Paul & Fran - 1st Place Improvers category

This past Saturday 19 November was the  New Zealand Salsa Championships which was held at the AMI Netball Center in St Johns, Auckland... and what a weekend it was... After months and months of rehearsals, preparation, sweat and tears along the way... it all paid off!

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**NEW** Every Mon - Wed - Thu!
Zumba classes with Renee!

• Mondays @ 5:30pm
• Wednesdays @ 6:00pm
• Thursdays @ 5:30pm

Classes $8/class, concession cards available!

See you dancing real soon!

Latin Dance Studios (LDS)
Salsadance.co.nz
0800 SALSADANCE (725 723)

Summer is on its way and so is Bachata!

Join us for some hot and easy to learn bachata moves for the dance floor!

 

This 4wk course is Open to all levels! Bachata is such an easy dance that no matter what level you are, you will have a blast!

When: Thu 01 Dec
Where: LDStudios, 81 Hillside Rd, Glenfield
Time: 6:30pm
Cost: $80

Learn more about Bachata HERE

1-2-3-Cha-Cha-Cha!!

Learn to dance to the most common Latin rhythm of them all - CHA CHA CHA!

Cha Cha Cha (aka Triple step Mambo) can be danced to nearly all commercial music played on the radio!

 

Learn cool lead able cha cha moves for the social dance floor and start dancing cha cha in no-time!

When: Thu 01 Dec
Time: 7:30pm
Where: LDStudios, 81 Hillside Rd, Glenfield
Cost: $80/person

Learn more about Cha Cha Cha HERE

 

**LDStudios CHRISTMAS BASH!**

Saturday 03 December

Doors open @ 8:00pm
Delicious food, drinks and sweets!
Cash Bar available!

Showcase with 2011 NZ Salsa Champions! 

Lots of dancing, laughs and more dancing! 

 

 SALSA - ZOUK - BACHATA -  CHA CHA - MERENGUE

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Finally we have some time to screen this documentary and share our passion for Latin Music! Everybody welcome, its FREE!

This is a MUST SEE documentary for all and anybody who is interested in Latin Music - specially if you are a Salsa dancer! You will appreciate the music so much more when having the knowledge of where it came from, how it was created, who was who in the Latin/Salsa music industry and most importantly - you will have faces, names and images to relate to the music that you dance to all the time!

This is the Evolution & Revolution of LATIN MUSIC!

Come and see this fantastic documentary at LDStudios!

When: Friday 09 December
TIme: 8:00pm
Where: LDStudios, 81 Hillside Road, Glenfield

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This course is aimed for the student who has little or no experience in salsa. We start from the very beginning with all the salsa basics, rhythm & timing.

Some reasons why you should join LDS Beginners salsa;

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Salsa Improvers (level 3)
Next courseMon 16 Jan @ 7:30pm

In this course you will learn to combine and create variations of  the fundamentals taught in the beginners course, taking your salsa  dancing to the next level - Improvers.

You will learn how to make your  dancing flow with simple, fun and interesting moves. Basic salsa styling  is introduced.

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Start: Mon 16 Jan
Time: 7:30pm
Where: LDStudios, 81 Hillside Road, Glenfield

REGISTER NOW!

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Salsa Beginners PLUS+ (level 2)
Next courseTue 17 Jan @ 6:30pm

This course is for Beginners who have completed Level 1 (Beginners Salsa) and feel they are ready to move on. In this course you will explore how you can change the look of the basics you have learned in Level 1 without changing your basic steps.

Towards the end of the course we start touching on the next level - Improvers.

When: Tue 01 Nov
Time: 6:30pm
Where: LDStudios 81 Hillside Rd, Glenfield

REGISTER NOW!

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See you dancing real soon!
  

Latin Dance Studios
SalsaDance.co.nz
2/81 Hillside Road
AUCKLAND, North Shore 0627
0800 SALSADANCE (725 723)

2011 NZ Cuban Festival

The Festival will be led by our very own New Zealand based Cubanas y Cubanos:

Greydis Montero Liranza
Rafael Ferrer Noel
Vivio Ramos
Jinetero MC

Full details HERE

Team Latinissimo members are dancers who have auditioned and successfully been invited to join one of 5 current performance and competition teams.

We have teams catering to all levels, from A begin the most advanced team to E being the beginners team.

Team "ALPHA" (A)
Team "BRAVO" (B)
Team "CHARLIE" (C)
Team "DELTA" (D)
Team "ECHO" (E)

Learn more aobut Team Latinissimo, the different levels, expectations and more >> HERE

This week we are featuring;

Olla was born in the sign of Taurus in Moskow, Russia and came to New Zealand in 2007.

 

About two years ago a good friend of hers took her to the salsa night at the Mexican Cafe in Auckland and she absolutely loved the music! She felt that is just makes her want to dance!

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Lev is from Kiev, Ukraine born in the sign of the Aquarius and started dancing salsa in 2009.

 

One night he went to the Mexican cafe and got so inspired that he decided right then and there, he needed to learn this dance!

 

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SYDNEY LATIN FESTIVAL

Join Gian & Masha and the Latinissimo dancers as they represent New Zealand at the
2012 Sydney Latin Festival!

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Spread the word about Latinissimo!

Check out the promo video and share it on your social media! Only takes a few clicks!

Enjoy the video >> HERE

 

The Bachata bus is coming to your City to take you on New Zealand's first ever "Bachata on the Beach Tour" with the world's cheekiest and leading Bachata Divo - MR TONY LARA and his new Bachata Dance Partner, CLAUDIA SABOR.

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