All Styles - La Candela - Salsa & Cuban Dances School in Berlin

Salsa – Master Class

The class will be a mix of complex and challenging combo and styling. We will work on our leading/following skills as well as on some body movement.

Son Cubano – For Experienced Dancers

In these workshops, we will buff our repertoire of Son Cubano touching each time different topics that will allow you to shine in your dance: figures, musicality, tornillos/planchas.

Salsa – Beginner Course (August)

the Beginner level course, where you could be a salsa dancer within 8 weeks. The objective of the course is to bring you to a comfort level so you could dance to the beats of salsa with a partner or in one of the many Latin clubs in Berlin.

Conga – The Dance of the Carnaval

The Conga is the most prominent dance of the Cuban Carnaval. It’s a super vibrant dance, easy to pick up, and have fun with friends while they march on the streets of Cuba.

Salsa – Intermediate 2

In this level we give dancers a deeper practice into Salsa Cubana. We revisit core elements to enhance them, and building more complex figures based on them, keeping close eye on correct leading and following technique. We also address different concepts for experienced dancers.

Cabaret / Tropicana Style

In the golden age of Cuba, Cuba was a bustling place full of entertainment. Cabarets were common, and the most famous of them all is the “Tropicana” Club that is open in Havana today.

Timba Partnerwork

Nowadays many dancers prefer to dance with a simple structure and more focus on styling, connection, and a deeper understanding of the music. Originally Timba was denoting the Cuban Salsa music, but today many say “I dance Timba”

Rueda de Casino

Rueda de Casino is a dynamic form of Salsa dancing that is danced by a group of couples in a circle, switching couples, performing group figures, and having fun with the dance.

Reparto / Cubaton

Reparto is a Cuban-flavored music genre highly connected to Reggaeton. Cubanos love dancing to it, moving their hips, and releasing. If you want to dance like a Cuban with all the flavor and sabor that’s the place to be.

Afro-Cuban Contemporary

Afro-Cuban contemporary, often called Danca Cubana is a mix of Afro-Cuban heritage dances with Western Moden & Classical Ballet as well as Contemporary dance.

Cuban Body Movement Mix For Beginners

Training the different body parts individually becomes part of your salsa journey if you want to add styling, Suelta, rumba, and afro moves to the songs you are dancing to.

Lady Style Workshops

In this workshop, we will add flavor and femininity to your Cuban salsa moves. The ability to express oneself through styling and musicality is an inseparable part of the dance

Rumba Columbia Workshop

Rumba Columbia is an Afro-Cuban dance where men (and women nowadays) get into the fray and show off their best moves. It’s a dance that exudes masculinity and has very close relations to the music and the drums.

Saturday Cuban Intensive

In this Saturday we will have intensive four classes for real Cuban dance lovers.

Salsa Suelta – Cuban Movement

Salsa Suelta or “Free Salsa” are a short sequence of free Solo steps that can be danced on Salsa. In this class, we will learn some elements, practice them well, and create short choreographies that can be used in your dance.

Babalu – Afro Cuban Dance Class

The Orishas dances are a part of the Afro-Cuban Folklore dances. For many Cubans Orishas are much more than just a dance, it’s a religion and a culture.

Salsa – Advanced 1

In this level we deal with the Salsa as it should be danced, free, rich of movement, flow, full of style and sabor. We will increase our comfortablity with complex figures, and add some twists to make the dance more flavorsome. As always, we keep our eyes on the details and work on perfecting our leading and following technique.

Body Movement and Isolation Course

True dancing comes through expression, and expression is fully possible only when the body becomes your instrument to play with. This course will deal exactly with that – with our body as our instrument for dancing. What parts can be moved? In which ways can we move these parts? How can we make the movement clean and expressive?