Houston, Texas — Houston’s first salsa studio approaches its 25th anniversary. Strictly Salsa Street It is a studio that focuses on authentic Latin dance and the teaching of Afro-Latin movement as well as salsa.
Raul Orlando Edwards, who founded Simply Street Salsa in 1998 said: “Salsa is today a way of identity for Latinos all over the world. You can find Latino people from any country coming together and uniting by salsa, so salsa is a source of unity but also a source of fun and celebration.” .
Edwards, a Jamaican Panamanian artist, began teaching salsa after struggling to find authentic Latin dance lessons when he first moved to Houston.
“One of the things I started to see was how people were teaching Latin dance,” Edwards said. “And that made me realize that there was little regard for the cultural aspect of the dances. So I decided at that point that I could do two things: I could be bitter, or get better, so I started calling and saying, ‘Hey, I’m going to start teaching and I created a post.’ And so on. It started. That was in January 1998. And it just took off.”
Over the years, Strictly Street Salsa has also started the city’s Afro-Latin Festival and Salsa y Salud, Texas’ largest live salsa and dance performance.
For more information about classes and workshops, visit Strictly streetstalsa.
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