And usually at the beginning of the lessons I ask how many people have danced before so I gear the lesson to the crowd we have at that particular time.”īefore being an instructor at San Manuel, Malcolm liked to dance there himself.
“So we do a little bit of that and then we get into the instructions. “We have a warm up period for about 10 or 15 minutes and that’s geared for beginners but it also helps advanced because they have to warm up - you don’t want somebody out there dancing cold,” he said. He said he has things he can teach people at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Malcolm said he gears his lessons both to his experienced dancers as well as people who have never salsa danced in their life. “I come here to have a good time and to exercise and talk to friends.” Rodolfo Alemañy, 77, a Cuban native who now lives in San Bernardino, said he has been coming to the salsa nights for seven years and has only missed two or three of them. “You get to see really high-end dancing, which encourages you to pick up your game as well,” he said.