David Verde, owner of a small touring event company that does Latin dance-themed events around the country, has created a kid-friendly series of salsa dancing videos. These fun videos provide kids with something fun to do that's interactive and educational.
The program, called Kids Dance Fiesta, is 7 - 10 minutes long with a new video each week. It's geared towards children between about 2 - 7 years old and uses dance and music as a way to teach easy words in Spanish, and other fun things.
This fun show uses song and dance as a way to get kids up and moving, teaches them fun easy dance moves, features sing-alongs using easy words in Spanish, and also contains educational pieces teaching them about the different cultures in Latin American.
Here's a little more information for parents:
The parent company, Salsa Fiesta, is based in Staunton, VA. Salsa Fiesta Kids features a new video every Thursday at 11 AM Eastern Time. You can check out the first week's video on the website. You can also find the events and parental updates on the Salsa Fiesta Facebook page or on the Salsa Fiesta Kids YouTube channel. All the kid-friendly video settings are in place, with no commenting allowed, meets YouTube Kids guidelines, etc.
Kids Dance Fiesta Live's primary language is English though some Spanish will be used by the host in songs and during some dialogue. Kids do not need to be fluent in Spanish to watch and understand.
All Music that is played on the show is non-commercial Latin songs (IE, not Kid-Bop, etc). All lyrics are originally written by our host to be kid-friendly and free of adult or suggestive words/language.
The host (and any future guests) will always be dressed appropriately for a program intended for children.
All dance moves are rooted in basic or fundamental steps in Salsa, Bachata, Merengue or "freestyle" Latin dances. Verde's company aims to make everything kid-friendly, free of any suggestive movement while still fully respecting the culture and the dance' origin. The measuring gauge is; if it's culturally common and/or accepted to be shown or taught in Latin communities to children of the same age, then they feel it's safe for your children as well.
