Salsaymotion Dance Academy

Let our creative instructors help you make your landmark occasion extra special with a choreography tailored to your style, skill level, and choice of dance style and music! All Special Occasion Choreography Packages include our “choreo essentials” along with the private lessons: your music cut, a full first dance choreography tailored to you and your partner, and video recordings for practicing at home!

Let our creative instructors help you make your landmark occasion extra special with a choreography tailored to your style, skill level, and choice of dance style and music! All Special Occasion Choreography Packages include our “choreo essentials” along with the private lessons: your music cut, a full first dance choreography tailored to you and your partner, and video recordings for practicing at home!

Let our creative instructors help you make your landmark occasion extra special with a choreography tailored to your style, skill level, and choice of dance style and music! All Special Occasion Choreography Packages include our “choreo essentials” along with the private lessons: your music cut, a full first dance choreography tailored to you and your partner, and video recordings for practicing at home!

Purchasing a package of multiple private lessons though will give you a discounted hourly rate!

Purchasing a package of multiple private lessons though will give you a discounted hourly rate!

Purchasing a package of multiple private lessons though will give you a discounted hourly rate!

Purchasing a package of multiple private lessons though will give you a discounted hourly rate!

Purchasing a package of multiple private lessons though will give you a discounted hourly rate!

Purchasing a package of multiple private lessons though will give you a discounted hourly rate!

Purchasing a package of multiple private lessons though will give you a discounted hourly rate!

Purchasing a package of multiple private lessons though will give you a discounted hourly rate!

Private instruction gives you the individual attention you need to take the fast route in becoming an amazing dancer, personalize your instruction to your unique learning style and preferences, and work individually with an instructor of your choice when it’s convenient for you.

Private instruction gives you the individual attention you need to take the fast route in becoming an amazing dancer, personalize your instruction to your unique learning style and preferences, and work individually with an instructor of your choice when it’s convenient for you.

Most levels of Salsa and Bachata are offered more than once a week. Consider taking your dancing to the next level with twice a week class, an unlimited class pass, or one of our pop-up practice teams!

Most levels of Salsa and Bachata are offered more than once a week. Consider taking your dancing to the next level with twice a week class, an unlimited class pass, or one of our pop-up practice teams!

In this class you will expand your dance experience to gain a foundational understanding of the basics of Cumbia, a Latin dance popular particularly in Mexico and played frequently at Latin tropical nights, in Latin clubs, and at parties and bars. By the end of this class, you’ll have enough moves and technique to get you on the dance floor, looking good and having fun with a partner! Each week will build progressively upon the previous week so please contact the studio if you’d like to join past the 2nd week of a series. Each technique will be broken down and demonstrated by our cumbia teachers. Cumbia class is taught in both Spanish and English!

This series is one of our rotating classes that will be taught by instructor Rico Bravo. The class will focus on understanding the technique for spins and turns, creative and fun footwork for shines (when you break away during a partner dance to dance solo for a few bars and then reconnect with your partner), and musicality. Learn how to listen for and what to do with the awesome musicality moments in salsa and bachata music! Open to all dancers level 2 and up!

This series is offered periodically as a fusion of Latin dance body movement, focusing on creating a more 3 dimensional dancer image with precision, control, and power in the body. The class is taught by talented guest teacher Becca, a Seattle-based artist and choreographer with 18 years experience teaching, performing, and competing in dance and figure skating. Both women and men are welcome!

This series is one of our rotating classes that will be taught by instructor Emmy Christine. The class will focus on ladies’ styling for both salsa and bachata, learning feminine shines material for breakaway moments, and arm and hand styling for both partnering and solo movement. Join us for an empowering series of building up your confidence in putting your sass, style, femininity, and power into your social dancing! All levels welcome.

Bachata Level 4 is an intermediate level series focusing on fluidity, technique, and socially leadable moves that are more complicated and musical. This series is appropriate for dancers who have been taking level 3 bachata for awhile or Int./Adv. dancers who would like to focus in on revisiting various styles of bachata technique.

