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Timba is a powerful, energetic and modern style of Cuban salsa music. Timba songs are made up of different musical sections, such as the cuerpo, montuno and bomba, each with its own distinctive character and energy.
In this course, you’ll learn how to recognise the different musical sections of timba and how to respond to them through dance. We’ll explore how to adapt your movement, body mechanics and dance expression as the music shifts between different sections, moods and energy levels. You’ll develop your musical awareness, learning to listen more closely to the music and interpret its different elements through your own dancing.
The course is suitable for dancers who have mastered the basics of solo salsa, for example, those who have completed a beginner-level course. It is also ideal for partner salsa dancers who want to develop their individual dance technique and deepen their personal dance expression.
Time: Wednesdays 13.1.–17.3. at 18.15–19.10
Place: Flama Rauhankatu (Rauhankatu 15, 20100 Turku)
Level: improvers
Teacher: Emma Hirvonen
The course fee includes 10 × 55 min sessions.
Reserve your spot early and take advantage of the discount price
If you pay for the course by Sunday, January 3, 2027, at the latest, you’ll get it at a lower price.
If you’d like to pay part of the course fee using a workplace 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.
Original price was: 135,00 €.130,00 €Current price is: 130,00 €.
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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.
Timba is a powerful, energetic and modern style of Cuban salsa music. In addition to son, timba incorporates musical influences from a variety of other Afro-Cuban and Cuban rhythms, such as rumba, reggaeton and Afro-Cuban music. Timba is a wild, vibrant and musically rich experience that will get you moving!
My roots may lie in the cold North, but my soul has been thoroughly melted by Cuban rhythms.
Dance has been a part of my life throughout my life, and my most important teachers have been the respected maestros and dancers Indira and Yunier Garcia, from whom I have learned both in Finland (for the first time in 2016) and in Cuba, as well as Hanna Terán, with whom I had my first childhood dance experiences and under whose guidance I have grown as a dancer ever since.
I teach Cuban popular dances, including step and body movement techniques based on casino (couple salsa). In my classes, the focus is shifted away from rigid choreography towards a grounded and authentic movement language. In solo classes, students learn to interpret and express different qualities of dance and to combine them naturally. In my teaching, it is important to me to always respect the origins and cultural context of dance. Progress in the courses is made with respect for the dialogue between learning and repetition, i.e., internalizing things and then letting them sink in, understanding that everyone learns at their own pace.
In my teaching, I combine gentle and technically precise guidance. I approach dance with the understanding that we are a whole. Our breathing is an essential part of movement, and with it, relaxation is like opening up a new dimension to dance
Agua!!
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