OF ALL THE things I thought I might like about salsa — and I liked many things — holding hands with a stranger while learning new dance steps together was not one of them. I thought I might hate that.

Strains of Latin music float out of the Washington Fruit Community Center on a recent Tuesday evening as people hurry inside, ...

Donald Saldana (in white) teaches a basic salsa step on a makeshift dance floor in Dolores Park. Donald “Donalio” Saldana squeezes the brakes of his red Univega Vivo Sport bicycle and slows to a stop ...

Dance instructor Rachel Chinn and her co-instructor Dan Carro dance on Wednesday at Oeno. The pair will be giving free salsa lessons to start an evening of Latin music on Fridays at the club. The ...

Activity: Ever been a wallflower at a club or a wedding, wishing you had the gumption and the groove to light up the dance floor? Salsa lessons may be your saving grace. The American School of Modern ...