Dance Styles

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Known for its sensual body movement and sexy flair, Latin dance is gaining popularity on dance floors everywhere. Movies about Latin dancing, ones that portray the beauty of the art of Latin dancing, seem to be favorites among dancers and non-dancers alike. Besides being a staple in the ballroom, many Latin dances are also being taken to country-western dance floors. Learning Latin dances is fairly easy, as most of the dances are made up of the same basic foot steps.

At Tropical Soul, we specialize in:

SALSA BACHATA Brazilian SAMBA ZUMBA®REGGAETON CHA CHA WEST COAST SWING

SALSA

Salsa is one of the most popular Latin dance forms with origins from Cuba, as the meeting point of Spanish (European) and African cultures.

It is danced throughout the world and has become a global phenomenon. Salsa is normally a partner dance, and is usually improvised on the dance floor, or it can also be performed with a set choreography for entertainment purposes.

Today’s Salsa dancing is a rich blend of Latin-American and Western influences, as there are many styles of Salsa dancing out there (Cuban, Colombian, Linear On1, Linear On2 or Mambo). Be warned: it is highly addictive!
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BACHATA

Bachata is a partner dance that originated in the Dominican Republic, but is now danced around the world.

The music is romantic and sensual (traditional Bachata is referred as a bittersweet music) , and has developed along with the dance, from traditional Dominican Bachata to urban and modern Bachata.

Tropical Soul’s instructors are none other than the pioneers of Bachata Moderna, a modern and exciting style of Bachata that will make you a favourite on the dance floor!

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BRAZILIAN SAMBA

Brazilian Samba is a lively, rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin danced to Samba music.

It is a solo dance with high energy music and movements, and also enables the woman to display her beautiful and sexy body movement.

Samba is an amazing cardio dance which engages bum, core, leg muscles and much more. Samba also helps to improve fitness level, reenergizes your body and mind, makes your core stronger and improves your endurance.

If you’d like to learn to move like a Brazilian goddess whilst getting fit and having fun, this class is for you!
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ZUMBA® Fitness

Are you ready to party yourself into shape? That’s exactly what the Zumba® program is all about.

Zumba is an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-partythat’s moving millions of people toward joy and health.

Since its inception in 2001, the Zumba program has grown to become the world’s largest – and most successful – dance-fitness program. Zumba Fitnessblends red-hot international music, created by Grammy Award-winning producers, and contagious steps to form a “fitness-party” that is downright addictive.
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REGGAETON (Latin Hip Hop)

Reggaeton is a form of Latin urban music, and blends music influences of reggae and dancehall with rhythms of Latin America such as salsa, latin pop and bachata, as well as those of hip hop and R&B.

Reggaeton is a fun solo dance and requires lots of energy, attitude and body movement! Reggaeton is often blended with Latin Hip Hop, a style of Hip Hop that combines Latin moves and flair.
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Cha-Cha-Cha

The cheeky Cha Cha is a fun partner dance of Cuban origin. It is somewhat similar to the Salsa, however it has a slower rhythm with a distinctive footwork syncopation. Not to be confused with the Ballroom style of Cha-Cha, which is stricter and requires a lot of control and precision, the street Latin style of Cha-Cha is playful, and allows for turn patterns and artistic expression through footwork, styling and Cuban body movement.
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Other styles

WEST COAST SWING

This hugely popular dance style came to us from the U.S.A – it’s the State Dance in California! – and is taking Australia and the world by storm. West Coast Swing (WCS) is a beautiful smooth & sexy partner dance that has a huge emphasis on musical interpretation. The dance allows for both partners to improvise steps while dancing together, and is particularly fun as it can be danced to blues, pop, R&B and many very popular songs that may be heard on the radio. Tropical Soul is very proud to be the first and only dance school to offer WCS classes near Sydney CBD. Our WCS instructors are the very popular Charles and Michelle Gil from Nuroc Dance Company, internationally recognised and respected in the dance scene.