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Allegro Salsa Party
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Overview:
A popular night of Cuban Salsa in a spacious ballroom, with beginner and intermediate salsa lessonsDetails:
| Event: | Beginner Lesson, Intermediate Lesson, Social Dancing | |
| Date: | Every Sunday | |
| Time: | 6-7pm Beginner Lesson, 7-8pm Intermediate Lesson, 8pm-1:30am Dance Social | |
| Cost: | $10 Social, $12 w/ Lesson | |
| Instructors: | Garry Johnson, Isabelle Rodrigues, & Viola Gonzales | |
| Address: | Allegro Ballroom 5855 Christie Avenue Emeryville, CA Get Directions via Google Maps  |
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| Contact: | (510) 655-2888 www.allegroballroom.net  Event Facebook Page |
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Our Review:
Takeshi says:
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Finally got to check Allegros out, and wow, this place gets packed! This definitely one of the biggest salsa socials in the Bay Area!
Allgeros has a very large dance studio, with one large room for salsa and chacha, with a smaller room on the side for bachateros. A lot of the dancers here dance Cuban-style salsa, so if you dance a different style, it can take some getting used to. Parking is plentiful if you come early, but the lot does get full during prime time.
Really loved the social here, the only thing I would say is that I felt the intermediate salsa lesson was pretty basic compared to what you might learn at somewhere like Hot Salsa Friday. However, overall a great social, and one of the best places to go dancing on Sundays.
Allgeros has a very large dance studio, with one large room for salsa and chacha, with a smaller room on the side for bachateros. A lot of the dancers here dance Cuban-style salsa, so if you dance a different style, it can take some getting used to. Parking is plentiful if you come early, but the lot does get full during prime time.
Really loved the social here, the only thing I would say is that I felt the intermediate salsa lesson was pretty basic compared to what you might learn at somewhere like Hot Salsa Friday. However, overall a great social, and one of the best places to go dancing on Sundays.
Max says:
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Allegro is the very first place I ever went salsa dancing, and I've still got a lot of love for this giant and popular venue. Allegro is a ballroom with an enormous dance floor that gets absolutely packed on Sundays with a fun and really diverse crowed. It's an all ages event and pretty close to several universities so it's one of the few venues that has a bigger representation from the younger crowd.
Allegros is also unique in that its one of the few (the only?) venues in the bay area that specifically play timba and cuban style music. As a result you have lots of amazing cuban style dancers and a very different vibe from a mambo club.
Allegros is also unique in that its one of the few (the only?) venues in the bay area that specifically play timba and cuban style music. As a result you have lots of amazing cuban style dancers and a very different vibe from a mambo club.
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This was and still is my favorite Sunday night dance space….and I think this is a great place for On1 and cuban-style dancers. But there is so much Timba and so few on2 dancers, its been hard lately to get excited about it. I wish they would make one of the rooms a “mambo” room!
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Awesome place! Good lessons, spacious separate bachata and salsa rooms, good DJ, nice mix of dancers of all ages, with more advanced and intermediate dancers then beginners. Very busy on Sunday nights, and they have a whole water station room.
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I love this space but I have noticed a decline in the dance skills of late. advanced dancers are not going here as much. It is packed with beginners from the beginning of the night to the end. It is mostly and older crowd with a few college students thrown in. There are no on 2 dancers here at all. It does have lots of parking even if the lot is full there are many side streets to use. Probably the best thing to do is go with someone you like dancing with incase there are not many people who can dance well.
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I love it.. It’s the best salsa place in the Bay Area.
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The instructors here are the best in the Bay Area. Lots of room. Free water. Free parking. Good dancers of all types and styles. However, like many other places around the bay, the music pendulum remains stationary on either side of both extremes for long periods of time. Not good. A nice mix of both extremes would go a long way for a better dancer experience.
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My only complaint with Allegro is “too much Timba”. I love Cuban music and consider my dance style more Cuban than On1, but the Timba gets too repetitious. I’ve notice the DJ plays a bit more Mambo and Salsa Dura in the first hour… but eventually he will shift to heavier Timba by 10pm. Not to say it’s bad…but rather a matter of preference. The dancers on the other hand love it. So many wonderful dancers at these socials makes for an enjoyable evening. This is THE PLACE to be on Sunday nights.
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Lots of free parking!
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Allegro’s variety in music is improving. Great Sunday night spot for dancing!!!
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