Siete Loco (Crazy Seven) is rather common with a lot of videos out there. The figure is difficult for two reasons. 1) The Follow most be good enough to know that her left hand must be available on her right shoulder after the first 1-2-3. 2) After the two handed Coca-Cola and Dile Que No, the Lead must lead the
Read moreSiete Moderno is a little difficult to lead. At intermediate level it works in class but a Lead is likely to run into problems in social dancing, if the Follow does not know to make her left hand available almost at shoulder height as she turns. The first video is from “Dolce Dance”, Hungary: Same video at YouTube: Siete Moderno
Read moreSiete con Coca-Cola is a lovely intermediate move, easy and very popular, plenty of videos out there, and a nice way to do a Coca-Cola, a walking left turn. The video from the Hungarian Dance School “Dolce Dance” gives a good first impression: Same video at YouTube: Siete con Coca-Cola (A) Next a video from the Salsa Lovers DVD. Rene
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“Islands Brygge” (Island’s Quay) in the center of Copenhagen harbor is a very popular place for open air free dance events like Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba and Tango, almost every day in the summer time, and you have many indoor dance events the rest of the year. This local Cultural Center dance venue with a lot of outdoor and indoor facilities,
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Dolce Dance, Dolce-Dance.com, could be one of the biggest European Salsa – Bachata – Kizomba dance schools. It is impressive that this Hungarian school has local schools in Serbia and Romania. For an English speaking person searching YouTube for Cuban Salsa, videos from a Hungarian dance school are not likely to show up in the results unless you search for
Read moreThe challenge of rejection in social dancing is often downplayed to the extent that we almost lie about it. I’m not just talking about getting a no when asking for a dance but also about not being asked at all or so little that it is such a pain to go social dancing that you don’t go. Rejection is a
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The Grøndal Center is a huge multi sport center 6 km from the center of the city. At the parking lot near the main entrance an obscure newly renovated dance scene is almost left alone as if forgotten. The dance scene is mostly used for free outdoor Cuban Salsa, 5-8 weeks during the summer, usually on Fridays from 1800-2200. There
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