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		The roots Afro Cuban dance

    Afro Cuban and traditional (Folklore)
Dancing in Havana and Santiago de Cuba

Two weeks in Cuba in double room with breakfast incl. 10 x 90min professional dance instruction for early bookers starting from only 493.- Euro!

Forget everything you have thought so far about Afro Cuban and traditional Cuban dances! The offers presented here want you to experience the energy which is the basic characteristic of Cuban dancers. You will sweat a lot in class, and you will feel at one with yourself when, step by step, you stop thinking and you begin to become one with your body.

This programme is the ideal completion and at the same time prerequisite for really dancing Salsa. The whole extent of Salsa will only reveal itself when you stop practising the same steps all over again and, instead, when you start to trust your body and when you begin to dance as a whole person. The basic material taught here is extremely important, thus you can take a complete Afro and Folklore course or you can book a few additional hours to other dance classes.

The course programme "Afro Cuban and traditional (folklore) Cuban dances" deals with the musical roots of the music. Afro Cuban dances have a strong connection to the Santeria gods. The movements are linked to the individual characters of the different gods, thus, they have a mythical origin. We recommend the Santeria programme as an addition to the dance classes on the pages Havana Extras

		The roots Folklore dances

The Cuban folklore is based on the Afro Cuban and Franco Haitian roots. A lot of ballroom dances have developed from here, for example Danzón, Son, Mambo, Cha Cha Cha, Casino, Congas y Comparsas as well as rural dances (Bailes Campesinos). The programme contains elements of all these dances. The more elements you know, the easier you can put your personal emphasis on a special dance.

The maestra of these dances is a dancer, choreographer and teacher performing worldwide. She demands a lot in class and she brings out the last reserves of her students. But it is also great fun to be taught by her. If you should book the course while she is not in Cuba, she will be substituted by highly qualified teachers, so you can always expext excellent training.

The five-day-course includes one class with live music, the ten-day-course includes two days with live music.

Courses with accommodation in Havana

We selected the best hotels and private accommodations we could find in Cuba for you. The cost effectiveness in Cuba is not very good, and travellers get more for their money in other countries of the world. But Cuba is Cuba and in the end you support a country with your money in which the population's standard of living is better than in any other Latin American or Caribbean nation. We design travel packages in cooperation with local partners which offer the optimum cost effectiveness possible in Cuba. We test which private accomodation offers the best breakfast and which hotel was renovated recently. We make our selection on the basis of information you will hardly get in any travel guide.

We chose different price categories for our pre-selection of service packages. The offers are calculated for a stay of 14 nights. They are examples. You can decide the length of your stay and your travel programme for Cuba. Please ask us for your individual travel programme and feel free to get some advice first.

The offers

Offer 1: Economico

This offer includes two alternative options: Hotel or Casa Particular (private accommodation).

		Hotel Caribbean in Havana

We recommend the Hotel **Caribbean/Lido in the historic section of Havana close to the Capitolio. You can best explore the city walking from here. The location is ideal, in the centre of Havana.

14 nights incl. 10 days course programme starting from

649.- EUR

• Price per person in double room
• The price during high season (21.12. - 28.02 and 01.07. - 31.08.) is 739.- EUR
• Single room supplement (all year) only 100.- EUR

If you book up to three months in advance, you will receive a discount of 5% on the basic price per person. Being a Premium member of the DyM-Club you even receive the discount up to 6 weeks before starting the journey!

For more information please click Journey details on the bottom of this page.

		Casa Particular In Havana

If you don't like to stay in a hotel, you will feel comfortable in one of our Private accommodations (Casas Particulares). We work with legal landlords who we have known for years now. Thus, you avoid trouble when you arrive in Cuba.

All the apartments offered are clean and safe. The landlords are friendly and helpful. The guests are independent but they get help when needed. The rooms include a bath (sometimes shared with other rooms), often with air condition and sometimes with a safe.

We mainly offer private accommodation near Capitolio or in Vedado, a part of Havana belonging to the central parts of town. There are hotels close to the houses where you can usually use the pool and get refreshments even if you don't stay at the hotel.

14 nights incl. 10 days course programme starting from

679.- EUR

• Price per person in double room including breakfast
• No high season prices!
• Single room supplement (all year) 250.- EUR

If you book up to three months in advance, you will receive a discount of 5% on the basic price per person. Being a Premium member of the DyM-Club you even receive the discount up to 6 weeks before starting the journey!

For more information please click Journey details on the bottom of this page.

Offer 2: Independiente

This offer also includes two alternative options: Aparthotel or Apartment.

		Playas del Este Der Strand

We recommend the Aparthotel **Las Terrazas, located at 20km east of Havana. The hotel is plain. The apartment consists of a living room with kitchen and a bedroom. There are apartments with two or three bedrooms for families. There is a pool, a restaurant and a supermarket very close. The masseur at the hotel is very good - just try it! We recommend to book a hired car for travelling to the course location. The prices for a taxi to Havana range from 20-25 CUC.

14 nights incl. 10 days course programme starting from

529.- EUR

• Price per person in apartment without breakfast
• The price during high season (21.12. - 28.02 and 01.07. - 31.08.) is 589.- EUR
• Single room supplement (all year) 250.- EUR

If you book up to three months in advance, you will receive a discount of 5% on the basic price per person. Being a Premium member of the DyM-Club you even receive the discount up to 6 weeks before starting the journey!

