Salsa and Salsa Rueda Dancing with Karen and Michael
Salsa Dance Parties in May with Karen and Michael
Thursday May 2nd, 2013 at Ashkenaz
- May 2, 2013. A National Dance Week Event
- 7pm Salsa Rueda Class Beg - Intermediate
- 8pm Salsa Rueda Class Int - Advanced
- 9pm-midnight Salsa Party with DJ Michael.
- Ashkenaz Community Center
- 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA
- Admission $5
Join us for a Salsa Dance Party at Ashkenaz Community Center. Karen and Michael are promoters of live Cuban Salsa Bands at Ashkenaz. For this party during National dance Week, Michael will DJ, playing the best selections from your favorite Salsa pieces and introducing some great new music from Karen's recent trip to Cuba.
Thursday May 23rd, 2013 at Ashkenaz
- A National Dance Week Event
- Salsa Rueda Class Beg - Intermediate
- Salsa Rueda Class Int - Advanced
- Salsa Dance Party with live music by Orquesta Dharma
- Ashkenaz Community Center
- 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Monday Nights at Lake Merritt Dance Center in Oakland
- 8:15-8:45pm
- Salsa Rueda Level 2
- No partner required. Intermediate Salsa Dance Experience required or Salsa Rueda Level 1 experience.
- $5 drop-in.
- Hall One. Lake Merrit Dance Center
Lake Merrit Dance Center
- Lake Merrit Dance Center Near Harrison Street
- 200 Grand Avenue (cross street: Harrison St.)
- Oakland, CA 94610
- Info: 925-705-4902 or info@karenandmichael.info
Salsa and Salsa Rueda on Thursdays at Ashkenaz in Berkeley
The Back Studio, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley.
- Thursdays Ongoing Classes
- 7pm Salsa Casino Style- Beginning
- Free classes sponsored by Building Bridges
- No previous dance experience required.
- No partner required. Couples welcome.
- 8pm Salsa Rueda Level 1
- No Salsa Rueda dance experience required. 7pm Previous Salsa Casino Style class recommended or Intermediate Level Salsa Dance Experience.
- $10 per class. $5 if you attend the 7pm Salsa class before this one.
- Back Studio is in the back of the ground floor at Ashkenaz, behind the main room. If the side door is locked, enter in the main entrance and tell the staff you are here for the salsa class in the back studio.
Map and Directions to Ashkenaz.
About Salsa Rueda
Come join us for a fun evening with friends. Salsa Rueda is a particular type of round dancing of Salsa. It was developed in Havana, Cuba in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Pairs of dancers form a circle, with dance moves called out by one person, a caller. Many of the moves involve the swapping of partners.
Below is a video example of what Salsa Rueda looks like, as performed by Groupo America in VanCouver, Canada
Salsa Rueda Dance Patterns
These are some of the figures we teach, dance and review in the beginning portion of the class. You do not need to know these figures to join our Level 1 class
Level 1 & 2 Figures
- Abajo (Para Abajo)
- Adios
- Adis con la Hermana (Prima Con La Hermana)
- Candado
- Combuya
- Dame
- Dame Abajo
- Dame de Mentira
- Dame Dos
- Dame Dos con Dos
- Dame Otra
- Dame Uno con Uno
- Derecha
- Dile Que No
- El Cero
- El Ocho
- El Foto
- El Uno
- Enchufla
- Enchufla Arriba
- Enchufla con Giro
- Enchufla con Vuelta
- Enchufla Doble
- Enchufla PĠal Medio Con Dos
- Enchufla Par Arriba
- Enchufla y Dame
- Exhibela Doble
- Exibela
- Exit with Dile Que No
- Festival Adios
- Festival Enchufla
- Guapeando/Guapea
- Izquierda
- Kentucky
- PaĠarriba (Candado)/dd>
- Pase con los Manos (Dame Con Manos)/dd>
- Se Fue (El Uno)
- Silencio
- Suena (Suenalo)
- Vuelta
- Pase con los Manos (Dame Con Manos)/dd>
Level 3 Figures:
These are figures we teach, dance and review in the intermediate portion of the class. You do not need to know these figures to join our intermediate class
- Abanico
- Babosa
- Balsero
- Coca Cola
- Dame dos con Giro
- El Dedo
- Dedo Con Alarde
- Dip
- El Atrevido
- Enchufla con Bikini
- Engancha
- Fin
- Guarapo Largo
- Hasta La Tia
- Huracn
- Juana La Cubana
- Medio Sombrero
- Montaa
- Pasea
- Pasea Abajo y Arriba
- Pasea Complicate
- Ponle Sabor
- Sambuca
- Setenta Complicado
- Siete Moderno
- Siete Setneta
- Sieto Loco
- Sombrero
- Sombrero con Laso
- Sombrero Doble
- Vacila
- Vacila con Ella
- Vacila Entrada
- Vacilense Los Dos
Level 4 Figures
We also include advanced figures in the second half of our class. These are some of the figures we teach, reveiw and dance
- Enrosca
- Bebe
- 3 Way Stop
- Sombrero Complicado
- Setenta Complicado
- El Sueter
- Abrazala
- Cadena
- Ponle Sabor
- El Dos
- El Uno Complicado
- Abrazala
- Beso