Salsa

One of the most important and popular streams in the Caribbean dance at this moment is Salsa. This dance has its origin in the Caribbean where it was formed by the unique fusion of European grace, African rhythm and Caribbean dances, like the Merengue, Bolero and Salsa. Salsa literally means 'sauce'. Just as in every good blended sauce the base ingredients are the same, but in addition we give it more flavour every lesson. Salsa is a dance for two. Salsa is fast, sultry and sensual. Salsa provides you with freedom for creativity and improvisation. Salsa is moving in harmony, as well with the music as with each other. Always different and varied. Salsa is irresistible. The most popular dance at this moment.
All Salsa levels are danced 'with left', also known as the international style (LA style). The lessons are based on the specific Antillian Salsa style of 'Dos Bailadores' with emphasis on elegance and rhythmic and harmonic movement. The lessons are provided at 7 different levels and the beginners class is very suitable to start with.

Level 1 - Beginners class
In the beginners class the following base dances will be introduced:
- Merengue, a cheerful dance from the Dominican Republic
- Salsa, quick and sultry, the most popular dance of this moment
Now also Salsa 1 fast: Basic class Salsa in five weeks.

Level 2 - Follow-up class
The dances which were learned during the beginners class, especially the Salsa, will be extended. Every lesson we continue to improve your technique. Also attention will be paid to the Cha Cha Cha.

Level 3 till 6 - (Semi-)advanced
In these classes special emphasis lies on the Salsa. The different figure combinations and dance styles will be handled extensively. In level 5 and 6 also attention will be paid to Rueda.

Level 7 - Advanced
In this class you will learn the Antillian Salsa style, combined with the LA style. The Antillian style (somewhat comparable with the Cuban style) was the first style of Salsa in The Netherlands. Typical for this style are the more rotating and fluent movements, compared with dancing in a line in the LA style. An addition to your Salsa experience and unique at Dos Bailadores. Participation is possible if you finished Salsa level 5 or 6.

Salsa Plus
For people that finished all Salsa levels. In this class everything is possible, depending on the wishes of the group: repeating combinations, new figures, dance technique etc. Every season the class if different. Registration with a dance partner required.

Class:	10 lessons of 60 minutes
Costs:	€ 100,- p.p.
Type:	partner dance

Salsa demo open day April 2006

AfroCaribbean

In this class several dance styles such as African, Reggaeton, Dancehall (from Jamaica), Cuban Rumba and Merengue/Soca are combined in an energetic, swinging dance. Attention will be paid to flexibility and at the end of the course, after a lot of sweat, the group is in control of a nice choreography. And of course, FUN plays an important role. This course will be provided by no less a person than Aronnette Martis!

Class:	not in September 2010
Costs:	-
Type:	solo dance

Axé

Axé music (pronounce like ah-sh-eh), is very popular in Brazil. The rhythm started in the early 90's in Bahia, a rich north-eastern state in Brazil. It is a mix of Samba-Reggae with Salsa, Rock, Merengue and Lambada. Axé is an energetic, individual dance that is danced by a group of people. The movements are a combination of African and Brazilian dances. You make the same dance combinations with all the people. Axé is very suitable to improve your condition and figure. The music is ritmic and fiery. This energetic and enervating way of dancing is a welcome and pleasant diversion of your daily pursuits. No experience required!

Class:	10 lessons of 60 minutes
Costs:	€ 100,- p.p.
Type:	solo dance

Axé demo open day 2 April 2006

Bachata

Together with Merengue, Bachata has its origin the Dominican Republic. Bachata (=making fun) is dance music that originates from the country in the beginning of the 1960's. Joy and melancholy come together and give their form to this music, that is also known as the Dominican variant of the Bolero. The music is characterised by the acoustic guitar, bongo and maracas. Nowadays Bachata is not longer the typical country music from the early days. It has grown to a dance and music style that is very popular over the whole Dominican nation and it now slowly begins to become popular in Europa and the United States. In the modern version the base steps are completed by much feet movements en figures. This style is influenced by other dances such as Merengue and Salsa. The figures from these dances are applied in Bachata which resulted in faster and more whipping music.
The Dominican Rafael Espinal provides the classes. Rafael is known as the Salsa, Merengue and Bachata expert.

Class:	10 lessons of 60 minutes
Costs:	€ 100,- p.p.
Type:	partner dance

Baila Latina Kids

A joyful, swinging dance for young children, where Salsa, Merengue, Axé (Brazilian beach dance) and Streetdance will be mixed. We exercise on Caribbean/Brazilian music as well as popular Top 40 and R&B music. In one class they will learn several movements/choreographies and at the end of the class they learned a combined dance that suits their age, and that can be performed at the open day. In brief: a lot of fun and exercise for the kids. For children from 5 till 7 years and from 8 till 12 years old. Teacher: Marjolein (Astrid, Susan).

