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Anybody interested in a Kizomba class this coming Saturday?

I've got this coming Saturday off from where I work and I'm planning on coming to Seoul for Bachata Night at Bahia on Friday. Would anybody be interested in attending a Saturday afternoon 1 hour Kizomba class, to orient beginners on what this beautiful dance is, over at Candela Dance Studio?

I haven't scheduled it over there yet because there's no sense in doing it if nobody is interested in attending the class. But I'm assuming I could get some space.

So that's it. If you don't know what Kizomba is then I'd suggest you look either on YouTube or or my other site, www.kizombadancer.com .

And trust me......it's not a hard dance to learn the basics. You won't learn any of the realy advanced stuff but you will be able to dance and enjoy basic Kizomba after just this class. From there, it's just a matter of looking at more YouTube videos and/or buying one of the instructional DVDs on the market (there's only 2 right now).

And another interesting thing about learning Kizomba is that several of the kizomba basics are very easily adaptable to bachata and salsa. Trying to exhibit any real individuality on the dance floor is very difficult, if not downright impossible, for all but the very best dancers. On the other hand, having some basic stylistic uniqueness can go a long way toward making your dances something that partners remember. Especially if you're a guy.

If you're interested in doing this, please call me at 010 5822 2277. Don't rely on me seeing a message here. I might not. Just give me a call. Or email me at wanderingsalsero@gmail.com .

Best regards,

Art Williams

www.wanderingsalsero.net

www.kizombadancer.com

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Permalink Reply by Youngbin Shin on April 15, 2010 at 1:52pm

Hello there,

I wished I got this info. before Saturday which I had previous appointment. I've never dance Kizomba but I'm so interested in. It sounds much fun. I dance salsa, merengue, bachada and tango. If you will have another round of Kizomba class let me know.
Thanks

Young

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Permalink Reply by Art Williams on April 15, 2010 at 5:26pm

Hi Youngbin:

Nice to hear from you. I have the same problem keeping up with all the stuff that comes in on the internet sometimes. Anyway.......there's always tomorrow.

Regarding Kizomba........I have to option of coming to Seoul on the 24th (I believe that's the Saturday after next). If you are sure you can be there, I'll do it.

I haven't done any announcements for that particular date yet but I will. Naturally I'd be much happier if we could get another person or two. Last Saturday it was me, a Korean follow named Derek, a Czech lady and a US lady (another teacher....like me). We had a good class.

If I do as much as I can between now and then we might be able to get another student or 2...or 3. But if you'll let me know whether you can promise to be there, I'll commit to being there myself. It's an expense for me and I don't charge for the class. I'm doing it just to promote Kizomba in Korea.

Pillhwan, the Candela studio owner is a friend of mine and a very nice fellow and he lets us use one of his rooms for free. They're very nice too. He said we could use it on a Sunday afternoon if we had to ("in a pinch"......as we say in English) but I don't want to do that unless I really have an urgent need to.

The Czech lady (she's an engineer here who works for a Korean company) was really looking forward to coming next class but it turns out she's got a company function she's obligated to attend. I told her about the Sunday option and she said she'd love to do that but, as I say, I don't really want to abuse Phillhwan's generosity because he has a family he needs to be with on Sunday.

So.....lemme know, OK? I'm assuming you've seen some Kizomba videos. Feel free to give me a call at 010 5822 2277.

Best regards,
Art

p.s. I think you probably have not seen my site www.kizombadancer.com . Since you're interested in Kizomba, why don't you go over there and join too. There's some very well known people from the Euroean Kizomba community. And join our Kizomba group here on KISS (if you haven't already). If you liked tango, I know you'll like Kizomba.