Sita Frederick & Carlos Mateu Dancing El Son Cubano

Sita Frederick Carlos Mateu Dancing Son Cubano at QbaVa Gallery, Union City, NJ, exhibiting artist Michel Blazquez. Areytos Performance Works Presents: Cuban Dance Workshop with Sita Frederick Carlos Mateu Tuesdays Level 1: 6:30pm - 7:30pm (Basic beginner. No prior experience required) Learn SON (the origins of On2 salsa), SALSA CUBANA (CASINO) and simple partnering turn patterns for an introduction to RUEDA de CASINO. Afro-Cuban music history and listing comprehension inform each class to help dancers respond to the music with feeling and understanding. Level 2: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Explore the richness of Cuban styling in a course based in contra-tiempo (aka SON - the origins of On2) and SALSA CUBANA (CASINO). Five additional rhythms - Rumba, Conga, Cha-Cha-Chá, Mambo and Mozambique - will enrich and give dynamic range to your dancing. How to transition between these steps with a partner is a major component of the class. Class includes more