Looking to improve your salsa dancing in the new year? As any good dancer will tell you, the only way to improve is through consistent practice, and one good way to do that is by joining a training team. Many of the Bay Area’s top salsa instructors and teams are starting up training teams soon. Here’s are the important dates you need to know:
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Have you seen some of the cool salsa caricatures on our site? Do you want one of your own? Well here’s your chance!

Normally we only do caricatures for salsa instructors & djs, but since we’ve been getting a lot of requests to do caricatures, we’re holding a special contest where you can win your own FREE caricature!
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The Bay Area is fortunate to have some of the best salsa teams in the world, and many of them are holding auditions in the coming weeks for new members. If you’ve always wanted to be a part of a team and perform on stage, this could be your chance!

If you’ve never auditioned for a team before, generally you will go through a quick warmup routine, and then will be taught a short footwork & partnerwork routine to assess the level of your dancing. Every team’s audition is a little different, but generally they will be looking for things such as technique, timing, performance ability, and how quickly you pick up the material. Depending on how you do, you’ll be accepted onto a team that matches your ability.

If you aren’t familiar with the different salsa teams in the area, check out our Salsa Teams Page where you can read about the various teams and see some videos of their past performances.

Here are the dates you want to be aware of:
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Glas Kat, once the host of the popular “Maracas Salsa Night” in SF, will be re-opening this Tuesday as The Grand! Ricardo Tellez & Tianne Frias will be teaching salsa lessons, followed by Rodney Aquino with bachata, plus live music by Orquesta N’Rumba Pa’gozar and DJ EldelaClave!

Stop this Tuesday, December 20th for the grand opening of The Grand!

The results from the 2011 World Latin Dance Cup

Congratulations to all the competitors from the Bay Area at the 2011 World Latin Dance Cup! The competition this year was really tough, but a number of Bay Area dancers were able to make it to the Finals and bring home some medals.

Here are the competitors from the Bay Area who placed in the WLDC competition:

Salsamania Dance Company – 1st Place Salsa Teams
Andrew Cervantes & John Narvaez – 1st Place Same Sex Men
Michelle Perez & Jeremy Martinez – 1st Place Amateur Couples
Vimal Pradeep & Tianne Frias – 2nd Place Pro-Am Division
John Narvaez & Liz Lira – 3rd Place On2 Salsa
Lady Mambo – 3rd Place Womens Teams Category
John Narvaez & Michelle Perez – 4th Place Pro-Am Division
Wayne Melton & Sandi Rocco – 5th Place Over-65 Division
Dan Popovici & Ky-Van Lee – 5th Place Amateur Couples

And here are the results for some of the other divisions:
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