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Top 10 Cities in the U.S. for Salsa Dancing

Takeshi Young — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 02:35:29 +0000

Looking for the best cities in the United States to go salsa dancing? You’ve got plenty of options! The U.S. hosts more salsa lessons, socials, and festivals than any other country in the world, perhaps not surprising given its size and the fact that salsa, as we know it today, actually originated in the U.S. ...

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Bad Bunny to Headline 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show — A Milestone for Salsa and Latin Music

Takeshi Young — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:28:55 +0000

Bad Bunny will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on February 8, 2026— the first time a Puerto Rican artist leads the biggest stage in U.S. entertainment. The NFL announced the news Sunday night alongside Apple Music and Roc Nation. Bad Bunny is the first ...

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Bad Bunny’s Residency Finale Turns El Choli Into a Salsa Showcase — And a New Generation Listens

Takeshi Young — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:30:27 +0000

Bad Bunny closed his No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí residency in San Juan on Saturday night (Sept. 20) with a three-hour celebration that felt less like a pop show and more like a love letter to Puerto Rico — capped by a salsa-soaked finale that put the genre’s heartbeat front and center. The last ...

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Cuban Dance Styles: The Complete List

Takeshi Young — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 05:34:49 +0000

Cuban Dance Styles: The Complete List Cuba’s dance and music have had a tremendous impact on Latin music, social dance, and global popular culture. The island has long been a cultural melting pot of Indigenous Taíno heritage, Spanish colonial influence, and powerful West & Central African traditions, whose mixing (under difficult historical circumstances) sparked remarkable ...

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Press Release: Salsa Vida now covers 50 states & 36 countries

Takeshi Young — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:55:32 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Salsa is back (and bigger): Salsa Vida’s calendar now spans nearly 2,000 events across all 50 U.S. states and 36 countries The one-person, AI-assisted platform also lists 250+ festivals for the current year, 500+ city guides, open submissions, and a free TuneTempo practice app—making it the most comprehensive, up-to-date salsa resource online. ...

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Eddie Palmieri, Salsa Architect and Latin Jazz Innovator, Dies at 88

Takeshi Young — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 05:16:18 +0000

Eddie Palmieri—the Bronx-born pianist whose trombone-driven bands redefined New York salsa and powered dance floors for six decades—died on August 6, 2025, after an extended illness. He was 88 and passed at his home in Hackensack, New Jersey. Born in Spanish Harlem to Puerto Rican parents, Palmieri came up playing timbales before settling into the ...

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Introducing TuneTempo – Free Music Slow-Down & Loop Tool for Dancers

Takeshi Young — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 05:00:39 +0000

After weeks of late-night coding sessions (and copious amounts of coffee), I’m thrilled to roll out a brand new tool for dancers: TuneTempo, a free, browser-based music slow-downer and loop app built specifically for dancers. TuneTempo makes it easy to slow down (or speed up!) any song so you can slow a piece down when ...

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Salsa Temple, London’s Embankment Mainstay, Closes After Nearly Eight Years

Takeshi Young — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:40:40 +0000

Bar Salsa—better known to dancers as “Salsa Temple” or “Bar Salsa Temple”—held a final party on Sunday, June 1, 2025, and closed to the public starting June 2. The brief announcement came via social posts from the venue, thanking London’s Latin dance community for years of classes, socials, and late-night parties. Opened in September 2017 ...

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Eric Caty, Visionary Canadian Latin-Dance Leader, Passes Away

Takeshi Young — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 05:59:47 +0000

Eric Caty—international ballroom champion, co-founder of Calgary’s Salsa Rica Dance Company, and a driving force behind the Canadian salsa and ballroom scenes—passed away peacefully on March 30, 2025, after a sudden battle with bacterial meningitis. He was 49. Born in Montréal in 1975, Caty began formal ballroom training at age six, studying with some of ...

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Bad Bunny Takes Salsa Lessons in ‘Baile Inolvidable’ Video

Takeshi Young — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:41:01 +0000

Bad Bunny fans and salsa enthusiasts got a treat this week with the release of the music video for “Baile Inolvidable,” a salsa-infused track from his latest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos. In the video, the Puerto Rican star takes his first salsa lesson, dressed casually in a gray sweatsuit and sneakers. The class is ...

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