go&dance's Dance blog

Among the different styles of salsa, the Cuban, which is also called "casino", is the most danced and for which more people usually start dancing salsa. With the exception of a few dance figures, most of the Cuban salsa figures are performed in pairs and together with the music they do a very fun, energetic and social dance that we at go&dance openly recommend. Want to learn how to dance Cuban salsa?... + read more

La Kizomba is one of the great dances of fashion. Beautiful and sensual yet dynamic, contagious and explosive in its rhythm. The kizomba is one of those dances that catches and seduces us. For many people it is a breath of freshness, something new, that fills with emotion, and simple in their dance. Its basic steps are easy to develop, and so is its evolution into increasingly complex steps. ... + read more

So much so that tutorials on recipes for dishes and desserts for all tastes are in fashion lately, has anyone ever thought of uploading videos on the Internet about the best recipe for a healthy, happy and fun life? A recipe with which we can become the Arzak of optimism, a Bulli of all the excellence that life has to offer us. What would your basic ingredients be, listening to good music every day, reading every possible self-help book even if everyone tells you the same thing, running away like someone who runs away from something every day? Okay, that's fine. We're focusing. Comb your hair a little and get ready to go. Take the shopping cart and aim all these ingredients to prepare our recipe for healthy, happy and fun life today.... + read more

If you want to know how to dance bachata, you may not know that, although bachata is a unique style of dance, there are different trends and evolutions of original dance style in the world, such as Dominican bachata, sensual bachata, modern bachata and so on, and even countless names and possible combinations. The fact is that bachata is currently booming and regardless of the trend or style you choose, I will tell you the 3 main differences between dancing bachata sensual and dancing bachata dominicana for you to choose or decide which you prefer to dance having more information at your disposal.... + read more

The other day I had the opportunity to meet Judit Lacorte (Dj Judy as a stage name). She is a promising young woman, one of the few women who devote themselves to the DJ world in the Latin world, specifically SALSA CUBANA, BACHATA Y KIZOMBA and who today has prepared a short session with the best timba songs to dance in 2016 according to her (DJ Judy).... + read more

La bachata está de moda. Pero en sus orígenes la bachata no fue muy apreciada por la sociedad, con el tiempo ha ido evolucionando y ganando un importante sitio en la actualidad del mundo del baile. Poco a poco, la bachata ha ido llegando a muchos países y contagiando a todos con sus sensuales ritmos, pasos de baile y sobre todo con sus románticas letras. ¿Quieres conocer cómo surgió la bachata? ¿Cómo ha sido su evolución hasta convertirse en lo más bailado en las salas actuales?... + read more

As you should know bachata lives in the last years its golden age, as it has become one of the dances with more followers. A relatively easy dance for the beginners and where the most expert dancers have many possibilities to show their talents. Emerged in the 1960s in the Dominican Republic as a transformation of the bolero to Antillean tastes, nowadays it is not missing in any dance hall or school that boasts.... + read more

La salsa es un conjunto de ritmos afrocaribeños fusionados con el jazz y otros estilos. Lo cierto es que sus orígenes siempre han sido muy debatidos, aunque por regla general se cita que procede de una fusión que llevaron a cabo los provinientes de África en el Caribe cuando oyeron la música europea y quisieron mezclarla con sus tambores. Esos orígenes se centran especialmente en el mambo, el danzó, el cha cha chá, la guaracha y el son montuno, enriquecidos más tarde con instrumentos como el saxofón, la trompeta o el trombón.... + read more

Hi Javi, it's been a long time since we wanted to ask you a few questions to get to know you better since we've been following in your footsteps as a dancer. You are a world-renowned international artist, you never stop travelling and working in different countries, combining the weekly classes as a dance teacher, choreographer and you have appeared on television. A magnificent trajectory that now, if you answer these questions, we will know. So go ahead, let's hear your story.... + read more

Would you like to combine your holiday, whatever your destination, with a good social dancing session? The holidays arrive and we plan our trips. If we love salsa dancing and don't want to spend our entire holiday season without enjoying what we like best, in addition to exercising and remembering the latest figures we've learned in our dance academy, or we just can't conceive of a good holiday without dancing, we have to find the right place to dance salsa in our vacation destination. Wherever you go, I'm sure that not too far away you will find a place to dance, either alone or in a couple.... + read more