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REVIEW CLASSES/
PRACTICING BASICS DURING ADVANCED
CLASSES
Advanced students are welcome to hop
into basic classes for review at no
additional charge. Note that if there is
an advanced class on the floor,
beginning students are welcome to
practice on the side at no additional
charge. In order for experienced
students to move along at their level,
those who are working on more basic
moves are asked to practice outside the
circle rather than joining the circle on
the more advanced levels.
LADIES LEARN TO LEAD
A great way for ladies to learn the
leads is by stepping back into basic
classes as a leader. This is
encouraged as it enhances your
understanding of lead/follow technique.
BEST WAY FOR THOSE WITH TIMING ISSUES
TO LEARN
Each class begins with the basics,
starting with the underlying Salsa
rhythm and basic step. Then we
move onto the step patterns. Sometimes stepping in the
Salsa rhythm (quick quick slow)
consistently is hard for students, which
makes the Rueda step patterns very difficult to
learn.
If anyone has a problem
with the underlying rhythm and basic
step, the teacher will make appropriate
recommendations on where to get training on these fundamentals.
After some work on Salsa timing, Rueda
moves are much easier to learn. (You can also find information on a CD
designed to help students with their
timing ("Rhythm Reminder")
CD by clicking here.)
DO WE TEACH KIDS?
Teens are welcome to come to the class.
The classes are not aimed
at smaller children, but everyone (including
small children) is welcome to watch and
hang out at the class. The best
thing that parents can do to prepare a
small child to dance is expose them to
people who are dancing and having fun.
Kids pick up a sense of the enjoyment
that dance provides, as well as an
understanding of rhythm. Plus exposure
to the music develops their "musical
(harmonic) ear." And of course, if
parents want to take the class while
their children watch, that is fine.
MAKING USE OF THE FREE INFO ON THIS
WEBSITE
This website has pointers and
tips for doing Salsa Rueda steps that
reinforce points made in class, as well
as instructional videos where students
can review some of the class material.
Don't miss the wealth of free
information right on this site!!
ARTICLES
ABOUT SALSA RUEDA
Click here
to read an article about the spirit of Salsa Rueda
dancing. And more articles are on the
"Salsa and Rueda Information" page under
"Articles."
Learning Aids
For a written description of
moves, click here.
And check out the instructional videos on
this site.
With the
help of professional dancer Michele Kearney,
Barb produced an instructional Rhythm and
Timing CD.
Click here to listen to part of that
CD.
This is aimed at helping students hear
the dance beat.
Also, there is a syllabus
of moves on this website with a listing of the steps organized into five levels.
Each step includes a short description
of the move which is a handy
reference.
To see the
syllabus, click here.
Other "Custom" Classes
Special one-time classes have been
given at locations such as:
Sprint Athletic
Complex in Northern, VA,
Good Luck Community Center
in Lanham, MD;
Langley Park Community
Center in Langley Park, MD;
Black Rock Center for
the Arts in Germantown, MD:
Anne Arundel Parks and Recreation
Department in Annapolis, MD, Publick
Playhouse in Cheverly, MD, etc.
Click here
to see a video of a class at FirstNightAnnapolis.
DanceInTime has also run nightclub
classes--including:
Barking Dog
(Bethesda),
Rene's Club (Fairfax),
Jin
(Washington DC),
Gardels (Baltimore, MD),
Club One
(Baltimore, MD),
Ned Devine's (Centreville,
VA),
La Palapas (Ellicott City, MD),
Sammy's Trattoria (Baltimore, MD),
Red
Maple (Baltimore, MD).
If you are
interested in arranging dance instruction,
contact Barb at 301-4646244.
Barbara Bernstein's
Biography
Bernstein has a background in ballroom,
Salsa & Rueda, and foreign folk dance and has
taught at studios, nightclubs, athletic
facilities, and parks and recreation
departments.
Click here to read
about the shows that she produced for the
Kennedy Center, the Verizon Center, the
Washington D.C.
Convention Center,
a World Bank Red Carpet Gala, etc. She has
conducted scores of Hispanic Heritage
Shows for offices, school, and
organizations all over the Washington DC
metropolitan area. And she has
conducted programs for Women's History
month and Women's Equality Day with her
"Women's Team" as well.
Barb loves to teach and was formerly a
Mathermatics instructor at a small
liberal arts college. She holds a
Ph.D. in Education from the University
of Maryland with expertise in teaching
methods and has taught as well at the
secondary level as a sub and a tutor. She has created many
teaching aids to help students learn.
To help them with rhythm and timing,
Bernstein produced
"Rhythm Reminder," an instructional CD.
Click here for
more information and to listen to part
of this CD. She has published a short
booklet to educate audiences on the history
and rhythms of Salsa, Rueda, and other Latin
dances. She has also written articles on
dance topics for websites and electronic
publications such as
Salsaweb.com,
SalsaFreak.com,
Latin Beat, and
Candela magazine,
as well as for printed magazines like
The Scene and Sabor. Barb
is also the co-organizer of the Baltimore Salsa Meetup
Group, as well as the city representative for both Baltimore and Northern
Virginia for Salsaweb.com.
For her efforts, on 3/31/04, Barb
received the "Third Annual Tribute To Women
in Salsa" Award for "outstanding dedication
to the promotion of a vibrant Salsa
community." And she was chosen to judge the
"World Salsa/Rueda Championship Contest" at
the 2004 and the 2005 Salsa Rueda Congress in Miami. She also
judged a competition and taught a
"Mega-class" at the Salsa Rueda
Competition in Vancouver Canada on April 9,
2005. In addition, at an
"International Dance Productions"-sponsored
event in the fall of 05 and 06, Barb taught
Salsa Rueda workshops and
performed Rueda presentations at their
Galas.
In August 2007, her Dance Company’s
“Women's Team” performed and Barbara
taught a workshop at the Miami Salsa
Congress, which draws dancers from all
over the world! A DanceInTime
team also performed in 2008, 2009, and
2010 at the New York Salsa Congress; in
July 08 in Puerto Rico, in June/July
2008 and 2009 at the Philadelphia Salsa
Congress, and in the '06, '07, 09, and
'10 at the DC Salsa Congress. The
Women's Team performed again in 2010 in
Miami! Finally, Barb taught
workshops in Dublin, Ireland at the St.
Patrick's Salsa Festival on March 19, 2011.
For an article in La Voz
profiling Barbara Bernstein, click here.
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