Learn About Salsa and Merengue Dance
OUT to Dance offers salsa dance classes, merengue dance classes and Latin dance classes at West Roxbury School of Dance;
Salsa Dance
Salsa is a sexy, funky, fabulous dance that's incredibly popular
world-wide. Salsa music is a fusion of traditional African and
Cuban and other Latin-American rhythms that traveled from the
islands (Cuba and Puerto Rico) to New York during the migration,
somewhere between the 1940s and the 1970s, depending on where
one puts the boundary between "real" salsa and its predecessors.
There is debate as to whether Salsa originated in Cuba or Puerto
Rico, but it definitely picked up stem in New York in the 70's.
Salsa is one of the main dances in both Cuba and Puerto Rico and
is known world-wide, but you don't have to travel farther than
Jamaica Plain to experience its heat!
Learn more about the Salsa Dance
Merengue Dance
The simplest and most uptempo of the Latin dances, merengue originated
in the Dominican Republic. It emphasizes a straight-ahead 8-count
rhythm taken with Cuban Motion. Merengue packs the dance floor
in Latin clubs and parties because of its simplicity, playfulness,
and sexiness, and it can be learned more quickly than any other
dance. Also, the merengue can be danced to a wide variety of non-Latin
music including 70's disco, Top 40, and uptempo hip hop.
Learn more about the Merengue Dance
"I've tried to learn salsa in the clubs,
and it totally does not work for me. I can't tell you how happy
I am to have found your classes, and to finally be able to GET
salsa dancing!"
Marty T., Boston, MA
Zumba Fitness
Zumba® fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms mixed with Hip Hop and
a little current pop music using easy-to-follow choreographed
moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness class that will blow you
away. Zumba® students achieve wonderful benefits while experiencing
an absolute blast in one exciting hour of body-energizing movements.
Zumba classes are great for all fitness levels and sizes and no
dance background is required.
When booking your salsa dance lesson or class
at our OUT to Dance studios in West Roxbury and Roslindale, note
that our studio locations are within twenty minutes of downtown
Boston, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, Brighton, Allston,
Brookline, Newton, Chestnut Hill, Dedham, Norwood, Needham, Westwood,
Milton and Quincy; and within 25 to 35 minutes of Cambridge, Somerville,
Arlington, Wellesley, Natick, Waltham, Braintree, Brockton, Stoughton,
Canton, Foxboro, Weymouth and surrounding towns. We are also less than an hour from Providence, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. |
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