Classes

"Stifling an urge to dance is bad for your health
- it rusts your spirit and your hips."
~ Adabella Radici

"Socrates learned to dance when he was seventy
because he felt that an essential part of himself had been neglected."
~ Unknown

"Do you think dyslexic people have difficulty dancing to "Y.M.C.A."?"
~ Dave Sokolowski

"Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order."
~ Samuel Beckett

Class prices range from $10 to $15.
No pre-registration, no contracts, no partner required.
JUST FUN!

Private classes are available for all dances & exercises.

ARGENTINE TANGO

The Tango Room offers classes in traditional Argentine tango, contemporary tango, tango milonga (fast paced tango) and tango waltz… authentic tango as it is danced in Argentina. Our instructors, many of them from Argentina, are all experienced tango dancers and performers who have appeared at venues around the world. The level of teaching here at the Tango Room is well-known and respected throughout the tango world.

It is our goal to bring you absolutely the finest tango learning experience.

to find out more about Tango at The Tango Room

SALSA

Salsa instructor LaQuita believes that musicality and timing are the most important elements in salsa and she incorporates this in all of her classes. So while she teaches combinations, she also teaches you how to make your dancing playful and fun. Her goal is to make sure that the leaders have a very clear and concise lead, while the followers learn to relax and respond to the lead. Connecting with your partner is essential and this connection is what makes this playful and sexy dance amazing.

CHILDREN'S BALLET

Maestra Alla comes from the "old school" of ballet where technique and discipline are emphasized. This class is perfect for your budding prima ballerina.

BELLY DANCE for Fitness

Exotic Egyptian belly dancing will release your inner temptress while keeping you lithe and limber. Sagit, a professional dancer for many years, will gently lead you into this fascinating world.

BEGINNERS CLASS: G-R-E-A-T WORKOUT!! This class does not require previous experience in dance, coordination or rhythm. We’ll get you dancing in the first class! You will learn step by step the basic moves of belly dance commonly seen in belly dancing: hip circles, hip & shoulder shimmies, hip drop – kick, figure-8’s, snake arms & undulation. All moves are broken down in to easy to follow steps and are repeated in each class.

IMPROVERS CLASS: Students who know the basic steps will learn how to enhance each move & develop speed and expression. In the end of each class we will dance to a routine combining the movements you’ve learned. This class is combined with the beginners class.

INTERMEDIATE CLASS: Once you have mastered the basic moves you will learn full dance routines with advanced move variation, step combinations and veil work.

CLASS BENEFITS: The benefits of belly dance are both mental and physical.

Helps to improve sense of well being, better body image and self esteem.
Consists of natural movements that work with the body and not against it.
Will tone your body with movements that focus on your abs, hips and harms and give you flexibility and grace.
A full body workout that slims your body into a beautiful shape.
Helps de-stress and awaken energy through your entire body.
This ancient dance will put you in touch with your sensual feminine nature with gracefully movements and mesmerizing music.

BUJINKAN - Japanese Martial Arts

The oldest of the Japanese martial arts. These are the true ninjas.

What separates the Bujinkan from other forms of martial training, such as Karate, Judo, Kendo, Aikido, etc., is the fact that the techniques studied today are the same as those formed on the Japanese battlefields in 1603. During the 250 years of peace that followed, as their skills were no longer needed, the warrior class began to undertake more humanitarian pursuits. The skills developed during that time of peace held perfection of character more important that actual combative effectiveness.

YOGA

The Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions, knowledge and devotion

An open-level class designed to condition the body to create and maintain strength, grace and ease in the body taught to a fun music playlist!

Tuesdays 9:00am - 10:15am
$10.00 (Please bring your own mat.)

ZUMBA® - Great cardio workout

Zumba® fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a dynamic fitness program that will blow you away. Zumba® Fanatics achieve long term benefits while experiencing an absolute blast in one exhilarating hour of caloric-burning, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and captivate for life! Never has exercise been so much fun!

The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms, and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavor and international zest into the mix and you've got Zumba®!

Only instructors who have been through the intense Zumba® training can legally call themselves Zumba® teachers. We’ve got one of the best.

Wil-son (a certified Zumba® instructor) brings tons of energy and enthusiasm to his Zumba® classes.

R & B LINE DANCE

Dance at any club, any time, any where!

If you like old school music and love to dance, come get your sexy back!! Learn the Jungle Slide, Cupid slide, Odyssey, Wild Wild West, Cleveland Shuffle, Homer Twist and more to Old School and New School R&B.

EXOTIFIT

Tired of boring workout? Not motivated enough to exercise?
Weary of paying expensive dance lessons?
Want to add spice in your life?

Voila! Exotifit has everything you are looking for! Maria Amor is revolutionizing the world of fitness by combining her skills and talents in dancing and teaching aerobics. For years, fitness enthusiasts are always looking for something new, challenging, fun and effective workout. Exotifit possessed all the qualities that a great workout should be. Merging the different Exotic dances (Belly Dance, Indian, African, Brazilian, Hawaiian, Asian, etc.) of the world with Contemporary Dances (Hip-hop, Reggaeton, Strip/Lap/Pole Dancing), Exotifit has created a unique way of losing weight while having fun and gaining confidence.

