Application Due (Wed. September 8th, 7PM)
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Course Description
This salsa class explores the cultural, historical, and social underpinnings of salsa dancing through various sources: lectures, readings, dance, and events. The course aims to help students be competent at dancing salsa and learn about its place in society. Students will not be graded on dance ability.

Objectives:
Understand the history and culture of salsa and other social dances.
Discuss social dancing in relation to contemporary society (e.g. gender roles, rebellion, etc).

Course Format: one-hour lecture, one-hour practice
All students (beginner and intermediate) have the same lecture. Lectures will consist of facilitators’ presentations, guest lectures, watching videos (including the movie Dirty Dancing Havana Nights or El Cantante). Students will learn about a variety of topics related to dance as a medium for social interaction between individuals and groups of people.
Dance! The dance instruction part of each class will be a series taught by the course facilitators and occasional guest instructors. Beginner and intermediate students are taught separately. Beginners who have little or no previous dance experience will be introduced to salsa dancing. Intermediate students will put to practice the fundamental basic steps of salsa dance as well as dive deeper into understanding the basics and their variations.

Our applications will be reviewed by interest. Explain your interest, tell us why you want to join our decal! DEADLINE: Wednesday, September 8 (7:00PM) Did you grow up dancing with your family and you want to learn? Did you watch "In the Heights" and get inspired? Do you have dance experience in a different genre but want to expand? Do you not have any dance background but find it fascinating and fun? Tell us about you!