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Have you ever wondered what your coffee looks like before ending up in your cup? I actually hadn’t, which is why I was truly mesmerized when I received a fresh coffee twig in my hand in Cauca, Colombia, for the…
CauCaribe is a music group from Popayán, District of Cauca, Colombia. As the name itself reveals, the group plays mostly traditional Colombian rhythms from Cauca and the Caribbean, such as different variations merengue and cumbia. The lyrics of the non-instrumental folkloric…
Nicolas Tapia and Antonela Chaya are Arrebato Caleño‘s teachers of bachata and salsa. They are a couple from Buenos Aires, Argentina, who came to Cali to learn Cali style salsa and stayed to live their dream to the fullest – travel and…
D’Cache is one of the very few, all-female salsa groups in Colombia. Traditionally, salsa music is played by men, but these women defeat stereotypes by playing and singing melodies and rhythms that people are used to hearing only from men.…
On the 25th of November 2017, there was the Gran Fiesta de Fin de Año of Arrebato Caleño, a dance school I volunteered at for 1,5 months in Cali, Colombia. Here’s a video of this party, organized by the owner of…
If someone can be called a master of Cali style salsa steps, it’s Andrés Molina (Andrés Felipe Molina Gomez). Looking at him, it seems as though his feet were moving on their own. And if you’d ever want to learn…
Me and a teacher of Arrebato Caleño, Andrés Molina, gave a class of Cali style salsa in La Topa Tolondra, on the 4th of December 2017. The aim of the class was to teach the basic hip movement of Cali style…
Born and raised in Cali, Norbey “Kanelo” Gil Mosquera (46) is the main teacher of Arrebato Caleño. He’s also the man who this year won the 1st prize for non-professional solo dancers at the World Salsa Festival (Festival Mundial de…
Arrebato Caleño, the dance school where I live at the moment, is a true encounter of cultures. It’s not just a typical dance school but also a home for people from all over the world. At the moment there are…
The month of October 2017 has been busy for many non-professional dancers in Cali, Colombia. It’s the month of the auditions for the Salsódromo – the country’s biggest salsa parade, taking place each year on the 25th of December. This…
