Marlon Provence

Hi saleros! I'm Marlon. I was born on Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles (Close to Aruba & Venezuela). Curaçao is a multicultural island and most people can dance Merengue, Montuno, Balada & Salsa (men start with right foot front).

In the year 1999 I was on vacation in the Netherlands and my brother took me to a salsa party. It was very disappointing because I wasn't able to dance good salsa! The people were dancing salsa on the right but with a lot of turns and moves/extra steps. When I returned to Curaçao I started with some private salsa lessons from Steven at "Salsipuedes Curaçao" (Stands for: Salsa yes you can). At that time the new challenge was to dance salsa on left.

In September I moved to The Netherlands. My older brother is an assistant-teacher at the biggest Salsa danceschool in the southern part of the Netherlands, named SalsiPuedes Netherlands, so I started taking some group lessons. Since then I've been dancing salsa at least once a week.

I am an auditor and work for Ernst & Young Accountants (E&Y), I moved to Indianapolis for 9 months on request of E &Y Indianapolis. One of my first question here was: "Do they dance salsa?" I searched on the Internet and found the "Intosalsa" website. I went out to the Jazz Kitchen. I was dancing and met DJ TaZ. He gave me an invitation for club IL Gargano. I was curious to know how they teach here in Indianapolis, so I took one lesson from Yang & Erin. They are really good teachers. My goal is to start dancing on 2, and as soon as I have some time, learn some new moves including spins. It was way back when I last took some serious lessons. Some people ask me, what are my salsa secrets. I don't have any!

I think anybody can dance salsa. Here are my tips for you:

1. Listen to salsa music as much as you can!
2. Take some salsa lessons at "IntoSalsa" to learn the moves.
3. Remember to take your break on 4 & 8 (and listen to the music).
4. Ladies, remember on the dance floor the man is always the leader.
5. Men, remember to dance with ladies of all levels
6. Practice, practice, practice.

Last but not least, don't panic on the dance floor (that's for the titanic) and make your dance miles. The more miles you make the better you will dance.

Are you ready to make some dance miles? Ok then, I'll see you next week!