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Omaha Ballroom. Make the world a better dancing place!

North America / USA /  Omaha

Omaha Ballroom was established in 2004 when founder, Elizabeth Colclasure decided to create dance while having fun.

With her passion she continued to grow the studio and invited some of the top instructors of Omaha to teach with her she continued to grow the studio and invited some of the top instructors of Omaha to teach with her.

Photo 1: Omaha Ballroom
Photo 1: Omaha Ballroom

The studio has variety of independent instructors including her husband James Colclasure Jr. who is a professional dance instructor how moved to Omaha in 2015.

James and Elizabeth are currently competing together and with their students at competitions all over the U.S.

With the popularity of the television show “Dancing with the Stars” Omaha Ballroom has grown tremendously. To give back, Omaha Ballroom’s volunteer their time to train local celebrities and put on “Dancing with the Omaha Stars” charity event.

Omaha Ballroom is located at 5038 South 153 Street Omaha, NE 68137 Located one block north of Q Street, in Walnut Grove Plaza, behind Crane Coffee and Omaha Oral Surgery Clinic

Hours are by appointment and group class times only, and you can register visiting http://www.omahaballroom.com/register/

Charities they have domated to

  • The Ronald McDonald House 2010, 2011, 2012
  • Angel Among Us 2012
  • The Sunshine Kids 2013,2014 and 2015
  • The Sunshine Kids and Angels Among Us 2016

What they offer:

  1. Personal Dance Training: Learn faster and have fun with personal dance training!
    • Come in as a single or with a partner, the pricing is the same.
    • Choose a convenient time that fits in your schedule.
    • Pick the Style of dances you want to learn.
    • Achieve your goals such as competing, wedding dances, or showcases.
    • Learn how to lead and to follow with help from our instructors.
    • Get the individual attention to help you learn faster
  1. Wedding Dance Lessons: Omaha Ballroom specializes in WEDDINGS!

Make your big day even more memorable with private lessons from Omaha Ballrom. They can help you with your first dance as husband and wife, the father/daughter dance, the mother/son dance, and even your wedding party entrance.

  1. DJ Services: We’ll make sure everyone is dancing!

The service is very affordable. Over 15 years of experience. Get to know you and work with you.

Not only can they play the right music, but they can teach over 20 styles of dance before and at your event. DJ weeding ceremonies, receptions, outdoor/indoor events, private parties, birthday parties, proms, homecomings, and more!

Photo 2: Omaha Ballroom
Photo 2: Omaha Ballroom

Group Class

Weekly Group Class Calendar (May 8th – August 3rd)

  • Monday:
    • 6:15 pm Beginners West Coast Swing
    • 7:00 pm Beginners Smooth Dancing
  • Wednesday:
    • 6:15 pm Beginners Smooth Dancing
    • 7:00 pm Beginners Latin and Rhythm Dancing
  • Thursday
    • 6:15 pm Beginners Country Dancing
    • 7:00 pm Beginners Line Dancing

 

  • Smooth: Waltz, Tango and Foxtrot
  • Rhythm: Rumba, Cha Cha and East Coast Swing
  • Country: Two Step, Country Swing and Polka
  • Latin: Salsa, Merengue and Bachata
  • Line: Country, Hip Hop and Top 40 music to line dance to

Sips and Dips

Friday, June 23th 7 – 9 pm “Wine and Line Dancing”

The dancing only stops when you need a refill for wine. Bring your pals and learn some line dances. We will teach you the most populars ones to top 40 music and country!

“Friday, June 30th 7 – 9 pm “Grease Night”

Grease is the word! We will be giving away prizes, doing a little hand jive, and teach you the moves from the movie. We will be dancing to the songs from the soundtrack and playing Grease movie trivia.

Friday, July 21st 7 – 9 pm “Ballroom Beach Vibes”

Dress in your summer gear and get ready to learn how to dance for the beach. We will be serving fruity drinks and teach you how to dance to summertime tunes! Leave your surfboard at home and get ready to boogie.

Photo 3: Position of the feet while dancing - Omaha Ballroom
Photo 3: Position of the feet while dancing – Omaha Ballroom

Dancing Latin Dance

North America / USA /

Building Community Through Dance: Dancing Latin Dance is available for fundraisers, school functions benefit/awareness events, charities, multicultural celebrations, and special events.

