Kathleen & Norman – teachers for cuban dances

08.05.2025

(until 26.06.2025)

Casino Improver (Course)
Fine-tune your technique and expand your repertoire of this authentic cuban social dance, which is mistakenly known overseas as ‘salsa’.

08.05.2025

(until 26.06.2025)

Son Improver (Course)
Take the shortcut to a deep understanding of ‘salsa’ and improve your musicality by learning its most important underlying dance/music: the Cuban Son.

10.05.2025

Son Intensivo (Workshop + Party)
4 hours workshop to level-up your cuban salsa foundation: Dive into the 1920s of Cuba and immerse yourself in musicality, elegance, precision, and passion.

17.05.2025

Yarima Blanco y Son Latino (Concert)
See the amazing Tresera Yarima Blanco with her awesome band „Son Latino“ live in concert. Free entry as part of the Jenaer Frühlingsmarkt.

31.10.2025

Son Técnica (Workshop)
In the 3-hour CubaJena Workshop Block „Son“, you’ll join us for the first 1.5 hours to explore the fundamentals of Cuban Son.

01.11.2025

Timba Suelta (Workshop)
Musically, Timba is highly complex. In this workshop, we’ll develop a deeper feel for it by moving beyond rigid counting patterns like ‚1,2,3 – 5,6,7.‘ This approach will help us move more freely and express the music more naturally with our bodies.

19.05.2023

Salsa Suelta
Salsa Suelta is danced solo and conveys a feeling for the rhythm of the music with the help of original movements from various Afro-Cuban dances.

20.05.2023

Guaguancó Básicos
As a form of Cuban rumba, the guaguancó is a pantomime game between woman and man: While the woman seduces and provokes with her femininity, the man tries to win the woman over with various gestures – called vacunao (vaccination).

20.05.2023

Salsa con Rumba
The flirt and rhythm of the guaguancó can often be found in modern timba (occasionally also in son cubano). The workshop therefore focuses on the combination of salsa and guaguancó.

18.05.2024

Son Cubano Básico
The Son Cubano is danced elegantly with an upright upper body in the so-called contratiempo: unlike in the Salsa, the steps in the Son are set to 2,3,4 – 6,7,8.

19.05.2024

Son Cubano Intermedio
The Son Cubano is danced elegantly with an upright upper body in the so-called contratiempo: unlike in the Salsa, the steps in the Son are set to 2,3,4 – 6,7,8.

19.05.2024

Casino a contratiempo
Cuban timba and salsa music from Puerto Rico, Colombia and New York are all derived from son montuno. For this reason, the music is often more strongly emphasized on beats 4 & 8, which makes dancing in contratiempo on2 more intuitive and musical.

08.06.2024

Guaguancó
Salsa music is full of it and a great bunch of Timba songs is based on it: The legendary cuban Guaguancó. Learn the key concepts and basic movements of Guaguancó and how to apply them in a salsa or timba song.

09.06.2024

Casino a contratiempo
Learn how to recognize different rhythms in the music and how to dance to the supposedly “weak beats” of Son-based Timba music by leveraging the contratiempo on2 rhythm.

20.09.2024

Casino Technique
Workshop

05.10.2024

Introduction to Timba
Basics & Musicality

16.11.2024

Casino Intensivo Workshop
4 hours technique workshop to level-up your cuban salsa foundation. Ideal for joining our Casino Improver class afterwards.

07.12.2024

Son Basics Workshop
Dive into the 1920s of Cuba and immerse yourself in elegance, precision, and passion. Ideal for joining our Son Improver class afterwards.