TWO LEFT FEET guarantees to make you good enough for the dance floor after you have finished the workshop. So get ready to Party and show-off  your hot Salsa and merengue moves.

The Weekend Salsa workshop would be an 8 hour workshops taken over 2 weekends, starting on Sat 23rd jan, 4pm to 6pm, Sat & Sunday.The workshop would be held at Row House no.2,High street,Hiranandani Gardens, Powai. Charges for entire workshop would be Rs 3000/couple and Rs 2000/stag.

TWO LEFT FEET-DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!

During his sojourn of dance Yogesh (YK) approached a lot of people to dance along. Most of them refuted with one common excuse “We have two left feet”.

The seed of the idea germinated from this basic statement and raised a question: How to get any person  to dance with ease and make him/her enjoy it too? And then in these hectic times, how do you achieve that in the least possible and most convenient time?

Thus sprung the concept of ‘weekend salsa workshop’ meant for the working and well travelled professional. After all Salsa, Merengue (dance from Dominican Republic) and Bachata are danced across in clubs in most of the western and now eastern countries as well (including India). These dances are not only ‘good exercises’ but also a great way to socialize.

Off late, there are salsa classes in every lane of urban India. Most of these are ‘mom and pop’ organizations taught by instructors who adapt other dance forms or learn it from CDroms!  However, salsa is not just about learning the steps. Style, attitude and understanding the ‘soul’ of the music are equally important. Moreover, club dancing is a different than ballroom dancing and allows for more experimentation and hence more fun.

‘Two Left Feet’ aims to do exactly that in 4 days. You don’t need to go through the rigorous and mundane rigmarole of numerous sessions and spiraling levels. You don’t need to spend loads of money and time to learn salsa. Just 8 hours is enough!!! So here’s to an entire new way to have a fun weekend.

Profile

Yogesh (YK) is a trained salsa dancer who honed his passion in USA while teaching at a Latin Ballroom studio in Virginia.Dancing has always been a passion with him, and he has conducted dance choreography’s during his school days in India and USA

On his return to India he had the opportunity to indulge in this passion and introduced the Latin dance culture as a means of recreation. Calling his group “Los Salseros” he pioneered ‘Dine and Dance’ workshops in Mumbai at a trendy new restaurant, Liquid Lounge, where he taught Salsa, Merengue and Cha-cha. This went on to become a rage and has become a norm in dancing fraternity of Mumbai. We initiated more than 100 couples to the fine art of ‘latin club dancing’.

Training:

• Basics of Latin American Club dances – Salsa, Merengue, Bachata and Cha- cha at University of Iowa, Iowa City USA
• Latin Ballroom dancing in Maryland from the world reputed pair in tango- Maria and Martin following which he taught at their academy – ‘Generations Dance Studio’ – Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
o Conducted private dance sessions for senior executives and businessmen in Latin American and International ballroom dance forms: Samba, Salsa, Tango, Bolero, Cha-cha, Rumba, Foxtrot, Waltz, Swing
• Flamenco dancing from Rosanna Maya and Maria Del Sol of ‘Allianza Flamenca’ – a popular dance school from Malta

Experience:

• Marketing head and instructor at ‘Generations Dance Academy’
 Personal training for more than 20 couples in a period of 6 months
• Was invited to conduct Latin dancing workshops for two years in a row at the prestigious Kala Ghoda Art festival held annually in Mumbai
 Kalaghoda is a premium arts festival of Mumbai where renowned artistes from different sectors of ‘Performing Arts’ are invited to perform
• Held workshops and performances at the Cuban festival at Café Mocha
 Café Mocha had a Cuban festival for a month where I performed and conducted classes in basics of latin dancing
• Performed at premium brand launch events like Morgan-De-Toi
• Conducted ‘party workshops’ for corporates in Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad
 An extension of the Dine and Dane workshop theme, party workshops are post conference social dance workshops for executives
• Conducted Antiquity Blue nights of Indulgence for UB group across the country
 Antiquity Blue is a premium brand of the Kingfisher group and used Latin dancing as a medium to promote their brand in the major metros of India
• Choreographed for TV serials like ‘Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na’ on Zee TV