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Dance like
yourself.
Most of us learned salsa as a list of moves. Then the song changes, and we freeze.
We work on what sits underneath the moves: your weight, your timing, how you connect with a partner. Once that's in your body, you stop counting and start listening. That's where freestyle comes from, and it's why The Flying Studio exists.
How the project runs
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December
December
workshops
Three Sunday workshops before the season. Each one focuses on one thing you can take straight to the dance floor.
Come to one or all three. It’s also the easiest way to meet William and see if the season is for you.
What you can expect
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No two Sundays look the same. William reads the room and goes where the group wants to go.
All three workshops
All three · {{ allPrice }} {{ allSave }} Each one builds on the last: timing, then partnership, then freestyle. Come solo, no partner needed.
Holiday gifts · 2026
Give them
Give them
a reason to dance.
Everyone has that one friend who keeps saying they’d love to learn salsa. This is the push. Pick a gift, write them a note, and the card is ready to print or send the moment you pay.
- 01Pick a gift
- 02Write your note
- 03Print or email it, instantly
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02 · January to MarchThe
season
Twelve Wednesday nights, 7 to 9 pm, starting January 6. We all begin together and finish together, so nobody is ever the new person halfway through.
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Lead. Follow.
Learn both.
Pick the side you’d like to start on. That’s your focus, and it stays yours. Along the way you’ll spend a little time on the other side too, because that’s how you get to know the whole dance.
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Your focus stays yoursEach Wednesday has a short switch round. You try the other side for a song or two, then go back to yours.
Anyone can lead or followA role here is just a part of the dance. It has nothing to do with who you are.
Why both?When you know how the other side feels, you become a better partner on yours. Freestyle gets easier too.
03 · The cypher · all season
Trained for
Watch on YouTube
Trained for
the cypher.
In hip hop, a cypher is a circle. The music plays and dancers take turns in the middle. As far as we know, nobody has ever trained for a salsa cypher. That’s what we’re doing.
We build it into the season a little at a time, with short circles in class. You learn the etiquette: how to step in, how long to stay, how to hand over, how to lift the person in the middle. It’s also the best cure we know for nerves about dancing in front of people.
The practice circles stay in the room. On our final night in March, we form the circle one more time and film it for our YouTube channel.
- Weeks 1–4Form the circle, clap the clave, cheer
- Weeks 5–8Short turns in the middle with a partner
- Weeks 9–11Solo turns and the etiquette
- Week 12The final cypher, filmed
Totally up to youStep into the middle or cheer from the edge. Both are part of the circle.
Practice stays privateWeekly circles are never filmed or posted. Only the final night goes on YouTube, and only if you step in.
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Meet your teacher
“I’m not here to teach you my moves. I want you to feel at home in your own body, so the dancing comes from you.”
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William HarrisonTeacher and founder
One
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Take Flight · January to March
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Payments go through Stripe, so we never see your card details.
$399
for 3 months
Where
PowerHouse Studio
615 S Frederick Ave, Lower Level
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Questions
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Follow
along
Clips from the workshops, tips for leads and follows, and the road to the cypher. We’re @theflyingstudio everywhere.
Send it to the friend you’d like to dance with.