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Julio Montero

Julio Montero is a Cuban-born dance instructor who has an in-depth knowledge of Cuban Salsa, which i
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154 East 10th Avenue
Vancouver, BC

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https://www.vancuba.com/classes

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CUBAN MUSIC CONCERT

🔥🎼 Catch the Julio Avila Cuban Band with special guests on Saturday Nov. 25th at the Ukrainian Hall (154 East 10th Ave). Enjoy an evening with the best Afro-Latin music in Vancouver, brought to you by these amazing musicians. Date: Saturday, November 25th Venue: Ukrainian Hall, 154 East 10th Avenue Doors: 8:00 pm Show: 9:00 pm Intermissions with recorded music featuring Salsa, Merengue, Bachata and Cuban hits. Admission: $32.50 in advance at Vtixonline / $40 at the door. No minors. Licensed event. This will be a dance concert; not a sit-down event. There will be chairs available for everyone, as well as optional coat check service and tables for your convenience, but do not expect a theatre-style setting. Please, come ready to dance!

CUBAN MUSIC CONCERT

Catch the Julio Avila Cuban Band with special guests on Saturday Nov. 25th at the Ukrainian Hall (154 East 10th Ave). Enjoy an evening with the best Afro-Latin music in Vancouver, brought to you by these amazing musicians. Date: Saturday, November 25th Venue: Ukrainian Hall, 154 East 10th Avenue Doors: 8:00 pm Show: 9:00 pm Intermissions with recorded music featuring Salsa, Merengue, Bachata and Cuban hits. Admission: $32.50 in advance at Vtixonline / $40 at the door. No minors. Licensed event. This will be a dance concert; not a sit-down event. There will be chairs available for everyone, as well as optional coat check service and tables for your convenience, but do not expect a theatre-style setting. Please, come ready to dance!

Salsa Lessons for Beginners

Sign Up for Beginners Salsa Now! New classes starting on Monday, November 6th. No partner required. Check out my website for full details. If you can't dance, I can fix that!

After a FUN summer, now it’s time to get back to DANCE CLASSES! I’ve got many moves to show this Fall. All levels of Cuban style offered, starting next week. 🔥 👉🏽 Head over to my website vancuba(dot)com Check out the classes schedule, and choose your favourite course to sign up for.😀 #dancelessons #salsa #ruedadecasino #ruedadecasino #cubanstyle

I had a blast dancing with my friend Adriana, an amazing casinera from Cuba. This is the “Casino Tradicional” dance, known outside its native island as “Cuban Salsa”. Casino evolved from another Cuban dance called Son. These two dances served as inspiration for the creation of other social dances grouped under the name “Salsa”. A distinctive trait of Casino is the possibility of dancing it by several couples simultaneously in a circle format, also known as Rueda de Casino. Song by El Hijo de Teresa y La Llegada More clips coming soon! @salsate_madrid #cubancasino #cubansalsa #Cuba #ruedadecasino

This Rueda de Casino figure flows beautifully when executed advancing forward AND... swivelling our feet (on the metatarsus). At the CUBASON congress in Playa del Carmen, I had a chance to share this technique with the attendees. I want to thank the Vancouver gang for representing! 😀

This is a longer Rueda rehearsal of the song "Cuba Baila Casino". The idea was to show a series of simple, classic Rueda de Casino figures known to most casineros. I think some of these folks are still dancing out there! 🙂 #ruedadecasino #cubansalsa #cubansalsalove #casinotradicional #dance #dance #Cuba #cuba #salsalessonsvancouver #salsaclassesvancouver

Sign Up for Beginners Salsa Now! Choose the class that best fits your schedule, from the two Beginners courses being offered this Fall. One class starting Sept 13th, and the other on Sept 14th. No partner required. Look up my website for full details. If you can't dance, I can fix that! #dancelessons #dance #salsa #cubansalsa #cubansalsaclass

Havana Fridays at Mangos Kitchen Bar is the best place to party in downtown Vancouver! Come for the delicious Latin food, take the complimentary dance lesson at 9:30 pm, and stay for the dancing till late as the DJs spin the hottest salsa, bachata, merengue and reggaeton!

The most entertaining night in downtown Vancouver!

The best party night in downtown Vancouver! #mangosvancouver #salsanights #merengue #latinnights #Reggaeton #bachata #salsa

We always have a BLAST at Havana Fridays! Come early for the delicious Latin food, take the complimentary dance lesson at 9:30 pm and stay partying till late to the hottest salsa, merengue, bachata and reggaeton at Mangos Kitchen Bar 1180 Howe St. Downtown Vancouver #mangosvancouver #latinnights #salsa #bachata #Reggaeton #merengue

🔥💥 HAPPENING TONIGHT!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Come dance at the Roots Party! A world music dance fiesta 🌍 Join the complimentary AfroBeat dance lesson with Boris at 9:15 pm, and you'll be ready to shake it to everything we'll play. We're gonna take you from Congo to Brazil, from Colombia to India, from Jamaica to Morocco, from Cuba to Nigeria and many more places. It will be a dance trip around the world! Saturday April 8th, The Beaumont Studios, 316 West 5th Ave Doors: 9:00 pm Complimentary AfroBeat dance lesson with Bison at 9:15 pm Fiesta right after! Admission: $20 in advance / More at the door Tickets at VTIXONLINE Licensed venue / No minors

Sign Up for Beginners Salsa lessons starting on Monday April 17th. No partner required. Learn the beautiful Cuban style with Julio Montero. Full details in my website VANCUBA

