Category Archives: History

I recall the exact moment like it was yes­ter­day. It was my sec­ond salsa les­son, and I was prac­tic­ing the basic step with a cou­ple other ner­vous begin­ners. I remem­ber how the way I was mov­ing in rhythm with the music felt so good, …
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There comes a time in every young man’s life when he must undergo a kind of rit­u­al­is­tic death.  It is through this destruc­tion that the old ways of doing and think­ing are exter­mi­nated giv­ing birth to a new energy marked by calm, com­pas­sion, …
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In Part 1, I told you about how I ended up at CPSalsa for the first time. I’ve never been a nat­ural dancer and I have zero nat­ural rhythm. The night of my first les­son was a blur. A frus­trat­ing, con­fus­ing blur. I felt like I was rub­bing my …
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This is the story of how I got started. Back then, I was a geek (I still am). And I was an engi­neer­ing stu­dent. Walk­ing around cam­pus, I remem­ber see­ing CPSalsa posters every­where. The cap­tions said, “Look­ing For A Few Good Men”. I had just bro­ken up …
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