Hi , what is status of dancing in your place now ?

bailar y tocar said:
It turns out Ball & Chain is next door to the venue named Cubaocho that features salsa / bachata nights on Wed and Sun. I walked past B&C last night. It was closed and looked very empty as in furniture and bar equipment missing. I am guessing it is out of business. Cubaocho which is 2 buildings down the street is active.
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I looked on B&C's FB page - looks like the city shut them down last year, a lawsuit is in the works, but they aim to reopen soon. Live music out back on the Pineapple Stage is a Miami institution, so glad to see they're coming back.

They do have salsa DJ's as well, but Fri/Sat nights it's a zoo after 10PM. Cubaocho is fun as well.
 
I am seeing many dance classes around the world in my social media feeds . It is a welcome change compared to the gloomy last year . Of course the status of pandemic is everchanging and dancing is a relative high risk activity depending on many factors . This is more to know status as of October 2021 in your place and about you ......How is dancing scene this moment ? Masks on , masks off , very few places , crowded like pre pandemic time ? Second the question is about you ? Have you restarted and what are your plans ?
PS : I saw an event announced something like a festival thats why was prompted to ask
 
Al Israel said:
He's gotta be in Seattle or London based on the name
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Maybe not London, since they just has a weekender. With the exception of a few places, dancing has restarted all around the world. I am surrounded by people who dance much more than I do.
 
Al Israel said:
Israel is back to normal, and has been for a month and a half, we didn't even have a lockdown or cancellation of dance parties (just checking our equivalent of the euadcc pass)
The boosters were very helpful.
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Yeah, we're seeing more or less the exact same trend Israel saw now, though the spread is mostly in youngsters. Boosters are only offered to people over 65 here so far, but I'd be pretty surprised if we didn't offer to the entire population soon.

How young are the youngest kids who are vaccinated now in Israel?
 
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Hi , what is status of dancing in your place now ?

Hi all , how are you all ? What is status of dancing in your place now and the interim period ( a few months back ) . how is covid situation . ? I am in a region of india . Though cases overall in india came down in my region cases still high so no dancing at all . The salsa scene was very...
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LarsM said:
Why start a new thread exactly?

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Hi , what is status of dancing in your place now ?

Hi all , how are you all ? What is status of dancing in your place now and the interim period ( a few months back ) . how is covid situation . ? I am in a region of india . Though cases overall in india came down in my region cases still high so no dancing at all . The salsa scene was very...
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Has dancing restarted in your place ? Are masks used ? Are you dancing socially as of today ?

Seeing online videos of some dances in some countries . The virus is still around and many countries are still in lockdown . Vaccines are in the horizon too . Attitude to virus and dancing varies between people and countries . The scene was different in april , now and in the future . I live...
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Has dancing started in your area ? Private or group ? Are people wearing masks ?

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LarsM said:
Yeah, we're seeing more or less the exact same trend Israel saw now, though the spread is mostly in youngsters. Boosters are only offered to people over 65 here so far, but I'd be pretty surprised if we didn't offer to the entire population soon.

How young are the youngest kids who are vaccinated now in Israel?
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12
But 5-11 are about to begin (I'm fully vaccinated but I wouldn't vaccinate a preteen)
 
The salsa scene is finally picking up steam. We had socials going on, buy not as many as before covid. Masks were made mandatory in Aug again. For the past few weeks the city has removed mask requirements if everyone is vaccinated. All commercial places require proof of vaccination to enter.

New socials got added/started in the last month that didn't exist before. The salsa weekly choices are better than before covid.

After eight years hiatus I finally started attending bachata socials (twice a month). A lot more (new) people in Bachata than salsa. The social gets packed. Thankfully no one dances BS and the music is still mostly straight p bachata with some remix that I can only term as bachaton. Haven't heard any of the sensual crap at the social.


The San Francisco SBK Congress is coming up in a couple of weeks. All 1000+ rooms in the hotel are fully booked by salsa dancers. First time the entire hotel is taken over by salser@s. Estimated 1500 people expected. For someone that wants a good congress experience it is a very good choice. Also, from Nov 9th, USA is letting in vaccinated international travelers.
 
