Salsa, Level I: "Intro to Salsa Dancing"

This class will be taught at the introductory level. No previous dance experience at all is required!

We will explain all of the basic and important elements of salsa dancing. After this class you will be prepared to go out and have fun dancing in the salsa nightclubs of Boulder and Denver.

We will cover:

• Intro to the Music
• Getting a feel for leading and following and staying with the music
• Basic Steps: Mambo and others
• Right Turns for the man and the woman
• Cross Body
• Hand drop-slip
• Head combs
• Combinations using all of the above

Salsa, Level II: "Advanced Beginner Salsa Dancing"

We will continue to explain all of the basic and important elements of salsa dancing. After this class you will be prepared to go out and have even more fun dancing in the salsa nightclubs of Boulder and Denver.

This class is intended for people who have successfully completed at least one month of introductory salsa, or for people who have danced before in nightclubs, but who haven't yet had any formal instruction. We will cover:

• Lead and follow technique
• Left Turns for the man and the woman
• Cross Body with head combs
• Combinations combining all of the above and material from Level I

Salsa, Level III: "Intro to Intermediate Level Salsa Dancing"

In this class, you will learn all of the fundamental (but important!) elements that will help take your salsa dancing to the next level (intermediate).

This class is intended for people who have successfully completed at least two months of salsa, or for people who have been dancing for several months, but who haven't had much formal instruction and want to really learn the key techniques for dancing at the intermediate level. We will cover:

• Cross Body lead with woman left turn (inside turn)
• Sweetheart
• Cross Body lead with reverse direction turn
• Combinations combining all of the above and material from Level I and II (combinations will be somewhat different each month)

Salsa, Level IV: "Intermediate Salsa Dancing"

Before enrolling in this class, you should have successfully completed Salsa, Levels I,II, and III, or be comfortable executing all the basic combinations in salsa dancing.

This class should be taken at least two or three times before advancing to Level V.

Each month this class will be different, varying in content and presentation. We will cover:

• Double Right Turn (presented about once every three months)
• Copa and variations (presented about once every three months)
• Fancy Combinations -- completely different each month
• and much more ...

Salsa, Level V: "Advanced-Intermediate Salsa Dancing"

This class should be taken at least two to four times before attempting Level VI.

We will learn several new turn patterns to dazzle you, your partner and others watching on the dance floor. This workshop will move quickly, so be prepared to be challenged!

• Material is interesting and challenging enough to take on an ongoing basis
• Fancy Combinations -- completely different each month
• and much more ...

Salsa, Level VI: "Advanced Salsa Dancing"

• Fancy Combinations -- completely different each month
• and much more ...

Cuban, Level IV: "The Fundamentals of Authentic Cuban Style Salsa Dancing"

This class is intended for people who have successfully completed at least two (and ideally three) months of salsa classes.

This class will introduce you to all the basic concepts of partner dancing in Cuban style, also know as "Casino." Casino is very different from other salsa styles, and is more circular in nature and often more playful.

Eric "El Cubanito" Freeman has traveled to Cuba 10 times spending over 15 months studying Cuban style salsa, and has produced the world's best known instructional video series on Cuban style dancing, "¡Salsa a la Cubana!"

We will cover:

• Hecho
• Deshecho
• Dile Que No
• Vacilala
• Exhibela
• Cuban Lead & Follow concepts
• The Circular nature of Cuban Casino
• and much more ...