COURSES OFFERED BY LOURD VIJAY’S DANCE STUDIO

Salsa means sauce in Spanish and in this case the sauce can be hot and spicy! As with many dances, the creation of the dance followed the creation of the music.

Bachata is a dance from the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean islands. Both the music and the dance have been influenced by Cuban Bolero, the Merengue (also of Dominican Republic origin), Salsa and Cumbia. In Bachata dancing, the dancer takes three steps to four beats of music.

Thanks to the Anglo Indians, a fun dance legacy in the form of the freestyle Jive has been left behind for us to enjoy, very characteristic of a fun high energy social dance, mostly popularized in old school clubs of Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata.

More than 35 years old, hip-hop dance became widely known after the first professional breaking, locking, and popping crews formed in the 1970s. Hip-hop dance refers to dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture.

Swing Dancing generally refers to a group of dances that developed from the 1920's through to the 1950's with the "swing" and jazz music of the era.