Dancing Lessons | La Candela - Salsa & Cuban Dances School in Berlin

Upcoming Activities

Palacio de la Salsa – 100% Cuban Party

Get ready for the best Cuban Social in Berlin Join us for a night full of 100% Cuban Music – Salsa, Rumba, Son, Afro Cuban & Reggaeton, and more! If you love Cuban Salsa –[…]

Son Cubano – The Father of Salsa

A beautiful elegant traditional couple dance that focuses on connection with the music and the partner.

Lady Style Workshop

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

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.

Salsa – Technique Foundation Course

In this course, we will deepen our understanding of the dance and create a solid foundation for your dance – great for anyone that looks to have a smooth and beautiful dance

Salsa – Beginner Course (October)

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.

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.

Current Running Activities

Salsa – Technique Foundation Course (August)

In this course, we will deepen our understanding of the dance and create a solid foundation for your dance – great for anyone that looks to have a smooth and beautiful dance

Salsa – Beginner Course (September)

Salsa – Intermediate 1

Private and group lessons

Private and private group lessons are tailored and made for you and offer the best progression a student can have. Price varies depending on the number of students taking the class. Private classes allow full[…]

Past Activities

Rueda de Casino Workshop (Intermediate)

In this workshop, we will go through a few known Intermediate level Rueda Figures & Rueda Configurations. Possibly we will get into some Unique Rueda figures for La Candela.

Training & Practica

In this training, we want to focus on variations, the vibes of the dance, practica, and feedback.

Body Movement and Isolation

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?

Salsa Suelta – Cuban Movement

Yemaya – 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.

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.

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.

Chango – 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.

Oya – 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

Rumba Guaguanco

Rumba Guaguanco is an Afrocuban folkloric dance and music style that capture the heart and soul of the Cuban street. It also has great importance within the Cuban repertoire and has highly influenced both the salsa music and the Cuban salsa dance.

Salsa Musicality – Instruments and Finding the one

In this class we will get a a sneak peak into the structure of Salsa and how does it relate to us as dancers. We will also focus on consturcting slowly the idea of “The 1” and how can we find it.

Free Salsa Class – For Complete Beginners

Your chance to get into Salsa dancing, having fun, move your body and meet some new friends.

Salsa Solo / Salsa con Afro

Let’s get moving 🙂 Until our normal courses will be allowed by COVID-19 regulations we are offering you, two weekly classes: Salsa Solo – Zero to Hero In this class, we will focus on footwork[…]

Online Music Theory for Dancers

Having music theory knowledge can often enhance your dancing experience and how can you relate your dance to the music. Music is not a mystical entity, it can be understood, it can be predictable and[…]

Son Moderno

Son Cubano is traditional couple dance that evolved in Cuba during the 50’s. It was the main form of dance that Salsa has evolved from, yet Son tends to keep focus on Elegence in its[…]

Salsa – Advanced Techniques

“Dancers look great not because of how many complicated figures they perform, but because they perform the basics so well.” Ido Flaishon In this course we will focus mostly on Advanced techniques for Partnerwork. We[…]

Son Cubano Bootcamps!

Son – The Dance A popular Cuban couple dance corresponding to a music genre by the same name that was initiated in the 1920’s. Much of what the salsa music and dance today is due to[…]

Salsa Fusion

Salsa was called by its name because like the sauce it is a mix of many music styles and dances. One of the Beautiful things about Salsa is how easy it to fuse elements from[…]

Orishas

The Dance 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. Orishas are the gods of[…]

Drops & Lifts Course

Drops & Lifts are the cherries on the whipped cream of every extravagant dance, and it’s always nice to end a dance with a romantic finale. If you are not familiar with the terms. Drops[…]

Salsa Musicality

Musicality is the conversation a dancer has with the music when he dances. A good musical dancer is much more attuned to the music and thus able to express himself in better ways both from[…]