Salsa/Latin dance lessons with Yana Muravyov

Good dancers need two core skills. Followers need to respond clearly. Leaders need to guide their partners with confidence.

Good instructors need both skills. Yana Muravyov can lead, follow, and explain each role in a practical way.

Why back-leading helps students

One benefit of private lessons with Yana is her ability to back-lead. This skill helps leaders learn faster because she can guide them through their own steps.

First, she shows the pattern as many times as needed. Then she can lead the student through the movement while dancing the follower’s part.

As a result, the student can feel the timing, direction, and connection more clearly. That can shorten the learning curve for new leaders.

Back-leading is hard to teach well. However, Yana does it in a way that feels natural and useful during a lesson.

Dance styles Yana teaches

Yana teaches salsa on 1, also called Los Angeles style. She also teaches salsa on 2, New York style, or mambo.

In addition, she teaches bachata, merengue, and cha-cha. She knows many ballroom dances, but Latin dance is her specialty.

How to start lessons

To contact Yana for a private lesson, call her cell phone or send her an email. You can also try a group class first.

Yana teaches a beginner group class at El Pacifico on selected Fridays. She is not there every week, so call or email first to confirm the schedule.

After a group class, you can decide whether private lessons are the right next step.

Teaching experience

Yana has taught Latin dance since 2009. Many students find her through referrals from the Phoenix salsa community.

She is often busy with current and former students. Even so, she continues to make room for new dancers who want to learn.