Offbeat said:
The salsa scene is finally picking up steam. We had socials going on, buy not as many as before covid. Masks were made mandatory in Aug again. For the past few weeks the city has removed mask requirements if everyone is vaccinated. All commercial places require proof of vaccination to enter.

New socials got added/started in the last month that didn't exist before. The salsa weekly choices are better than before covid.

After eight years hiatus I finally started attending bachata socials (twice a month). A lot more (new) people in Bachata than salsa. The social gets packed. Thankfully no one dances BS and the music is still mostly straight p bachata with some remix that I can only term as bachaton. Haven't heard any of the sensual crap at the social.


The San Francisco SBK Congress is coming up in a couple of weeks. All 1000+ rooms in the hotel are fully booked by salsa dancers. First time the entire hotel is taken over by salser@s. Estimated 1500 people expected. For someone that wants a good congress experience it is a very good choice. Also, from Nov 9th, USA is letting in vaccinated international travelers.
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sounds like SF is blossoming. Your stories of the precovid times sounded like pretty soon there wouldn't be a scene at all. But who actually attends these socials? People literally can't afford to live in the city and most live an hour or two away, aren't there socials outside the city in popular suburbs?
 
Al Israel said:
sounds like SF is blossoming. Your stories of the precovid times sounded like pretty soon there wouldn't be a scene at all. But who actually attends these socials? People literally can't afford to live in the city and most live an hour or two away, aren't there socials outside the city in popular suburbs?
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The most popular ones are in the city. I would say 60%-70% are in the city and 30%-40% in the surrounding suburbs or across the bridge.

People routinely drive an hour for three hours of dancing. For a few years before COVID there was only one weekly social that was good for hardcore types. They took place mostly on Sundays. There were other venues but more for salsa club crowd which didn’t attract better dancers.

Now there are at least two to three good options each week. A combination of outdoor, bar/commercial club, and studios. A good mix to get dance fix. Most new ones are catering to on2 crowd. Though at half of them the crowd can be a mix of on1 and on2. Only occasional bachata, so 90%-95% salsa with a small sampling of danceable timba in the mix. The pre COVID salsa clubs (not Latin nights or clubs) lost a couple of venues or are yet to restart. There still are 4-5 different locations as options each week that I and most other regulars don’t patronize. And may be a few smaller ones I am not aware of.

Above is all salsa and not timba or places that Cuban/casino go to. Don’t know what’s happening with them. Starting today a new mambo social is replacing what used to be one of the most popular weekly timba nights at a bar.
 
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Thanks all for the inputs . Regarding india in my small town the salsa scene hasnt restarted yet but we had only one venue . In most of metro cities the salsa scene has restarted and nice to see people dancing again . One or two congresses are seen . But i think it hasnt reached pre- covid levels and hopefully will be if everything goes ok . I used to travel for salsa venues . I was mainly viewing instagram posts to see what is the situation in other places and these inputs helped me to know the situation in other countries .
 
I'm seeing more and more venues in NYC but they are all requiring vaccination proof so it's making me feel much safer and feeling braver to take off my mask.
 
We are now dashing without masks. Officially we don't need to wear masks when dancing indoors in the city. In suburbs the they are still required indoors. Rules are convulated. If it is a bar or a restaurant then mask use required indoors.

People adhere to the rules. But with dancing both the organizers and dancers have finally started to ignore the masks. Only vaccinated are allowed entry, therefore everyone is checked at the door. The bay area had a very high vaccination rate and now 5-12 are being vaccinated.


Doesn't make sense to mask up when everyone is vaccinated. Hospitalization rate for breakthrough cases is 1 in 17,000 according to CDC data released in Sep (and most were 75+). The rest of breakthrough have been mild cases. There is not evidence now that vaccinated ,(in the case of breakthrough) are not as infectious as unvaccinated.
 
After reading this thread, I realize how lucky, or perhaps crazy, we were in Tokyo. With the exception of a one-month period where all bars were closed (April 2020), the salsa scene continued. It was pretty reckless but a few of the full time bars stayed quietly open, and instructors started events in studios. I'd say things ran at about 60%, but if you wanted to dance, you could. Now that all restrictions are off, it is close to normal again. Note, the Japanese government does not have the constitutional authority to lock down. So the "state of emergency" consisted of requests for bars to close. Many ignored it. I feel for all who couldn't dance for such a long time.
 
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