Bailando Latin Dance Company is dedicated to heightening awareness and appreciation for the art of dance through education, outreach programs, and public demonstrations. The company’s motto is ‘Building Community Through Dance.

More than just a dance company

Argentine Tango

Their will be an emphasis on Caminadas (walks) and will master the basic figure 8 step; will also cover ochos (crossing/pivoting figure), basic boleos (to throw, keeping knees together, swivel & turn), basic ganchos (hooks), and giros (a turning step), molinete (windmeel).

1- Dancing Latin Dance
1- Dancing Latin Dance

Salsa Combo Classes

Learning follow and lead technique is emphasized along with the ins and outs of the salsa turn patterns, footwork, and shines. They cover cross-body leads, the copa, and combination patterns… body isolation, cuban motion, and footwork/shines will be taught in open and closed-position.

Services

They host instruction, classes, create dance performances, offer cultural presentations, outreach programs, and event promotion. Bailando Latin Dance Company engages in events for community centers, multicultural celebrations, schools, fundraisers, benefits, and other events, and all dance- levels.

Past schools/student organizations that have contracted with BLDC for dance education include:

  • University of WI-Milwaukee
  • Marquette University
  • Concordia University
Dance Academy
Dance Academy

Services include:

Performances/Demonstrations

Book Dancers for your event

These may include: cultural celebrations and festivals, socials, galas, school organizations, work companies, private or public events, corporations, conventions, and much, much more!

  • Cultural Presentations
  • Classes/Workshops/Lessons
  • Group, Semi-Private, and Private Instruction

For booking, you can contact [email protected] and for more information visit the following link http://bailandodance.com

Habana Style. Dance Company “Where dancing is a pleasure”

North America / USA / Las Vegas

Habana Style

Founded by a professional dancer and choreographer, Yody Iznaga in 2001, to offer people who are passionate about latincaribbean and cuban music a place where they could learn such exotic dance styles and express themselves in dance body movements as its main objective. Habana Style Dance Company is one of the very few dance schools in LAS VEGAS which offer its public a complete portfolio with about 15 different latin-caribbean dance styles with an objective to enable the students to feel identified with what they are looking for in specific.

Yody Iznaga professional dancer and choreographer born in Cuba and educated through the authentic Cuban technique of modern dance created by the professor Eduardo Rivero Walker at a professional company Teatro de la Danza del Caribe (Theater of Caribbean Dance). Yody Iznaga knows to perfection about 15 different dance styles. He dances on TV channels and big and famous stages known in the world of salsa. Yody has choreographed and danced for artists like Marc Anthony, Victor Manuelle, La India, Maelo Ruiz, and others. https://habana.style

Habana Style - Social Photo 1
Habana Style – Social Photo 1

Dance Classes at Habana Style Dance Company

Private lessons Private lessons represent the most accurate, effective and the fastest way to learn or master any dance style of your choice; since you can choose exactly what you would like to learn and the areas you need to improve. The dance studio is reserved only and exclusively for you and the instructor for the time of your scheduled session. This is also why you can fully enjoy and exploit the most out of the instructor’s time and attention which are completely yours during the private lesson.

Workshops Workshops are special dance classes taught by certified professionals with the main objective to develop and improve special dance abilities and to acquire original movements of a specific dance style. Members of Habana Style Dance Company learn through an authentic technique created by the dancer & choreographer Yody Iznaga. This authentic method focuses also on clean movements while it is easy to understand and acquire due to the high and professional level of teaching methodology typical for Habana Style.

Group Classes Group classes are designed for people who want to learn in an entertaining way how to dance and at the same time to meet people and to connect to people who have the same dance objective.

The classes are structured so that also people without a partner can participate in and enjoy the group classes. Students keep on rotating which allows them to improve their commands necessary for social dance. The group classes are designed to create a friendly environment and increase trust among participant; students are greatly encouraged to practice and demonstrate the knowledge acquired in the group classes on the dance floor at our social dance nights.

Habana Style - Social Photo 2
Habana Style – Social Photo 2

Benefits of Dancing with Habana Style Dance Company

Habana Style Dance Company offers various benefits to its members while dancing Latin-Caribbean dances at the dance studio. Preparing and encouraging students to enjoy social dances anywhere in the world. On their way toward this goal, students have loads of fun, relieve stress, exercise, meet people with the same dance objective, and have constant participation in social events.

