Every year on Thanksgiving weekend professional dancers, renown instructors, and performers from around the world come together in a celebration of music and dance at the most anticipated Salsa event in the Northwest. 3 days and 3 nights of fun and excitement at a luxury hotel with an 11,000 square foot grand ballroom to take your breath away!
By day, you're taking classes and learning from famous instructors. For total beginners with "two left feet" to advanced beginners, our Bootcamp is for you. You're learning step-by-step from one of the most highly respected and experienced instructors in the world. Advanced beginners are learning in-depth techniques that will bring their dancing to an entirely new level. For intermediate and advanced dancers, our unique workshops are thoughtfully crafted to improve your skills. By night, everyone comes together as the evening spirits welcome you with world-class performances, live music, DJs, and social dancing. Feel the beat, catch the rhythm, and make new friends at the Northwest's premier Salsa event.
Year after year we've brought you the best of the best. To crown our 6th annual Salsa congress, we bring to you a LEGEND — a Salsero who has left his indelible mark in the history of Salsa. This year, we are proud to bring the King Of Mambo to Seattle for the first time! 
Year after year we've brought you the best of the best. To crown our 6th annual Salsa congress, we bring to you a LEGEND — a Salsero who has left his indelible mark in the history of Salsa. This year, we are proud to bring the King Of Mambo to Seattle for the first time! Follow the link to Eddie Torres' biography in order to fully appreciate his accomplishments and contributions to the world of Salsa. It's a story of tenacity, creativity, and discipline spanning five decades that will inspire anyone with a love for dance.
Rico Bravo, owner and manager of the SSC, is known throughout the Salsa community as a master Salsa instructor and choreographer. He has taught and trained many champion-ships dancers throughout his career. What sets him apart is the originality and breadth of experience he brings to Rico Bravo, owner and manager of the SSC, is known throughout the Salsa community as a master Salsa instructor and choreographer. He has taught and trained many championships dancers throughout his career. What sets him apart is the originality and breadth of experience he brings to choreography. He has a gift for developing routines into an elegant and exciting manifestation of the music.
Rico is also a true renaissance man. He fluently speaks 3 languages (Spanish, English, and Farsi). By the age of 10, he was national chess champion of Peru. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA in 1992 and works as an aerospace design engineer. Rico has received recognition for his contributions to the NASA space shuttle and the international space station. He is currently working on the new 787 Boeing airplane. But his real passion is salsa. Rico applies his understanding of mechanics and kinesiology to teaching salsa like no one else can. Rico doesn't teach moves. He teaches the underlying technique behind the moves in a meaningful way. He teaches dance.
Larry Benjamin, Director Of Operation, copywriter art director designer project manager marketing promotion and countless other tasks to make your congress the premier Salsa event in the Northwest. It's been a long journey — one in which I've learned, participated, and made new friends. And I look forward to seeing all of you at our best congress yet!
