I’m currently co-directing and producing a documentary film about Salsa with my dear friend Janja Glogovac. Part of the reason why I’m writing this blog is because I want to share with you a unique behind the scenes perspective on the production process. I’m inviting you to join us along the way as we travel the world filming some of the world’s finest dancers and musicians. Follow us as we venture around the world photographing exotic locations, shoot world renowned Salsa festivals and conducting interviews of touching personal stories of how Salsa changes lives.
This documentary is not just about music and dance it’s about people. It’s about getting into the HEART OF SALSA.
Allow me to backtrack…4 years ago I stopped by Puerto Rico on my way back 
from Guadeloupe. I was staying near a place there they call La Placita. It’s a market during the day but on Thursday nights it seems to spring to life with Salsa! I was intrigued by it all so of course when someone invited me to dance I couldn’t resist. The first thing I noticed was the natural and organic way everyone danced together and how easily and freely they communicated. 
There didn’t seem to be any prejudice between social classes, colors, sizes nor ages, it was liberating and beautiful. Prior to that night I was familiar with Salsa music but that was the first time I had ever danced salsa. I come from a background in ballet which is a stunning and articulate art form but individually choreographed even in duo. In the street in San Juan a dialogue was going on between partners as they seemed to radiate an inner joy and they expressed this joy in unison with the energy of the music. I got a taste of the freedom and sense of unity that Salsa dancing made me feel. That was the night I fell in love with Salsa…
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A few months later at home in Los Angeles while Janja was visiting she suggested that we go out dancing possibly at some trendy club in Hollywood. However in the past I never enjoyed my time in nightclubs, they just feel like meat markets where most of the patrons intention is not to dance but to get drunk and hook up. That’s just not my scene so I suggested that we should go to a Latin club but take a class first so we can at least follow the basics. I found a class at Josie Neglia’s School and from that day night Janja and I both developed a passion for Salsa that would change our lives.
Follow us on our adventure! Join us as we travel the world shooting our documentary. We’re going to Mexico next week to shoot and we can’t wait to share it with you!
And please feel free to share with us your stories! Post them here in the comment section of our blog or email them to us at heartofsalsa@gmail.com you never know your story could wind up in our film!!
Looking forward to hearing from you!!
ciao ciao!
Magali G.
Permiteme retroceder … cuatro anos atras, estuve breve en Puerto Rico regresando de la isla de Guadalupe. Me estaba hospedando cerca de un lugar que se le llama La Placita. De dia era una marqueta pero las noches de los jueves de convertia en una primavera de Salsa! Estuve tan intrigada por el baile de la Salsa demodo que cuando me sacaban a bailar por supuesto no podia resistir. Lo primero que note fue la forma natural y organica cuando las personas bailaban juntos y lo libre y bien que se comunicaban entre si.No se veia ningun prejuicio entre clase sociales, tamanos ni diferencias en edades, todo era de forma liberada y bello. Posterior a esa noche yo estaba familiarizada con la musica de la salsa pero esa noche fue la primera vez que baile la Salsa! Yo vengo de entrenamiento en el baile de ballet que es una forma de baile magnifico y de belleza y de forma de arte articulada sin embargo coreografiada de forma individualizada hasta en forma de duo. En una calle de San Juan habia una pareja dialogando, bailando y radiantes al expresarse un gozo en su interior y expresaban este gozo en unison con el disfrute de la musica! Yo obtuve una prueba de la libertad y del sentido de unidad que el baile de la Salsa me hizo sentir. Esa fue la noche que me enamore de la Salsa!
HEART OF SALSA 
