Summer Salsa Series at Aurora Providence

GREAT HOT NEWS for Providence’s Latin Dance Community……Monthly Summer Salsa to begin in Downtown!

Salsa con Soul “Never miss a chance to dance Salsa”
Save the dates: (Help us Spread the word)

Wednesday June 11th 2014
Wednesday July 2nd 2014
Wednesday August 6th 2014
Wednesday September 3rd 2014

7pm-1am on these selected dates

Hosted by:
Salsalegre Events (Martin Rivera & Sydonee Harris)
RI Latin Dance (Mori Granot & Angel Sanchez)
Mambo Pa Ti Dance Co. (Carlos Gonzalez)
Paso Sensual Dance Co. (Brandon Contreras)
Hector Solis Productions (Hector Solis)

Providences local Social Salsa Network Unites in Collaborating to bring Salsa to its People

Dance Salsa, Network, connect, explore, learn, socialize & meet new friends

You’re invited to indulge, Support, Spread the word and Attend our Monthly Summer Salsa Collaborative Series this 2014, offering social salsa dancing, Lessons, DJ’s, performances.

Featuring RI’s best Salsa instructors & surprises for each month of this summer at Aurora Cabaret Lounge, (old roots cafe/Black Repertory) Located at 276 Westminster Street in Providence RI

On these Special Selective nights we are Offering: 

Social Salsa & Latin Dancing with our resident DJ of the Night

Early interactive dance lessons:
Zero to Salsa (lessons on1 & on2) with our Professional Instructors 
Bachateame Ma’Ma (lessons) with our Professional Instructors
A kiss of Kizomba (lessons) with our Professional Instructors
Cha Cha Rico (lessons) with our Professional Instructors

(Each month 2 of our Pro instructors will teach special lessons in the early part of the evening during our series. Highlighted lessons and instructors will be announce)

All Dance Pros will be presently active and ready to dance host for all 4 of this series.

Special Performances & Surprises on Specialty dates

Lessons & Entry: $15
Entry only: $10

For information Get in touch with Martin Rivera @ 401-368-5309

Summer Salsa in Providence RI

Salsalegre Events Providence

Get in touch with me to find out what is coming this Summer in Providence for Salsa Events... Great news to be announced soon. Get in touch with Martin at 401-368-5309

Out and About Thursdays at Mambo Pa Ti's salsa fever nights.

Out & About in the Providence Salsa Scene

Salsa Technique and why it matters!

Salsa Technique - And Why It Matters

Most salsa classes are all about steps. Dance- and salsa technique is often something we don't really learn when we take classes, except a few tips here and there. There are two reasons for that:

1. Teachers Don't (Know How To) Teach Salsa Technique

Sad but true. It's easier to teach steps than to teach how to dance. Salsa is first and foremost a social dance that people do as a hobby, wanting to have a good time. There is not much emphasis on learning technique, so even experienced salsa teachers usually focus only on turn patterns and give additional tips and tricks.

2. Students Don't Understand The Importance Of Technique

Since it's a social dance, what do we need technique for, right? Most of us don't want to be on stage or win competitions. When the teacher explains details of salsa technique or drills the students with the technical exercises, a lot of people get bored quickly. They want to learn the fancy steps and cool moves. They don't realize that they need the necessary technique to execute those moves (and look good while doing it). So many teachers just feed them turn patterns to get them to come back next week.

This is a vicious circle that both teachers and students keep perpetuating. But it comes at a high price. You need basic technique to dance well, even just to dance "ok". Salsa technique is not as difficult as for example ballet, but there are basic fundamentals that you should know and be able to do if you want to get to an intermediate or advanced dance level.

Why You Should Care About Proper Salsa Technique

Avoiding Injuries

Proper technique in any dance has one basic reason: to avoid injuries. Dancing can be very demanding on the body. And even if salsa is quite low-impact compared to for example ballet, there are still things that can be harmful if you do them extensively or for a longer period of time. Proper salsa technique will keep you out of harms way.

Making Things Possible

In dance one movement builds upon the other, one principle makes way for a higher concept. If you don't understand basic concepts, you will not be able to progress. It's like building a house: if there is no ground floor, you won't be able to build the first, second or third floor.

A lot of times students exclaim: " How does he do it? It's not possible!" That's precisely because they're lacking the groundwork, the technique, to make it possible.

Creating The Style Every dance has its typical style that makes it unique. There is a certain technique and way of using your body that creates a recognizable style and lets you distinguish between salsa and ballet, or even between different styles of salsa.

Moving With Grace

Dancing gracefully is all about technique. The smoothness, poise and quality of movement that separates a skilled dancer from a novice is proper dance technique. If you want to look good on the dance floor, you need more than steps. You need to be able to control your body and understand how to create the desired movements. Basic dance- and salsa technique will not only enable you to do what you want to do, but to do it with style.

So if you want to improve as a salsa dancer and reach an intermediate or advanced level, make sure you take learning technique seriously.

Personalized Salsa Coaching in Providence RI by Martin Rivera

Martin Rivera was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. His interest in music appeared already from a very young age. When he arrived to the New York City as a student in the year 1980, he discovered salsa and very quickly became aware of his talent and motivation to invest in it. He joined one of the local dance teams in NYC and performed with them on locally, but also international events. In 1990 he established himself as a talented choreographer in Rhode Island working alongside youth programs and city events. By 2008 he developed his own dance fusion project, Salsalegre Events Providence of which he is the director. This project allowed him to venture off to the Dominican Republic to host a Latin dance vacation/excursion catered to students wanting to travel, experience culture and learn to dance. During this time, He Partner up with the sensational Sydonee Harris, (a talented dancer herself) as a dance duo in Providence, They have creatively executed various innovative dance workshops and classes both inside the dance studio and at local entertainment venues in the Providence area. The most successful and recognizable event has been their SalsaCity Nights, in which they dance host an evening of lessons and social dancing open to the public on a weekly basis during Spring and summer seasons in Rhode Island.

Currently Martin works as a professional Salsa Coach/Instructor, performer and choreographer. He created his own style, & personalized brand of Salsa Coaching for Private session which is characterized by his passion, energy, and creativity. He teaches salsa in Providence RI, both on “1″ and on “2″, and is known for the effective way in which he teaches the “technique” of leading and following.