A.J. Washington - Director Denver School of Salsa
Welcome to Denver School of Salsa.
Denver School of Salsa downtown at the Mi Casa Resource Center, we provide dancers with a huge 5,000+ square foot dance floor, great music, and challenging classes all in one convenient prime location!
It is my pleasure to teach you how to Salsa. You start as a beginner and eventually you can become a pro like me.
When I first started I was inspired by the movie Dance With Me, starring Vanessa Williams. In the movie she was a retired Pro Latin Dancer who decided to make a come back. And boy did she ever, winning the Latin Championship and finding the love of her life.
After I saw the movie, I just new I had to find a salsa club in Denver. So I got all dressed up, the suit, the shoes, ya know. I was looking pretty good if I do say so myself. OMG, once I arrived I was real nervous walking into my first Salsa club, I don’t even speak Spanish. Looking around, I was baffled to say the least. I could not help but think, “I am starting way to late in life to try and learn to salsa”. Everyone, I swear looked as if they had been dancing salsa since they were in diapers. Everyone on the dance floor was so damn good, young, old, in between, didn’t matter. Literally, I was scared to death to jump out there on the dance floor. Next thing I know and beautiful young lady asked me to dance. That was a big shocker, the clubs I’m use to hanging out at people aren’t that friendly. Of course you know what happened next, I turn to her and said “I wish I knew how this is my first time here”, her reply “too bad maybe next time” and in an instance later someone else walked up and asked her to dance. This guy was amazing! He was smooth, confident, and knew how to move. His feet were fast, his hands even faster, as he spun her, dipped her, and ……… everything else you could imagine with perfect timing and rhythm. Her face was lite up with extreme delight and after they were finished, the sweat pouring down their faces, they laughed, thanked each other and simply walked away. Stop the press….. I couldn’t believe it! That was all I needed to see to seal the deal. I had to learn. So I immediately decided to start with some classes first and then try going back to the club a little bit more prepared.
By the end of my first class 9 years ago, I was already having a great time. My first instructors were great an inspired me to want to learn more…… as fast as possible. Thanks to them a whole new world of possibilities opened for me. Salsa dancing is amazing, and eventually you will want to learn how to dance all of the other Latin dances as well; like Cha Cha, Merengue, Bachata, and Cumbia.
Wait a minute……. don’t get ahead of yourself lets start with the basics. Salsa! I will teach you how to take the steps, the turns, the rhythm, the sensation, the music, and the passion and turn it into one of your best experiences ever. Don’t worry, if you have three left feet, I ‘ll help you go from three left feet to two and eventually you’ll have a left foot and a right one. LOL! Oh before I forget to mention, the social atmosphere is so wonderful, Salsa is great for singles and couples. Be prepared to mix and mingle with lots of new people.
See ya on the dance floor. Ciao.
A.J.
