A Cuban Argentina

Last night we went for salsa and tango classes at La Viruta. While salsa isn't quite Argentinean, but rather Cuban/Colombian/Puerto Rican, I absolutely loved it! I think because it is relatively easy for me (I am not the most graceful nor rhythmically gifted) and I love the music. I'm excited for Roy and I to take classes in the fall at school.

Our instructor was Cuban and taught us all kinds of steps. We learned them while standing in place and then we partnered up and tried out the moves in pairs. It was interesting how focused everyone was on becoming serious salsa stars! Here is a video of Priya, Ashvini and I learning the basic step:

After learning the salsa, the instructors taught us some sort of salsa-reggaeton fusion. There was some salsa steps, but tons of shimmy and body rolls. Just imagine a randomly assorted group of 20 to 50 year olds from around the world in dance lines doing body rolls in unison. Here is a video of us learning some of those moves. A couple more classes and I think I'll be a pro. ;)

We ended up not learning tango, but just watched, because we were eating pizza. Also, I think I'm a little too young to tango. The group at La Viruta aged about 10 years in the 15 minutes between the salsa and tango classes.

Finishing our Quilmes and pizza, we went to a bar called Tazz in Palermo Soho. It was a really cool place with great atmosphere and decoration. They had pool tables and we got to play. I need to work on my game!

Okay, now back to polishing my boots...(seriously, my room smells like polish).