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NY/NJ Salsa Open 2008

Posted on June 15th, 2008 by Allan Tabilas

NY-NJ Salsa Open 2008 Griselle Ponce is hosting the New York & New Jersey Salsa Open competition. The event will send dancers to the Puerto Rico Salsa Open in July. The NJ qualifying rounds start on Tuesday, 6/17 and 6/24 at 46 Lounge, 300 US Highway 46 in Totowa. The NY qualifying rounds start on Thursday, 6/26 at Club Cache, 221 W 46th St, and Sunday, 6/29 at Iguana Lounge on 240 West 54th St.

Click here for the finals performance of the 2004 Puerto Rico World Salsa Open champions, Liz Lira and Salomon Rivera.  Past champions include Oliver Pineda and Luda Kroitor from Australia, and current 2007 defending champion Adrian Rodriguez and Anita Santos from Spain. The World Salsa Open also includes a junior division for those under 18 years of age.  For more information, go to the official 12th Puerto Rico Salsa Congress website.

Eli Izarry and the Puerto Rico Tourism Company produced the below video on the 2007 open champions, Adrian and Anita from Spain.



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