This Is Salsa

Today was our first session with Edie and we were both truly taken back the world class instruction that we received.... Edie is a master of her craft and has developed a system that makes sense. Its a rare opportunity to find a teacher this good and so close to home. My wife and I cant wait to continue to grow and learn salsa!read more Edie is gre... at. She was very accommodating with dates and times and is obviously a very experienced dancer and... instructor. I scheduled a very romantic and fun Valentines Day private lesson and it earned me major brownie points. Highly recommend.read more I have been taking private lessons for couple weeks now. The one on one really helps me grasp the footwork. I also... really like how you have it set up to be able to go back into the previous lessons on the online curriculum. Thank you for adding the online curriculum. Really helps me look back at things when I'm just at home. With everything going on. It helps me fit in when I'm on the go. Thank you so much.read more While looking for a way to grow my dance skills, I struggled with the popular teaching method of learning dance... patterns. I would learn a dance pattern one week, then pick up the next part of the pattern the following week and so on. I suffer from severe Adult ADHD which makes remembering certain skills in the long term challenging. It also means I tend to be spontaneous. I may not follow the assigned pattern exactly in class.Black Belt Dance (BBD) has a different teaching philosophy. "Family of Movements." For example, we learn and teach 92 different ways to lead a turn in a systematic head to toe process. That alone captured my heart. I learned to structure our dance to the music according to the skill level of my partner and myself. The level of detail taught increased as I advanced. I never stop learning to be clearer, smoother, and more technical.Due to the techniques and level of detail learned in this system, I am often sought out by leads and follows at dance socials. I would have given up long ago ...Read More