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Salsa

     Salsa is a fun and interesting dance and also an easy way to meet new people. We offer lessons ranging from beginners to advanced so anyone can easily join in the lessons. Our lessons are taught by volunteers and some of the more advanced dancers in the community. Everyone is welcome to come for the lessons and stay for the half hour of open dancing afterward.

Salsa Warmup

     Classes typically have about 100 students in which we run 3-4 separate classes (beginner to advanced) in which we run in parallel. Both students and non-students are welcome to attend. We also run a Teachers' Advanced Class that is available by invitation only. For more information regarding the teachers' advanced class, please contact An Trinh at salsa_trinh@yahoo.com.

Where to Dance Salsa in State College

Latin Nites at Tony’s Big Easy

For the best of Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, and Cha Cha in Centre County!

Where: Tony’s Big Easy (On Pugh St. b/w College Ave and Beaver Ave., State College)
When: Wednesdays, 10:00 PM (gets hopping at about 11:30 PM)
Costs: No cover for 21+

Comments:
Tony’s Big Easy hosts an ALL AGES Latin Nite every Wednesday. Cover for below 21 is $5. For more information, please contact Malcolm (Big Easy DJ and a Ballroom Dance Club Salsa teacher) at 917-742-5964 or Tony at the Big EZ at 231-4590.

LateNight Penn State

Through out the semester Penn State HUB Late Night in conjunction with the Penn State Ballroom Dance Club often holds salsa events. Such events include salsa instruction followed by an open dance, live salsa bands, and professional instruction.

To receive weekly updates on such events, please sign up to get on the Penn State Ballroom Dance Club List Serve.

 

Recommended instructors in the Philadelphia area:

Eli Torres

Eli is a fantastic dancer and instructor who is both an excellent leader and follower. His strengths are styling (both ladies and men). For more info about Eli, please visit. http://www.princeofsalsa.com

Sonya Elmore

She is a wonderful dancer, and is very active in the Phila dance community. For more info, please visit http://www.lalunadancestudio.com/home.html

Recommended instructors in the Washington DC area:

Shaka Brown

Shaka is one of the smoothest salsa dancers around. He’s a wonderful person and a gifted instructor. He also has a nice line of salsa instructional videos if you’re interested in dancing on-2 (mambo). For more info, please visit http://www.clavekazi.com/

Recommended instructors in New York:

New York is considered one of the salsa dance capitals in the world. The top dancers/instructors teach mambo (on-2). There are just too many good instructors to list. For an excellent repository of all salsa information for NYC (instructors, places to dance, workshops, etc.), please visit http://www.salsanewyork.com/

Recommended instructors in Toronto:

Toronto’s salsa scene is growing dramatically. To learn more about instructors and places to dance in the Toronto area, please visit http://www.tosalsa.com/welcome.html