Rumbanana Salsa Group offers four-week courses in Cuban Salsa (called 'Casino' in Cuba) and a Cuban group dance called Rueda de Casino (a wheel of Casino dancers). Classes are social, fun, and connect students to the greater Cuban dance and music-loving community. Each new round of classes starts the first Tuesday of each month.

Dance classes are taught by Larry Heard and Rueda 505 Friends. There is no need to pre-register; just show up in comfortable clothes ready to dance! For more information, call 505-246-2261. $5 to $10 per class (pay what you can). Albertos 6 and 10 Week Dance Class Schedule Private Lessons & Group Classes: 'I teach Dancing For Singles' Singles, Couples and Married Welcome! Learn to dance from the heart.

“Rueda de Casino” (Rueda) is a Cuban style of Salsa that is danced in a circle of friends where a caller calls dance pattern sequenced moves that sometimes create a rotational switch of partners around the circle, fun shared team moves that can build terrific teamwork or result in hilarious mayhem. Learn wonderful Cuban style salsa moves that can be danced solo as well as within the circle, creating community and joyful moments together. Casino danced with multiple partners in a circular fashion emerged in 1956 under the name “Rueda del Casino,” and has become a popular dance throughout the world today. Join the fun with us!

For a list of Rueda de Casino classes at Dance with Joy Studios and to pre-register for classs, click on the “Sign Up Today!” link below. Once the full studio schedule loads onto your screen, simply sort the “Class Type” to Partner Dance and scroll down to view class names, days, and times.

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Swing Time! Florida's Premier Swing Dance Events

March 14th, 2020: All Swing Time events, including dances and classes, are suspended until further notice,due to our venues temporarily closing. Check back to this website on March 31st for another update.

No Partners Needed All Ages All Levels Welcome

Online Dance Classes Free

Swing Dancing —Lindy Hop, Balboa, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Rock'n'Roll / Boogie Woogie,
East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Triple-Time Swing, Shim Sham, Blues Dancing, Foxtrot
Private Lessons, Wedding Dances, 1st Dances, Custom Choreography

If you want to learn to swing dance... or if you'd like to advance your swing dancing... you've come to the right place! Swing Time teaches the authentic swing dances — the same dances you've seen people do at nightclubs, at swing/dance events, in movies, and on the streets. Whether you're a beginner or a veteran dancer, our goal is to get you dancing right away, to help you rapidly become a better dancer,and to make your social dancing experience the most fun and exciting it can be! Swing Time offers an entire curriculum of swing classes that will expand & improve your dancing, no matter what your level. Classes cover a variety of popular swing dances. You'll even learn how to mix different dances. In addition to group classes, Swing Time offersPrivate Lessons.

6-WEEK PROGRESSIVE COURSES

APR 2 2020 – MAY 7 2020 (Thursdays) 7:00-8:00pm — SWING III

1-HOUR FREE EVENT LESSONS:

MAR 11 2020 (Wed) 6-7pm @ Swing Night: Shim Sham
MAR 11 2020 (Wed) 7-8pm @ Swing Night: East-Coast Swing
MAR 13 2020 (Fri) 7-8pm @ Soul Night: Swing

PRIVATE LESSONS

GET STARTED NOW — Just drop into the next Swing Time eventand take the dance lesson before the event; dance as much as you can that night. The next event, do it again. Repeat.... At each event, we teach new steps, new techniques, new moves,and new styles of swing dancing, with hundreds of different lesson plans in all! ...and you can take as many of thesefree 1-hour event lessons as you like, in any order you like. The more you take, the better your dancing will become. When you want advanced or personalized instruction,sign up for one of our private lessons.

Swing Time has been offering these wildly popular dance classes for over 15 years,with the goals of: giving newcomers the skills they need to dance the night away; giving experienceddancers a bigger and better repertoire with every lesson they take; and building the overall spiritand enjoyment of the dance experience! In that time, tens of thousands of dancers have passedthrough the ranks, including some of the top dancers you see on the scene today. Experience for yourself why these are the best attended and most popular dance classesin the state of Florida!

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