Kasia Rajca, who is an amazing salsa dancer & teacher, provides a salsa social at The Art Coffee House in Portsmouth every Tuesday which include Cuban dancing lessons in the rueda format. See the Salsa Solent Portsmouth facebook page for more information about this and other events presented by Kasia .
Venue: Art Coffee House at 1-13 Lord Montgomery Way, Portsmouth, PO1 2AH
Parking: There’s plenty of free parking for 3 hours in the roads opposite the venue and free after 6pm further down the road.
Purple = up to 3 hours free
Yellow = pay at meter
Times:
- 7:30pm Beginners lesson with some rueda
- 8:15pm Intermediate/Advanced lesson
- 9pm Social dancing
- 11pm Close
Entrance: £3 for social dancing only – £5 including the lessons.
Rueda de Casino is a fun format for learning Cuban salsa moves. All Cuban moves have a name so that when the teacher calls out the name of the next move for all couples in the circle to follow, everybody knows what to do – in theory at least. For example Dame Uno means: “Move on anti-clockwise to the next lady!” and Dame Dos means: “Move on to the 2nd lady!”. The lesson begins with a demonstration and practice of each move to be used in the lesson for those who are new to rueda and as a reminder to the others. A list of moves for beginner may be found at wikibooks.org/wiki/Rueda_de_Casino/Moves_for_Beginners and comprehensive list of moves may be found at salsaclass.co.uk/rueda_calls.htm
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FACEBOOK COMMENTS – click a date to see the original post
Love: Gery Vakufova, Σοφια Λαζαριδου, Tatiana Kriezi, Kriezis Theodore, Pugger Lander
Like: Hazel Ashleen Squibb, Kasia Rajca, Deniz Nazim, Oags Kurusa, Tony Carter, Mattia Giustacori, Rosario Capomolla, Tonia Fidanoglou, Kayla Charlton
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Philip Wake Salsa Solent Portsmouth at 113 The Art Coffee House
I tried to dance with all the girls including Kasia, Hazel, Sarah, Agnieszka, Massiel, Nikoletta, Cristina, Madalina and Rocío but didn’t quite make it because some went home before I could get round to them or were busy dancing when I was available. Legs gone, mind blown – wonderful . . .
Love: Madalina Maria; Like: Tatiana Kriezi
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Philip Wake Line dance lead by the amazing Kasia. It was bit dark so I had to brighten it and a bit big so I had to compress it. <11 Sep>
Like: Madalina Maria
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