Apasionado Dance

First Fridays Casino y Kizomba is back! This month we also have a Cuban Pasos Sueltos (steps that need no partner) workshop by Matías Jonsson with live music by Hugo Cruz before the party. Some people are surprised to know but Pachanga is originally from Cuba, danced to Charanga music.

El primer viernes de cada mes tenemos el social de Casino 🇨🇺y Kizomba 🇦🇴 con PGH Casineros y DJ D'Aço. Antes del rumbón, hay un taller de pasos sueltos con Matías Jonsson acompañado por ritmos en vivo de Hugo Cruz. No te lo pierdas!

Casino y Kizomba
Pasos Sueltos Cubanos - Matías & Hugo

New schedule that starts on Sept 10! Educated grooves incoming.

Note the addition of Thursday classes and Latin Hustle on Saturdays. Que calor, que sabor!

We also continue to have workshops before our socials, often with live music.

Pilón - Grinding Coffee dance
Yuka - Fertility dance of Palo Congo
Guaguancó - cleverness, taunting, trickery, tradition, and sass
Columbia - Folklore, skill & athleticism, improvisation, surprise
Reparto - popular dance isolations in clave in the modern day

Intermediate skill level for Casino recommended, but versatile salsa dancers of other styles are welcome to attend as well.
These five Cuban dance styles are essential parts of the flavor of dancing to Timba music, which is the result of continued developments of evolution from Son Montuno to Songo to Timba inside of Cuba. At any party where people dance Casino steps and turns, it is important to have also the flavorful and authentic rhythmical interpretations for "Pasos Sueltos" (free steps) from the tapestry of Cuban dance culture. Shines in New York Salsa are actually distinct from Cuban Pasos Sueltos because they include lots of African American Jazz influence.

Friday! Viernes!

El verano va terminando pero el rumbón sigue calentando.

On Friday Aug 21 join us for our monthly Cubanía dance social for Cuban social dance. The pre social workshop will be on foundational "pasos sueltos" in Cuban dance culture coming from 5 popular Cuban and Afro-Cuban dances of the past and present.

Schedule updates

Salsa Caleña level 2 will switch from Fridays to Thursdays starting Sept 10

Latin Hustle is now Saturdays at 3 after Casino 2
Son Cubano is recommended for all Rueda dancers who want to increase their proficiency in 1 on 1 Cuban dancing beyond the Rueda.

Don't forget, all of our socials have extra workshops beforehand. For Casino y Bachata Aug 15, it will be Bolero.

Clase de Bolero, un baile elegante y tradicional que fue de Cuba pa'l mundo entero, captivando con su ternura y se*******ad.

Este Sábado 15 de Aug, 7:30pm antes del social de Casino 🇨🇺 y Bachata 🇩🇴

El social tendrá música Cubana de Timba y Son música Dominicana de Bachata y Merengue, y también Bolero y otros géneros.

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Bolero is a dance rhythm from Cuba famous all over the world. The authentic feeling of this dance is not what is often marketed by franchises or portrayed in media.

This Saturday Aug 15, 7:30-8:30pm before Casino y Bachata social

The social will have Timba (Casino / Rueda dance), Son, Bolero, Bachata, Merengue, and more.