UPDATED: 19 JUNE 2013
 
     
     
 

Everything you need to know about salsa dancing in Vancouver, Canada; whether you are new to salsa dancing or an experienced dancer.
Where can I take dance lessons?
Check the Classes & Lessons page for information about salsa classes and instructors
Where can I go dancing?
Check the Events page for information on weekly events and upcoming special events
 

About SalsaVancouver.net

SalsaVancouver.net was established in 2005 by Stephen and Jennifer Dancey to provide comprehensive information on salsa dance classes and social dance events in Vancouver. We also run the Dancey Ballroom and Dance Studio, where we offer dance classes with some of Vancouver's best instructors as well as weekly social dance events.
 

We also organize special events such as Sunday Afternoon Salsa at Robson Square: an annual series of free salsa dances held outdoors in downtown Vancouver every summer which has grown to become one of Vancouver's annual summer festivals. We also organize fundraiser events which strengthen community partnerships for the salsa dance community, including our annual Salsa For The Kids Fundraisers for The KidSafe Project Society.

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New to Salsa?

Interested in trying a salsa class to see if you like it?

At the Dancey Ballroom and Dance Studio we offer a variety of options for absolute beginners to try an introductory lesson on weeknights or weekends. Check our New to Salsa page or the Lesson Schedule.

 


Jennifer and Stephen Dancey
of SalsaVancouver.net

 


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THURSDAY JUNE 20 FRIDAY JUNE 21 SUNDAY JUNE 23
   

Bachata Social
9:30pm-12:30am

  

Salsa Fridays
9pm-1am

  

KIZOMBACHATA Social
9pm-Midnight
 
TUESDAY JUNE 25 SUNDAY JUNE 30    
     

FUSION
9:30pm-Midnight

  

Sunday Afternoon Salsa at Robson Square

STARTS JUNE 30
3pm-7pm

    
 

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All classes and workshops are held at the Dancey Ballroom and Dance Studio

  
     
 

SPRING 2013 Lesson Schedule

SALSA on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
BACHATA on Thursdays and Sundays
ZOUK on Tuesdays
KIZOMBA on Tuesdays
AFRO-CUBAN on Saturdays
TANGO on Sundays

Click the Lesson Schedule image (right) to view current class schedule. It's not too late to join classes that have already started or drop-in on a class.

MORE INFO

 
   
 
ABSOLUTE
BEGINNER SALSA BOOTCAMP		  
   

SUNDAY JUNE 23
12pm-3pm
More info

    
 


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THURSDAY JUNE 20  
 
     
 

Bachata Social
THURSDAYS 9:30pm-12:30am (Weekly)
 

Thursday's Bachata Socials have become one of the most popular dance nights of the week, especially for bachateros who can't get enough of the music they love.

Vancouver's only weekly Bachata night with a music mix of classic Dominican Bachata and Urban Bachata, with some Salsa and Kizomba.

A casual and relaxed evening open to dancers of all levels, from beginners to bachataholics are welcome.

 
DANCER'S TIP: Expect to hear a lot of Bachata music (classic Dominican Bachata and Urban Bachata) with some Kizomba and Salsa.
     
COVER $7 at door (cash only please) | Not licensed | All ages

LOCATION: THE DANCEY BALLROOM AND DANCE STUDIO, 505 Hamilton Street, Vancouver (map)
The Dancey Ballroom and Dance Studio is a stunning dance studio in a Romanesque Revival style heritage building of distinction on the corner of Hamilton and West Pender. Conveniently located downtown between Yaletown and Gastown, two blocks from the Downtown Public Library, and one block from the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
PARKING There is plenty of street parking available in the area, as well as many nearby parkades. The Pender & Seymour parkade at 443 Seymour Street (map) is well priced and only a couple blocks away.
TRANSLINK Two blocks from Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain station, three blocks from Granville station, four blocks from Waterfront station, and on or near many bus routes.
 

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FRIDAY JUNE 21  
 
     
 

Salsa Fridays
FRIDAYS 9pm-1am (Weekly)
 
Introductory Salsa lesson
at 9pm with Patrick & Scarlet
of Dance Vancouver
 

Vancouver's only weekly downtown Friday salsa night. Beautiful dance floor, intro dance classes with some of Vancouver's best instructors, guest DJs, great music, and dancers of all levels welcome from beginners to salsaholics.

 
Music by DJ Osito
 
DANCER'S TIP: Salsa Fridays attracts the widest range of dancers, from students and beginners to intermediate and advanced dancers. Earlier in the evening a variety of music is played: Salsa, Mambo, Bachata, Merengue, Cha-cha-cha. The salsa ranges from popular hits and contemporary releases to classic salsa and vintage tracks. Later in the evening the music mix shifts to more classic salsa and mambo.
 
