SalsaDallas.com we see salsa as a social gathering of people celebrating music, dance, and culture.

We consider Salsa music to be a group of Latin rhythmic styles that contains the clave beat.

Popular in salsa today are Son, Mambo, Cha-cha-cha, Rumba, Merengue, Guaracha and Timba, and others. If it respects the Clave it’s Salsa!

Here you will find information on Salsa Music, and Dance, Clubs and Places that play Salsa.

Articles on Salsa History and Culture and Photographs from around the world, plus Art On-2, an Art Gallery (with two rooms) that shows the work of Mambo and Salsa enthusiasts.

Wednesday nights, the inside of the Dallas acropolis transforms into a high-energy, passion-filled, heart-pumping dance floor, where salsa and Bachata reign supreme.

Dancers, novice and master alike, come from all over town to move their hips and pivot their feet in the glow of flashing lights and a disco ball under the tutelage. After a quick tutorial class, the DJ cranks up the music.

For the rest of the evening, hundreds of dancers pack the floor, twirling elbow to elbow well into the night.

Some dress up, some wear jeans, but it’s not about flashy outfits. “Stratos is for dancers or people learning to be dancers compared to the rest of Dallas, it’s underground.