City of Las Vegas declares Thursday, December 14 World Salsa Championship Day

You haven’t seen fast footwork until you see some of these dancers! They take salsa dancing like you have seen on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ to another level—it is just incredible how fast they move, how intricate the choreography, how strong and vital the dancers...There isn’t anyone over 30 on the floor competing...one couple comes in at 20 and 17!




			Salsa Seven Inc. is the company responsible for creating the World Salsa Championships. They have organized a spectacular opportunity to watch dancers from around the world compete in Salsa style dance. At the open auditions Wednesday evening, dancers from around the world, literally, having made their way to Las Vegas for this competition, were excitable—the room was full of energy, joy and enthusiastic dancers and their families and friends. The energy was palpable. They were there to have fun—lots of it.




Albert Torres, the visionary behind the World Salsa Championships and other members of the Salsa Seven Inc. circulate throughout the room...salsa lovers extraordinaire. The Torres brothers are to be commended for the global goodwill phenomenon they organized into the Salsa Championships. They managed to bring together the world’s greatest dancers from more than 20 countries including Columbia, Canada, Argentina, Korea, Bulgaria, China, India, Sweden, Spain, and Russia, to compete in four dance divisions.

The Competition was held at the South Point over the weekend. The auditions were held upstairs in one of the ballrooms. The Semi-Finals and Finals were held in the Arena. Flags from all the countries of the competitors were hung. Excited attendees in the audience waved more full sized flags. The Star of David flag also flew over the section of the seats where a good deal of the Mexico audience sat. All of the dancers were so supportive of each other, cheering on each pair or team...yelling for great executions, coming out of their seats for moves they hadn’t seen before...and screaming and chanting for sustained salsa footwork or showy finishes. This event was truly global in nature and inspiring to witness.