COVER $10 at door (cash only please) | Not licensed | All ages

LOCATION: THE DANCEY BALLROOM AND DANCE STUDIO, 505 Hamilton Street, Vancouver (map)
The Dancey Ballroom and Dance Studio is a stunning dance studio in a Romanesque Revival style heritage building of distinction on the corner of Hamilton and West Pender. Conveniently located downtown between Yaletown and Gastown, two blocks from the Downtown Public Library, and one block from the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
PARKING There is plenty of street parking available in the area, as well as many nearby parkades. The Pender & Seymour parkade at 443 Seymour Street (map) is well priced and only a couple blocks away.
TRANSLINK Two blocks from Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain station, three blocks from Granville station, four blocks from Waterfront station, and on or near many bus routes.
 
 
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SATURDAY JUNE 22  
 
     
 

Guerrilla Swing
West Coast Swing Dance
 
SATURDAY June 22
8:00pm-12:30am
 

One of the most popular West Coast Swing events in Vancouver, Jason Brown's Guerrilla Swing night rotates locations a couple times a month, including the Dancey Ballroom.

For more info visit: westcoastdance.ca
 
COVER $6 lesson / $10 dance (cash only please) | Not licensed | All ages

LOCATION: THE DANCEY BALLROOM AND DANCE STUDIO, 505 Hamilton Street, Vancouver (map)
The Dancey Ballroom and Dance Studio is a stunning dance studio in a Romanesque Revival style heritage building of distinction on the corner of Hamilton and West Pender. Conveniently located downtown between Yaletown and Gastown, two blocks from the Downtown Public Library, and one block from the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
PARKING There is plenty of street parking available in the area, as well as many nearby parkades. The Pender & Seymour parkade at 443 Seymour Street (map) is well priced and only a couple blocks away.
TRANSLINK Two blocks from Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain station, three blocks from Granville station, four blocks from Waterfront station, and on or near many bus routes.
 

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SUNDAY JUNE 23  
 
     
 

Learn to Dance Salsa in just Three Hours!

One-Day Beginner Salsa Bootcamp
SUNDAY, June 23, 12noon-3pm

• Are you an absolute beginner and want to learn how to dance salsa?

• Do you have two left feet? Or maybe even three left feet?

• Are you too busy during the week to do weekly salsa classes?

• Want to try a one-day salsa lesson on the weekend to see if you like it?

If you answered YES to any of the above, then the Beginner Salsa Bootcamp is perfect for you!

Learn to dance salsa in one day with some of Vancouver’s best instructors.

These intensive bootcamps have been designed to teach you the basics of salsa in a fun and easy-to-understand way and get you dancing in just three hours! Fun, casual, social, and no partner necessary. Doesn’t matter if you’re single or a couple.

  

 

All of the bootcamp instructors teach weekly beginner classes at our studio, so it’s a great opportunity for people new to salsa to try an introductory lesson with a few different instructors to see if it’s something you enjoy and would like to do more of in the future.

This month's instructors include: Patrick and Scarlet of Dance Vancouver, and Nina and Greg of Baila Vancouver.

For more info about the Beginner Salsa Bootcamp,
please visit DanceyBallroom.com

COST: $60 per person | $110 for a couple
EARLY BIRD: Register/Prepay in advance and SAVE: $50 per person | $90 for a couple

Advance registrations may be made IN PERSON at the Dancey Ballroom or, for your convenience, ONLINE by credit card with PayPal (click REGISTER links below)

Deadline for Early Bird Registration is June 22

 $50 for one person (Prepaid in Advance Rate)
Register by June 22

$90 for a couple (Prepaid in Advance Rate)
Register by June 22

LOCATION: THE DANCEY BALLROOM AND DANCE STUDIO, 505 Hamilton Street, Vancouver (map)
The Dancey Ballroom and Dance Studio is a stunning dance studio in a Romanesque Revival style heritage building of distinction on the corner of Hamilton and West Pender. Conveniently located downtown between Yaletown and Gastown, two blocks from the Downtown Public Library, and one block from the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
PARKING There is plenty of street parking available in the area, as well as many nearby parkades. The Pender & Seymour parkade at 443 Seymour Street (map) is well priced and only a couple blocks away.
TRANSLINK Two blocks from Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain station, three blocks from Granville station, four blocks from Waterfront station, and on or near many bus routes.
 

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SUNDAY JUNE 23  
 
     
 
LAST ONE UNTIL AFTER SUMMER
(due to Robson Square Salsa)
 
KIZOMBACHATA Social
SUNDAYS 9pm-Midnight (Weekly)
 
A MAGICAL NIGHT OF KIZOMBA AND BACHATA
 

This early evening social mixes the sensual rhythms of Kizomba with the uptempo beats of Bachata for a magical night of dancing. The evening starts with an even balance of Kizomba and Bachata music, but ends with a mostly Kizomba mix.

It wraps up early enough to get you home for a good night's sleep before work or school on Monday morning; unless we go overtime, which we usually do. Please note there are no lessons or classes at this event.
 
