Welcome to La Casona del Son

Silvia Canals, originally from Barcelona, ​​Spain, owner and teacher of one of the best dance studios in Havana, La Casona del Son.

He assisted to several dance, jazz and ballroom workshops for more than eight years in his native country. In Cuba, where he has lived since 2000, he studied Popular Dances at the Teatro América, and took several courses at the National Folklore Company, as well as with the first dancer Julio Miñoso of the J.J. He worked in Barcelona teaching dance classes at the Juliá and Eva’s school and has taught salsa and other Cuban dances in Havana for more than 15 years. In 2000, he began teaching private salsa classes for foreigners, founding his own project in 2011.

In the school they teach dances such as Salsa, Son, Rumba, Folklore, Cha-cha-cha, Casino Wheel, Reggaeton, Bachata, Kizomba and Tango. Creator of the methodology used by all the professors of the study to teach the classes gaining the acceptance of their students.

He has participated in several events and festivals teaching and dancing in choreographies of Son Tradicional, Salsa and Ruedas de Casino. She is one of the main organizers of the International Festival of Cuban Dances in Havana, Ritmo Cuba since 2016.

Since 2021, she moved back to Barcelona and founded the second La Casona del Son in Barcelona.