Would you like to learn how to dance the fun Cuban couple salsa? In our beginner’s couple salsa class, you’ll get to know the basic steps, rhythm, and most common basic patterns of Cuban couple salsa (also known as casino), as well as leading and following techniques—and above all, you’ll fall in love with the wonderful world of salsa!
This course is suitable for beginners. You can join without any previous dance experience.
You can sign up either alone or with your own partner. During the lessons, partners are changed in a circle. If you wish, you can also dance only with your own partner.
Anyone can participate in all Flama´s partner classes as a leader or follower, regardless of gender identity.
Time: Sundays 17.1.–30.5. at 14.15–15.10
Place: Flama Linnankatu (Linnankatu 84, Turku)
Level: beginner
Teacher: Anna Ketopaikka
The course fee includes 18 sessions of 55 minutes each. There will be no class on Easter Sunday, March 28, or on Mother’s Day, May 9.
If you’re purchasing a course for two people, please include the other participant’s name, email address, and phone number in the “Order Comments” field so we can add them to the course as well.
Reserve your spot early and take advantage of the discount
If you pay for the course by Sunday, January 3, 2027, at the latest, you’ll get it at a discounted price.
If you’d like to pay part of the course fee using a wellness benefit (e.g., Epassi or Edenred), please register by sending an email to: info@flama.fi.
Thinking of taking more than one course? With the Flama Anytime card, you can dance as much as you want throughout the spring season. If you already have an Anytime card, sign up for courses by emailing: info@flama.fi.
Price range: 234,00 € through 468,00 €
Absences from classes can be made up during the same term in any other weekly class. That way, no dance class goes to waste! Read more.
For class, wear clothes that are comfortable to move in and feel good. You can dance in indoor sneakers, dance shoes, or just in your socks. Be sure to bring a water bottle, too.
Flama’s couple salsa lessons are all in the Cuban style. Cuban couple salsa is an energetic and joyful social dance. In the lessons, you’ll learn salsa rhythms, steps, body movement, and style, as well as typical patterns used in Cuban salsa.
Cuban salsa is a social dance, which means that it is danced freely with different partners without any prearranged choreography. The classes teach the skills of leading and following, which is how dancers communicate through movement: the leader guides the dance with small body movements and hand signals, and the follower responds to them naturally. This allows for improvisation, living in the moment, and dancing with anyone—even if you’ve never practiced together before.
Cuban salsa is based in particularly on Cuban son: a music and dance style from the early 20th century that combines African rhythms (e.g., clave, call and response structure, percussion instruments) and Spanish melodic influences (e.g., guitars, singing). Cuban salsa is a rich mix of music and movement, with influences from Cuban rumba, mambo, cha-cha-chá, and other Cuban and Afro-Cuban rhythms and dances.
Dancing captured Anna’s heart at an early age: she began taking dance lessons at age 5 in ballet classes at the Tampere Ballet School. Over the years, she continued her dance studies in genres such as jazz and show dance. Since 2010, Anna has focused intensively on Caribbean dances, particularly Cuban ones. She trained as a salsa instructor under the guidance of the Cuban Ramón Silverio and has been teaching dance since 2014.
“I founded Flama out of a burning passion for dance and movement. Dance has brought so much energy, strength, presence and dear friends to my life and I want to be able to share this pleasure to others as well. In my classes, I want to inspire people above all to find strength and joy in everyday life through dance.”
At Flama, Anna teaches Cuban Salsa (solo and couple salsa) and other Cuban dances, such as son and rumba, as well as bachata and reggaeton.
More information about the course: info@flama.fi
| Role | Follower, Leader, Pair |
|---|
