Afro Latin dance class in Midtown

Let’s continue on our moves 🙂
This is a FREE class that lasts about 2 hours midtown.
Wear comfortable clothes.
No experience required, it’s ok if you missed the first class!

Parking: There are some spots with free street parking and there is a parking garage across the street that charges about 5$.

About the class:

Heritage in Motion: Salsa – A Tale of Discovery, Blood, Rhythm, & Identity, a performance lecture by Raul Orlando Edwards of Strictly Street Salsa.

This performative lecture will explore the history, social background, musical development of Latin’s culture most recognized music and dance around the world. SALSA!

Participants will be invited to engage in an interactive and dynamic conversation about the many influences that are present in salsa dancing, from Gypsy to African to European and more.

This event is free and open to the public. No experience required. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and shoes to move around in. Performance, lecture and dance workshop is approximately 120 mins.
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Raul Orlando Edwards is the Executive Director for Arts of Tolerance at Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Studies. He is also the creative entrepreneur behind Strictly Street Salsa, FLAMART (Featuring Latin American Music and Art), and Houston’s Afro-Latin Festival

Reinaldo Costa is a dancer and teacher who works closely with Edwards at Strictly Street Salsa and with the Afro-Latin Festival. He has studied and performed across North America, including Cuba and Mexico.

Heritage in Motion is presented, in conjunction with the curatorial project “Collective Presence,” on view at DW through April 14, 2019.