SALSA CLASSES

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WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS & SUNDAYS 8:30 PM
All Levels Each Night!
Beginners, Intermediate, & Advanced
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WEDNESDAYS

  • 8:30 pm - Salsa Classes
  • 6 Instructors
    All Levels
    Beginner through Advanced
    Lots of learning and dancing!

FRIDAYS

  • 8:30 pm - Salsa Classes - All Levels
    6 Instructors
  • Beginner, Intermediate, & Advanced
  • 11:00 pm - Yuca Salsa Nightclub until 2:30 am
    Location: Yuca, 501 Lincoln Rd.

SUNDAYS

  • 8:30 pm - Salsa Classes - All Levels
    6 Instructors
  • Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
  • 11:00 pm - Salsa Mia Social Dancing
    Location: Yuca, 501 Lincoln Rd.

SALSA IS FOR EVERYONE!

Join our Salsa Classes and let the most experienced, energetic and fun-loving instructors teach you everything you need to know about Salsa! We will help you learn to dance quickly and easily so that you can start dancing and having fun. Come by any night and get started.

Register to receive a Free Class Coupon when you purchase your lessons online! Salsa Mia offers 2 hours of classes each night, social dancing, and free entrance into the Salsa Club on Fridays.

At Salsa Mia you will get the most class time and the most practice time for your money and we are located in the most prestigious part of South Beach on Lincoln Rd. Just Purchase Lessons online to get started right away! As soon as we receive your order we make your new membership and you can start classes on that same day. Your free class coupon will automatically be applied to your purchase.

Take classes on the nights most convenient for you. If you travel for business or come in and out of Miami, your lesson credits will be here waiting for you when you return. Package credits can be used any time for 6 months from the date of purchase. 

*Free Admission to the Nightclub for Salsa Mia students when taking the classes on Fridays.

Packages

Total

Cost Per Night

Hours of Class
Platinum Membership $1,260 $8 1 YEAR UNLIMITED CLASSES & NIGHTCLUB
40 Nights $640 $16 80 hours
20 Nights $360 $18 40 hours
10 Nights $200 $20 20 hours
 5 Nights $110 $22 10 hours
 3 Nights $  75 $25  6 hours
 2 Nights  $  60 $30   4 hours
 1 Night $  40 1 Full Night of Classes & Dancing   2 hours
       

PURCHASE LESSONS ONLINE

  • You can dance and we will help you get started!
  • Each class is 2 hours with 30 min. dancing in between and dancing after so you can practice!
  • We have our own nightclub where you can stay and dance every Friday after class with LIVE music!
  • Salsa Mia provides the highest quality instruction by the most experienced dancers.
  • Salsa Mia classes are given in the best location on South Beach.
  • We make learning Salsa fun and easy!
  • New Students - Get 1 Free Class with the online purchase of any package 5-Nights or more!
  • Current Members - Save time and money by paying for your classes from home.
  • Purchases are automatically applied to your account.
  • You can purchase lessons on the same day of class if you like. We don't mail anything out.
  • Check in at registration with your name. It's that easy!
  • Package credits can be used any day we have classes for 6 months from the date of purchase.
  • Credits are not transferrable or refundable.
Group Salsa Lesson Packages: click on drop-down arrow to view other package options.

THE GIFT OF DANCE
If you are purchasing packages for other people, please include the following information in the comments section. We will email a personalized gift certificate to you!

  • New Student's First & Last Name
  • New Student's Email
  • New Student's Phone Number

GET FREE CLASSES!
REFER A FRIEND

Salsa Mia Active Members: Receive 1 Free Class for every New Student you refer!

1. Print this card or Email it to a friend
2. Write their name and yours on the card
3. Have them bring it to their first class when they register!
4. You get a FREE CLASS
5. The person you refer also receives a FREE CLASS with any purchase of 5-Nights or more
6. You will automatically receive the credit for a free night of dancing added to your membership!
 
We also have the cards available at registration.
You can pick them up at the classes, write your name on them and hand them out!

PASSING CARDS
You will receive a Salsa Mía Passing card when you register for the classes. Each time you come to take a class, bring your card with you and present it at registration to get your wristband for your level. The instructors will sign off on your card each time you are ready to be passed to the next level. This enables you to advance at your own pace.

STUDENT PASSING CRITERIA – How instructors pass students to the next level
  
1.  Know: names and hand signals for each step in each level up through the one you are in.
2.  Be able: to dance each step using entire body, feet & arms - all moving together properly.  
3.  Be able: to dance each step on time to the music.
4.  Be able: to find the 1 and start on the 1 with the music.
5.  Be able: to dance all steps in combination with all other steps you have learned.
6.  Know: the days & times we have classes, website, & practice during break & nightclub.

 

 


FAVORITE DANCE & MUSIC MOVIES
 

Dance with Me (1998)

Dance instructor Ruby Sinclair (Vanessa L. Williams), on a search to find a partner for the World Open Dance Championship in Las Vegas, thinks she might have found a candidate in sexy Rafael (Chayanne), a newly arrived immigrant who's working as a custodian at a dance studio. But when the two begin rehearsing -- to spicy Afro-Cuban and Latin beats -- sparks start to fly, and it's clear that there's more between the pair than rhythm alone.

             

Shall We Dance? (2004)

John Clark (Richard Gere) has all he could ever ask for, including a successful career and a loving wife (Susan Sarandon). But true happiness eludes him, prompting him to sign up for dance lessons at a downtown studio he passes on his way to work. As John's friendship with alluring dance teacher Paulina (Jennifer Lopez) grows, so does his love for joyful movement, renewing his lease on life -- and alarming his wife.