Class:	10 lessons of 45 minutes (5 till 7 years
	10 lessons of 60 minutes (8 till 12 years)
Costs:	€ 65,- p.p. (5 till 7 years)
	€ 85,- p.p. (8 till 12 years)
Type:	solo dance

Bellydance

Bellydance 'Latina' or 'Shakira' style. Another better name is raqs sharki (Oriental dance), because when you hear the word bellydance you probably think of moving the belly. However, it is much more than that. In this dance isolation is the keyword. A complete control of your whole body and in particular the pelvis. This dance is a female matter, where you primarily give expression to the music and rhythms with swaying and rolling movements with your body. Bellydance has become very popular as it is more and more used in music clips. Think for example of Shakira. As longer the course progresses you will see that also Beyoncé, Fergie and other artists use bellydance in their clips. The techniques of this dance can also be applied in Salsa and Zouk dancing. Teachers are Astrid, Leonie and Judith.

Class:	10 lessons of 60 minutes
Costs:	€ 100,- p.p. (no combi discount)
Type:	solo dance

Dominica

Learn to move like a Dominican on the rhythms of e.g. Merengue, Reggaeton, Bachata, Salsa, Cumbia... Dominica is a solo dance, so a partner is not needed! The class will be given by the Dominican Rafael Espinal, also known as the Salsa, Merengue and Bachata expert.
From April 2010 as a combination of Bachta, Merengue and Domicina!

Class:	10 lessons of 60 minutes
Costs:	€ 100,- p.p.
Type:	solo dance

Percussion

During the Percussion workshop you will learn more about the rhythms in Caribbean music, the instruments, on which instruments you can dance and you will also play instruments yourself. Very instructive if you want to better understand the music and want to better hear the timing and rhythm. A useful extension to your Salsa dance course! The course will be given by the Dominican Rafael Espinal. Rafael is known as the Salsa, Merengue and Bachata expert.

Class:	not in September 2010
Costs:	-
Type:	music course

Rueda de Casino

Rueda de Casino, often abbreviated as Rueda (=wheel), is a social Cuban dance where couples dance synchronously in a circle. During the dance there is a constant changing of partners. It is danced on lively, up-beat Salsa music and is a joyful spectacle. Rueda is mostly danced with 3 to 6 couples. De caller shouts the names of the moves that are to be danced after which most times the partners change. In the classes Salsa level 5 and 6 attention will be paid to the Rueda. Sometimes special Rueda classes or workshops are organised. Salsa experience is required.

Class:	5 lessons of 60 minutes
Costs:	€ 60,- p.p. (€ 100,- in combination with Salsa Plus of 5 lessons)
Type:	group dance

Salsa Ladystyling

Salsa Ladystyling (formerly Solo Salseras) is a special Salsa class for women with at least Salsa level 2 experience. Special attention will be paid to co-ordination and balance, feet movements ('open shines'), arm movements, elegance of the lady in the Salsa, individual dancing and dancing right and left. In short terms: Ladystyling

Class:	10 lessons of 60 minutes
Costs:	€ 100,- p.p.
Type:	solo dance

Salsa Ladystyling demo open day 2 April 2006

Salsa for Parkinson patients and Salsa Slow

Also in 2010, on the Friday morning, Dos Bailadores will provide Salsa classes for Parkinson patients and people that want to learn Salsa in a more quiet way.
The first classes, developed together with dance school SalsAventura, have been finished in the meantime and the results as well as the reactions are overwhelming. "Dancing (moving) on music is an ideal therapy", states one of the initiators. The special thing for this group of people is the confirmation of what is still possible, and not what is not possible anymore. In the meantime, this course program is offered at several other (Salsa) dance schools.

On Friday 10 September 2010 there will be a free trial lesson from 11.00 till 12.00 hours. Come and experience the atmosphere, without any engagement. On Friday 24 september 2010 the new classes will start. The classes are also open for healthy partners, for all other people that have problems with motion and for those people a regular class is too fast.

In co-operation with dance schools SalsAventura and Sizzling Salsa we made a special brochure. When you want to help us spreading the Salsa virus within this special group of people, please let us know and we will send you the brochures.

Class:	8 lessons of 75 minutes (incl. 15 minutes break)
Costs:	€ 65,- p.p. (no combi discount)
Type:	partner dance

Registration on this website or by telephone on working days 06-54206755 or 071-5222233.

Salsa Parkinson in the media

Last months several television programs payed attention to the Salsa classes for people with Parkinson's disease. Check for the recordings of these television programs our video page, under the header 'Salsa Parkinson on television'.

The newspaper Volkskrant payed attention with a special photo report of the lessons at Dos Bailadores and SalsAventura in the Saturday edition on Saturday 25 October 2008. Several regional media payed attention to the lessons as well.
view article (source: Volkskrant Magazine 25 October 2008 text: Pieter Klok, photography: Iris Vetter)
view article (source: Sleutelstad.nl 30 September 2009)
view article (source: Leids Nieuwsblad 2 October 2009)

Samba de Gafieira

The Samba, a pre-eminent Brazilian dance, has become famous through the yearly Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Carnival type Samba is a free, powerful, and fun solo dance. Hips, legs and feet move synchronously on a quick, whipping rhythm, as well as on a slow and romantic Bossa Nova or Samba de Pagode. Particularly in Rio de Janeiro the Samba is also popular as a partner dance, known as 'Samba de Gafieira', literally 'Ballroom Samba'. However, this dance is very different from the classic Ballroom Samba that is danced competitively in the United States and in Europe. Dos Bailadores provides an original Brazilian class Samba de Gafieira.

