OF ALL THE things I thought I might like about salsa — and I liked many things — holding hands with a stranger while learning new dance steps together was not one of them. I thought I might hate that.

Stepping into a world of salsa, salsa dance steps that is, locals tried their moves at Cubanissimo Cuban Coffee House & Cafe on a recent evening. The dance class, held Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m ...

Dance instructor Rachel Chinn and her co-instructor Dan Carro dance on Wednesday at Oeno. The pair will be giving free salsa lessons to start an evening of Latin music on Fridays at the club. The ...

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, ...

Mimicking the Latin music of the night, Havana Night's Latin Dance Party at Johnston's Ballybay Pub started slowly, but crescendoed into a mass of pulsating beats and bodies on a recent Friday night.

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 ...