Salsa Cubana & Rueda de Casino Beginner & Beginner Plus :: 5 Weeks March 2 - March 30 2022 [Now 4 Weeks 3/9-3/30]

​Salsa Class is on at The Range for the month of March 2022, with new Beginner & Beginner Plus Series. Space is limited. Guarantee your place by registering in advance online. New students register for Beginner. Beginner Plus is open to continuing students.

​Rueda de Casino is an excellent way to learn Salsa timing, repertoire, and lead-follow. In Rueda, dancers change partners in a Salsa "wheel," while performing steps and combinations to the arrangement of a caller. Rueda allows students to dance with various partners in fluid motion, and in a relaxed setting. In this series, we use line, single couple, and circle formats. Each of two levels has their own instructor.

​Beginner. In our Beginner series we teach the set of steps needed to dance Cuban Salsa individually, as a single couple, and amongst multiple couples in a Rueda de Casino. These include the signature step “Guapea,” and the combinations “Dile Que No” and "Dile Que Si" (cross-body leads), “Exhibela” (right turn), and “Dame” (pronounced “da-me,” used for partner change).

​Beginner Plus - open to continuing students. In Beginner Plus, we teach new repertoire based on the "open break" and "right turn on 1" techniques of Cuban Salsa. We explain how to use a range of step sequences and moves to develop lead-follow skill, combination proficiency, style, and confidence.

​Open Dance. After class, we play Salsa music, and other Latin genres upon request, so our students can practice before the Intro Lesson and Party begins.

​Footwear. Please wear comfortable fitted footwear with medium level traction and flat soles, or low heals or lifts, to facilitate movement, sustain energy, and avoid fatigue.

​Registration and Payment. Advance registration is required to guarantee your place, and includes Class from 7:45-8:45pm, and Open Dance until 9:30pm. Students staying later pay event admission for the Intro Lesson at 9:30pm and Party from 10pm to 1am. We ask class registrants to "Pay What You Wish (PWYW)" based on what is affordable for you. A base price is set at $50 for the five week series, adjusted pro-rate to $40 for the last four weeks of March (3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30) and $12 for drop-in, with discount codes which can be applied in the coupon section online: 25OFF, 50OFF, 75OFF, and 100OFF. Use the last code if you wish to pay by other means. Payment can be made by cash or check at class, or by Venmo to Salsa-Ithaca, or CashApp to $SalsaIthaca. Write "Salsa Class" plus the date(s) covered by your payment in the memo. Registrants must be 21+ and fully vaccinated.

​Salsa en Rueda is a scintillating journey - join us!