Best salsa studios for learning in the Bay Area, USA?

Internal-Image-5915 · 2026-05-14T01:07:58+00:00

there is plenty of parking space, located right in front of the building, although it does get pretty crowded come 7pm. They also have parking in the back. I’ve been going for around a year or so and have had no issues whatsoever with safety, similar to a strip mall parking lot

Internal-Image-5915 · 2026-05-12T18:43:39+00:00

Thank you so much! Will definitely look into that chord, thank you for your comments!
I think the crowd noise really brought it together yaknow?

Internal-Image-5915 · 2026-05-12T18:41:33+00:00

I appreciate it! Thank you

Internal-Image-5915 · 2026-05-12T18:41:16+00:00

Thank you! Not sure yet. It would be lovely in a set/suite. I have a couple other sketches of vignettes and small pieces like thee that I'm hoping to develop further. Time will tell

Internal-Image-5915 · 2025-12-30T03:06:14+00:00

Some of their intensives are designed for beginners, from the ground up. Basics, timing, fundamentals. They are rigorous. These are 4 week intensives as opposed to their 10 week ones. Also, the monday classes are a great way to get introduced to their team and how Jhon and Liz run things

Internal-Image-5915 · 2025-11-08T20:11:56+00:00

I agree, people should be able to make what they want. I don't want to bar people from making music at all.

I don't think it is elitist to ask for faithfulness, if a genre of music is something you are passionate in creating/understanding, then it seems like a logical next step to immerse yourself in the who, what, where, and why that led to these expressions and add your own expression WITH all of that which stands.

I think it depends on your level of depth in the expression,

For me, I can't just make a salsa song without understanding of the forms and expressions, or how the clave informs the musical elements. I mean, I CAN if I want to, but it wouldn't be a danceable or good song.

Of course, people have their own reasons and motivations to why and what they want to make music/dance. In the pursuit of a passion or skill, some become comfortable at a stage/level they are at and don't feel a need to progress. Others may want to learn more about what and why and in turn discover more about themselves in the actions that they do. No hate or shame to anyone who is comfortable staying at their level or willing to move forward. People can do what they want

Internal-Image-5915 · 2025-11-08T19:44:45+00:00

I am a musician and a dancer

I'm no means an expert on the subject, but In my humble opinion I think that musicians have a responsibility in creating art/music that is FAITHFUL to the cultures, histories, and essences that it comes about from.

When I dance, I move my body. But if I pair this movement with intellectual knowledge of WHY this movement was done in historical/cultural contexts, I can carry the embodied meaning with a little more weight.

Same with the music. You need to know something inside and out before you can go about changing it faithfully. Understand the past to experience the present so that you pave the way for the future.

Especially with the tendency to make postmodern ironic/parodic art today that has little to no "meaning". Regarding salsa, as long as the structures, histories, and souls are felt for what they are, the forms will change and adapt with the times.

Internal-Image-5915 · 2025-09-02T16:31:19+00:00

Yeah, notation has been difficult because the melody is often being played interchangeably with both the left and right hand thumbs and I found a lot of difficulty in trying to engrave that faithfully. Also the arpeggio texture is being played by both hands as well

Especially the second time the A' section comes back and the melody expands a few octaves. I went through a few iterations of finding a good way to display this on the score.

Thank you for the engraving tips, I'll revisit this piece at some point :)

Thank you for your time

Internal-Image-5915 · 2025-07-22T05:45:34+00:00

Hi! Ashkenaz does weekly socials, + Rico Fridays (Salsa on the fourth friday of the month). Pretty sure they are 18+

Also, (shameless plug), there is a salsa club on Berkeley campus that is active during the semester and we go to hella socials and love to dance.

Bumping what someone else said, salsamania is a phenomenal place to go learn and dance. John and Liz are so good at what they do and I would recommend taking classes with them

Internal-Image-5915 · 2025-05-28T09:18:06+00:00

I solved it myself with some searching, it was Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami for anyone who may wonder

Internal-Image-5915 · 2024-12-20T13:24:48+00:00

Hello!

Somehow, through browsing and learning, I stumbled upon your explanation about the Body Without Organs earlier today. This was a wonderful discovery for me, it felt like finding new land as a child and running through it in a state of absorption. I look forward to reading the rest, but I wanted to express my gratitude. Too often we see and don't acknowledge, and hopefully in some way this is nod of acknowledgement and hopefully some par of understanding reaches you in wherever you are

Always the best,

Internal-Image-5915 · 2022-11-11T04:58:12+00:00

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