Salsa In The Snow
by | Feb 23, 2024 9:47 am | Comments (0)
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"Red Hot" theme social at Matanuska Brewing Company/
Alaska Salsa Festival
Anchorage, Alaska
Feb. 9 – 11, 2024
The presence of a Latin dance festival in Anchorage, Alaska, might come as a surprise to many, but this year’s edition marked over a decade of Alaska Dance Promotions hosting the event in their south side studio. Festival organizer and studio owner Michelle Holland is synonymous with salsa in Alaska: She has built a name for her studio and traveled with her performance teams over the last 16 years.
Although Holland says the festival is still recovering from the blow dealt by Covid to the social dance scene, this year’s congress boasted a fair number of students in attendance for three days and nights of classes, performances, and themed dance parties led by a mix of favorite local instructors and out-of-state guest talent.