Members of Habana Style Dance School learn through an authentic technique created by the dancer & choreographer Yody Iznaga. This authentic method focuses also on clean movements while it is easy to understand and acquire due to the high and professional level of teaching methodology typical for Habana Style Dance Company.

Last but not least, Habana Style Dance School offers its members to join teams where they reach a very high level of dance including exotic movements within the social and professional dance through a long path of practices. What could be more beautiful and uniquely identifying than the exotic mixture of Salsa with Afro-Cuban rhythms and Cuban rumba within popular and social dances?

Dancing in Riverside

North America / USA / Chicago

Dancing in Riverside, an incredible dance academy that provides PRIVATE DANCE LESSONS as the quickest and most effective way of learning how to dance This type of learning is based in dance science and it maximizes the mind/body connection with an emphasis on the student’s personal experiences.

GROUP DANCE CLASSES consisting of a group of students that can range in numbers, from 6 students to 20 or more, and one dance instructor. In a typical group class at Dancing in Riverside, they will teach 2 to 4 patterns in whichever style that the class is learning. In addition to learning those individual patterns, also will teach you how to be able to instantly use the patterns in any social setting. We teach a variety of classes such as Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Salsa and much more.

Dancing in Riverside
Dancing in Riverside

The benefits of dancing

In Dancing in Riverside, you will learn all the benefits of dancing, such as:

 

  1. Physical Benefits

Lose Weight: A recent study that was published in Volume 8 issue #3 of the Journal of Applied Research, suggests that the combination of a proper diet and a regular dance program could be the key to shedding those extra unwanted pounds. The study was conducted by the Department of Physical Therapy at Loma Linda University in the city of Loma Linda California. The researchers combined a sensible diet with a 1 hour a day dance program, and this is what they found: 7.5 pounds lost, 3.2 inches lost from the hips and 28.6% increase in the core muscle strength.

Healthier Bones

Circular System / Stronger Muscles Brain Function

 

  1. Mental Benefits

According to the New England Journal of Medicine, studies have found that dancing increases cognitive activity, and subsequently decreases the risk of developing dementia. And based on a reading of these results by Stanford University, dancing frequently reduces the risk of dementia by 76% – considerably more than any other activity studied, including reading. The reason for this is that dancing requires you to make split-second, rapid-fire decisions, basically with every step you take. These kind of exercises have been shown to increase and maintain brain function in people of all ages. According to Stanford, In freestyle social dancing, both men and women are spontaneously open to the infinite possibilities of the moment, responding to one’s partner and to the music.

 

  1. Social Benefits

Improved social skills Connecting with community and meeting new people Providing a forum of self-expression

 

Dancing Benefit
Dancing Benefit

You can learn all of this and much more in Dancing in Riverside

http://www.dancinginriverside.com

Location: 1760 Chicago Ave J11/13, Riverside, CA 92507, EE. UU.

 

Types of Dancing

Beside you will learn different dances and type of application such as:

 

  • Social Dancing: Social dancing is designed to develop poise and confidence on the dance floor. Its primary objective is to strengthen the individual’s leading or following ability to the point that no matter who your partner is, you will feel physically and mentally confident. The patterns used are generally suitable for smaller floors and so is the arm styling. Advanced styling is not the primary objective of social dancing.

 

  • Showcase Dancing: Showcase dancing is a means of developing one’s ability by spending concentrated time on one or more dances. Preparing a showcase routine is very beneficial for developing confidence, style, pattern knowledge and smoothness. This type of dancing is very stylized and much of the time is spent on footwork, technique and the character of the dance as well as the personality of the dancer. Once the routine is complete, one feels they have gained a tremendous amount of knowledge and confidence in a relatively short period of time.

 

  • Competitive Dancing: Competitive dancing combines the skills of both the social dancer and the showcase performer. Like the social dancer, competitors must maneuver, maintain poise and adjust to the various conditions surrounding them while having all of the flare, style, technique and precision of an exhibition dancer.

 

Pete and Michelle Lakin
Pete and Michelle Lakin

Where To Go Dancing Salsa In Sydney?

Seductive Afro-Cuban music comes to life in the Australian capital every night of the week

You probably already knew that a lot of Salsa is heard and danced in Australia. But, have you ever wondered, which are the best places to go Salsa dancing in Sydney? Here, we’ve rounded up six of our favorites.

