The dance that began as a folk tradition has exploded into the mainstream, from nightclubs to performance halls, senior centers and salsa schools. Today, histories and traditions are recounted on ...

Performances in N.Y.C. His “Baile Inolvidable” has sparked a surge of interest in salsa dancing and brought in a younger generation. “It’s been positively contagious,” a teacher said. Jodi ...

The only light in Salsa Caribe shines from the buds of red, blue and green lights strung around the room. A man croons in Spanish, accentuated by horns. Tangles of bodies fill the dance floor, but the ...

Pierina is an second year MPA student in the Woodrow Wilson School studying domestic policy. Pierina's formal latin dance training began at the Santo Rico dance school in 2003. She started as a ...

When Elisa Baena first started taking salsa classes in her early twenties, she was usually the youngest person in the room by a decade or more. “I would complain to my mom, ‘I don’t want to dance with ...