This one-hour class will take you to the journey from the tropics of Hawaii, the desert of Cairo, the jungle of Africa, the paradise of Phuket and Bali, and to the rest of the Exotic world. The music are carefully chosen and will surely fire-up your body and senses, thereby making you burn more calories. Every class is an event, unique and full of passion.

Single Class - $10
4 classes/month - $20
7 classes/month - $30
8 classes/month - $35
Unlimited Inter-branch
(Maria Amor's Classes only) - $50

WEST COAST SWING

West Coast Swing Valley Bootcamp

Saturday, July 24th at:

4:00 pm to 6:00 PM
Begining West Coast Swing
$20.00 per Person

For more info, visit:

www.cindysdance.com

Argentine Tango

Angel & Julie

The co-owners of the studio.

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Angel Echeverria has been dancing tango for more than fifty years. He was taken under the wings of the master milongueros who taught out of love for the dance when tango was specific to the neighborhood clubs and local dance hall, before tango shows, before videos, before tango became a business.

Angel's approach to tango is to teach you to dance from the heart, to help you make a profound connection with the music and with your partner. He teaches the essential techniques that make steps and combinations seem effortless.

Angel and his partner, Julie offer classes that focus on bringing authenticity, precision and fluidity to your tango, as well as an emphasis on improvisation. And Angel happily shares his repertoire of tango stories.

Julie Friedgen is a former ballet and flamenco dancer who studied with Michael Brigante, one of the most well-known teachers in Los Angeles. Julie grew up listening to the music of Carlos Gardel and watching her parents' Argentine friends dance tango at parties. The music was always in her soul but it wasn't until nine years ago that she began to study tango.

Once she began, she knew she had discovered the dance for the rest of her life. The technique she learned over the twenty years she studied dance gives her a strong foundation for the demands of tango and it is her joy to pass this on to her students.

Together she and Angel have become well-known for their distinctive "milonguero" style of tango.

Darío Aro & Barbara Martínez

Dario comes from a family of tangueros. He learned to dance tango in Buenos Aires almost 15 years ago & has been dancing ever since. He has excellent posture and balance, a crystal clear lead, & crisp, clean technique, along with an impressive repertoire & an energetic, vibrant creativity that always make him a pleasure to watch on the dance floor.

Barbara has danced, taught, and performed throughout Southern California, including UCLA & Cal Tech. In 2006, she performed at the International Day of Tango at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. More recently she was invited to perform at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara for BASSH 2008 and the NoHo Carlos Gardel Tango Festival 2008. She was also featured on Telemundo and KTLA and will be a showcased dancer in both the upcoming Fashion-Fusion Tango Fashion Show (which is a benefit for the National Breast Cancer Foundation) and the upcoming tango show Flamenco Loves Tango.

Barbara is an authentic milonguera who comes from an Argentinean family of performing artists in the tango, Argentinean folk dances, theater, music and singing. Barbara's crisp, clean technique and her strong yet distinctly feminine styling have made her one of the most respected and sought-after Argentinean tango dancers and a model for aspiring women tango in Southern California.

Rafael Galante

Buenos Aires-born and raised, Rafael Galante is a tango dancer equally at home in the milongas of both BA and LA. His father was a well-respected professional bandoneon player and Rafael grew up surrounded by tango. It's no surprise that he went on to express the 2/4 on the dance floor.

Having spent his life as an avid jazz fan and musician, the parallels between jazz improvisation and the intimate "conversation" of tango become an integrated force in his dancing. While he has studied with some of the greats, he considers Manuel Martinez his true mentor. Martinez is a maestro of the Villa Urquiza style, which Rafael considers the best and personally most enjoyable tango form. As a teacher, he now spices his excellent training with his own style, imparting the essentials of classic tango technique, while encouraging students to find their own tango voice.

If you frequent the milongas of Southern California, you surely have witnessed his personality on the dance floor.

Lisa Cristiano

Lisa is a lifelong dancer. Ballet was her first love, but tango is without a doubt her passion. Drawn in and enthralled initially by the music, she embraced Argentine tango and has never looked back. While in Buenos Aires, Lisa studied with many of the best known and well-respected maestros there as well as back in the States. An extremely dedicated, lyrical, and intuitive dancer, she enjoys teaching ballet to young students and imparting her love of tango to students of all ages.

Rafael and Lisa have performed at Opera Pacific, REDCAT, John Anson Ford Amphitheater and many other esteemed venues throughout California.

