Dance Conmigo

It’s an iconic dance. Even if you’ve never tried it – or ever seen it danced live – you know what it is. Everyone does. We’ve seen it in movies, we can identify the music, and we know its reputation. Romantic, passionate… intense. Sadly, although Alain and I have often sensed people are curious about

Happy New Year to all our friends (and to those we haven’t quite met yet). What are your plans for 2023? Do you make New Year’s resolutions? If so, do you… keep them? 😉 Here’s our hot tip for ensuring that, this year, you keep those promises; Resolve to do things that bring you joy!

Teaching a West Coast Swing class with Cheryl Williams. It was an amazing class with 20 students. The last group class of the year. Students of all ages and nationalities. We taught the class in English and French. This a beautiful example of Montreal’s diversity.Next month we will start teaching Salsa 2 and Argentine tango.

Do you want to introduce your high school students in Montreal to something different, healthy, fun, and cultural? Have you considered Salsa classes (or any other Latin dance) as a way of exposing them to other cultures? Or how about promoting physical activity through swing dancing? Do you consider dancing a creative outlet for self

This step, the inside turn, is the transition step from beginner one salsa to intermediate salsa.

This is a simple routine in which we put together some of the right turns and cross body lead we learned in the previous class.

In this video, we introduced the notion of right turns. The leaders do their turns on 1-2-3The follower do their turns on 5-6-7 There are many ways to guide and follow the right turn. We explore other ways of doing the turn next week.