Class:	not in September 2010
Costs:	-
Type:	partner dance

Streetdance

New! Real Streetdance for teeners and adults. You will learn an explosive choreography on popular music such as R&B and Hip Hop. Our allround teacher Aronnette will learn you the real Streetdance. This class full of power is suitable for everyone. So gentlemen, don't hesitate!

Class:	10 lessons of 60 minutes
Costs:	€ 100,- p.p.
Type:	solo dance

StreetSalsa

StreetSalsa is a combination of Salsa and trendy Streetdance. With whipping up Caribbean music you will learn in 10 weeks a dance that consists of Salsa and Streetdance movements/steps. Every class a new dance. Improves your condition as you dance intensively for an hour. No experience required!

Class:	10 lessons of 60 minutes
Costs:	€ 100,- p.p.
Type:	solo dance

StreetSalsa demo open day 2 April 2006

Argentinian Tango

The Argentinian Tango is a silent dialog of temptation, fantasy and sensuality. The roots of this dance are based in the melancholy and the nostalgy of South European immigrants in the Argentinian lower class districts and of the poor inhabitants of the pampa's, who tried to find a better life in the town. Abused as vulgar brothel dance by the Argentinian upper class at the beginning of the twentieth century, afterwards clasped into the heart of the same upper class, and from the sixties kicked into a corner by the rock-'n-roll and disco music, the Tango started with a come-back in the last decennia. For the younger generation Argentinians, the Tango is a symbol of national pride. Also outside Argentinia the Tango started with a giant come-back in the eighties.
In April 2010 our beloved colleague Eduardo Aguirre (Buenos Aires) passed away. For many years Eduardo and his partner Yvonne Meissner (Amsterdam) provided the classes Argentinian Tango together. Yvonne -following the wish of Eduardo- will continue the Tango classes.
Everybody who wants to experience the devotion to the warm sounds of the bandoneon, bass and violin of the Tango, can follow the starters class Argentinian Tango. In this class, under supervision of Yvonne Meissner, you will learn the base steps and base figures of the original Argentinian Tango. There is also a possibility to follow extended classes.

Class:	10 lessons of 90 minutes
Costs:	€ 170,- p.p. (no combination discount)
Type:	partner dance (dance partner required)

Zouk

Zouk (=party in Creole) is a hi-tech music style which is very popular on the French Antilles islands (Guadeloupe and Martinique) and the African islands of Cape Verde. Zouk was created in the late '70s by a small group of Guadeloupian musicians residing in Paris. Traditional African and Caribbean rhythms were put into a computer which resulted in a kind of 'Caribi-Dance'. The current Zouk music has a wide variety of styles, but the typical Zouk rhythm can be recognised clearly in each style.
The Zouk is a sensual and graceful dance that has evolved from Lambada, a dance which was born in Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil. Dancing Zouk is therefore very popular in Brasil. This partnerdance is characterized by its 'wavy' movements with many turns. It includes elements common to Hustle, Salsa, Merengue, Samba, Swing and others. The music makes you feel like you can't sit still. Zouk is not only an elegant, graceful and beautiful dance, but also good exercise, stress relieving, and especially fun!

New in September 2010: Zouk beginners intensive and Zouk advanced intensive
Special classes Zouk to learn how to dance Zouk on beginners level or to dance Zouk on an advanced level in a short time period.

New in September 2010: Zouk Club
The pre-eminently class for the Zouk dancer who wants to learn different styles. With several (guest) teachers.

Class:	10 lessons of 60 minutes (regular Zouk class and Zouk Club) 10 lessons of 90 minutes (Zouk beginners and advanced intensive)
Costs:	€ 100,- p.p. (regular Zouk class and Zouk Club) € 150,- p.p. (Zouk beginners and advanced intensive), € 225,- in combination with regular class
Type:	partner dance

Zouk demo open day January 2006

Zouk demo open day 2 April 2006

Zumba

In April 2009 we have started with Zumba! Zumba is a new fitness phenomenon on dynamic Latin music and other world music, full of unique and exotic dance steps. The name Zumba comes from Colombian-Spanish, and means something like fast movement and having fun. It has been introduced by Alberto Beto Perez, a dancer and choreograph from Miami. Zumba consists of fitness-excercises and dance steps on music, comparable with aerobics but then with whipping, dynamic Latin sounds. It is a mix of dances such as Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, Reggaeton, Samba, Hiphop, Flamenco and Bellydance. Dancing and at the same time working on a better condition, stronger muscles and burning calories, that is Zumba! The classes will be given by Aronnette Martis, a certified Zumba instructror.

Class:	10 lessons of 60 minutes
Costs:	€ 100,- p.p.
Type:	solo dance/fitness

Zumba workshop 21 March 2009

Zumba workshop 21 March 2009