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Until recently, Jema Kellum had never danced salsa. She was more into Reba McEntire and line dancing at the local VFW in Dallas, a northwestern exurb of Atlanta. But then something changed. She went ...

Couples in Society's "Scarlet Room" dance salsa late into the night. The Crossroads bar Society has become Kansas City's hub of social dancing, with two nights every week dedicated to salsa, bachata, ...

In 2008, “Salsa” Sarah Haykel, Director of Salsa for the Soul, a part of Love Is Real LLC., set out to create an energetic salsa scene in Buffalo. Eleven years ago, she established a dance series in ...

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 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In early 2020 the World Dance Group was preparing a new chapter of the ...

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 ...

Salsa music, fast and loud, rings from speakers over the clanging of nearby slot machines; the room is bathed in moody blue and pink lights and the dance floor is filled with the fast rhythmic ...

One of the most popular Latin dances shares its name with one of the most popular condiments: salsa. Learning how to do the fancy footwork of salsa dancing is good for your brain, heart and muscles.

Growing up in South America, Yesenia “Yesy” Barton loved to dance. She was born in Colombia and raised in Ecuador, and her parents danced together in perfect sync even without classes. Her mother went ...