The Moose Jaw Salsa Club is announcing its first-ever upcoming dance event to take place Saturday, April 6th with the aim of formally establishing the club in the community and bringing a spicy sense of Latin culture to the Notorious City.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and everyone over the age of 16 is invited to come watch the dance performance at Against the Grain Studios.
“We are going to make our first Moose Jaw Salsa Club a reality – a place to go to dance Salsa, share with people from other cultures, and enjoy life,” announced Marcela Borrero Cruz, founder of the Moose Jaw Salsa Club.
“Our main focus is to promote multiculturalism and spread our Latin roots and, of course, to leave high the name of my (birth) country, Columbia.”
The event will also help determine the club’s potential for success, and the dance is set to formally announce the establishment of the Moose Jaw Salsa Club. In addition to this, Cruz is hoping to build a community in her new home.
The night will feature a live dance performance, some important mentions of the club’s supporters, a Salsa class raffle, and Cruz promises “a series of surprises.”
Cruz is originally from Columbia and, along with her husband Danilo Bravo, the couple wanted to find a way to share and enjoy their culture with their second home in Moose Jaw.
“Just as we came here with the idea of improving our lives, we want to contribute something to the community and grow together,” she said.
The Moose Jaw Salsa Club has been holding regular belly dance and rumba classes since August 2022. Classes are currently scheduled for Saturdays from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Against the Grain Studios.
The next Salsa class starts Saturday, April 20, and will run for six consecutive Saturdays so students can achieve an intermediate level of experience.
Classes will not be held in June and July to make time for other community engagements but are set to resume this August.
The official poster for the event mentions a special performer who is now revealed to be none other than Cruz herself.
Cruz is a dancer and instructor with more than eight years of experience in Latin dance formats that include belly dance, Salsa, Bachata, Champeta, and Columbian folklore.
“(On) the day of the event I will perform a fusion of belly dance with Salsa, (and it will be) full of energy and Latin flavour,” she confirmed.
“I think dance is one of the most beautiful ways to feel alive, and dancing with other people gives us happiness and enthusiasm for life. We must be united to move forward and enrich ourselves with all that we are.”
When asked why someone should consider attending the upcoming dance, Cruz replied by saying everyone needs to have entertainment in their life, and take a break from work, daily problems, and all of life’s worries to go smile and dance.
“You are going to meet new people, (learn) new languages, new dances, new cultures, and you are going to leave this event full of energy and smiling,” she added.
If the inaugural dance proves successful, the local Salsa Club is set to continue hosting similar events.
“(W)e hope (our first event) will be the first of many,” Cruz said. “So, we hope that April 6th will be a representative date for Moose Jaw, creating a footprint of love for dance and love for the culture in this region.”
All attendees will be able to select from a variety of snacks and beverages available for purchase on site, and the cost of admission is $7 per person.
The Moose Jaw Salsa Club’s first dance event is scheduled to take place at Against the Grain Studios, located at 33 High Street West.
For more information, Cruz can be reached by phone at 639-538-0062 or preferably by email at MarcelaBorreroC.Dancer@gmail.com.
