Find Your Joy Through Dance

No dance experience needed.

We defy you to dance Merengue and not smile! This isn't just the easiest of the Latin dances to pick up as a beginner, it's also the one that leaves the most room for your creativity! Whether you're looking to tear up the dance floor or to add a bit more flavour to your day-to-day, start with Merengue!

COURSE CURRICULUM

Check out what you'll learn in this course.

    1. Message from your instructors

    1. Rhythm & Basic Steps

    2. Hip Movement

    3. Swivel, Downbeat Drop, Box Step

    4. Footwork Pattern

    1. Closed Hold & Partnering Basics

    2. Open Hold & Turns

    3. Two-Hand Turns, Cuddle, Hammerlock

    4. Partnering Pattern

    1. You Did It!

    2. How did we do?

About this course

  • Free
  • 11 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

INSTRUCTORS

Ana Gherasim

They/She

A lifelong learner and educator, Ana is passionate about the pedagogy of dance and is always looking for ways to tweak and improve their teaching as well as their dancing. Ana grew up convinced that they had two left feet, but fell in love with social dancing in 2008, and never looked back. Their classes always try to balance fun challenge with accessibility and empathy for fellow slow learners.

Talek Cameron

He/Him

Talek began dancing in his early 20’s; he took lessons from anywhere he could and the more he learned, the more he discovered his new passion in life. Having no prior dance experience proved challenging. It wasn’t until he moved to Ottawa that he overcame that challenge by exposing himself to a new level of dancing. Today, Talek can be found performing on stage, social dancing (his favorite thing to do) and continuing to try and best himself. Talek is thrilled to now be able to share his passion in the classroom and help give back to the Latin dance scene.