The Opening of “The Ark” - Saturday, January 3, 2009
Location: 1840s Plaza Baltimore City
29 S Front St Baltimore, MD 21202Salsa Lessons & Salsa Dancing
LIVE PERFORMANCE BY LATIN SOUND BAND
As everyone knows (and won't shut up about), the most exciting recent development in downtown Baltimores's nightlife profile occurs Saturday, January 3, 2009. I'm talking about, of course, the opening of “The Ark” in the old space formerly known as “Gardels”.
This may be the complete nerd inside me talking, but this place makes me somewhat giddy. We're excited because, lately, downtown has felt kind of empty without this stellar location open to the public! Since the closing of the old location none compares to the sheer grandness of this location. The Ark has the chance to bring back the glitz and glamor that downtown Baltimore entertainment district deserves. It’s time to Romance and Dance At The Ark! Dancing With Grace has answered the growing demand for a 5 star luxury lounge/night club in Downtown Baltimore area, The Ark will officially open its doors on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 7 pm. They will add to their location a sense of Romance that many locations lack. Playing music such as salsa, merengue, cha-cha-cha but also adding a slow bolero after every 5 songs. It will be like taking a step back in time when respected men asked women to dance and romance filled the air.
The night will be run by Dancing With Grace (www.dancingwithgrace.com) This was their home for 4 years & they are happy to be back! They will have rotating DJ’s to play Salsa, Boleros (for you romantics), and other danceable tunes!
The elegantly restrained interiors of the lounge/night club will serve as the perfect contrast to the high energy, trend setting programming scheduled for the club and that will include rotating DJs, theme parties and special guest dance performances.
The 18,000 square-foot club, featuring a beautiful bar and cozy seating areas.
The Ark will be open on Saturdays from 7 pm to 2 am and have dance lessons at 8 and 9 pm with social dancing starting at 10 pm. For part two of this press release keep checking www.dancingwithgrace.com
Opening Night: Buffet Information To Be Announced. Prices are an estimate and subject to change.
Entry, Buffet, & Lesson: $20.00
Lessons: $10.00 each or
Entry $12.00 each after 9:15 pm 
Address:
1840s Plaza
29 South Front St.
Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: 410-903-0648
Parking Options:
- Harbor Park Garage is located across President Street (on the corner of Lombard & President Streets).
- Little Italy Garage is located on E. Pratt Street, one block south of The Ark (on the same side of President Street).
- Limited on-street parking. Metered parking is available on South Front Street, directly in front of The Ark, and are monitored 24 hours, 7 days a week; parking around the block next to all the new townhouses just recently built!
Learn salsa from the certified salsa instructors Hugo Badillo from Puerto Rico and Grace Badillo, 1st generation New-Yorican. With the Salsa With Grace videos you will learn:
- valuable tips in each chapter to remind you of key dance guidelines to make your salsa dancing easier.
- similarities in certain combinations so you can remember and retain more patterns.
- styling that is elegant and beautiful.
- to make a move your own and not look like someone else on the floor.
- how to properly lead and follow
- from instructors who teach salsa and train others how to teach dance and communicate effectively.
With our salsa videos you will be able to learn salsa with style and technique in no time. Included in the videos you will find:
- step by step instruction of the most important foundational movements that are usually ignored in other instructional salsa videos.
- a count bar containing the eight beats to salsa illuminated during the salsa instructions
- practice music to practice what you just learned. Our salsa videos contain salsa music at different tempos so you can practice first at slow tempos and then at faster tempos similar to those played at the salsa clubs.
- valuable information about dance shoes, why you need them, and how to take care of them so they will last for years.
Beginner Level I-III Salsa Video  |
Price: $35.00
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Product Description
This salsa DVD will teach you the three basic salsa steps and several basic elements including the right turn and left turn. You will learn how to hold your partner, put basic steps and turns together, and how to lead and follow. Additionally, you will learn movements/combinations and how to transition between movements gracefully. Finally, you will learn the Cross Body Lead and combine it with the movements learned in the earlier chapters.
This salsa DVD will teach you how to easily transition from turns into cross body leads, from closed to open positions, from lady's turns to man's turns, and much more!
Product Details
Difficulty: Beginner Level I-III
Number of discs: 1
Length: 60 minutes
Media: DVD Only
Encoding: NTSC
Intermediate Level I-II Salsa Video |
Price: $35.00
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Product Description
The intermediate level salsa video requires you to already know the fundamentals of salsa dancing which include: basics steps, basic right and left turns, basic cross body lead, and how to transition smoothly through these at medium to fast tempo salsa music without losing the beat. All this is taught in our beginner salsa video (please read above). This intermediate level salsa DVD teaches in detail how to perform the cross body lead with (inside) turn and how to lead/follow it with ease and style! Additionally, it teaches intermediate level salsa moves and combinations/patterns and how to transition through them with style.
Product Details
Difficulty: Intermediate Level I-II
Number of discs: 1
Length: 60 minutes
Media: DVD Only
Encoding: NTSC
Salsa Videos Package
SAVE $10 when you buy both Beginner Level and Intermediate Level Salsa Videos!!! You have a total of 3 hours of quality salsa dance instruction for only $60.
Difficulty: Beginner I-III & Intermediate Level I-II
Number of discs: 2
Length: 2 hours
Format: DVD Only
Encoding: NTSC |
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Price: $60.00
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