           

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)

It's 1958 when the Miller family moves to Havana, where 18-year-old Katy's (Romola Garai) parents expect her to be the belle of the high-society ball. Instead, she falls for Xavier (Diego Luna), a waiter who teaches her how to dance and partners with her for an upcoming contest. But Fidel Castro's rise to power forces Americans to depart, putting Katy and Xavier's relationship in jeopardy. Patrick Swayze reprises his role as Johnny Castle.

   

The Mambo Kings (1992)

Musician brothers Cesar (Armand Assante) and Nestor (Antonio Banderas) Castillo flee Havana in the 1950s with hopes of making it big, but a secret Cesar hoped would stay in Cuba threatens to tear the Mambo Kings apart. Once in New York, the Castillos play the hottest clubs and find gorgeous women, but Nestor can't forget his beautiful Maria. The film is based on Oscar Hijuelos's Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love.

 

Salsa (1988) This movie is very 80's corny but so much fun to watch and laugh :)

Every night, Los Angeles mechanic Rico (former Menudo member Robby Rosa) heats up the dance floor at East L.A.'s hottest club with his girlfriend, Vicki (Angela Alvarado), dreaming of the day they'll be crowned king and queen of salsa and he can quit his day job. But when Luna (Miranda Garrison), the club's seductive owner, decides she wants to be his new partner, Rico must choose between salsa fame and the woman he loves.

 

Celia Cruz & Friends: A Night of Salsa (1999)

Crowned the "Queen of Salsa," Cuban-born singer Celia Cruz performs in this concert video featuring Latin jazz legend Tito Puente, La India, Johnny Pacheco and the RMM Orchestra. The flamboyant Cruz and her talented friends heat up the dance hall with songs such as "La Vida Es un Carnival," "La Voz de Experiencia," "Quimbara," "Babalu," "Siboney," "El Cumbachera," an improvised version of "Guantanamera" and Cruz's signature song, "Bemba Colora."

   
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2001) Excellent, excellent movie!

In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Maestro), a fervent supporter of the ideals of the Castro revolution. Also starring Charles S. Dutton as Dizzy Gillespie and José Zúñiga as Paquito D'Rivera, this gripping jazz biopic is at once a detailed portrait of a musician and a stinging critique of revolutionary Cuba.

   

The Lost City (2005)

Those seeking a scorching time in Havana know they should head for the club run by impresario Fico Fellove (Andy Garcia). But the party's over when political strife overtakes Cuban life, the Batista government falls, and Fidel Castro installs a Marxist regime. Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray co-star in this sweeping drama that finds Fico -- unable to make a go of it in his beloved country -- leaving for New York City to start anew.

 

Dance Shoes
As long as you have a nice, comfortable pair of shoes that will stay on your feet, you're good to go! We recommend that you wear leather-soled shoes or salsa dance shoes with suede bottoms.

BUY SHOES
 

Online
Exotic Salsa Shoes Website (men and women)

Local Stores
Dance Plus
They have men's dance shoes with a leather sole, perfect for dancing!
8425 SW 132nd Street, Miami, FL 33156
(305)255-4367
danceplusshop@aol.com

Dancing Supplies Depot
Print their ad and get 10% off your purchase.
10556 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33174
(305) 226-0666
Store Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 9:00 pm and Saturdays from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

 


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Popular Salsa Artists - You can download their music on iTunes

Africando Jerry Rivera Ray Barretto
Albita Joe Arroyo Rey Ruiz
Bobby Valentin Jose Alberto "El Canario" Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz
Celia Cruz Juan Luis Guerra Son Boriqua
Descarga Boriqua La Charanga Habanera Son By Four
DLG La India Sonora Carruseles
Eddie Palmieri La Excelencia Sonora Ponsena
Edwin Bonilla Larry Harlow Orchestra Tito Gomez
El Gran Combo Los Adolescentes Tito Nieves
Frankie Ruiz Los Van Van Tito Puente    
Fruko y Sus Tesos Marc Anthony Tito Rojas
Gilberto Santa Rosa Marlon Fernandez Tony Vega
Grupo Niche N'Klabe Victor Manuelle
Hector Lavoe Oscar D'leon Wayne Gorbea
Issac Delgado Puerto Rican Power Willy Chirino

Salsa Mia recommends:

SONGS ARTISTS
El Negro Esta Cocinando Los Van Van
Se Formo la Rumbantela Javier Vazquez
Melao de Cana Oscar D'León
El Negro Bembon Celia Cruz
Cao Cao Mani Picao Celia Cruz & Tito Puente
Nadie Se Salva de la Rumba Adalberto Santiago, Celia Cruz & Ray Barretto
Indestructible Ray Barretto
Esta Rumba Como Aprieta Bobby Valentin
Un Verano en Nueva York El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
Sonido Bestial Richie Ray y Bobby Cruz
Vasos de Colores Marvin Santiago
La Salsa y el Guaguanco La Excelencia
Cuba Te Llama Mamborama
El Dona Bella Bobby Valentin
No Te Quites La Ropa Luis Enrique
Sama Thiel Africando
El Matrimonio El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
Chinita Gilberto Santa Rosa
Asi Son Bongo Chamaco Ramírez
Abre Que Voy Miguel Enriquez
Ya Lo Veras Oscar D'León
Ni Bombones Ni Caramelo Juan Formell Y Los Van Van
Esto Te Pone La Cabeza Mala Juan Formell Y Los Van Van
Arrasando Los Van Van
Si a una Mamita (Live) Los Van Van

 

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