Salsa Opportunities Over Winter Break

by Gal Oppenheimer,

A number of students have emailed asking if we will be having Salsa over winter break. Unfortunately, since many of our instructors are out of town over the breaks, we are unable to offer any salsa classes. We plan to resume classes the second week of winter quarter (January 11). While we would like to tell you exactly what our schedule be, we have not yet received our room schedule from the University, so therefore we are unable to schedule our classes. As soon as they are finalized, I will email all of you, and post them online at http://ballroom.uchicago.edu/Lessons.html.

However, there are many opportunities to go Salsa dancing and take lessons in Chicago over the break. Also, if you are going home for break, just google Salsa dancing and your city, and you'll definitely find something.

Lessons:
Most studios in Chicago also teach their classes in sequences, and unfortunately, it is too late to sign up for new classes. However, Latin Street Dancing is having what they call "Boot Camps" where you come in for 3.5 hours and learn a bunch of new stuff. Their classes will be the week of December 15th. To view the schedule, please visit: http://www.laboriqua.com/welcome/class/schedule.html.

Private Lessons:
Some of our instructors will be in town, so they might be able to give private instruction. Email salsa@uchicago.edu for availability and questions.

Dancing:
There are a bunch of places to go salsa dancing if you are over 21, however, for those of us under 21, locations to go dancing are limited. Therefore, I've split the list:

All Ages:
Latin Rhyms: Salsa mixers on December 20th and January 3rd (http://latinrhythmsdance.com/mixer.html) This is Gal's favorite place to go Salsa dancing in Chicago as the dancers are amazing.

Latin Street Dancing: They have a bunch of classes, some dancing opportunities, and a list of a bunch of places around chicago. View it all here: http://www.laboriqua.com/welcome/dance/index.asp

Images: Mix restaurant and dancing, on Mondays and Fridays. It might be 18+ since I went there when I was 18, but call to make sure. (http://www.imagesrestaurant.com/entertainment.html)

21+:
Here is a website with listings for what's going on every night:

http://www.salsachicago.com/n_nightclub.htm

Here's links to places our instructors go sometimes:

Buzz (http://www.buzztheclub.com/) Sundays and Wednesdays
Alhambra (http://www.alhambrapalacerestaurant.com/) Tuesdays
Green Dolphin (http://www.jazzitup.com/) Tuesdays
Excalibur (http://www.visionnightclub.com/) Thursdays
Rumba (http://63.134.220.8/) Fridays & Saturdays

We hope this lists helps everyone out!