In this class you will build on your understanding and mastery of salsa basics, building up your repertoire of essential dance floor moves and lead/follow connection. Each week will build upon the previous week with techniques broken down and demonstrated so students can easily grasp them. This series will have new material with each session so that students can take it multiple times as they advance to the intermediate level and become more confident with their technique and social dancing ability.

In this class you will gain a foundational understanding of the basics. Most classes spend between 5 minutes to an hour teaching the basics. This series focus almost entirely on basic technique. Salsa Basics cover balance, posture, upper/lower body coordination, arm movement, hip movement, weight transfer, connection, developing frame, left turn, side to side, front cumbia, back cumbia, and back break. It will give you the foundation you need to look good and have fun on the dance floor. Each week will build upon the previous week. Each technique will be broken down and demonstrated so the student can easily grasp it. Mastery of the foundational basics will give you the skills and confidence needed to develop into a good dancer.

Salsa clubs will often play Bachata music too. Learn the fundamentals of this sensual, romantic dance. In this class, we teach beginning lead and follow techniques along with basic footwork and core body movement. Then we expand upon what you have learned with more difficult combinations and turn patterns, complex syncopated footwork, body movements and isolation, and a deeper understanding of the rhythm of Bachata. Every four weeks we will be teaching new combinations and footwork to give you the opportunity to repeat the series and continue learning. More info on Bachata can be found on our FAQs page.

This class is geared toward students who perform on our teams who are improving their musicality, speed, connection, spin technique, and overall aesthetic when dancing. The class is open to the public for any advanced dancers who would like to train with us! At this level, you will learn lead/follow techniques and styling with more complicated transitions, footwork, floor craft, and partner connection. This class will focus on both salsa, bachata, and Afro-Cuban movement and will have different focuses each week, sometimes bringing in guest instructors.

In this class, we teach beginning lead and follow techniques that build upon the basics learned in Bachata Level 1. We expand upon what you have learned with more difficult combinations and turn patterns, more complex syncopated footwork, body movements and isolation, and a deeper understanding of the rhythm of Bachata. Every four weeks we will be teaching new combinations and footwork to give you the opportunity to repeat the series and continue learning. More info on Bachata can be found on our FAQs page.

Salsa Level 3 Salsa is a “bridge” course that can be taken for multiple series in order to build up a greater repertoire of social dance movements that can be linked fluidly and interchangeably on the dance floor. This course is intended to progress dancers to the confidence, speed, and technical level needed to move up to intermediate level 4 salsa.

Level 3 Bachata is an intermediate course that can be taken for multiple series in order to build up a greater repertoire of social dance movements that can be linked fluidly and interchangeably on the dance floor. This course is intended to progress dancers to the confidence, speed, and technical level needed to move up to intermediate level 4 salsa.

This class caters to solo dancing Latin dance styles including salsa, bachata, and chachacha with an emphasis on ladies’ styling and learning choreographed routines. Students will have various performance opportunities throughout the year.

This class is geared for students with a solid, comprehensive foundation in Bachata Basics (see description above). At this level, you will learn lead/follow techniques, transitions, footwork, space management, and develop the skills to easily learn combinations in a manner that really connects with your partner. After taking Bachata Basics and this series, you will have the techniques and a repertoire of moves that will make any dancer at any level happy to dance with you. Every four weeks we will be teaching new combinations and footwork to give you the opportunity to repeat the series and continue learning.

This class is geared for students with a solid, comprehensive foundation in Salsa Basics (see description above). At this level, you will learn lead/follow techniques, transitions, footwork, space management, and develop the skills to easily learn combinations in a manner that really connects with your partner. After taking Salsa Basics and this series, you will have the techniques and a repertoire of moves that will make any dancer at any level happy to dance with you. Every four weeks we will be teaching new combinations and footwork to give you the opportunity to repeat the series and continue learning.