Salsa Workshops by Rodchata in Chico

 

Salsa with Rodchata

Saturday, March 15th
4:00-7:30pm

$25.00 for the day
**if you pre-register by 03/13**
$35.00 at the door

 4:00 to 5:30pm - Salsa Variations (Int/Adv)
**1/2 hour break**
6:00 to 7:30pm - Bachata Variations (All Levels)

Rodney “Rodchata” Aquino is a popular and entertaining dance instructor in the United States. Solely responsible for popularizing bachata dance in San Francisco, Rodchata, as bachateros intimately calls him, has been in the dance scene for over 13 years. His dance background includes Latin International Ballroom, salsa (on1, on2 and Cuban Timba), chachacha, merengue and bachata. He had his first bachata encounter in the East Coast 6 years ago. He had been dancing bachata and studying the culture ever since. He was the first instructor to ever teach a bachata class in San Francisco. He is the founder of the popular salsa website, Salsagang.com, Lalunaclubs.com and CEO of Rodchata Enterprises. Since creating Salsagang, he had the opportunity to teach the bachata dance at big salsa events such as San Francisco International Salsa Congress, Reno Dance Sensation, Sonoma County Salsa Fest, Salsa Extravaganza (Palm Springs), Summer Splash (Palm Springs), North West Salsa Congress (Seattle), Chico Dance Sensation, Sacramento Salsa Fest, Hawaii Dance Sensation and Dallas Salsa Congress. He also teaches regular bachata and salsa classes all over the Bay Area. You can obtain more information regarding his dance classes, workshops and events at Rodchata.com. His new projects to date in 2007: iBachata.com and Dance2Success.com. Aside from being a gifted teacher, Rodchata has MA in Psychology. He is a certified Personal Fitness Trainer and holds 4th Degree Black Belt in the Martial Arts. Teaching and competing in Martial Arts for 20 years, Rodney’s kinetic and cognitive expertise has always played a vital role on his effectiveness as a dance teacher.
Date & Time:	Saturday, 15 March 2008, 4:00 PM — 7:30 PM
Location:	Studio One 1722 Mangrove Ave ( map ) Chico, CA 95926 http://www.studiooneballroom.com
Registration Deadline:	Friday, 14 March 2008

Registration for this session opens on Saturday, 9 February 2008

Dance Private Lessons

So you got bit by the Salsa bug. You’re excited, you’re gun-ho, you’re ready to tackle Salsa like last year’s Thanksgiving turkey; You want it done and fast. Are private lessons the way to go? Probably not.It’s natural to want things immediately, you want to know salsa now because of all the things that make it appealing; it’s seductive, it’s magical, and great to watch.

It’s natural to believe that if you had one-on-one attention you would learn faster. Smaller schools mean better attention or smaller classrooms mean teachers give more attention. For salsa private lessons smaller, one-on-one doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get better in a heartbeat.

The frequency to which you take private lessons is the primary factor in how quickly you’ll get better.

Children go to school 5 days out of the week, their lessons are 5 days out of the week. If the class size was small, very likely they will get more individual attention.

Salsa private lessons are typically set up for once a week. If you were to compare the two and gave the same curriculum for both (without homework), which group would progress faster?

If private lessons was your route to success, you would have to take private lessons 5 times a week! However that rarely ever happens because we:

1. Don’t have the Time.
2. DOn’t have the Money.

If you took private lessons before you read this article, it’s very likely you stopped for any of the two reasons or:

You realized you weren’t getting anywhere fast. Read the complete article here…

Picking The Right Dance Instructor

Finding the right dance instructor is fairly easy once you have a better idea on what to keep in mind. Pick the right one and you’ll be picking things up fast, but pick the wrong one and  you will lose money.We will assume that most instructors are there to help however you have to realize that there are instructors out there that are more interested in your money than help you get better quickly. These bad instructors want you to stay with them for a long time and they do it by a number of methods, on purpose or not. Here are some things to keep in mind before you set out for the private instructor of your dreams.Be Wary of Pre-Pay
If you are presented with a set of private lessons where you have to pay in advance, be aware that a good number of people will not make it to all of their lessons, which is what the instructor was planning for. Don’t let the instructor get the better of you by asking questions. What’s the refund policy? Are they on set dates? Can you reschedule lessons?

Read the complete article here…