The Salsa School
The back bone of the activities is the salsa school.
Team Salsaclave teaches aprox. 300 students on a weekly basis, making it the biggest salsa school in Denmark.
Team Salsaclave teaches mainly Cuban Salsa (casino), but the list also includes bachata, reggaeton, chacha, mambo on 2 and more.

Salsa Trips
Since 2003 Henrik Normann has organized many salsa trips for salseros to Berlin, Hamburg and Havanna. Later Louise from Team Salsaclave joined with trips to London. The trips to Berlin, Hamburg and London usually last 3 or 4 days and include sightseeing, salsa workshops and first of all dancing at the best salsa nightclubs every night.
The salsa trips to Havanna last 2 weeks and includes sightseeing, workshops at 3 different salsa schools, concerts with the world's best salsa bands and dancing dancing dancing.

The Sunday Salsatheque El Palenque
In 2006 Henrik Normann for the first time opened the doors to El Palenque - a Sunday salsatheque. Today Kristina & Sofie from Team Salsaclave are running the very popular place with assistance from the rest of the team. El Palenque has become a mecca for social dancing in Aarhus. Not only Salsa Cubana, but also Tango Argentino (represented by TANGOMALEVAJE).
About 200 dancers find their way to El Palenque every Sunday.

Salsa Camp
2006 was also the first year for The Salsa Camp. This summer event is organized by Henrik Normann in association with EUROPAHØJSKOLEN.
It started out as a one week project with 120 participants. In 2009 it had grown to a 3 week event with in total 457 participants. In 2010 it will for the first time run for 4 weeks. Salsa Cubana is the major theme at The Salsa Camp, but there are also workshops in practically all Cuban popular and folkloristic dances.
Furthermore the students can take Spanish and music classes, hear lectures, watch movies from Cuba and much much more.
The Salsa Camp is "como  una pequeña Cuba en Dinamarca".
See more HERE

Cuban Salsa Championships
In 2009 Henrik Normann & Team Salsaclave in association with EUROPAHØJSKOLEN organized the first ever Cuban Salsa Nordic Championships. The event took place at Europahøjskolen during the last week of the 3 week Salsa Camp. In total 6 very skilled couples from Finland, Sweden and Denmark had qualified to the championships. Finally the Danish couple Louise Houlberg & Erodys Castillo won the championships and the first prize of 3000 Euros. 
Henrik Normann & Team Salsaclave in association with Europahøjskolen will also organize the first ever Cuban Salsa European Championships. This event will take place Friday July 30 during the last week of the 2010 Salsa Camp in Denmark. First prize: 6000 Euros. You can find more info about the event HERE. 

Questions regarding The Salsa Camp, the salsa trips and The Cuban Salsa Championships write to Henrik Normann: henriknormann@salsaclave.dk

Questions regarding the salsa school and El Palenque write to Sofie Bøye: sofie@salsaclave.dk

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