Salsa & Bachata Blogs

Last night, my Salsa Gas Tank was topped off and filled to the brim with extremely pleasurable dances and highly stimulating music that pleased my Salsa Ears And Corazon- shout out to all of the DJs! And while I did capture a few social dances on tape, I got so into my OWN social dancing or, as was often the ...

Its tough to commit to doing a Live Blog during Shows when your phone refuses to stay charged- No Gawd. But I want to recognize and shout out the following groups who held my interest and made me sit up in watchful attention, considering their artistry and masterful execution. In no particular order, Los Mamberos Show was aesthetically pleasing and ...

Dance and Music Knows No Limitations What some of us take for granted as social or professional dancers, others do without just fine. I met an extraordinary person last night at Mr. Mambo’s- Haben Girma. She’s from San Francisco and like many Salseros who travel, she wanted to sample the local Salsa Scene. She is also a Deaf/Blind person who ...

My Salsa Week is starting out auspicious and pretty fantastic. Kicked it off Thursday night with an intensive, highly motivating Salsa Class w/DC Zafire’s Edwin Alvarez. Followed that up tonight with the Black & Red Party at TSR to celebrate the incomparable Go Go Earl Rush‘s Bday. The Salsa Room was packed, I had several delicious dances with some of ...

I got home last night at nearly 5am with my body broken into little pieces- feet cramping in spasms with Big Toes curled into a semi-perpetual painful hunch, my knees buckling, feeling weightless and threatening disconnection from my joints, & lower back throbbing. This can only mean one thing- a dual Good Dance AND Work Night at Mr Mambo’s VA, ...