🔥🔥🔥 Super super super excited about this event on Saturday! Come dance this Saturday April 8th at the Roots Party! Join the complimentary AfroBeat dance lesson with Boris (Bison) at 9:15 pm, and you'll be ready to shake it to everything we'll play. We're gonna take you from Congo to Brazil, from Colombia to India, from Jamaica to Morocco, from Cuba to Nigeria and many more places. It will be a dance trip around the world! Saturday April 8th, The Beaumont Studios, 316 West 5th Ave Doors: 9:00 pm Complimentary AfroBeat dance lesson with Bison at 9:15 pm Fiesta right after! Admission: $20 in advance / More at the door Tickets at Vtixonline Licensed venue / No minors

🔥🔥🔥 Come dance this Saturday April 8th at the Roots Party! Join the complimentary AfroBeat dance lesson with Boris (Bison) at 9:15 pm, and you'll be ready to shake it to everything we'll play. We're gonna take you from Congo to Brazil, from Colombia to India, from Jamaica to Morocco, from Cuba to Nigeria and many more places. It will be a dance trip around the world! Saturday April 8th, The Beaumont Studios, 316 West 5th Ave Doors: 9:00 pm Complimentary AfroBeat dance lesson with Bison at 9:15 pm Fiesta right after! Admission: $20 in advance / More at the door Tickets at Vtixonline Licensed venue / No minors

A Tropical Evening with the JULIO AVILA CUBAN BAND SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2023 | 8:30PM THE BEAUMONT STUDIOS 316 WEST 5TH AVENUE Catch the fiery Julio Avila Cuban Band on Saturday April 1st at The Beaumont Studios. Enjoy a Caribbean-flavoured evening with the best live Afro-Latin music in Vancouver, brought to you by this amazing band. Date: Saturday, April 1st Venue: The Beaumont Studios, 316 West 5th Avenue, Vancouver. Doors: 8:30 pm Show: 9:00 pm Intermissions with recorded music featuring Salsa, Merengue, Bachata and Cuban hits. Admission: $35 in advance at Vtixonline / more at the door. Tickets: Online at Vtixonline No minors. Licensed event. This is a dance concert; not a sit-down event. Please, come ready to dance!

Join the fun! No partner required!

Join the fun! Beginners Salsa lessons starting on Thursday March 9th at 6:30 pm. No partner required. Visit my website to sign up.

🔥 New Beginners Salsa course announced! 🔥 Join us on Wednesday February 1st for 6 weeks of fun. Message me for more info, or visit the website in the ad. Can't dance? Julio can fix that! #salsalessons #cubansalsa #vancouversalsa #salsaclass

Looking forward to a 2023 full of dancing in great company! Music by N'taya

Looking forward to a 2023 full of dancing in great company! Music by N'taya #ruedadecasino

Sign up for Salsa lessons with Julio Montero. No partner required! Fun learning guaranteed, starting on Tuesday January 24th. Click on the link for details and to reserve your spot now. #dancelessons #salsalessons #cubansalsa

Beginners Dance Lessons starting this Tuesday, Nov 8th!

Learn the beautiful Cuban Salsa style with Julio Montero. New Beginners course starting on Tuesday Nov 8th. No partner required!

Learn how to dance the beautiful Cuban Salsa in a fun and friendly environment. Join us on Tuesday September 27th. No partner required. Visit our VANCUBA site for more info.

Get your tickets now at VTIXONLINE. Cuban Culture Gala on Saturday, September 24th at the Ukrainian Hall, 154 East 10th Ave.

Salsa lessons for Beginners with Cuban instructor Julio Montero, starting September 22nd. Can't dance? Julio can fix that! Visit my website to reserve your spots.

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Julio Montero

Julio Montero is a Cuban-born dance instructor who has an in-depth knowledge of Cuban Salsa, which is actually called “casino” in his native island. He was born into a family that is completely obsessed with music and dance. He grew up in the historic city of Santiago de Cuba, motherland to the very roots of Cuba’s most distinctive musical exports, and lived in neighbourhoods renowned for their strong traditions of Conga, Son, and Afro-Haitian rhythms. Upon arriving in Canada, he continued to pursue post-secondary studies, eventually obtaining a double major from the University of British Columbia. Julio does not have formal dance training in Cuban Salsa, because that doesn’t really exist: “In Cuba, you don’t go to dance school to learn how to salsa. I dance like every other empirical Cuban dancer, and that’s the best role model I could be for anyone who wants to move their body like ordinary Cubans do”.

That being said, in his methodology, Julio incorporates the skills acquired during four years at the Frank País Teachers’ University of Santiago de Cuba, where he studied to become an English teacher. Julio’s main goal is to pass onto his students the rhythmic legacy he has inherited, as well as the positive cultural values associated with Afro-Latin-Caribbean culture. “Through social dancing we not only learn steps and have incredible fun –we also develop vital social skills that favourably impact our daily lives, our sense of self-esteem and our overall sense of happiness“, he says, adding: “I shall give you something that no one will be able to take away from you, because Salsa dancing knowledge is almost as indelible as learning how to ride a bike “. Julio strongly believes in the symbiosis of learning proper technique while having a cultural experience in class, an opportunity available only through the Cuban way of dancing salsa, as it represents a nation’s heritage. He’s done so teaching in Japan, France, Norway, Greece, Turkey, Croatia and Cyprus.

Julio believes that sharing his native culture is the best contribution he can make to his Canadian home and the World, bringing in the genuine, ever lasting and effective system of joy that Caribbean people have conceived.