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Workshops with Guest Artist Angelo Rito (“Mr. Musicality”)

January 6 to January 16, 2025

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Weclome back to our our guest instructor from Italy! 🇮🇹
Here’s the perfect chance to fulfill your new year's resolution to become a better dancer, a better performer, or a better teacher!

About Angelo Rito ↓

Angelo Rito, a classical and jazz pianist, composer, choreographer and dancer, started dancing as a young boy. His passion and determination led him to New York, where he began a professional training course at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The prestigious academy allowed him to gain a 360-degree education in the world of dance.

Angelo is a trained dancer in contemporary, modern, ballet, jazz, tap, Afro Cuban, salsa, mambo, rumba, cha cha cha, boogaloo, ballroom and more. He travels all around the globe teaching, choreographing, performing and judging. He is based in Rome and known for his musicality style — one where he becomes one with the music and is able to combine technique, artistry and self expression.

Wondering what it’s like to attend one of his workshops? Check out this footage from his last visit to Steps. (Video courtesy of VeraVita Magazine.)

Workshops ↓

  • Intro to Understanding Timing & Musicality
    Beg/Int (For Steps Levels 2-5)
    Wednesday, Jan. 8
    8 pm - 10 pm
    $55 in advance/$65 at door
    Sign up here

    Int/Adv Musicality Intensive
    (For Steps Levels 3-5)
    Saturday, Jan. 11
    1 pm - 3 pm
    $55 in advance/$65 by Jan. 8
    Sign up here

    Sign up for both musicality intensives: $100 in advance/$115 at door
    Purchase here

  • Learn a routine choreographed by Mr. Musicality and perform it at the Steps Anniversary Party in May and the Montreal Salsa Convention in May! (Performing is optional.)

    Part 1: Friday, Jan. 10
    8 pm - 10 pm

    Part 2: Saturday, Jan. 11
    11 am - 1 pm

    Part 3: Sunday, Jan. 12
    4 pm - 6 pm

    Prices:
    General public and non-members: $200
    Steps annual and auto-renew members: $175
    Steps team members: $150
    Sign up here

  • For all dance instructors who want to improve their dance and teaching skills.

    Saturday, Jan. 11
    4 pm - 6 pm
    $60 in advance/$70 by Jan. 8
    Sign up here

  • Beg/Int Footwork & Body Movement
    (For Steps Levels 2 -5)
    Thursday, Jan. 16
    9 pm - 10 pm

    Intermediate Footwork & Body Movement
    (For Steps Levels 3 -5)
    Friday, Jan. 10
    7 pm - 8 pm

    *See below for workshop prices

  • Intermediate (For Steps Levels 3-5)
    Sunday, Jan. 12
    2 pm - 3 pm

    *See below for workshop prices

  • Beg/Int Body Movement with Afro Cuban Influences
    (For Steps Levels 2 -5)
    Thursday, Jan. 9
    9pm - 10pm

    Int/Adv Body Movement with Afro Cuban Influences
    (For Steps Levels 3 -5)
    Sunday, Jan. 12
    3 pm - 4 pm

    *See below for workshop prices

  • Int/Adv (For Steps Levels 3-5)
    Thursday, Jan. 16
    8 pm - 9 pm

    *See below for workshop prices

  • Int/Adv (For Steps Levels 3 -5)
    Thursday, Jan. 9
    8 pm - 9 pm

    *See below for workshop prices

 

Workshop Prices ↓

1 workshop: $35 early bird / $40 regular
2 workshops: $60 early bird / $70 regular
3 workshops: $85 early bird / $100 regular
4 workshops: $110 early bird / $125 regular
5 workshops: $130 early bird / $150 regular
6 workshops: $150 early bird / $175 regular
7 workshops: $170 early bird / $195 regular

Purchase a workshop or workshop bundle by clicking here.

Early bird prices end on January 8.

Steps annual and auto-renew members get a 10% discount.
Steps team members get a 20% discount.

Please note that there are separate prices for the Musicality Intensives, the Choreo Challenge and the Master Intensive for Instructors. See the menu above for details.

The Steps Snow Ball

Saturday, February 8, 2025

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Get glammed up and ready to celebrate the new year ahead with our annual Snow Ball gala!

It’s the same party you know and love, but with added flexibility — see performances at one of TWO shows: our matinee show or evening show! And of course, evening show attendees can stay and social dance into the late-night hours.

Details ↓
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025
Prosserman Jewish Community Centre
(In the Leah Posluns Theatre)
4588 Bathurst St
North York, ON M2R 1W6
Free parking for 400 cars, TTC bus stops at the door

Matinee show: 6 pm
Evening show: 8:30 pm
Social dancing: 10 - 2 am

Prices ↓
Matinee show only: $20 by Dec. 22 / $25 by Feb. 7 / $30 at door
Evening show & party: $30 by Dec. 22 / $35 by Feb. 7 / $40 at door
Party only (entrance after 10 pm): $20 adv / $25 at door

Don’t forget to ↓
→ Buy tickets early! Prices go up after Dec. 22
→ Dress to impress ✨
→ Keep your raffle tickets and stick around for raffle prize giveaway
→ Cheers loudly in support of your fellow Steps students who are performing!

