My search here returned one thread from 2007 that mentions Casino style dancing in Dortmund. I'm going to be working there for three months in January. Does anyone have an update for that area of Germany? Ideally I'm looking for parties where linear styles are popular, (ideally on2 but failing that I would be happy to dust off my on1 dancing skills).
Salsa in Dortmund, Germany?
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Looks like I'm answering my own question but it was actually Londongirl who sent me the link
http://www. salsalemania .de/salsa-clubs/nordrhein-westfalen/
http://www. salsalemania .de/salsa-clubs/nordrhein-westfalen/
Hi AndrewS,
you'll be lucky to find on 2 dancing girls here. A few might be able.
Indeed dortmund is very casino orientated. The music is, too.
Be assured though there are only a few that can NOT follow on linear on 1 style. The few will tell you.
If you want to dance on 2 and good dances, too, you'd have to drive over to Düsseldorf and Köln.
There is one very good Salsa LA school in Dortmund. That is www salsa-motion com
Go there, they/we'll be able to tell you exactly where you'll have your on 2 dance parties
you'll be lucky to find on 2 dancing girls here. A few might be able.
Indeed dortmund is very casino orientated. The music is, too.
Be assured though there are only a few that can NOT follow on linear on 1 style. The few will tell you.
If you want to dance on 2 and good dances, too, you'd have to drive over to Düsseldorf and Köln.
There is one very good Salsa LA school in Dortmund. That is www salsa-motion com
Go there, they/we'll be able to tell you exactly where you'll have your on 2 dance parties
Caroline Tarner
Changui
In Düsseldorf and Köln there should be more than in Dortmund. Both cities are quite closed to Dormund
WessexSalsero
Changui
Try Bonn and Wuppertal, too. I know lovely follows in both places who like their congresses and their Mambo.
I agree with others, Düsseldorf will become your main port of call for the on2 fix.
I agree with others, Düsseldorf will become your main port of call for the on2 fix.
WessexSalsero
Changui
This is the closest you'll come to SOS in NRW:
http://www.salsa-emocion.com/home.html
Including...the Duke! They invite international DJs over, one of whom is Julian.
(Stick to the German version of the site as unfortunately the English-language pages don't show all the info e.g. events.)
Enjoy to the full - you'll like the Germans - and please do post your impressions. Curious how the scene has changed since I last danced there.
http://www.salsa-emocion.com/home.html
Including...the Duke! They invite international DJs over, one of whom is Julian.
(Stick to the German version of the site as unfortunately the English-language pages don't show all the info e.g. events.)
Enjoy to the full - you'll like the Germans - and please do post your impressions. Curious how the scene has changed since I last danced there.
salsamaniac4ever
Son
Well the party from salsa-emocion is not really a good dancers party. It's crowded but not a lot of On2 dancers. And because of the audience Julian adapts his choice of music. I stopped going there a long time ago because most of the time it was a disappointment. Also this party is not very popular amongst the more advanced dancers. There are way better alternatives
Thanks for the tips. It turned out that I have had very little free time and I have been travelling a lot of weekends either for work or to go home for Christmas so I have only managed to attend two events so far: Colour Up Your Weekend (Cologne) and NRW Salsa Gala (Mülheim an der Ruhr).
CUYW was a lot smaller than I expected, given the month I went it was a event spread over the weekend. This may have had something to do with the confusion around where the Saturday night was taking place. I turned up at the wrong place initially as it wasn't very clear from the Facebook event that the Saturday night was in a different place from the workshops and the Sunday night but after 5-10 minutes talking with the staff at Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld I found out the actual location. They said many people had been asking about salsa all night so I suspect a lot of people gave up.
It was a nice venue, with a good floor, friendly people and very reasonably priced drinks. The biggest problem I had was parking (I hired a car for the trip to Cologne as there was no night train to get me home after the event). There are very few empty spaces for street parking in the cityand it took me an hour to find one that was 20 minutes' walk from the wrong venue! I was very lucky in finding a space less than 5 minutes' walk from the correct venue in the end.
The venue for the NRW Salsa Gala was amazing. If you ever see an event held in the Stadthalle Mülheim it is a must. The floor was one of the best I have ever seen, with plenty of space even with a large attendance. Lots of Dutch dancers made the trip over the border for this event and there were a lot of good partners to be found. The music wasn't always to my taste but I would definitely attend the event again.
Next weekend I'm visiting friend in Berlin and the weekend after I will be at the SOS weekender in London so I'm not sure when I will next have time for dancing in NRW (Nordrhine-Westfalen - the region that contains Dortmund, Cologne, Bonn, Essen, Münster and Mülheim)
CUYW was a lot smaller than I expected, given the month I went it was a event spread over the weekend. This may have had something to do with the confusion around where the Saturday night was taking place. I turned up at the wrong place initially as it wasn't very clear from the Facebook event that the Saturday night was in a different place from the workshops and the Sunday night but after 5-10 minutes talking with the staff at Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld I found out the actual location. They said many people had been asking about salsa all night so I suspect a lot of people gave up.
It was a nice venue, with a good floor, friendly people and very reasonably priced drinks. The biggest problem I had was parking (I hired a car for the trip to Cologne as there was no night train to get me home after the event). There are very few empty spaces for street parking in the cityand it took me an hour to find one that was 20 minutes' walk from the wrong venue! I was very lucky in finding a space less than 5 minutes' walk from the correct venue in the end.
The venue for the NRW Salsa Gala was amazing. If you ever see an event held in the Stadthalle Mülheim it is a must. The floor was one of the best I have ever seen, with plenty of space even with a large attendance. Lots of Dutch dancers made the trip over the border for this event and there were a lot of good partners to be found. The music wasn't always to my taste but I would definitely attend the event again.
Next weekend I'm visiting friend in Berlin and the weekend after I will be at the SOS weekender in London so I'm not sure when I will next have time for dancing in NRW (Nordrhine-Westfalen - the region that contains Dortmund, Cologne, Bonn, Essen, Münster and Mülheim)