Styles

Salsa ‘on 2’

Learning to dance ‘on 2’ will allow you to approach other styles quite easily (the reverse is not true…). Our basic step is the New York « tipico ». This choice has many advantages — musical, technical, cultural — and it is particularly consistent with the roots of salsa’s musical tradition (Cuban Son — Cha-Cha-Cha — Mambo). If you have any questions about this, don’t hesitate to ask us!

Bachata

Born in the Dominican Republic, bachata — the little sister of merengue — has conquered the world in recent years. Its simple, steady rhythm, slower than salsa, makes it more accessible to beginner dancers. It allows you to discover contact, posture, technique and musicality gently.

Its accessibility has made it a very « marketable » product, and many variants have emerged, sometimes far removed from the original spirit. People talk about « sensual bachata », as if authentic bachata weren’t sensual already…

Unlike choreographed dances in the music-video style, we offer a festive, simple and warm style, true to its roots — to dance without pressure (or wrist fractures).

Cha-Cha-Cha

Cha-cha-cha is a musical genre born in Cuba in the 1950s, probably invented by violinist Enrique Jorrín, then a member of Orquesta América. Its name may come from the sound made by dancers’ feet scraping the floor — « cha-cha-cha »…

Popularised around the world since then, cha-cha-cha was long confined to ballroom dance schools, losing its roots in favour of an aesthetic that was too formal and disconnected from a « natural » body. We return to the essentials: a popular, festive dance, rooted in Cuban culture.