Discover the magic of the Snow Ball by watching last year’s recap below!

Video by Chris Minchala

 

Bachata Performance Class

Fridays from 8 pm to 9 pm
October 25 to February 7

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Craving that Bachata feeling?
Maybe it's your turn to learn an entire Bachata routine then perform it at various events, including the Steps Snow Ball in Februrary!

A performance class will help to improve your memory of shines, enhance your styling and body movement, improve your timing and musicality and help you learn tricks. Unleash your inner performer, increase your confidence on the dance floor, meet new people and have fun!

Students must be in Bachata Levels 3-5. This course is great for first time performers and repeat performance course students.

Please note: All participants must commit to the full duration of the course.

Price for non-members: $300
Price for monthly auto-renew and 12-month membership holders: $220

*This course involves additional costs, including payment for costumes, event entry and transportation to event venues for performances. Payment plans available. Please email or call us to inquire. Have questions? Feel free to reach out for details, or meet us at the front desk!

Salsa Performance Class

Wednesdays from 9 pm to 10 pm
October 23 to February 5

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Calling all Salsa addicts! Thinking about performing for the first time, or miss the rush of it? Learn an entire choreographed Salsa routine then perform it at various events, including the Steps Snow Ball in February!

A performance class will help to improve your memory of shines, enhance your styling and body movement, improve your timing and musicality and help you learn tricks. Unleash your inner performer, increase your confidence on the dance floor, meet new people and have fun!

Students must be in Salsa Levels 3-5. This course is great for first time performers and repeat performance course students.

Please note: All participants must commit to the full duration of the course.

Price for non-members: $300
Price for monthly auto-renew and 12-month membership holders: $220

*This course involves additional costs, including payment for costumes, event entry and transportation to event venues for performances. Payment plans available. Please email or call us to inquire. Have questions? Feel free to reach out for details, or meet us at the front desk!

Salsa Footwork Performance Class

Thursdays from 9 pm to 10 pm
October 24 - February 6

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Get ready for some fancy footwork! Learn a choreographed Salsa shines routine then perform it at various events, including the Steps Snow Ball in February!

This course is sure to improve your memory of shines. And of course, you'll get to enhance your styling and body movement. No partner, no problem -- here, you'll become more comfortable dancing on your own!

Students must be in Salsa Levels 2-3 (or higher). No partner required.
This course is great for first time performers and repeat performance course students.

Please note: All participants must commit to the full duration of the course.

Price for non-members: $300
Price for monthly auto-renew and 12-month membership holders: $220

*This course involves additional costs, including payment for costumes, event entry and transportation to event venues for performances. Payment plans available. Please email or call us to inquire. Have questions? Feel free to reach out for details, or meet us at the front desk!

 

Recurring Student Outings

 

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Join the Steps instructors and your fellow students at one of the many club outings we organize. We love to dance so ask us for a dance - we won't say no!

 
 

Don't want to wait for an official Steps party or outing to practice? Lots of our students (plus students and dancers from across the city) attend Toronto Dance Fridays and Baila Con Gusto at El Rancho on Thursdays.
 

 

Salsa on St Clair

July 2025

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Celebrate summer with us at TD Salsa on St Clair.  This is our favourite street festival and is the only festival in Toronto where people do more than just eat and watch entertainment - they take part in non-stop dancing in the streets! Dance lessons, live bands, performances, great food and a huge street party.

Join us at the Steps Dance Studio booth (located at the north corner of St. Clair and Rushton Rd., just west of Christie St) for FREE lessons, prize giveaways, promo deals, outdoor dancefloor and
DJ Alberth Moreno all weekend long.

Interested in volunteering at the Steps booth? We need dozens of friendly and outgoing people every hour to help out.  If interested, please email Jennifer@stepsdancestudio.com.

It's one amazing party and a fiesta of fun for the entire family. More →

 

 

2024 Canada Salsa & Bachata Congress

October 2025

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The Canadian salsa event of the year and one of the largest & most anticipated events in North America runs in October at the Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto. Founded and organized by Jennifer Aucoin, the congress includes international artists from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Italy, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and across North America, dance companies from around the globe, amazing performances each night, some of the best instructors in the world, workshops for all levels, Beginner Bootcamps and Master Intensives, 22 hours of Social dancing in 3 Ballrooms until 4 am each night, DJs, vendors, History of Salsa Seminar, Certification Course, and the 16th Annual Canadian Salsa & Bachata Championships with Professional, Amateur and Pro-Am Heats and Showcases. Celebrate 21 years with us in October 2025!

For more info, visit the website: https://www.canadasalsacongress.com

  Check out the 2023 show for inspiration →