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BALORICO DANCE
West Seattle Junction Classes
Salsa on2, Bachata, and Ballroom Dance
Lessons, Choreography & Professional Coaching
New Studio
Viva Arts is located at 4736 California Ave SW, right off the West Seattle bridge located in the West Seattle Junction, across from Bakery Novou.
Start Dancing November 2nd & 4th
Beginner course, 2 month cycle $149.
All who signup during our Grand Opening months, enjoy access to a second monthly course!
The absolute beginner BALORICO dance series introduces dancers to the fundamentals of dancing Salsa and Bachata. Latin dance is a sport! Once you lock down your fundamental footwork and partnered patterns, continued training supports your rhythmic expression, body movement and styling. These elements come together to help you become a great social dancer and sometimes more.
Classes and private lessons are available weekly. Teens are permitted to join adult classes with parent/guardian permission.
WEEKLY CLASSES
Beginner Salsa & Bachata series
Mondays 7pm
Start with the 2 month series Mondays at 7pm
Reserve with registration
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November 2nd - December 14 Beginner course
Monthly Open Level Series
FOOTWORK & STYLE
Mondays 8pm
Supplement your beginner course with this Monday 8pm class. Open level class adjusted to meet the level of dancers present in the room.
Monthly Open Level Series
Reserve with registration
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November 2 -23rd Course
Salsa On2 focus
Wednesdays 8pm
We focus on body movement and the physical expression of Latin Rhythms
Reserve with registration
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November 4th series link
Built in PRACTICAS
We host a guided dance practice session within each Salsa, Bachata class. Various Latin dance rythms are woven in to better prepare you for the social dance scene in Seattle.
BUILD CONFIDENCE PARTICIPATING IN THE PRACTICA weekly as a part of your classes.
MORE ABOUT THE CLASSES
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Beginner Salsa on2 & Bachata
Dancing is a sport, so bring that mindset and be patient with your progress.
Each month, the instructor integrates a new Latin rhythm such
Kids Salsa
Youth Focus
Since 2001 BALORICO has offered children's' courses supporting various arts non-profit organizations, schools, performing arts academies and as part of summer training camps.Build confidence, promote leadership & enhance respectful social skills through dance.
Programs and Arts Organization that wish to integrate Latin Dance into youth-focused arts learning, please contact balorico@gmail.com. Book 3 months in advance.
Catch BALORICO'S master instructor in this dance block-buster
MadHot Ballroom documentary film..
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
Are group classes moving too fast or too slow for you?
Consider private coaching. Private lessons advance dancers.
Lessons are about your individual learning style. Eliminate the quirks, build confidence, a few private lessons go a long way.
BALORICO teaches out of various studios.
Current availability: Late evening or Saturdays.
MASTER INSTRUCTOR,TRAINER & DANCE MAKER
Vanessa Villalobos is a performing artist, seasoned teaching artist, a certified American Ballroom & Rhythm instructor, Pilates Floor Mat and Zumba STRONG fitness instructor. Sharing her dance gems through dance instruction and choreography work is a passion. Her expertise draws from dance, theatre, competitive and commercial dance training.
Book a custom private lesson: balorico@gmail.com
As a young performer trained in Peruvian folk dance, Vanessa successfully booked a tour with Cecilia Bracamonte's folkloric ballet for the United States tour. She pursued and completed dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Theatre and Dance at the University of Washington. She dedicated an extra year of academic study exploring the impact and legacy of AfroPeruvian dance and music on Peruvian culture culminating in academic lecture-demonstrations, undergraduate dance classes and public presentations at the University of Washington and in the community. She travelled to Lima, Ica and Trujillo to conduct oral interviews with primary sources including important AfroPeruvian music and dance pioneers such as the Santa Cruz and Ballumbrioso families. Her ethnographic study compared and analyzed the various approaches of diffusing folklore across generations and reflected on the distinctions between University and Academy School dance pedagogy. This experiential knowledge shapes her approach and sensibility to teaching and coaching movement influenced by diaspora traditions that are part of her cultural ancestry nurtured by her family.
Beyond her passion for heritage and the promotion of culture and art in everyone's life, Vanessa Villalobos is a professional dancer with a performance track in competitive Ballroom Latin, including Theatre Arts/cabaret, and commercial dance. She is featured in the blockbuster documentary hit, MadHot Ballroom as herself, a dance adjudicator, and in the Walt Disney partially animated film, Enchanted, appearing as a principle dancer. Ms. Villalobos is certified in American Ballroom Rhythm & Smooth and trained extensively in International Latin dance technique with New York favorites Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin of So You Think You Can Dance.
Dance is a lifestyle she cherishes and vastly enjoys introducing this human art form and connection vehicle to all people.
Coreografia para Quinceaneras y Bailes Sorpresa
 Our instructors are skilled at community engagement and teach with purpose. AFRO BODY MOVEMENTAfro body movement is the core of Latin dance. The beauty of your instrument, your body, is how you use it to produce the polyrhythmic sounds in Latin music. Esta class entrena al bailarin para que sepa usar su CUERPO como un instrumento musical. Las clases privadas suplemental cualquier curso de baile Latino que este tomando. Llamenos para cordinar su clase, 206 679-7229.  FESTEJO Fusion
 Since 2009, BALORICO has served thousands of dancers and influences hundreds of local performers, dance competitors, new instructors and performance practitioners. Our company is proud to be an expert in creating a positive and encouraging environment for dance learning at all stages of growth.
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