style). We will explore posture, weight transfer, connection, frame, and basic lead/follow cues.

SALSA “On 1” (Level 1.5)
This class focuses on reinforcing the foundations of Level 1 while also adding variations of turns and combinations.

MAMBO OPEN WORK (Level 2)
This class focuses on introducing students to Salsa “On 2” (Mambo) and teaching combinations alongside Cha Cha Chá. Students must have completed all prior levels in order to attend this class.

MAMBO SKILLS TRAINING (Level 3)
This class will focus entirely on drills, social dance situations, and complex choreography (shines and partnering) at a more intense pace. This course is only open to students who have the instructor’s permission.

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*We do not accept Level 1 drop-in students after Week 2, as the material will already be past the “brand-new dancer” level. Please consider joining us at the beginning of a monthly cycle if you are a new dancer 🤗*

If you reserve a spot but are unable to attend classes for whatever reason, please let us know so that we can apply your sign-up for a different month of classes. If you'd prefer a refund, we can issue a partial refund of 95% due to the high costs of card processing fees kept by processors (even in the event of a refund).

As these are group lessons, we have dancers switch partners throughout the class. Dancers that sign up together as a pair are welcome stay together and out of the rotation if they wish. We just encourage you to please communicate this to the other dancers during class.

LEVEL BREAKDOWN

Level 1: A student that has never taken organized Latin dance lessons and isn’t familiar with counting, tempo, and other fundamental terminology. Combination of techniques not yet expected.

Level 2: A student that can consistently execute fundamental techniques such as the Basic Step; Basic Turn; Cross Body Lead; and Walkthrough. Students are also expected to perform consecutive techniques in a basic combination.

Level 3: A student that can execute all Level 2 material without continued review and also understands the concept of traveling turns and combination of techniques into usable patterns.

Please keep in mind that entry into the higher levels can only be approved by the lead instructor Luis.

If you attend a more advanced class than appropriate without first consulting with us, we will not be able to properly host you in class and/or change material to accommodate your skill level.