SALSA

LaQuita

LaQuita has been dancing since a child and took her first ballet class at the age of 5. She has trained in jazz, ballet, hip-hop, and modern dance. She is no stranger to the stage and has performed in dance shows, musicals, and plays since she was a child. She was also a gymnast for many years competing in HS and winning many awards. She began dancing salsa because she wanted to try partner dancing and has always loved salsa music with Oscar De’ Leon and Ray Barretto being among her favorite artists. She dances salsa, mambo (on2), cha-cha-cha, meringue, bachata, and cumbia. LaQuita has danced salsa around the world and is known for her musicality and smooth style. She has performed in both small venues to 5,000 seat theatres. She can be seen regularly on the LA salsa circuit. She also dances Argentina tango when she is not dancing salsa and can be seen in commercials, TV, and film. She has been teaching salsa for several years and believes that the basis for a good salsa dancer is to first understand the rhythm and music.

CHILDREN'S BALLET

TBA

Under Construction!

BELLY DANCE for Fitness

TBA

Under Construction!

ZUMBA®

Wil-Son Williams

Wil-son Williams is a Philadelphia native. At the early age of 8 he began performing with The Next Generation Dance Company under Stephan Love and Leon Evens. Excelling in Tap, Jazz and African Wil has performed at The Apollo Theater in Harlem New York and has made a guest appearance on the television talk show "People Talk". In addition he has trained under world renowned entertainers Maurice Hines, Jaye Allison and Delphine Mantz all before reaching high school. Wil continued his dance education with Ballet and Modern techniques at the high school of Creative and Performing Arts Philadelphia (CAPA High).

Now in Los Angeles with over 20 years of dance training Wil-son has performed all over Los Angeles in numerous L.A. based dance projects with companies including Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers, The Los Angels Orchestra, Nike Advertisement, BET Television Network, Charo Entertainment and the L.A. County Fair. His skills continue to grow covering Ballroom dancing styles such as Salsa, Argentine Tango and Swing. Wil has been teaching dance since age eighteen. His fitness career started in Los Angeles at 26 years old. His celebrity students include Tara Lipinski, Jane Seymour, Jackie Loughery, even Paula Abdul, Vivica A. Fox, Mina Hung numerous child stars and many more Hollywood's elite have been in Wil's dance classes.

He currently holds certifications from national fitness authorities such as the National Academy of Sports Medicine, the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America, the American Council on Exercise and the latest dance fitness craze Zumba®. Adding to his fitness training Wil has learned Turbo Kick, Pilates, and Special Population Fitness Training.

Holistic wellness and natural health have been Wil's passion for 5 years. He stays up to the minute on the latest research in all natural dietary trends and supplements. You can catch him getting people fit in L.A.'s high end gyms.

BUJINKAN - Japanese Martial Arts

TBA

Under Construction!

YOGA

Rosanna

Rosanna received her BFA in Dance from University of Michigan and is currently completing her MFA in Choreography from Ohio State.

At Ohio State she has studied Alexander Technique and Skinner Release Technique two practices that allow the body to minimize tension and holding patterns by connecting with efficient alignment principles.

She is an RYT-200 with Yoga Alliance and has been a yoga practitioner for twelve years.

R & B LINE DANCE

Tanya Payne

Tanya Payne
Executive Producer/CEO
Old School Connection

Dance at any club, any time, any where! If you like old school music and love to dance, come get your sexy back!!

Originally from Philly, Tanya Payne's high energy, enthusiasm and humor make every class fun and memorable. … you’ll be hooked from your first class.

EXOTIFIT

Maria Amor

Maria Amor is an AFAA (Aerobics and Fitness Association of America) Certified Aerobics Intructor, DVIDA (Dance Vision International Dance Association) Certified Ballroom Dance Instructor, a Paint Artist and Entrepreneur. Maria Amor is the Founder and Creator of Exotifit^TM and President of MLT Enterprises.Born and raised in the Philippines, Ms. Torres is a unique combination of gifted and ambitious. In her way back in the Philippines at an early age of 19 years, tucked with a business and arts background, she established MLCT Oriental Furniture, a family-owned business. She later branched out to the manufacture of handicrafts out of indigenous and recycled materials.

Having gained confidence from supplying small companies she ventured into supplying big businesses of their corporate giveaways like the National Bookstore, Duty Free Philippines and SM Department Store to name a few. Her quest for knowledge and new skills is unstoppable. She simultaneously took training in Alternative Medicine and put up Traditional Healthcare Clinic. From there, she gained prominence in health care being a health buff herself. Formally enrolled in aerobics training and did grueling weight lifting exercises; it paid off with her winning several Miss Bikini and Body Contests. She started teaching Aerobics in 2000, gaining a lot of clients and friends, she knew that one day, she will create something to revolutionize Fitness.

To enrich her aesthetic sense, she took painting lessons from famous painters in the Philippines. Ms. Torres is preparing for her exbihit someday.

Ms. Torres is keen both in business and philanthropy. In 2003, she founded Katawang Pinoy Foundation with the aim of uplifting the lives of body builders, aerobics instructors and other related fields of endeavor. She showcased the most talked about show 'Skinned' at the Fort in Global City, Metro Manila, Philippines which placed a trade mark for Filipinos in the body painting industry. The organization receives national beauty titlists ramped the stage to support and was further supported by champions in the body building and health fitness industry.