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Dance levels Salsa Camp 2010 - Go Further

LEVEL 1-5

The dance instruction is offered in workshops on five dance levels gathered in the following three workshop sessions during the day.  The main morning session in Cuban salsa from 11.40 –12.20.  The afternoon session from 15.00-16.30 in Casino & Latin dance mix offering cuban salsa, rueda de casino, bachata, zouk, rumba, afromix, cha cha, son and reggaeton spiced up with e.g. inputs of hip hop, flamenco, men and lady styling. The evening session from 19.00-20.30 offers the same Casino & Latin dance mix as the afternoon session.

The final dance program of each course week will be elaborated just before the start of the week.

Be self critic.
The dance instruction is offered in 5 levels. It is important that you choose the dance level matching your own dance level and not choosing according to the persens you would like to be together with. (Choose the level that you consider will be your level in the summer 2010)

Further be nice and accept that people are different and learn in many different ways.

Dance instruction in workshops is in fact dance instruction in workshops with all the advantages and disadvantages it brings according to for example private instruction.  A good social environment is an important aspect of dance  instructions in workshops.

Level 1: Beginners
The instruction is offered to beginners in salsa and others with a limited knowledge of salsa..

Level 2: Intermediates
The instruction is offered to participants, which have a curtain knowledge of salsa, matching a course period of 20 hours or participants which have a likewise experience. It is expected that the participants are capable to do the initial basic steps, turns and figures.

Level 3:  Advanced 1
The instruction is offered to participants, which already can dance.  You are 99% confident with the rhythm and masters both simple and more complicated step variations and figures. You are learning relatively fast. 

Level 4: Advanced 2
The instruction is offered to experienced salsa dancers. You are not only confident with the rhythm, bud are beginning to play with it. You are quite confident with simple as well as more advanced dance variations. You have reached the point, where the play, joy and style is the most important. You are leaning new instructions very fast.

Level 5:  Advanced 3
The instruction is offered to skilled and special talented dancers. (The level match the master class level from previous years) Your dance has exclusively become a matter of refinement. You are all ready a beautiful salsa dancer, able to show of in all the aspect of the dance, but you are curios to experience to which level you can bring your dance. You can learn just by watching other people dancing.