I wish to learn to dance salsa. Is there any salsa classes somewhere in Manila or Makati area?

Question

I live in Makati area and I watched "Dance With Me" at HBO. My friends told me that the dance Vanesa Williams and Chayenne did was salsa. I think it was fun. I wish to learn how to dance like that. Any info where I can learn salsa. I am quite tight in my budget. I heard there are free lessons in town, but I do not know where to go. Kindly advise me.

Answer 1

Hi. My name is Ares. I am from Manila, Philippines. I am also the leader of Grupo Filipino Salsa. My group offers affordable salsa workshops. Our lessons are almost free. But we believe that you have to invest something of yourself to give real value to what is so valuable to us... the dance. But if you are really hard up on money, just get in touch with us.

For free promotional salsa lessons, we usually do it at E's Bar at Edsa Shangri-la Hotel whenever Clave Band performs.

We hold regular salsa workshops at the Asian Social Institute (ASI) at 1518 L. Guinto St., Malate, Manila every saturday. Beginner's workshop starts at 6 pm and Intermediate workshops starts at 7:00 pm.

Our salsa course has a dance curriculum consisting of 5 modules from beginners to intermediates. This comprises 20 sessions and will take five months to finish. After you finish the course, all advance workshops are free for life, as long as the group exist.

Grupo Filipino Salsa is committed to share our passion to dance salsa. After our workshops every saturday, we party at ASI from 8-10 pm. In this party, we continue to teach advance steps free of charge. Sometimes, we even teach our graduates other latin dances such as perreo (danced with reggaeton and coolie dance), cha-cha-cha, hip hop, merengue and bachata. For more information, you may get in touch with me at 09064585725

Answer 2

Every Sunday night, there is a free salsa lessons at Grilla.

Every Friday night, Fate teaches free beginners salsa at E's Bar.

Every Saturday night, Ares and his group teaches for free at their Party N' Salsa at ASI.

You might be interested to know the type of crowds going in these classes. If your age is 40 something and more, you might find Grilla comfortable with many people dancing in this age bracket.

The one at E's Bar and ASI, expect a younger crowd. No Hip Hop or Reggaeton being played at E's Bar, in contrast at ASI. Hip Hop Salsa, Reggaeton and Coolie Dance started being played at 8 pm. Ares' dance lessons between 6 - 8 pm are paid classes, albeit affordable. The party from 8 to 10pm are free. Contact Salsa Hermano if you are interested

Answer 3

yes, that would be funn...have you tried your local village clubhouse? you might be lucky enough to find one. Some health studios (fitness gyms like slimmers world and fitness first) offer dance classes too. I remember there's a cool dance studio over at salcedo village somewhere along dela costa street...but it's expensive since the instructress is a dance professional.

Answer 4

You don't have the money to study? Don't bother studying.