Many male salsa dancers want shoes that give them more height. It’s empowering, sometimes it’s more comfortable to dance and turn when you have more lift, and if you have a partner who’s taller than you (especially with her heels on!), your own extra height can make … [Read more...]
Real Couples Who Fell in Love Salsa Dancing
It’s not recommended that salsa classes double as a dating pool—but you can’t deny destiny. One British couple shared their salsa love story with The Mirror, attorney Robert Lye and Adnieszka Lye. Both were living in Manchester, and Robert decided that at nearly 40 … [Read more...]
Pros and Cons of Free Salsa Classes
What could be better than a free salsa class? Sometimes, it’s a salsa class that’s reasonably priced! For starters, sometimes you get what you pay for. This doesn’t mean all free classes are sub-par quality, but they might be. There are also so-called “free classes” … [Read more...]
What is Salsa Choke?
When Brasil inched Colombia out of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, salsa lovers were left with a sweet consolation prize: The introduction to the latest dance craze, “salsa choke.” This isn’t necessarily a new phenomenon, and dancers in tune with Colombia’s unique moves were … [Read more...]
Why are Salsa Classes Always at Night?
I live in Portland, Oregon, one of the fastest growing, most popular American cities for young adults. It regularly tops the country’s list of highest growth, best city for (fill in every imaginable blank here), worst traffic, and as a native Oregonian I grew up with … [Read more...]
Youngest Salsa Champions
Salsa has no age limits. Some committed dancers-turned-parents have been known to dance away with their little one swaddled to them. There are dancers who have breached the 100-year mark and keep right on with their cumbia. Just like any competitive sport, the younger a … [Read more...]
Salsa Con Vino (Vol. 2): August 19th, 2017
Dance Papi and the Napa Valley Opera House present “Salsa Con Vino (Vol. 2),” a lively celebration of dance, music and wine on Saturday, August 19th. This community dance event includes live salsa music by Edgardo & Candela, salsa lessons by Nicole Lazo and DJ MigZ … [Read more...]
Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo
A review of Ned Sublette’s tome on Cuban music. We were all surprised when Ned Sublette came out with his hit recording Cowboy Rumba (Palm Pictures) in 1999. It was the perfect—yet totally unexpected and hard-to-imagine—blend of country-western and Afro-Caribbean … [Read more...]
How to Find a Dance Partner
Finding a dance partner can be a big challenge, especially if your goal is to ultimately compete. For dancers who don’t have a significant other, or don’t have a significant other interested in dancing, it can sometimes feel like dating all over again—but even more … [Read more...]
A Farewell to Albert Torres
When I wrote my “Salseros Lost in 2016” pieces for Dance Papi, I never thought I’d be writing a tribute to Albert Torres only months later. Unfortunately, that is what is happening now. Albert Torres, promoter, salsa congress organizer, dancer, etc., died on May 25 … [Read more...]
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