Salsa Choreography for decadance

Hi Deca Peeps!

Here’s some videos to use as review / clarification.  See you soon!

Beginning (steps)

Beginning (music)

Men’s beginning shine (steps)

Men’s beginning shine (music)

Lady’s beginning shine (steps)

Lady’s beginning shine (music)

Men’s 1st partner section (steps)

Men’s 1st partner section (music)

Men’s 1st partner section (arms)

Lady’s 1st partner section (steps)

Lady’s 1st partner section (music)

Lady’s front line fosse taps (steps)

Lady’s front line fosse taps (with music)

Men’s front line fosse taps (steps)

Men’s front line fosse taps (with music)

Back row lifts (steps and music)

Salsa robot lines (steps)

Lady’s salsa rueda (steps)

Lady’s salsa rueda (music)

Men’s salsa rueda (steps)

Men’s salsa rueda (music)

Ladies who run in circles, instead of salsa rueda (steps)

Men who stomp in the middle, instead of salsa rueda (steps)

Gita and I dance at GoogleMela

Gita Hodell, you’re my hero!

It’s so great to work with a professional who is such a talented dancer, choreographer, and all around fun person to work with.  If you want to find Gita for private lessons, please contact me and I can get you in touch with her.  Or you can find her through Cheryl Burke / Starlite Studio.

I hope you all enjoyed watching our Afro-Haitian inspired Salsa, here it is again in case you missed it:

We mixed two songs together for this number, the first is “La Medina” off of Rumbagitation by Fatal Mambo, the second is “Elegante” by Orixas.

Thanks, Gita, for rehearsing with me so that we could dance at GoogleMela!

Want to see it again?  Comments below!

Partner Salsa dancing videos

Hey Salsa Dancers!

Hope you’ve been enjoying our classes so far – you guys have learned a ton in just two classes!  We’ll do lots of review to make sure it all sticks.  Here are some videos from the first class – hope they help with review.  I’ll make sure we tape the other steps this week in class.

Here’s a walk through of the basic steps:

And here are the steps with some music:

See you Thursday at 8 pm for more salsa – and remember next month is tango, so sign up now to save your spot!

Authentic Zumba from Beto Perez

Hello Latin Dancers!

So usually I make up my own choreography, but there are some new Zumba steps that we will be using in class coming directly from the source – Beto Perez – the founder of Zumba.

Here are two short videos of the steps that we will be using, one for salsa:

and one for calypso:

Which is so much fun! Awesome bouncing lasso goodness.
Sometimes I can see how this guy founded a fitness revolution.

Go Beto!

See you in class,
Anna

Muevete – Urban Salsa

Hey Zumba Dancers,

Hope you enjoy this new salsa choreography to “Muevete” – the Zumba version of the song.

and with music:

If you’re interested in more salsa, I’m going to be teaching a partner dance salsa series in August at Decathlon Club.  You don’t need to be a member to take the class, just contact me to sign up!  We will meet Thursday nights at 8 pm in August.

Dirty Dancing Havana

Mmm salsa hip hop fusion.  My favorite!

So I guess there was some movie remake of Dirty Dancing, but staged in Havana, Cuba.  I didn’t see it (I heard it was awful) but I like the music from the soundtrack.  This track is by Black Eyed Peas, called “Dirty Dancing”.

Here’s the first part of the routine, just the steps:

Here’s the first part of the routine with the music:

We’ll be doing this routine for a couple weeks, so get comfy!

Stanford Dance Weekend Videos

Hiya Dancers!

Thanks so much for a totally awesome Stanford Dance Weekend.

If you enjoyed my classes, please feel free to check out my schedule.  I teach at FNW, Starlite Dance Club, Google, Oracle, Equinox, Reach, 24 Hour Fitness, Vivre… all over.

In particular, if you liked the Bollywood class, please check either by 8:30 am Wednesday class at Vivre or my 10 am Friday class at Decathlon Club (only every other week!).  Both are available to drop-in dancers, you don’t have to be a member of the gym.

If you happen to work for Oracle, please come to Bollywood class on Fridays at 3 pm.  If you work at Google, check go/bollywooddance for info on classes.

Here’s the video for the intro to Argentine Tango – we went over a lot of basic technique on how to lead and follow with a partner, and how to interpret the music.  Here’s the basic steps we covered (walking, rocking, outside partner walking, outside partner rocking, ochos, and grapevine):

And here’s the Salsa combo we taught (slowly just the steps):

And here it is again a little faster with the music:

We then covered an introduction to dips and tricks.  We included a basic dip, rag doll dip, side lean, side hip bump, and side rotational lift.  Please don’t try these at home unless you were in class and understood the full instructions:

I was happy to get a chance to offer my first ever Polka Cha Cha Fusion class.  As Ethan said, the opportunity for mayhem was high.  But we all succeeded, despite the heat, the crowd, and doing polka in 42!!:

And my rather brain fried overheated version of turns and spins – perhaps I will redo when less brain fried and overheated.  =)

Sadly we did not video any of the Bhangra class – but you guys were such a blast to work with. Let me know if you have any comments below, or you can email me with questions.

See you soon!

Queiro Salsa steps for Zumba

Hey Zumba dancers!

Here’s some fun and simple salsa steps to “Quiero Salsa”.. looking forward to dancing them with you in class!

If you are looking for more chances to salsa, you can always check out the classes at Starlite (Fridays and Sundays) or Alberto’s (Tuesdays and Thursdays).

La Salsa la Traigo Yo

Mmm… new salsa steps!

This salsa is a little faster and has a very authentic salsa sound with lots of energy.

If you want even more salsa, there are lots of free classes this week because it’s National Dance Week.  If you’ve ever wanted to try out dancing salsa with a partner, here’s one example of a free class this week!

See you soon!

New Ballroom Format at Decathlon Club

If you would like to learn some ballroom dancing, come on out to Decathlon Club on Thursday evenings at 8 pm.  For the past year we’ve been offering beginning level sampler series.

However, in June we are changing the format of the class.  Each month will feature one dance style.  You’ll have 4 or 5 weeks to work on just that dance, with lots of time to learn cool steps, review old steps, and over all “get it”!

I think this is really going to help beginning dancers turn into intermediate level dancers, and for intermediate dancers to have somewhere to grow as well!

June we will be doing waltz (got to get ready for all those summer weddings).

July we will be learning swing (All American dance for the 4rth of July).

August will feature salsa (Hot dance for a hot month).

Please email me if you would like to register, space is limited.  You do not need a partner or ballroom dance experience to join the class.  If you register at least one week ahead of time, I will make sure the class is gender balanced (ie I will bring in extra female or male students to balance an imbalance we have).

This is a great opportunity to have some fun, learn some cool dance steps, and meet some new friends at the Decathlon Club.  You do not need to be a member of the Club to enjoy this class!  So bring your friends – all are welcome!