Dance Blog

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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

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. Continue reading

It is well known that learning to dance is an ideal activity to improve your physical, emotional and mental state. The physical and psychological movements that you perform when you dance make your body comply with a series of exercises that help you to improve, among others, your lung, heart, lose weight, tone muscles, solve some back problems and also to have a brain in good shape and a spectacular memory. You want to know what happens to your mind when you dance? Continue reading

Do you believe in a world where every person who wants to dance can do it no matter where they are? We have! That's why every new feature we add at go&dance is made to help you find out where to go dancing or learn to dance wherever you are, in an easier and more personalized way for you. Continue reading

If you're thinking about learning to dance a new dance style or want to start from scratch, you're doing a great job of researching and searching for information about where to sign up for dance classes. In fact, whether you want to enjoy doing different physical activity while meeting people. As if what you're looking for is an activity that lets you disconnect from work or routine life, dancing is great and it's a great choice. Continue reading

If you have set out to dance salsa as a "professional" in a fluid and simple way, you should start by acquiring some basic skills in your first salsa lessons. I'm sorry, but you won't be a pro overnight after your first session. Since it is absolutely necessary to develop the learning in time by attending salsa classes and practicing a lot. But don't worry, the road will be fun. In fact, during your beginnings in dancing (and not so early) I'm sure you will experience some comic situation in which laughter is inevitable. I'm sure you'll experience some of these 6 fun situations in the early days of your salsa classes and we'll tell you about them later today. Continue reading

We have always identified bachata as a sensual, romantic and rhythmic dance, which is danced somewhat slower than merengue and has as one of its most significant features the accentuated movement of the hips. But besides all this, did you know that bachata dancing can have beneficial effects on your health? Continue reading

If you want to go out dancing salsa in Madrid you're in luck because Madrid is one of the best cities for salsa dancing every day of the week. It's a beautiful city, huge and with several million inhabitants, that's why it's logical that there is a lot of salsa nightlife on offer such as Latin discos, dance halls, Cuban bars, nightclubs that organize parties for their students. In short, Madrid is an ideal city if you want to dance salsa non-stop. Continue reading

Every time we want to learn a new dance style like bachata, it is possible to reach an acceptable minimum level in a short time, a level with which you can dance bachata throughout a song with anyone, although girls always get it first. To reach this level in a few months is essential to learn to dance bachata, practice a lot and train with professionals. Continue reading

If you have recently started to dance salsa or bachata and you live in Barcelona or are just on vacation in the city, you may not yet know all the offers you have around you to go out dancing salsa and bachata every day of the week. And even if you're an expert in the places where you can go dancing every day, you probably consult the party posters of your favorite places, don't you? Continue reading