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About Us |
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SalsAmigos at New Vista High School. Winter, 2006 |
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SalsAmigos Faculty |
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Sam Gill PhD, has researched and taught world dance history for more than a decade at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His recent writings on dance are “SalsAmigos: Teens Dancing Health and Happiness” and Dancing: Stepping to the Rhythms of Life. In 1999, he co-founded, with his daughter Jenny, Bantaba World Dance and Music in Boulder, where thousands have been offered dance, music instruction and performances from dozens of cultures throughout the world. For the last six years, Sam has taught salsa in several forms to hundreds of dancers of all ages and levels. In 2003, Sam organized and began coaching a group of teenage girls—Salseritas—who performed widely and competed internationally. They dance the rueda de casino form of salsa. In 2005 and 2006 the Salseritas took fourth place at the annual “Cuba Baila!” international rueda competition in Vancouver (see www.dancerueda.com for videos of the Salseritas). The Salseritas have now become an all-ages women’s salsa performance group. Sam has also taught rueda de casino sessions many times at New Vista High School in Boulder. In 2006 Sam founded SalsAmigos, a non-profit devoted to teaching salsa (rueda de casino style) to teens. Through his work with young people, Sam has developed an approach that teaches all dancers both “lead” and “follow” parts—a significant innovation in the form and in the benefits to the participants. SalsAmigos was recently awarded a multi-year grant from the Youth Opportunities Board of the City of Boulder. Sam also teaches bachata and bolero. His most recent salsa teaching is called Salsa Challenge, an intensive technique and fundamentals based course to train salsa dancers. |
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Carlos Martin is from Venezuela and has grown up teaching salsa with his family. He currently teaches with SalsAmigos and is available for private instruction. |
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SalsAmigos is funded by YOAB (Youth Opportunities Advisory Board) with the City of Boulder. |
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Funding |
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SalsAmigos is a fun, fast pace salsa dance program for teens. SalsAmigos teaches the Cuban style of salsa called Rueda de Casino. All students learn to lead and follow moves that are done in a group in a circle. The dance is energetic and challenging!
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After School classes are currently held at New Vista High School, Boulder High School and Longmont High School in Colorado. schedule SalsAmigos is a wonderful program that exercises mind, body and spirit in one exciting dance form. The program was co-founded by Sam Gill and Jenny Gill in 2006. For more information on this program’s benefits please read “SalsAmigos - Teens Dancing Health and Happiness ” and article recently written by Sam Gill. SalsAmigos is Funded by YOAB (Youth Opportunities Advisory Board) |
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Teens Connecting Through Salsa |
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SalsAmgios |
