Salsa is a dance and musical genre from NY based on the Cuban Son. Vitalidad Movement Arts Center has quickly become known to be "the place" to learn salsa in Portland OR. We offer Adult Salsa classes for beginners and more intermediate/advanced dancers, both On1 and On2. We don't just teach steps in our salsa classes, we teach proper body movement for salsa, salsa music timing, musicality, technique, and the roots of salsa, all in a fun, supportive atmosphere. We hope our salsa classes will help to bring out the salsa dancer in you and help the salsa scene in Portland continue to grow and thrive.
No Partner Necessary
Partner Rotation Required
No Partner Necessary
Partner Rotation Required
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*** SALSA 1 Beginners (On1)
No experience necessary (Class is run on a monthly cycle beginning with the 1st week of the month) This class is for students new to salsa dancing. We will cover the basic steps of salsa, outside turn, cross-body lead, back-spot turn, cross-body lead with a turn, timing, leading and following technique. Some basic salsa shines will also be introduced. This class is intended to give students the confidence to go out and practice their fundamentals in a salsa club or social. Thursdays 6:30PM - 7:30PM 116 SE Yamhill St Instructors: Carolina & Jamal *** SALSA 2 Beyond Beginner (On1) Prerequisite: 1-2 cycles of Beginners Salsa or Instructors approval (Class is on a monthly cycle increasing in difficulty as the month progresses) This class will expand on the curriculum of the beginners salsa class. Each week we will focus on a a different salsa fundamental movement such as cross body leads, cross body lead with a turn, backspot turn, three sixty, copas, whips, and wraps, working on leading and following technique as well as variations of the fundamentals. We also focus on salsa shines to build students' coordination and timing, body movement and salsa spinning technique for multiple spins. Class Times: Thursdays 7:30PM - 8:30PM 116 SE Yamhill St Instructors: Carolina & Jamal Salsa 3 Intermediate (On1) Closed Group for 3 month Intensive Students by audition only This a 3 month intensive program where students are required to take level 2 and 3 simultaneously helping student's grow together as they dive deeper into understanding the fundamentals, leading and following technique, musicality, body movement and the many rhythms that make up Salsa music and dancing. Thursdays 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm 116 SE Yamhill st Instructors: Carolina and Jamal Salsa 4 Intermediate/Advanced Closed Group by invitation only This is a class intended for only those who have gone through our salsa intensive program at least twice and are looking to take their social dancing to the next level. Leads will learn to tie the fundamentals learned in the salsa intensive together seamlessly. Follows will continue to learn and refine the skills learned in the salsa intensive into higher level moves/combinations, as well as working on double spins and turns, arm styling etc. Both leads and follows will continue to work on body movement and musicality for dancing solo as well as within partnering. This is a monthly class and will focus on different moves and concepts each month. Thursdays 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm 116 SE Yamhill st Instructor: Jamal Transition to On2 Salsa Prerequisite: Intermediate level On1 (Class is on a monthly cycle) This class is designed for Intermediate level and higher (On1) students to be able to transition to On2 Salsa and prepare them for the Intermediate/Advanced Salsa On2 class. The timing and rhythms for On2 salsa will be broken down, and the differences between On1 and On2 discussed. Shines and and fundamental partner work will be used to solidify timing and concepts and drills used in the Intermediate/advanced class will be introduced. Wednesdays at 6:30 pm Studio E Instructor: Branden Morgan *** SALSA Intermediate/Advanced Salsa On2 & Technique Prerequisite: Intermediate level On1/Transition to On2 (Class is continuous focusing on different aspects every week, not on a cycle) This class is intended only for intermediate/advanced On1 salsa dancers who have a solid understanding of the On1 timing and can execute all salsa fundamentals while maintaining the rhythm. Higher level salsa shines and turn patterns will be taught as well as more advanced concepts such as musicality. Salsa body movement, arms technique, stepping technique, turning and spinning as well as gaining proficiency with other rhythms in salsa such as Rumba and Afro-Cuban will also be developed through drills. Class Times: Wednesdays at Studio E 1901 SE Grand Ave. 7:30pm-9:00pm - Technique with Carolina & Jamal *** Drop-in rate is $15 per class, for package prices visit the Pricing tab *** Private Salsa Lessons are also available with Carolina and Jamal here: Salsa Private Lessons *** Don't miss the VMAC bi-monthly Salsa and Bachata social the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month! Music provided by DJ Armando 6 pm to 9 pm with a $5 cover.** |
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