This year, Spring is real cause for celebration and Salsa Fest Atlanta plans to kick off the party.

The first step in learning how to dance salsa is to lose your fear.

“Yes, it’s a little intimidating at first to see other people dancing like professionals,” says Enrique Arias, who a few days ago was taking a salsa class for beginners at the Tango del Rey nightclub. “I still don’t feel totally comfortable, but I’m starting to get better.”

NEW to J Smooth Salsa are Casino de Rueda dance classes! Every 2nd Tuesday of the month, special guest instructor (for a limited time) Parrish Danforth will be at the Miraido Dance Studio to teach Casino de Rueda.

Bachata Crossovers produces Bachata bootcamps and workshops all around the world. Bachata X (Crossovers) will be at the Miraido Studio on February 21, Sunday, 2010 from 1:00pm to 8:00pm.

If you like to dance, or watch professional dancers, you may want to check out a massive dance party at the Silver Legacy Casino this weekend.

Bachata is both a musical style and dance born in the mountains of the Dominican Republic. Some common themes in its songs are those of lost love, lost hope and betrayal --all delivered through sexual double entendres which originally gave bachata a seedy reputation that kept it hidden in the lower class barrios of its own nation for decades. It wasn’t until the 1990's that bachata became a socially acceptable music on radio stations and in the clubs in the Dominican Republic.

Reno Dance Sensation is a four-day dance convention and party held in exciting Reno, NV, focusing on West Coast Swing, Salsa, Bachata, and others such as Lindy and A. Tango.

READERS have the chance to get moving in 2010 by winning an eight-week salsa dance course.

Aloha and Welcome to the  4th Annual Hawaii Salsa Festival

February 11-14, 2010

Performances by International Talents and Local Companies. Experience the Music, Passion, Dancing and Spirit of Aloha in Paradise.

Dancers jump and stomp their feet on black floors in front of a mirrored wall. Clad in yoga pants, tights and T-shirts, they learn a complete routine step by step, catching sips of water and standing in front of fans to cool down in between takes. In the corner, three men drum complex rhythms that echo throughout the space. It's a beginner African dance class at One Village Dance Centre, the new home for two Syracuse-centric dance programs.