DANCER'S TIP: The name of this event says it all: KIZOMBACHATA - a mix of Kizomba and Bachata (no salsa or merengue).
 
COVER $7 at door (cash only please) | Not licensed | All ages

LOCATION: THE DANCEY BALLROOM AND DANCE STUDIO, 505 Hamilton Street, Vancouver (map)
The Dancey Ballroom and Dance Studio is a stunning dance studio in a Romanesque Revival style heritage building of distinction on the corner of Hamilton and West Pender. Conveniently located downtown between Yaletown and Gastown, two blocks from the Downtown Public Library, and one block from the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
PARKING There is plenty of street parking available in the area, as well as many nearby parkades. The Pender & Seymour parkade at 443 Seymour Street (map) is well priced and only a couple blocks away.
TRANSLINK Two blocks from Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain station, three blocks from Granville station, four blocks from Waterfront station, and on or near many bus routes.
 

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SUNDAY JUNE 30  
 
     
 

 

 

 

If you've never experienced Sunday Afternoon Salsa at Robson Square, check out this video (below) that perfectly captures the event, by local photographer and videographer Trevor Jansen who dropped by one Sunday last year and shot this:
Sunday Afternoon Salsa at Robson Square
 
SUMMER 2013 SEASON
STARTS SUNDAY JUNE 30! 
 
SUNDAYS 3pm-7pm (Weekly)
June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28
August 4, 11, 187, 25
 

Sunday Afternoon Salsa at Robson Square is an annual series of FREE, outdoor salsa dances held at Robson Square in downtown Vancouver.

Organized by Jennifer and Stephen Dancey of SalsaVancouver.net and the Dancey Ballroom, the dances are run every Sunday in July and August by a team of volunteers from Vancouver's salsa dance community. The dances are open to everyone and you are welcome even if you've never danced a day in your life. Try the free lessons at 3pm, watch the performances at 5pm, or just check out the social dancing throughout the afternoon and see how much fun it is!

FOR MORE INFO, VISIT SundayAfternoonSalsa.com

Robson Square is located at the corner of Robson Street and Howe Street in downtown Vancouver (Map)
     
 

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TUESDAY JUNE 25  
 
     
 

FUSION
TUESDAY JUNE 25
9:30pm-Midnight
 

Join host Kenny-davis Ntolla for a fun evening of dancing. Kenny-davis will DJ the music on the night and the mix will be mainly Kizomba and Zouk with Salsa and Bachata.

The evening starts with a 30 minute "Quickie" with Kenny-davis at 9:30. A quickie dance lesson that is! It could be salsa, it might be chacha cha, or something different like kuduro, whatever it is it's going to be fun.

COVER is $5 at door but admission is FREE for students in Kenny-davis' Tuesday night Kizomba & Zouk classes.
 
COVER $5 at door (cash only please) | Not licensed | All ages

LOCATION: THE DANCEY BALLROOM AND DANCE STUDIO, 505 Hamilton Street, Vancouver (map)
The Dancey Ballroom and Dance Studio is a stunning dance studio in a Romanesque Revival style heritage building of distinction on the corner of Hamilton and West Pender. Conveniently located downtown between Yaletown and Gastown, two blocks from the Downtown Public Library, and one block from the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
PARKING There is plenty of street parking available in the area, as well as many nearby parkades. The Pender & Seymour parkade at 443 Seymour Street (map) is well priced and only a couple blocks away.
TRANSLINK Two blocks from Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain station, three blocks from Granville station, four blocks from Waterfront station, and on or near many bus routes.
 
 
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  Get the latest on all the dance events, classes and workshops coming up. Check the What's New section.  
     
   
     
  The Summer 2013 season of Sunday Afternoon Salsa at Robson Square starts June 30 and runs every Sunday through the summer until August 25.
More info		  
     
     
  DANCE CLASSES
     
  NEW Classes/Workshops
    Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba
     
  Spring LESSON Schedule
    May 2013
     
 
     
  Beginner Salsa Bootcamp
    Sunday, June 23
     
     
  SOCIAL DANCING
     
  DANCE CALENDAR
    Weekly Social Dances
     
  What's On This Week
      TUESDAY FUSION
      THURSDAY Bachata
      FRIDAY Salsa
      SATURDAY Swing
      SUNDAY Kizombachata
     
 
     
  FUSION
    With Kenny-davis Ntolla
    Tuesday, June 25
     
     
     
     

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Learn to dance salsa in just 3 hours!

Beginner Salsa
Bootcamp
SUNDAY June 23
12noon-3pm

These introductory one-day workshops provide an excellent introduction to salsa dancing for absolute beginners. Taught by instructors from some of Vancouver's top salsa dance schools, it is a more intensive and practical learning experience than a typical drop-in beginner lesson and provides a good foundation for students interested in trying weekly dance classes. Held at the Dancey Ballroom and Dance Studio.

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