In 2008, “Salsa” Sarah Haykel, Director of Salsa for the Soul, a part of Love Is Real LLC., set out to create an energetic salsa scene in Buffalo. Eleven years ago, she established a dance series in ...

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 ...

Beto Da Silva laughs when he recalls his teenage years in his native Brazil. “I was shy, skinny and would put my head down anytime a girl came near me,” he said. That is, until he discovered salsa ...

In the working-class city of Commerce, where cars speed past on highways and the Citadel Outlets tower over neighborhoods, there is a steakhouse named Stevens. By day, it’s a classic and charming old ...

For years, Victoria Lange was focused on competitive figure skating. But deep down, she always wanted to do something that connected her to her Latin American roots. Her father is originally from Peru ...

Salsa dance is everything I am and everything I am not. Salsa is passionate, sensuous, rhythmic, social, creative, flirtatious and intimate. Somewhere inside me, I feel all these things, like quiet, ...