Besides the humidity, the evening in Little Haiti was picturesque. Palm trees swayed, the sun set turned the sky into cotton-candy colors and hundreds of twentysomethings were gathered wearing ...

In the promotional video for the Miami Salsa Congress, a man dips a woman and spins her around while trumpets call out to the dancers. The woman hooks onto her partner and shakes her body ferociously ...

Nicole Castro leading the crowd during a line dance at Copper Blues in Doral. Photo by Angelica Wells Last November, Nicole Castro stepped onto the dance floor at Pub 52 in South Miami surrounded by a ...

Miami-based dance academy marks nearly three decades of bringing Latin dance culture to communities across Miami-Dade ...

Miami and salsa have been intertwined since the dance form emerged in the 1970s. Although there have been familial arguments about where it originated — Cuba? Puerto Rico? Colombia even? — it doesn’t ...

Little Havana’s Ball & Chain keeps salsa alive with free dance lessons In Miami’s Little Havana, the rhythm of salsa isn’t just something you hear — it’s something you become. MIAMI — In Miami’s ...

When Joseph Elias Phillips and William Corbera first crossed paths 15 years ago, it wasn’t in a boardroom or on a Zoom call. It was at Kukaramakara, a salsa club in Brickell. That chance encounter ...

The dance that began as a folk tradition has exploded into the mainstream, from nightclubs to performance halls, senior centers and salsa schools. Today, histories and traditions are recounted on ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. On Wednesdays, SALSAthens hosts Cuban salsa dancing lessons at El Carretonero event ...

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