For more information please click Journey details on the bottom of this page.

		Apartment Independent accommodation

If you would like to live in Havana Vieja, you will love our Apartments. They are located close to the Casa de la Musica Centro Havanna in Galeano. The distance to the sea and to the Capitolio is 300m. An excellent downtown location, which is still relatively quiet although located in the city centre, because the houses on the opposite side are not very high.

Equipment: All apartments with living room, kitchen and bathroom. TV, air condition, fridge and washing machine available. You can book apartments with one or two bedrooms. Spacious terrace (balcony).

Cubans are not allowed to rent the entire apartment, thus, the owner usually stays in one of the side rooms but is absent as far as possible. You can still ask him if needed and he will make you breakfast...

Information on other apartments of a higher category, for example with your own parking space and pool access in Miramar on request.

14 nights incl. 10 days course programme starting from

749.- EUR

• Price per person in apartment with one bedroom including breakfast
• No high season prices!
• Single room supplement (all year) 250.- EUR

If you book up to three months in advance, you will receive a discount of 5% on the basic price per person. Being a Premium member of the DyM-Club you even receive the discount up to 6 weeks before starting the journey!

For more information please click Journey details on the bottom of this page.

Offer 3: Superior

We recommend two high quality hotels right in the centre of Havana Vieja (the old part of town). The 4-star-Hotel Telegrafo , which is unspectacular from the outside, but the inner construction is quite convincing. The architecture combines the original construction of the 19th century with modern building standards. The rooms are spacious and comfortabel. You can book one of the nine Junior Suites for an additional charge on request.

14 nights incl. 10 days course programme starting from

1199.- EUR

• Price per person in double room including breakfast
• The price during high season (01.-30.11, 21.12. - 31.03. and 01.7. - 31.08.) is 1399.- EUR
• Single room supplement (all year) 250.- EUR

You are looking for a luxurious hotel in Havana? The 5-star-Hotel Parque Central is also located in the centre of Havana Vieja and it surely offers the optimum cost effectiveness in town. Just try the pool on the roof ...

14 nights incl. 10 days course programme starting from

1499.- EUR

• Price per person in double room including breakfast
• The price during high season (01.-30.11, 21.12. - 31.03. and 01.07. - 31.08.) is 1599.- EUR
• Single room supplement (all year) 350.- EUR

If you book up to three months in advance, you will receive a discount of 5% on the basic price per person. Being a Premium member of the DyM-Club you even receive the discount up to 6 weeks before starting the journey!

For more information please click Journey details on the bottom of this page.

Offers in Santiago de Cuba

		Percussion classes Santiago de Cuba

Santiago, located at about 1000 km east of Havana in Cuba's Oriente, is considered the cradle of traditional Son.

We also work with carefully selected professional teachers in Santiago and they can show quite a lot to beginners as well as advanced dancers.

14 nights in Casa Particular incl. 10 days course programme starting from

629.- EUR

• Price per person in double room including breakfast
• The price during high season (01.07. - 31.08. und vom 01.12. - 28.02.) is 679.- EUR
• Single room supplement (all year) 250.- EUR

If you book up to three months in advance, you will receive a discount of 5% on the basic price per person. Being a Premium member of the DyM-Club you even receive the discount up to 6 weeks before starting the journey!

For more information please click Journey details on the bottom of this page.

Journey details:

- 14 nights/breakfast (if not indicated differently)
- dance course 10 x 90min
- Travelprice insurance

The following information in also important:

• Price list of the packages is valid from 18.01.2008.
• The classes take place from Monday to Friday.
• If you combine the package with an additional course of Spanish, Salsa or Percussion, you will only be charged an extra price of 245.- Euro!
• Peak season supplements for all hotels around Christmas! Please ask us for the prices.
• Book your flight first in a travel agency of your choice. Then book with us.
• For your bookings and requests please use our special form.
• No matter what nationality you are - admission to Cuba requires a Tourist card.
• With our bookings you get an insolvency insurance and receive a travelprice insurance document with your travel documents.
• You can take out a travel cancellation insurance policy or other travel insurance policies up to 14 days after having received your booking confirmation. This is easily done by internet, you only have to click here. (Information in German language.)
• Please read our terms and conditions on the left navigation frame.
• You will find the answer to many questions on our FAQ-page ...
• Errors, price modifications and service modifications possible.

Courses for Afro Cuban and folklore without accommodation

It is also possible to book a course in Havana or in Santiago de Cuba without accommodation. The prices for Havana:

• 10 x 90min regular 349.- Euro, in combination with the booking of another dance course only 279.- Euro. Two days of class with live music.
• 5 x 90min regular 249.- Euro, in combination with the booking of another dance course only 189.- Euro. One day of class with live music.
• Individual classes á 90min only in combination with the booking of another dance course 40.- Euro.

The prices for Santiago:

The five-day-course (5 x 90min) costs 229.- Euro, The ten-day-course (10 x 90min) costs 319.- Euro.

Group journeys

For more information on our offers of group journeys with tour attendance please click here.

You can book percussion and drums classes any time of the year and you can combine them with Language-, Percussion- or Salsa- classes.

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