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Cuban salsa classes in Nouméa
9 classes, 10 weekly slots between 17:30 and 21:00. School holidays: classes every other week.
9 classes, 10 weekly slots, Monday to Friday, between 17:30 and 21:00. Session 1: February to June, session 2: July to November. During school holidays: classes every other week.
The schedule
10 classes match
No classes on Tuesday. Public holidays: classes go ahead unless we announce otherwise. Reggaeton: booking required.
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The Casino path
Cuban salsa as a couple, from your first step to advanced figures. You move up once the previous level feels solid.
The classesThe 9
classes
Open a class to see what you'll learn, where it comes from and the level you need.
The basic step, lead and follow, and your first partner turns. We take it slowly, to music, and you leave with enough to dance at your very first party.
Casino is Cuban partner salsa, born in the social clubs of Havana in the 1950s.
Level required : None, 100% beginner
Where : L'Avant-Scène (Wed) · Ateliers du Faubourg (Thu)
- Level required
- None, 100% beginner
- Level
- 100% beginner
- When
- Wed 18:00-19:00 · Thu 19:00-20:00
- Where
- L'Avant-Scène (Wed) · Ateliers du Faubourg (Thu)
You link moves together, work on the connection with your partner and start playing with the music. The basics become second nature.
Same family as Casino 1: the partner salsa of Havana's clubs.
Level required : Casino 1 completed
Where : L'Avant-Scène
- Level required
- Casino 1 completed
- Level
- Intermediate
- When
- Wed 19:00-20:00
- Where
- L'Avant-Scène
Complex moves, musicality, personal style. We dance fast, we dance clean, we dance Cuban.
Social casino as it's danced in Cuba today.
Level required : Solid Casino 2
Where : Ateliers du Faubourg
- Level required
- Solid Casino 2
- Level
- Advanced
- When
- Mon 19:00-20:00
- Where
- Ateliers du Faubourg
Salsa in a circle: a leader calls the moves, every couple does them at the same time and switches partners. Fits of laughter guaranteed.
Born in the clubs of Havana in the 1950s.
Level required : Casino 2 or 3 level
Where : Ateliers du Faubourg
- Level required
- Casino 2 or 3 level
- Level
- From Casino 2
- When
- Fri 18:30-20:00
- Where
- Ateliers du Faubourg
The ancestor of salsa: a grounded, off-beat step full of elegance. Perfect for understanding Cuban music from the inside.
Born in eastern Cuba (the Oriente) in the late 19th century, between Spanish guitar and African percussion.
Level required : Beginners welcome
Where : Ateliers du Faubourg
- Level required
- Beginners welcome
- Level
- All levels
- When
- Thu 18:00-19:00
- Where
- Ateliers du Faubourg
The dances of the orishas, rumba, ritual rhythms. We work on grounding, shoulders and torso: everything that gives Cuban salsa its character.
Inherited from the Yoruba, Congo and Abakuá traditions, brought over from West Africa.
Level required : All levels
Where : Ateliers du Faubourg
- Level required
- All levels
- Level
- All levels
- When
- Mon 20:00-21:00
- Where
- Ateliers du Faubourg
Today's Cuban salsa: breaks, despelote, tembleque. You learn to react to the music and let loose.
Born in Havana in the 1990s.
Level required : All levels
Where : Ateliers du Faubourg
- Level required
- All levels
- Level
- All levels
- When
- Mon 18:00-19:00
- Where
- Ateliers du Faubourg
Turning technique, body movement, arm and hip styling. To dance with more ease, with a partner or solo.
The feminine styling of Cuban salsa.
Level required : All levels
Where : Ateliers du Faubourg
- Level required
- All levels
- Level
- All levels
- When
- Thu 20:00-21:00
- Where
- Ateliers du Faubourg
Reggaeton and reparto, the urban sound of Cuba today. Short routines, energy, sweat.
Reparto was born in the neighbourhoods of Havana in the 2010s.
Level required : Open, booking required
Where : Ateliers du Faubourg
- Level required
- Open, booking required
- Level
- Open · booking required
- When
- Fri 17:30-18:30
- Where
- Ateliers du Faubourg
Workshop · OCT/NOVThemed workshop · OCT/NOV
Lady Salsa
Technique, body movement, styling. Open to everyone.
Thursdays, 20:00-21:00, Ateliers du Faubourg.
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Your first class is waiting.
Casino 1, for complete beginners: no partner or experience needed. Pick your evening, we'll take care of the rest.
- Wed 18:00L'Avant-Scène
- Thu 19:00Ateliers du Faubourg
- Trial class1 000 F