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Haugland said many first-time Salsa dancers have fundamental misunderstandings about the dance. “They think people dance really close together, and that’s not true,” she said.

Nitti founded Queerchata, a Latin dance team, in 2020 while living in Seattle. The next year, they moved to Los Angeles, setting up a boom box at a park and inviting folks to join for classes.

Myra Rivera and Daniel Gordon dance during RELPro Dance Promotion's salsa class and social on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at the St. Pete Pier in St. Petersburg.

Heather Haugland has taught Salsa dancing for nearly 20 years. For many years, the Bellingham, Washington resident taught the Latin dance in Juneau, and Wednesday she was back in town to teach the ...