Ballroom and Latin Dance Studio. Salsa and Argentine Tango.
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4 steps for Four Step – dance story

Real story. Nothing made up.

A Note: in Ballroom Tango there is a figure (step) called Four Step.

During a private lesson a lady student is dancing with her teacher Ballroom Tango. Stops and turns to the teacher:

Student: “I feel I missed something..?”

Teacher: “Yes, you’ve missed Four Step”.

Student: (with a puzzled look) “I do not think I missed that many”.

Teacher: “No, you missed just Four Step”.  Continue reading →

Salsa night at Lula Lounge

There is a lovely place in Toronto called  Lula Lounge and Dance with me Toronto went there last Saturday to have fun & dance some Merengue & Salsa!!! http://www.lula.ca

They started with a Intro Salsa Lesson at 9:00 pm – showed a couple of basics, it was very energetic & entertaining.

At 10:30 a Live Band started playing!!! It was really good!

In general the atmosphere was great! And the club was packed! Lots of people who dance salsa all their life, as well as those who are just learning. Lots of different styles and free styles on the floor… We really enjoyed it! So we strongly recommend this place!!! Continue reading →

Argentine Vals & its Musicality

We have an interesting piece for you today. One of the three principal forms of Argentine Tango, along with Tango and Milonga, is Tango Vals.

Some History

The European Waltz is much older than tango. It is one of the very first dances (the others being the polka and tango) in which the couple face and touch each other when dancing.

The Waltz was transformed into an independent, identifiable dance only at the end of the 1700s. Couples suddenly started embracing each other, hands were placed around the bodies, and couples looked into each other’s eyes. When the waltz became fashionable in Vienna around 1773, it was shocking to the masses and the aristocrats, and was considered ‘riotous and indecent’ as late as 1825. Continue reading →