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Ahora Si! Salsa Weekend



Posted on Oct 31, 2018
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Nov 30, 2018 | 08:00 pm
Dec 01, 2018 | 08:00 pm


This November, Ahora Si! is proud to bring you another exciting edition of the Ahora Si! Salsa Weekend. And if you thought last year was fun, well this year we're making it bigger and even better!

We're honoured to be joined by a pair guest instructors from New York City of the very highest quality, Fausto Felix and Katlyn Rodriguez. This couple brings incredible Dominican folklore, Mambo and Latin technique with strength, raw street styles and sophistication. With their visionary artistic direction, Fausto and Kate take the audience to another place, transfixing them and always leaving them wanting more. From studying at the presitigious Santo Rico Dance Company to touring the world with Maite Perroni, Fausto's experience as a performer has always been wonderfully diverse. Katlyn has recently paired up Fausto to create one of the most dynamic teaching and performing couples in the New York dance scene.

The weekend kicks off with the Hashtag Pre-Party on Friday the 30th, where you'll have the choice of dancing all night long to your favourite salsa tunes in the main room, or taking it slow downstairs where our team of DJs will be dropping all the best kizomba, semba, tarraxinha and bachata beats. R120 gets you in at the door if you're not one of the lucky passholders.

On Saturday, 1 December we'll be kicking off our workshops at the Market Theatre Lab in Newtown from 10:00. Saturday is Salsa Day, and Fausto and Kate will be treating us to the following line-up of workshops:

- 10:00 - 11:00: Ladies Shines and Styling with Kate; Men's shines with Fausto;

- 11:15: - 12:15: Salsa Partnerwork pattern on 1, with Fausto and Kate;

- 14:30 - 15:30: Salsa Partnework pattern on 2, with Fausto and Kate.

(Please note that all workshops will be at the intermediate/advanced level, so expect them to be challenging!)

It will then be time to go home to put on your most stylish black-tie outfits in preparation for your favourite Ahora Si! Ball, starting at 20:30. This year we're hosting the Ball at the Rand Club, downtown Jozi's most iconic members club, which for more than a century has been the epitome of luxury and opulence. Be prepared to be blown away by performances by Fausto and Kate, as well as some very special groups from right here in Mzansi, as well as an electrifying array of Afro-Latin beats brought to you by Ahora Si's resident DJs and some special guests! Get your ticket for R200 on our website (or just do the smart thing and buy a pass...)

On Sunday, 2 December we'll be back at the Market Theatre Lab for Bachata Sunday, where Fausto and Kate will be sharing with us their latest moves in hard-core Dominican bachata:

11:00 - 12:00: Bachata Partnerwork with Fausto and Kate;

12:15 - 13:15: Bachata Shines with Fausto and Kate.

Later that afternoon we'll be closing things off in style with our very first Sensual Sunday Sundowner party, where our line-up of DJs will be killing it with all the very best bachata, kizomba, taraxhinha and semba hits. Venue TBC.

Don't waste any time in getting your pass on our website (www.ahorasi.co.za). Ask your teacher for a discount code, and get R100 off! You will absolutely not want to miss this!