Latin Dance Senior Program

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Apr 30

Written By Guest User

Instructors: Walter Pérez and Leonardo Sardella
Language: Bilingual (English & Spanish)

Locations:
· Marble Hill Neighborhood Senior Center
5365 Broadway, Bronx, NY 10463

With Walter Pérez
April 4 - June 6, 2023
Tues & Thur 2-4pm

· Mott Street Older Adult Center
180 Mott St, New York, NY 10012 | Lower East Side

With Leonardo Sardella
April 4 - June 28, 2023
Tues & Wed 1:30-3pm

Tuition: Free

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This IATI community engagement program brings body awareness and promotes the Latinx culture while dancing and learning the history of the best-known Latin social dances.

The Latin Dance Senior Swing Program is designed for seniors and is based on the exceptional dance idioms of Tango, Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, and Cha-Cha. Sessions will focus on posture, body placement, alignment and musicality. Seniors will learn to use their bodies to attain balance, body line, expression, coordination, awareness, presence, to establish coordination with others, as well as to find their own axis in variations using their inner rhythm along with a Latin tempo. The embrace-a key element of social dances-allows to share one’s space and energy with a partner in a safe and gentle way.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Instructors

Walter Pérez

Walter Perez began dancing in his hometown, Buenos Aires, when he was twenty-one. He first started dancing as a therapy – a way of coping with loss – but the Tango life soon seduced him and he dedicated more and more of his life and time to dancing; and what started as therapy became a profession. In 2000 he moved to New York to dance, teach and perform. New York is a dancer’s paradise where all the arts flourish. His dancing has matured in New York, but he continues his quest to evolve as an artist.

Leonardo Sardella

Leonardo Sardella started dancing tango professionally in his hometown of Buenos Aires. He has trained with renowned tango instructors. Leonardo has performed on the best stages in Argentina with several dance companies. He moved to New York City in 2011 when he co-founded Malevaje with Walter Perez. He currently teaches and performs at Dardo Galletto Studios in the heart of Times Square in New York City. Leonardo has participated in the International Tango festivals worldwide and has performed and taught workshops in major cities in the United States and in England, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Bolivia and Argentina. He ranks very high on the list of the most important Argentine tango dancers in the world that are capable of exchanging smoothly and creatively roles of leader and follower.