1 month of salsa only: Which place to go to?

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I'm making my own thread since else I'll go off topic too much in the cuban - money issues, security us documents thread.

terence said:
As a prof. I should warn you that, lessons at that rate ,for continuous days, will eventually bring mental blocks. The mind and body need time to asbsorb information, My prescription would be more like 2 days on, and at least one day off. You also need to put into practice, your learning experiences, as feed back to a teacher is important .
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You're right, I'll do the 2 days lesson-one day off pattern. I'm also planning to dance in the evening to immediatly practice what I learned.

timberamayor said:
I have not taken lessons in Cuba but I have had friends who have told me that their instructors made them work for hours on very basic types of body motion, in this case the classes I'm talking abut were reggaeton and rumba, but I think that some people might find it bad for their confidence to be told over and over to keep doing the same thing for hours until they get it right. At least in Sweden think instructors have a tendency to let things go as long as people have the basic idea, because the students want to feel like they are advancing. So instructors don't make people practice hours and hours of the same thing. But if you go into it (In Cuba) with the right attitude then you know that you will come out of it with a very strong base because your teacher probably won't be saying things just to make you happy.
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This actually sounds like a dream come true. I don't need patterns, I need to learn to dance and use my body.

Tina said:
Thats what Ive been talking about. Why would you want to go through all that trouble to enter a problematic country. I like cuban music, the people, the culture, but until they get their s hit together, Ill go to puerto rico or DR instead.
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I'm from Europe so it's not that much trouble (same trouble compared to another country?) and the lessons are alot cheaper in Cuba I heard.

Basicaly I just want a month of only dancing. It's one of my last months before my working life begins (I'm a student now) so I need to become good very fast because I won't have enough time to progress that much during working life (I need my 8 hours sleep sadly, so I wont be able to dance during weekdays anymore). I'm not a talent in dancing, so I believe I need this to be able to progress. I wanna train cuban salsa, I wouldn't mind (actually I'd love it) if people also dance LA since I need to be able to adjust my style to LA etc.

I read in a few older threads that there might be other places such as Italy, Glasgow or Spain to learn cuban salsa which might be more effective than Cuba since some of the best instructors are in those countries.
I'm from Europe so a ticket to these cities is pretty cheap, but the lessons itself will probably be expensive than in Cuba. I also wonder if I can get that many hours in that I want. I'm going to be living in Texas for 6 months, so I thought a ticket to Cuba from there would not be too expensive.

I'm not too rich, so for 1 month of dancing I have a budget of 3000 (4000 dollar) euro MAX.
 
Kading said:
I'm not too rich, so for 1 month of dancing I have a budget of 3000 (4000 dollar) euro MAX.
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4000 US Dollars would take you a very long way during a month long stay in Cali and I mean long. I am guessing that if you do the right thing it will take you a long way in Cuba as well. :)
 
If it's at all viable, go to Cuba. It's true you could take Cuban salsa lessons with good Cuban teachers in Europe, but there's so much more to experience and absorb in Cuba beyond your daily lessons, which you wouldn't get in Europe. You can still do Cuban-style hotspots in Europe after you start working.
 
Id pay for private lessons with a cuban instructor in europe. There are a lot of cuban dancers living in europe, specially in spain. I just dont think its worth the risk traveling to a far away country.
 
To me it's a no-brainer

Go to (enter foreign country here) while you have the chance , life is for living.

Then you can take all the lessons you want when you are 'stuck' working or studying in Europe

Travel for perspective , then work on the technique when you have time :-)
 
I agree with MacMoto und matty: Go to Cuba by all means if you want to get better in Cuban salsa. There is not much risk involved for Europeans. They are free to go to Cuba with their European passport, absolutely no problem.

Apart from learning salsa, Cuba is such an interesting country and you will learn something about the culture, too. Spain is certainly a nice country but it is not Cuba and you can always go there later for a week or a couple of days. Cuba is unique!
 
Hi thanks all. I'm still undecided since I'm also having doubts if I wanna learn LA or Cuban since Cuban is pretty non-existent in my country. It's what I like the most though. I would mostly like to learn about body motion, rumba, son etc in cuba, so I think this would also have a positive effect in my LA dancing since I just look better lol..

Very friendly SF member gave me a good teacher in Cuba, so this is a +. I'm European so I have no problems getting into Cuba.
 
I've been doubting and doubting, and since my scene is mostly on1 LA and bachata I'm thinking of learn that...

So to learn on1 LA and bachata... Which countries still do on1? Which countries are cheap for private lessons and still give very good quality lessons?

Thanks, I'm having really difficulties booking my ticket hehe since I don't know my ending destination :)
 
Kading said:
So to learn on1 LA and bachata... Which countries still do on1? Which countries are cheap for private lessons and still give very good quality lessons?
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Maybe Dominican Republic if you want to learn bachata? Don't know about the availability of LA salsa there though.
 
DJ Yuca said:
Salsa's passe now, I'm afraid. Try kizomba instead. Make sure you go to the roots though - try Vietnam.

(Or is it France?)
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What's your problem? I understand getting annoyed about Kizomba piggybacking on Salsa, but if it can take over on it's own merit, what right does salsa have to survive in any given scene that Kizomba doesn't? Please direct replies to the Kizomba thread.
 
I had the same dilemma many times, I've been to Cuba, NYC, now I'm in my 2nd festival... knowing what I know now I'd say go to Warsaw Poland and do on1. Best instructors, cheap (relatively) and you can dance it almost anywhere.
 
Also, is travelling important for you or is it just salsa? If you want to learn as much as possible then I'd save on the flight to cuba, stay in Europe and prolong the learning period.
 
Daveil said:
Also, is travelling important for you or is it just salsa? If you want to learn as much as possible then I'd save on the flight to cuba, stay in Europe and prolong the learning period.
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Just salsa. The problem I have with Europe is that the teachers are probably pretty expensive? I'm on a budget kinda.
 
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