Updates
Capital Region Salsa Social is moving to a new place!!! It’s much bigger, with a huge parking lot to accommodate everyone, a water fountain and low priced drinks at the bar!
The next Salsa Social is on Sunday, September 14th @ 4 pm.
Troy Masonic Hall
9 Brunswick Rd
Troy, NY
The Socials
A salsa social is dance activity organized for dancers by dancers - it’s a place simply to enjoy music and dancing, and also to network and mingle with fellow dancers and friends.
What differentiates socials from other dance occasions is that they shed the club mystique and often the profit motive, to create an atmosphere where dancers of all levels can really do their thing. Socials have a relaxed social atmosphere and you never have to worry about when the next Salsa will come. It also tends to be much easier to dance with that guy or girl whom before looked like they were way too advanced to dance with at the club.
Usually held on weekends either in local halls or dance studios, socials tend to have events like performances from local or guest performers as well as community dances like “snowballs” which help introduce everyone.
Socials are all about bringing together the Salsa community and creating a place for it to grow!
Our Mission
Over the last decade, Salsa has swept across the globe, spreading from the Burroughs of New York City to counties such as Canada, the UK, Singapore, Japan and even Russia, to name a few. In every major market city, you can find salseros and salseras, dancing On 1, On 2, and Casino Rueda, on almost every night of the week. Even in the smaller cities, communities are coming to life where there is strong love for salsa music and dance. Our goal is to bring that love for the music and the dance to the Capital Region. Furthermore we want to host an event where dancers from local and out of town studios, can come together to dance, relax and have fun.
Who We Are
The Salsa Social NY is organized and run by a group of salsa enthusiasts who would like to grow, enrich and spread out the wonder that is salsa dancing to the Capital Region. These volunteers come from varying backgrounds, ethnicities and cultures, and all share the common love for all genres of salsa music and dance. All of the proceeds we gather are put right back into the Capital Region community of salsa dancers. We keep nothing for ourselves. For the most part, all proceeds are used to pay for premier salsa instructors from around the country to lead workshops, dazzle us with their performances, and show us how far we can really go with salsa if we so desire.
