MOMENT OF JOY
SALSA DANCE LESSON

We’re bringing salsa dance to your living room! 

That’s right! Leading up to this year’s VIRTUAL Jazz & Arts Festival, we’re sharing salsa lessons with you so you can experience ‘Moments of Joy’ through both music and dance during the festival!

Then, on Saturday, September 5 between 4:30 - 5pm, during a performance by world-acclaimed Latin band Mazacote, everyone will be invited to connect via their mobile device, join in with the salsa dancing, and share in a “moment of joy” to be heard and seen across the continent! 

In this first salsa dance video, Roger Chen of Salsa Studio Vancouver walks us step by step through basic salsa moves in a fun and easy way for beginners to advanced dancers. Dancers, Oksana Gemini and Yanis Ikene show us how to dance the basic salsa steps, and you’ll see a familiar face - our festival host Daniela Carmona - as they all join in to teach us how to dance - salsa! 

But before you get a chance to dance live with Mazacote on Sept. 5 during the festival, here is a link to their song ‘Sopa’ (featured in the video) so you can practice your salsa moves and listen along at home: https://soundcloud.com/justin-time-records/mazacote-sopa 

You can also access the full salsa video tutorial below!