1102 Second Ave.
Encinitas, CA 92024
Tel: (858) 967-7923
Prepare to take your Salsa dancing two to three notches higher.
The schedule promises to close the gap and give you access to over 55 years of dance experience and knowledge from those who have performed and continue to teach at the highest levels.
1:30pm – Salsa Basic booster- Designed to help the beginner to adv. beginner or anyone have trouble with turns / spins and lead follow. Close the gap to dancing salsa with joy and confidence. If you don't quite feel
like you can hang on the dance floor, you will after this workshop. Tony and Maria have a keen eye and
a way of teaching and coaching to give you confidence with the right information.
Don't be a Wall flower watching from the side, get in the game and listen to the award winning "Best Of" San Diego Salsa Classes taught by Tony and Maria Caligagan
2:40pm – Bachata is hot and it will get hotter with some cool moves to get even more comfortable on the dance floor. We are not going to teach the basic step, but we will teach how to lead properly and how to follow with flair. If you want to increase your Bachata vocabulary, this class is for you.
3. Intermediate Advance Club moves and Patterns: Steve Meyer has been co-director of Majesty in Motion for year and he will bring his vast salsa knowledge and wisdom to share with you. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to work with Steve Meyer.
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Cost: $30.00 for all three classes at the door
$25.00 in advance. (send your check to Tony Caligagan at
10869 New Salem Place, San Diego CA 92126
Must receive payment by Oct. 31st.
This workshop will sell out and is open to first come first serve.
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About the Instructors:
A football player turned dancer Tony Caligagan has made a living as a professional dancer for over 20 years. Back in the day, Tony was contracted by the unrivalled "Jazz Unlimited Dance Company" under the tutelage of Patricia Rincon. As a Principal dancer to rave reviews with Jazz Unlimited Tony also won awards from the San Diego Dance Alliance for his performance with "Three's Company ". Other credits include San Diego Opera, Lead dancer in productions by Pacific Opera and Starlight Opera Theater and Sacramento music circus.
After receiving a full scholarship to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center where was eventually offered a contract for the Alvin Ailey dance Theater Tony's career took off. Tony was cast in the Broadway production of "Jerome Robbins' Broadway", where he learned an enormous amount from Robbins' genius. Tony worked directly with Jerome Robbins as a principal in both the Broadway cast and the International tour. Ironically his role as Bernardo in Historic musical "West side Story" and dancing the "mambo" on stage every night (over 400 performances) brought him to his salsa roots. (Tony is of Puerto Rican and Filipino decent) It was in the Tony award winning show that He met his wonderful wife and partner Maria. She appeared as a principal dancer to rave reviews by the New York Times critiques. Maria's training has been very diverse in Ballet, Jazz, acting, voice; she even directed several plays off Broadway in New York. She appeared in the Movie "Cinderella" with Brandi and Whitney Houston and Jason Alexander and has appeared in Many National commercials on television.
Tony was awarded a "Tommy" award as "Jazz Dancer of the Year". He has performed in Television commercials including a principal spot with Paula Abdul. Tony was an honorary guest faculty at Hope College in Michigan and City University in New York, as well as The School of Creative and Performing Arts. Tony is currently teaching Jazz and Dances of the World Latin at UCSD teaching (Salsa, Merengue, Cha-cha, Tango, Beginning and Advanced levels).
Salsa teachers in high demand Tony and Maria's teaching style incorporates techniques in body control for turns and spins. Use of arms and body styling from classical training with an emphasis on sound partnering technique. Their influence in salsa have been from contemporary greats. Going directly to the source in New York they have studied closely (The original Mambo King) Eddie Torres and several L.A. salsa World Champions as well as L.A.greats.
