As one who has traveled and seen much of the world, I have always been a fan of those venues who find space in their business model to invite fresh activities to “pop-up” when their space is typically closed/inactive.
We see this in places like New York, where promoters take over a bar and, in doing so, transform it from one type of venue into another as they temporarily re-tool the space for their special night’s presentation. We’ve even witnessed a touch of this years ago when BurritoTown set up space within Bartertown, offering a healthy and kind menu in contrast to what Taco Bell offers you post-bar on your ride home. (BurritoTown eventually closed, but while happening it was really a great eatery in our downtown for the post-dinner crowd).
But, then I was reminded after I reconnected with a friend of a little pop-up club, Pietros Salsa Dance Club hosted by Cecilia & Sergio of Malecon Productions at Pietros Back Door Pizzeria’s space, that this has been operating for some time locally. If you are like me, it probably has fallen off your radar too since it is located in a part of the city where most might have forgotten it’s there.
Having attended a few of their pop-up Salsa Dance Club nights, I can say that the audience is a happy space where music fans of salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia and other rhythms gather to exercise their diverse dance moves within an equally diverse group of world dance fans.
As part of their mission to always be expanding their definition of dance, this weekend (and in collaboration with Malecon Productions and Cecilia Cofino), this dance-themed event will present a special Global Jam Solo Performance from Laura Armenta of the Armentality- Dance & Yoga Education Center.
Armenta’s 12-minute program will take the viewers on a journey through Oriental dance (often wrongly labeled as belly dancing) all the way to a festival and feverish dance style of Bollywood. There will even be an audience participation moment during Amenta’s program that will signal the dance floor is back open for folks to continue to dance the night away.
If you do not think that our local culture has much culture, well then you have been going to wrong parts of the city. Your city is alive with rhythm this weekend, and Pietro’s Salsa Dance Club needs to be at the top of your destination if dancing is your groove.
Admission: $8 / 21+ only
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