This time, we are going to make a fundamentals check up.
Clear all the grey spots that you keep in your wardrobe about your dancing:
Why you're not invited by the best dancers?
Why are you falling after some spins?
Are you truly light and connected?
Why your dance feels so good but looks somehow way worse?
What can you improve in your techniques to get to the top beloved dancers list?
Why all the teachers explain things differently and where is the truth?
You're going to have 4x 1.5 hours classes dedicated to the salsa fundamentals that you
dreamed having when you just started to dance.
Clarify and structure all the knowledge that you collected through the time you were dancing and breakthrough to the new level of your salsa, among the top social dancers!
That's the plan! Shall we?:)
Please register to the class in advance!
Friday
11:00 - 12:30 - Movement Keys
This is a must have class for those who want to learn faster than others.
It's a half dance-half psychological class where you'll understand how does your body obtain
skills.
You'll be surprised knowing that most of the people make a lot of mistakes in the way they
learn.
The result - you get frustrated and slow down the progress not because you not made for dancing - just because you don't use their brain and body in the way they should be used.
Discover psychological secrets and tips for learning and copying the movement even if no one explains it to you.
Watch and do it - it's not a gift, it's a skill!
It's one of my favorite classes of all, it will save your years of training and make all the other workshops that you do way more effective!
Problems to be solved:
● Slow learning routines
● Forgetting the moves
● Having troubles to dance when the teacher is not in front of you
● Difficult to coordinate legs, arms and the body together
● Not being happy with your progress.
Friday
12:30 - 14:00 - Ultimate Spin Technique
You're going to get an ultimate spin Technique toolset - once and for the rest of your dance
life.
You'll understand the logic and get the exercises for the 4 main parts of a spin:
● Sliding
● Axis
● Spotting
● Impulse.
After this class, you'll have a crystal clear understanding of how do spins work, what you do
wrongly and how to improve from now on.
You'll get all the exercises you need to keep going from a single to 4x spins and further.
Level: open level. This class is good if you're a beginner and also if you're already a great
dancer but found a “siling” in your spins that stops you.
Also great for teachers to get the methodology and understand common mistakes and corrections.
Style: any social dance style.
Problems to be solved:
● falling after a single or double spin
● slow spins (we'll make them twice faster at once)
● feeling sick and dizzy
● Having knee pain
● Spins not in control
● happy with 2, but wanting more.
Saturday
11:00 - 12:30 - Coordinated and strong movement
This class will give you the fundamental understanding of all the different body movement
explanation you've ever heard!
Should you move your upper body side to side? Hips back and forth? Around? As an 8?
When? How? Small steps or big?
We'll cover all the grey areas that exist in your head about teachers explaining things
differently.
Because no matter how they move, there are very basic biomechanical fundamentals that
make them look awesome.
I'll explain all of them
and you will understand how to make your movement strong and beautiful no matter what kind of
coordination you use.
If you don't like yourself on a video - this class is for you!
Problems to be solved:
● Weak movement/steps
● T-rex arms
● Tensed movement
● Bad balance
● Heavy and slow movement
● No alignment in your Basic.
Level: open level
Suits to all dancers who want to look as great as they feel!
Saturday
12:30 - 14:00 - Being light and responsive. Leading and following Technique
The best social dancers on this planet use different techniques than the majority.
At this class, I'll share all the secrets of being fast, light, precise and responsive like the top
dancers.
Most likely, you'll understand that all the time before you were not as light as you thought!
You are going to remove the tension from your shoulders and arms.
Get perfect posture.
Understand how to stay safe when dancing with rough partners.
Your arms will become loooooong and relaxed, core and legs - super strong.
You'll learn how to lead/follow engaging your body weight fully. You'll connect your steps with
leading/following through the body, not your mind.
Level: open level.
It's a very nurdy class for those students who like to understand things and
not just do it somehow.
Great for advanced dancers to review the techniques and breakthrough to the new level!
Problems to be solved:
● Being unclear whether you're truly light or not
● Not being invited by the top dancers
● Having shoulders pain
● Having bad posture
● Becoming tensed when dancing fast
● Having lazy legs
● Not quite understanding how all this sh** works :)
Who’s Svetlana Ray?
A six-time Salsa Night Awards recipient (2x times Miss salsa, Teacher of the Year, School of the year etc.)
Author of the book «How to: Learning to Dance as an Adult»
A psychologist and a dance teacher with 12 years experience
Dance teacher's trainer
She's been teaching in more than 20 cities in Russia, Austria, South Africa, Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine, Croatia, Kazakhstan and other countries;
