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Every Friday8:20 PM — as long as you like

LINEARSALSA

One hour of linear salsa class and, if you want it, the door open to the salsa and bachata party that follows. A Santiago Friday in its real form.

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Price
$20.000
Duration
1 hour of class + open party
Level
Open class, starts from the basics
Transport
On foot with a local host
LINEAR SALSACLUB ORIXÁSSALSA & BACHATA PARTYFRIDAYCLASS + DANCINGTARAPACÁ 771

In one line

How the night goes

  • 01

    We leave at 8:20 PM from Corte Suprema 196, walking with a local host.

  • 02

    One hour of linear salsa class at Club OrixĂĄs, TarapacĂĄ 771.

  • 03

    After class the floor opens: a salsa and bachata party in the same venue.

  • 04

    The price includes the class and the entry to stay and dance.

  • 05

    If you're only coming for the class, you need to tell us beforehand.

The route

Minute by minute

The whole trip, hour by hour, so you know exactly what you're getting into before saying yes.

  1. Departure

    Corte Suprema 196

    We meet at the building door. If you're coming from the Krav Maga class, the timing works: it ends at 8:00 PM.

  2. Transit

    Walking with the host

    We go on foot, like anyone else on the street. Downtown Santiago on a Friday night has its own film running, and this is the best way to watch it.

  3. Before going in

    Cloakroom (optional)

    If you brought a backpack, a jacket or anything to store, leave it at the cloakroom. That's $1,000 extra paid there, separate from the trip.

  4. Class · 60 min

    Linear salsa at Club OrixĂĄs

    One hour of class at Club OrixĂĄs, TarapacĂĄ 771. Linear salsa: the style where the couple moves along an imaginary line, with those cross-body switches that make it look so good from the outside.

  5. The floor opens

    The party

    Class ends and the dancing begins: salsa and bachata in the same venue, everyone mixed together. Your entry is already included, so all you have to do is stay. This is where a class turns into a night.

  6. Return

    Your call

    If you stay dancing, getting home is on you and you leave when your body says so. If you'd rather head back, the host walks the group to Corte Suprema 196.

Price per person

$20.000

Class + entry to the party

Days
Friday
Schedule
8:20 PM — as long as you like
Duration
1 hour of class + open party
Level
Open class, starts from the basics
Transport
On foot with a local host
Departure
Corte Suprema 196
Where
TarapacĂĄ 771, Santiago Centro
Club OrixĂĄsView on Google Maps

+ Cloakroom$1.000

Only if you bring a backpack, a coat or things to store. Paid separately, at the venue.

Book my spot

We reply on WhatsApp and set up the day. No forms.

The dance

Linear salsa: salsa's other language

If you learned Cuban salsa on Tuesday, this is its cousin from another city. Linear salsa grew out of son cubano and mambo, but it finished cooking in New York in the 1960s and 70s — the Fania era, when the word "salsa" became a genre — and then in Los Angeles, where it took its most spectacular form.

The difference is geometric and you notice it the moment you see it. Cuban salsa is circular: the partners turn around each other. Linear salsa runs along a slot, an imaginary line the two of them keep swapping places along. That crossing is the signature of the style, and it's what makes it look so clean and so cinematic.

Learning both isn't redundant: it's understanding the whole dance. Two ways of hearing the same music.

  • Cuban

    Circular, playful, built on the rueda and the group. You dance it Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

  • Linear

    Along a slot, with crossings and marked turns. You dance it on Fridays.

After class

What a "social" is and why it changes everything

A class teaches you steps. A social teaches you to dance. When class ends, the venue turns into a party: a DJ, salsa and bachata all night, and a floor where everyone dances with everyone.

You don't need to bring a partner or know anyone — in fact, that's exactly the unwritten rule of a social: you ask, you dance one song, you say thanks and you move on. In one night you can dance with twenty people from ten different countries.

Your entry is included in the price of the trip. All you have to decide is whether to stay.

Important

Tell us what you're doing

There are two ways to do this plan and we need to know which one you're choosing before we leave, because it changes the entry we arrange and how the group gets home.

Option A — class and party: the $20,000 covers the class and the entry to stay and dance. Getting home is on you, whenever you decide to leave.

Option B — class only: if you want to do just the hour of class and walk back with the host, tell us beforehand on WhatsApp. It's completely fine, but it has to be arranged.

What the $20.000

Included

  • A local host who walks with you from Corte Suprema 196
  • 1 hour of linear salsa class at Club OrixĂĄs
  • Entry to the salsa and bachata party that follows the class
  • Accompanied return to the building (for those not staying)

Paid separately

  • Cloakroom: $1,000 extra, if you bring things to store
  • Anything you consume inside the venue
  • The way back, if you stay dancing

Get ready

What to bring

  • Smooth-soled shoes: turning on rubber soles is a fight with the floor
  • Clothes you can dance in for hours (you will sweat)
  • $1,000 in cash if you're going to use the cloakroom
  • A spare shirt, if you're staying all night

Important

Mind these

  • 01

    Departure 8:20 PM from Corte Suprema 196.

  • 02

    If you're coming ONLY for the class and not staying to dance, tell us beforehand on WhatsApp.

  • 03

    The cloakroom is $1,000 extra, separate from the trip price.

  • 04

    If you stay at the party, getting home is on you.

Getting back

With the host back to Corte Suprema 196 — unless you stay to dance, and then the night is yours.

Fair questions

What everyone asks

Can I do just the class and head back?

Yes, but you need to tell us beforehand on WhatsApp so we can organise the group's return with the host.

I've never danced salsa. Is this class right for me?

Yes. It's an open class and it starts from the basic steps. And if you want to arrive with more mileage, do the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday classes in Lastarria first.

Is the cloakroom mandatory?

No. Only if you bring a backpack, a coat or things you don't want to carry while dancing. It's $1,000 paid at the venue, separately.

How late does the party go?

It stretches on quite a bit. You leave whenever you want: if you stay dancing, you handle getting home yourself.

Will I actually dance if I don't know anyone?

Yes. At a social you dance with strangers, that's the custom. Plus you arrive with the group from the trip, who just did the class with you.

What language is the class in?

Your host speaks Spanish, English and intermediate Portuguese. The class is taught in Spanish, but the crowd at the venue is very international and it's easy to follow: you learn by watching and counting the beat.

Every Friday · 8:20 PM — as long as you like

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