B A L O R I C O DANCE in West Seattle

Monday May 10 ,5pm at Kenyon Hall All ages HIP HOP class with Erick Paul, $10/person 6pm Beginner Ballroom begins a new 7 session cycle today, $15 7pm Salsa for Beginners, $15 This past weekend was a blast in company of excellent and recognized musicians such as Memo Acevedo(NY), John Santos(Oakland), Carlos Cascante (Seattle) Laura Rebolloso(Mexico), Shannon Dudley(UW) the YVCC Salsa Band (WA) and our very own Peta Robles (Peru) who received nothing but love from dozens of music students and artists in Yakima. Below are some highlights of our weekend in Yakima in collaboration with Andre Mintz of MamboU.

A full weekend of dancing events around Seattle! Some highlights include the launch of our Summer Youth Program starting June 7th for kids & teens. Fellow mambo dancer Andre Mintz opened his new studio in Fremont this weekend and Balorico was there to promote AfroPeruvian culture with a little festejo! At the hall this weekend we also hosted our first Open House (Hip Hop meets AfroPeruvian/Salsa beats...check it out) Free youth preview classes begin May 10th - Ballroomagic TM 4pm (ages 8 and up) followed by a Hip Hop all ages class at 5pm with guest artist Erik Paul $10. It was a great evening of live music and dancing. After the Salsa Mixer, guests waltzed, tried some American Tango and danced to some fun Hip Hop choreography. Performances included an American Tango by Balorico dancers Magda Cygan (Polandia), Joey Hughes (good 'ol USA), Kristina Clark(Mejicana-Peruana-Americana) and Ilya Kilmov from Russia.... an imprompt AfroPeruvian dance duet by Kristina and myself...and w...