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Salsa instructor extraordinaire Alisa Bowens-Mercado made her way from New Haven to Newtown on Tuesday, February 17 to spend ...

It is the first Friday of the month at Durham’s Arthur Murray Dance Studio—Salsa Social night—and couples are twirling and prancing to the beat on the main dance floor. But around the corner, away ...

The dance that began as a folk tradition has exploded into the mainstream, from nightclubs to performance halls, senior centers and salsa schools. Today, histories and traditions are recounted on ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Salsa isn’t just for the dance floor. Done right, the fast footwork and hip-driven movements can rival a cardio ...

When Elisa Baena first started taking salsa classes in her early twenties, she was usually the youngest person in the room by a decade or more. “I would complain to my mom, ‘I don’t want to dance with ...

Portland is home to one of the world’s most renowned salsa dancing families — and it all began with a love story.

Jennifer Samaniego, 23, grew tired of watching from the sidelines as her boyfriend, who's of Puerto Rican descent, dances salsa, a Latin genre that developed in New York from Spanish Caribbean rhythms ...

The Central Coast will come alive with music, movement, and community connection this Sunday, March 1, when the Fun Haus Factory introduces Salsa Social ...

Besides the humidity, the evening in Little Haiti was picturesque. Palm trees swayed, the sun set turned the sky into cotton-candy colors and hundreds of twentysomethings were gathered wearing ...