La Muerte

LIVE Performance by MANICATO

Plus resident Don Bustamante

Free Salsa lessons 9pm w/ Señor Saenz & DJ The Whooligan

Tropicana / Manicato FB Event Page

Dance Instructor / Event Producer

CollectiveWave / PulsoBeat / AudioPharmacy

"Everything in existence is sound, might as well be tuned"

Class Description:

- Fundamental Footwork

- Musical Timing

- Leading & Following / Concepts-Techniques

- Body Communication / Postures

- Turning Patterns

- Techniques for Improvisation

- Emphasis in Personal Creativity

Agreements with students:

Money Economy

$15 per person / hour

$40 per person /4 hours

- or -

$20 per couple / hour

$ 60 per couple / 4 hours

Great discount for groups of four or more students.

I am also open for Donations / Work-Trade / Gift Economy

Contact info:

srsaenzj@gmail.com

510 978 1823

I am not a show performer or professional competitor, I just love to dance and I want to share this beautiful universal language with others. Baila Conmigo...

It is through dance that I am now passionate about consciousness, health and the ecosystem…

Teaching Experience:

Tropicana Nights - Latino dance music event

SF Bay Area (2009 - Present)

Co-Founder, Event Producer, MC Host, Dance Instructor

Audiopharmacy - Intl. Artist Collective

SF Bay Area (2010 - Present)

Dance Instructor, Multiple Event Production, Urban Permaculture Design

Studio Gracia

SF Bay Area (6 months in 2012)

Salsa Dance Instructor

Private Lessons

SF Bay Area (2012 - Present)

Several lessons at rented studios, park, homes, etc..

AutoBio.- Being raised in Ecuador, I remember I used to hate salsa dance music. Not that I hate anything now, but it was played in many public places. Of course, it was played with some vallenato, cumbias, san pedritos and reggaeton. But salsa was too much for me at that time. Until I hit the age of 15, I began to illegally dance salsa at local clubs in Quito - Ecuador, such as: El Choque, Tijuana, El Varadero, and more. “an under-age illegal dancer”. However, I mostly enjoyed dancing with friends and family. In 2001, at the age of 19, I moved to San Francisco, California. Still, I was not legally old enough for clubs, but that did not stop me. Dancing all over the latin music clubs in the Bay has been amazing, I subconsciously developed my dancing skills with help of many other amazing talented people, creating dance groups of our own and consistently meeting at latin music bars, such as Tunnel Top, Bissap Baobab, Madrone, Makeout Room, and more. Occasionally we would visit Roccapulco, El Rio, Cafe Cocomo, Jelly`s.

After ten years of social dancing, I began to consider teaching salsa dance, especially after being encouraged by my family - community. In 2009, I began to teach a unique fusion form of Ecuadorian / BayArea Salsa Dance Style, what ever that means... Actually, I emphasis in helping those interested individuals in developing personal self-expression through dance and to create their own unique style , with a salsa flavor.

Monday, February 18, 2013