Salsa Casino
This course is a fundamental survey of an intensified version of Salsa dance technique called Rueda de Casino, a form of Casino danced in the round with two or more couples exchanging partners as one chosen person calls out codified terminology or cues. Rueda is Spanish for Wheel, and Casino is known outside of Cuba as Salsa. This course explores this regional form of type of Salsa. In this course, students learn Salsa dance terminology and the history and appreciation for this type of dance as an art form. This is a Level I course, which examines practicing the beginning or foundational movements of a Salsa Dance class, learning the components of a complete Salsa Dance class, and applying Salsa Dance skills to the more intensified version, Rueda de Casino. Depending on the students in the class, we may or may not arrive at dancing Salsa in a wheel, Cuban-style, by the end of one semester.
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Video of Spring 2025
Beginning Salsa Choreography
Se Nota
This is the Salsa Casino class dance for our performance on May 16 during the ELAC Arts festival. There was a Recital Hall performance at 7:00 PM featuring Works in Progress from various Spring 2025 dance classes, on the stage with lights, sound, and an audience, which was sold out. It was an amazing and beautiful show!
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Video of Spring 2011
Advanced Salsa Choreography
La Cachara (The Jalopy)
This is the Salsa Casino class dance for our performance in the May 2011 Visions of Dance Dance Concert. This was a Recital Hall performance at 7:00 PM planned choreography from various Spring 2011 dance classes, on the stage with lights, sound, and an audience.
Danzón Class
ELAC Danzoneros in Palmeras Cubanas from Stages Dance Concert 2012. Cuban Palms (Danzon) Final as of
May 11, 2012
Danzón always quickly becomes the class favorite whenever I teach it. It's easy to learn and, since it includes the base of most Latin dances, it helps with all of your partner dancing skills.
Danzón first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in 19th-century Cuba. By the early 20th century, it had gained immense popularity throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Basin, and its influence and growth continue to this day.
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Social Dance Class
No Llorar
ELAC Danzoneros for Noche de Cultura May 2015.
This course is a fundamental survey of common, codified styles of dance typically performed in a social setting as a couple or group. Varying types of Social Dance are taught each semester from a list that includes: American Rhumba, American Tango, Cha-Cha-Cha, Waltz, Fox Trot, Samba, West Coast Swing, Line Dancing/Country-Western Swing, East Coast Swing, and Disco. Typically, Regional dances are not covered, with the exception of Argentine Tango and Danzon.
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Salsa Class
This is an Activities Course and a high level of Participation (70% or more) is essential to Pass the course. Participation is measured by Attendance weekly, as well as the evidence of practice each week.
It is said that you have not actually learned to dance unless you perform the movements you have been practicing in front of an audience.
