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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin
Dublin is a vibrant city that guarantees you a fantastic night out each time you come here to party! It is only recently that the Fair City has turned into a very cosmopolitan town with a fast growing international population. This explains why salsa has been really popular in Dublin only over the last 7 or 8 years, but rapidly the fever has taken over the whole town to the point that you can now dance salsa every night of the week.
http://cityguides.salsaweb.com/ireland/dublin.htm#dublin
http://salsa.afterhours.ie/
Here, the clubs are known through the name of the host and three names stand out: Hilary, Josh and Abel!
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| Josh is certainly the man who best promoted salsa in Dublin and made it happen! He first started his club in the Music Centre, in Temple Bar, the heart of Dublin's nightlife scene!
In a short space of time, he managed to provide Dublin with a Salsa Congress festival like any other decent European capital! http://www.salsa.ie/salsacongress/
Recently, he has created the Irish Dance Academy (IDA) where a range of dance styles is been taught along with Salsa.
Salsa Sufisticate,
International Dance Academy,
15 Upper Ormond Quay,
D7
www.salsa.ie/classes.htm
email Josh
Tel 087-202 4573
Price: €10
Classes are held Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday and are followed by the club. The place is perfect to practise, with a proper sprung floor and upstairs a full studio with lights and mirrors for the advanced dancers to perfect their moves. The emphasis is on "Cross body lead" style and "On 1" but also a bit of "On 2" and Cuban.
Note nonetheless that you are not provided with water; if you require a drink you need to purchase one from the café and you are strongly encouraged to use the cloakroom |
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Abel is a Cuban guy who teaches, of course, Cuban salsa, rueda and bachata, mainly Wednesdays:
@ Enchufla, Exchequer Club,
Central Hotel,
Exchequer St
D2
Price: €8.50
The venue may not seem too welcoming, yet the floor is very pleasant to dance on. When you arrive early you are provided with water, but that does not last all night. The music is a mix between Cuban, Marc Anthony-like music, bachata and mambo. |
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| Salsa Sufisticate,
International Dance Academy,
15 Upper Ormond Quay,
D7
www.salsa.ie/classes.htm
email Josh
Tel 087-202 4573
Price: €10
My favorite salsa nights remain Hilary's parties at The Garda Club Thursday and Sunday nights
http://www.danzon.ie/
9-10 Harrington St.
Off Camden St,
Near Harcourt LUAS & Bleeding Horse Pub,
Dublin 2
Price: €9.50 with free cloakroom (and free club Sunday after 9pm)
If you want to learn salsa in a stress-free atmosphere with a fun and friendly teacher and cool people, well you must go to Hilary's classes followed by a fantastic club with great music, nicely mixed (famous old salsa songs and most recent hot tunes, cha-cha-cha, mambo, reggaeton, etc.). The Garda club is owned by the police (Garda meaning police in Gaelic) but it is a place where lots of social events are hosted all year round. The room looks like an old ballroom with creamy pink walls and flowery patterned sofas all around the huge sleek wooden floor, with a stage at the end where the DJ usually stands. Although this venue has an old fashion feel, when the light dims down, the colored spots start to sparkle, and the intensity of the music makes the air vibrate and fills the whole atmosphere, you feel you are in the most trendy salsa club in the world! Here the crowd is a good mix of great dancers and beginners, therefore you don't feel intimidated, and everybody is very friendly, dancing mostly "On 1", although there are some "On 2" aficionados! Lots of jugs of water are on display beside the bar, plus the hostess offers sweets all night long! (a very sweet idea indeed). Sunday, the rueda classes take place, therefore during the club afterwards, you get to join or watch good fun ruedas formations!
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Josh also hosts a club with no classes on Friday night
@ the IFI (Irish Film Institute),
Eustace St,
Temple Bar
D2
Price: €13 (no cloakroom provided)
Located in the heart of Dublin City, off Dame Street, this converted 17th Century Quaker Meeting house is nowadays home to a world of movies, public talks, corporate and private special events, film festivals and premieres, community gatherings and more. The complex features two cinemas, a very popular fully-licensed bar and restaurant, with an upper mezzanine area where the intelligentsia often hang out. The glass-roofed courtyard, connecting the bar to the cinemas is the area where you dance in the evening. It somehow feels like you are dancing in a covered street surrounded with a bar, a cafe terrace-like area and exterior walls with balconies. Like in the street, the ground is not perfectly even and not always clean. However, if you want to see the best dancers in Dublin, this is the place to go! The music can be quite challenging for being very modern at times, often it sounds like salsa jazz-fusion! Also note that the doors open at 10:30pm. However you never get anybody on the dance floor before 11:30 pm and then the night goes on till 2:30am. |
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| @ Samsara http://www.lastampa.ie/samsara.shtml
Dawson Street,
Dublin 2.
Tel.: +353 (0) 1 671 7723
Price:
Mesmerizing interior featuring North African, Middle Eastern and Indian influences, Samsara is a place to see and be seen, attracting a smattering of celebrities along with Dublin’s in-crowd. It is probably one of the most beautiful venues in town to dance salsa at the moment!
However, the floor is pretty bad, not designed for dancing sessions at all!
Sunday night is dedicated to bachata rhythm and practice, therefore you hear plenty of bachata during the night, along with Mambo tunes, and of course Cuban salsa and once again Marc Anthony-like music.
Salsa Sufisticate,
International Dance Academy,
15 Upper Ormond Quay,
D7
www.salsa.ie/classes.htm
email Josh
Tel 087-202 4573
Price: €10
My favorite salsa nights remain Hilary's parties at The Garda Club Thursday and Sunday nights
http://www.danzon.ie/
9-10 Harrington St.
Off Camden St,
Near Harcourt LUAS & Bleeding Horse Pub,
Dublin 2
Price: €9.50 with free cloakroom (and free club Sunday after 9pm)
If you want to learn salsa in a stress-free atmosphere with a fun and friendly teacher and cool people, well you must go to Hilary's classes followed by a fantastic club with great music, nicely mixed (famous old salsa songs and most recent hot tunes, cha-cha-cha, mambo, reggaeton, etc.). The Garda club is owned by the police (Garda meaning police in Gaelic) but it is a place where lots of social events are hosted all year round. The room looks like an old ballroom with creamy pink walls and flowery patterned sofas all around the huge sleek wooden floor, with a stage at the end where the DJ usually stands. Although this venue has an old fashion feel, when the light dims down, the colored spots start to sparkle, and the intensity of the music makes the air vibrate and fills the whole atmosphere, you feel you are in the most trendy salsa club in the world! Here the crowd is a good mix of great dancers and beginners, therefore you don't feel intimidated, and everybody is very friendly, dancing mostly "On 1", although there are some "On 2" aficionados! Lots of jugs of water are on display beside the bar, plus the hostess offers sweets all night long! (a very sweet idea indeed). Sunday, the rueda classes take place, therefore during the club afterwards, you get to join or watch good fun ruedas formations! | |
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