Testimonials from other Salsa Dancers and students:

• Testimonials from various students
• Article from September 1999's Impacto Magazine
• Article from www.salsanama.ch
• Article from Edie "The Salsa Freak"

$70 for one hour for one person or one couple (or $120 for two hours)

Call for prices for private classes (more than one couple)

Private lessons are recommended for:

• learning faster than group classes
• learning material taught from a missed class
• learning material from a class level that you would consider too easy but need in order to advance to the next level (for example if you have a good feel for dancing and think the beginner class would go too slow for you, you could take one lesson to learn the stuff taught in the beginner class and then be ready to take the intermediate class.)
• cleaning up any bad habits you may have (in the group classes there is very little time to work on individual bad habits that are not directly related to doing the move currently being taught.)
• dancing with someone with whom you don't have to compensate for their bad habits

Getting an ear for the music is as important as learning the dance steps themselves.  The more time spent listening to the music the better.  Whether you are cooking, cleaning, or even jogging, it is good to get this music "into your blood."

The following is a short list of recommended CDs for the above purpose.  There are thousands of CDs of Latin music.  Since I always get asked what CDs are good for practicing and listening, here is a short list:

Salsa

1.  "Antología", Grupo Niche (Sony, 2000)
2.  "Salsa Fresca!, Dance Hits Of The '90s" (Rhino/Sony, 1996)
3.  "El Verdadero Leon", Oscar D'Leon (Discos Musart, S. A. De C.V.) (This Oscar D'Leon CD contains many of his classic songs.)
4.  "Back To The Mambo, Tribute To Machito", Jose Alberto (RMM, 1997)
5.  La Combinacion Perfecta (RMM, 1993)

Merengue

1. "Grandes Exitos de Juan Luis Guerra", Juan Luis Guerra (Karen Publishing, 1996)

For a more extensive list of my favorite salsa music (listed by individual songs, not by complete album), please click here.