Salsa - Learn Latin dance rhythms
Cycle of four Workshops, 60 hours total, minimum 6 students
The Casino workshop has been organized in four learning levels: BEGINNERS, INTERMEDIATE, INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED and ADVANCED, in order to facilitate differentiated groups, so the learners can interact with others who are at the same level. The differences between levels are found primarily in the content of the programs: difficulty of the steps, variants, and figures. Each Workshop starts with the basic steps, reviewing quickly what have been learned previously, and rapidly incorporating new movements. These Workshops are conducted by a professor as well as with dance instructors on the floor who will practice the steps with the students.
Workshop I – Casino for beginners
Those with no knowledge at all, or with a very elementary acquaintance with Casino will be grouped in the BEGINNERS level.
Contents: Basic step and variants (individual and couples), Figures, introduction to the Rueda de Casino. Learning and realizing figures in la rueda.
Length: 15 hrs, divided in 5 days (3 hrs per day) - 1 week.
Reduced program: 10 hrs, divided in 5 days (2 hrs per day) - 1 week.
Workshop II – Casino for intermediate level
The INTERMEDIATE LEVEL will be offered to students with some knowledge of Casino, with interest in learning figures linked to the rueda de Casino.
Contents: Basic step and variants (individual and couples); Figures; Rueda de Casino. The most representative traditional figures and movements (vueltas) as couples
Length: 15 hrs, divided in 5 days (3 hrs per day) - 1 week.
Reduced program: 10 hrs, divided in 5 days (2 hrs per day) - 1 week.
Workshop III – Casino for intermediate-advanced level
The INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED LEVEL will be formed by those who know how to dance Casino, wishing to improve their performance in the rueda de Casino and to prefect their abilities to improvise “Cuban style”.
Contents: Basic step and variants (individual and couples); figures, steps and variants in order to improvise individually, by couples or collectively; phrases for choreography “Cuban style”. The Rueda de Casino, most representative traditional figures and movements (vueltas), learned as independent couples in La Rueda.
Length: 15 hrs, divided in 5 days (3 hrs per day) - 1 week.
Reduced program: 10 hrs, divided in 5 days (2 hrs per day) - 1 week.
Workshop IV – Casino for advanced level
The ADVANCED LEVEL will be formed by those who know how to dance Casino very well as free couples and in La Rueda, but with interest to master their domain of Casino, and to perfect their style.
Contents: Basic step and variants (individual and couples); figures, steps and variants decidedly complex and others recently created; phrases for choreography “Cuban style”; steps and variants explicitly destined to improvise collectively, by couple or individually.
Length: 15 hrs, divided in 5 days (3 hrs per day) - 1 week.
Reduced program: 10 hrs, divided in 5 days (2 hrs per day) - 1 week.
Included services
Workshop: Academic program, certificate of completion, snacks and soft drinks during classes.
Workshop and transportation: Academic program, certificate of completion, snacks and soft drinks during classes; transfer in- out.
Workshop, transportation and lodging in double occupancy: Academic program, certificate of completion, snacks and soft drinks during classes, lodging in a shared double bedroom under the all-included plan; transportation Hotel-airport included. Shuttle bus Hotel-Old Havana.
Workshop, transportation and lodging in single occupancy: Academic program, certificate of completion, snacks and soft drinks during classes, lodging in a single bedroom under the all-included plan; transportation Hotel-airport included. Shuttle bus Hotel-Old Havana.