Salsa Dance Concert Report

I attended the 7th Baltimore Salsa Bachata Congress. It is the premiere Salsa event held in Maryland during a weekend in April. There were salsa dancers from across the country to celebrate their passion for Salsa, Bachata, Zouk, and Kizomba. The dancers represented different Latin ethnic groups. There were several dance performances, pool parties, dance workshops, dance class instructors and different type of vendors selling various things such as clothing, food, and musical cds. There were three days of full events. The prices varied from twenty to two hundred dollars with an option of buying an all-day pass. However, I decided to watch one performance and attend a dance workshop that taught salsa. Today, salsa remains the most widespread style of dance music in many Hispanic communities. Salsa is a mixture of Latin genres, Spanish and Afro-Cuban musical elements (salgente.com). The live performance was breathtaking. I felt the ability to read the emotions and feelings of the dancers as I watched the performance. It was a true and invigorating experience. The dance class was unplanned; however, the performance blew me away. I wanted to learn the salsa. It was a fun learning experience despite being a little challenging. It was a stress reliever once I took the advice to let go. The trainers were …show more content…
These two cultural events were an amazing period of growth for me professionally and personally It has been a challenge trying to find a cultural event for the Hispanic culture. Most of the culture events are held during the warm seasons. I reached out to friends, organizations and searched the web for events. I had to travel to a local state for one event and the other event I learned from visiting a community center in the area where Hispanics reside. The language is a huge