ESTABLISHMENT BAR

At Establishment Bar
At Establishment Bar, you can have your drink in the garden surrounded by abundant latticework and greenery

Salsa Tuesdays are back at the Establishment Bar! This iconic Sydney spot is unique and sophisticated. It has narrow spaces, a 42-meter-long marble bar, and columns lining the walls that recreate the style of ancient Greece.

Establishment Bar with its lush lighting offers its attendees Afro-Caribbean music on Tuesday nights with live bands, dance shows, DJ playing Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Reggaeton & Bossa Nova until 3 AM, and live percussion. Weekly you will learn basic concepts in the free Salsa class starting at 8 PM, in addition, to enjoying cocktails ($10) and mojitos ($12) all night so you can enter an authentic Latin American Rumba.

This multi-award-winning bar is located on the Ground Floor, 252 George St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia.

THE ARGYLE

Inside The Argyle you can also find El Camino Cantina
Inside The Argyle you can also find El Camino Cantina

Wednesday nights are from The Argyle! This two-floor club has been powering Sydney nightlife for fifteen years (2007).

This venue located at 18 Argyle St, Las Rocas, Sydney NSW 2000, has six bars, an iconic outdoor patio with spacious mini-environments to enjoy a Salsera night with the lineup of DJ Miro and his friends, as well as live bands in constant rotation.

These fun mid-week nights start at 7:30 PM to 1 AM and are $10 (includes a Salsa lesson). The dress code is casual, and minors are not allowed after 9 PM.

THE COLLAROY

The Collaroy has $14 happy hour cocktails from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The Collaroy has $14 happy hour cocktails from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday nights are Salseras at The Collaroy! Located right on the beachfront at 1064 Pittwater Road, Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia, this restaurant/bar with live entertainment and DJs downstairs on weekends stays open until 3 AM.

On Fridays from 8 PM to 9 PM, they offer Salsa classes (free) and from 10 PM the Latin party starts until 3 AM with live percussion and a DJ playing Afro-Cuban melodies, urban music, and Bossa Nova.

The Collaroy has an open-air terrace with a magnificent panoramic view of the peninsula’s north.

LATIN DANCING UNDER THE SAILS – BROADBEACH

Latin Dancing Under The Sails may change its date due to weather
Latin Dancing Under The Sails may change its date due to weather

Salsa takes over Saturdays at The Oasis Shopping Center! Every last Saturday of the month the LatinMania team brings the Latin Social Dance event outdoors at the Oasis shopping center located in Broadbeach Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia with music provided by DJs specialized in Salsa, Timba, Bachata, Merengue, and Salsaton from 7 PM to 10 PM.

The event is free and this month the theme will be Halloween. So don’t miss this opportunity to dance Salsa in Sydney with Colombian-born instructor Alejandro Barriga next Saturday, October 29th.

PLANT 4 BOWDEN

Plant 4 Bowden was born out of a vision for a thriving community and a passion for environmental sustainability
Plant 4 Bowden was born out of a vision for a thriving community and a passion for environmental sustainability

Every first Sunday of the month is Salsero at Plant 4 Bowden! This place is 100% green and adheres to international standards for green building design earning a 5-star rating for its operations.

Plant 4 Bowden, characterized by its environmental sustainability, presents its Salsa nights every first Sunday of the month from 4:30 PM to 10:30 PM with food, drink (local craft beer from barrel), Salsa, Bachata, and Kizomba along with wonderful musical shows on the ground floor. The ticket price is $20 at the box office, and it is located at 5 Third St, Bowden SA 5008, Australia.

The magic of Salsa in this space happens surrounded by greenery with ample indoor seating and outdoor areas.

SALSA IN THE PARK

There is no better time than now. Go out dancing Salsa today in the Park (Sydney – Australia)
There is no better time than now. Go out dancing Salsa today in the Park (Sydney – Australia)

The second Sunday of every month is a Salsa immersion in the Park! Salsa in the Park  is a free event that offers 3 hours of Latin music and social dancing outdoors at El Pabellón del Norte, 95 Marine Parade, Broadwater Parklands, Southport next door to the revolving chapel adjacent to North/Smith Street.

The half-hour lesson starts at 3 PM, and then the Social Dance continues until 6 PM with music provided by top DJ’s mixing old and new Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cha Cha, and more.

Who can attend? The whole family and their pets. No experience is required. What are the benefits? Meet new friends, you’ll get fit, improve your mental health and coordination, and stay active. When? The next date is Sunday, October 9th.

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