elSol Festival

Spring EditionFor those who want more...

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07-10.03.2025 Warsaw, Sound Garden Hotel Airport

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elSol Festival Spring Edition - Salsa & Bachata

Imagine an intimate atmosphere where learning reaches new depths, guided by the world’s top instructors. A setting where every interaction feels personal and every moment is a step deeper into your passion. With only 600 participants this exclusive experience ensures more meaningful connections, more one-on-one time with instructors and a vibrant community you’ll cherish.

Building on 20 years of elSol experience the Spring Edition provides you a smaller, more focused format – designed for those who just can’t get enough. Join us not just once a year, but twice to celebrate and cultivate our shared love for dance and music!

This is for those who want more – more inspiration, more connection, more elSol magic.

600 participants from 42 countries

Take your skills to the next level with intensive workshops that will push you to grow. Then dance the night away until 6 a.m. with the beats of top international DJs. Connect with the global dance community, united by a shared passion for Latin dance and music. Celebrate cultural diversity, exchange energy and create unforgettable memories with people from all walks of life.

All in 1 venue: stay in the same hotel, enjoy meals together and build friendships that last a lifetime. Dance, laugh, learn and repeat.

This is more than a festival. It’s an all-encompassing journey for those who want more. Are you ready to be part of it?

2 dance styles

Salsa

Popularized in the 1960s salsa dance was primarily developed by Puerto Ricans and Cubans living in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. Different regions of Latin America (including countries in the Caribbean) and the USA have distinct salsa styles: Puerto Rican, NY, LA, Colombian, Cuban.

It is a latin dance where the leader takes the follower through a series of spins and turn patterns to music. (Partnerwork classes, spin classes) Salsa can also be danced solo (footwork, styling, shines, body movement). We differenciate 2 major dance styles: NYC and LA salsa are danced in a more linear way (we call this Crossbody Salsa), while Cuban and Colombian styles are danced in a more circular fashion.
At elSol spring edition you will experience mainly Salsa NYC style. That means “salsa on2” or “mambo”.

Salsa means power, energy, flow, musicality, speed, connection between the dancers and their individual connection with the music.

Bachata

Bachata dance originated in the 1960s in the Dominican Republic. Its basic step is called Box Step and it is danced on a pattern of a square. Currently bachata is danced all over the world where everyone adds their own influence. Bachata has absorbed zouk, contemporary, salsa and street dance elements. The modern Bachata Sensual or Bachata Moderna basic version is is counted to 4 -3 steps and tap from one side to the other. In more a advanced version partners dance a lot of sensual moves including waves, head rolls, leadable body isolations wi as well as turn patterns and turns.

At elSol spring edition we bring to you mainly bachata moderna, bachata sensual and bachata fusion.

The line up of our festival is carefully thought out and tailored to your needs. We always select specialists whose classes will make you progress. Come and check for yourself!

Why you should be with us?

New Town, New Home, New History

See you at the Sound Garden Hotel in Warsaw

ul. Żwirki i Wigury 18, navigate in Google Maps

900 m² dance space with 2 dance rooms

206 rooms at Sound Garden Hotel, 286 rooms across the street in Novotel

Excellent access for dancers from all over the world

All in 1 venue

1km from the Warsaw Okęcie Airport

Choose your comfortable accomodation nearby

Enjoy the luxury of sleeping in the dance venue or across the street.
We are recommending some hotels to keep you comfortable throughout the weekend.

Sound Garden Hotel

The main venue of
el Sol Spring Festival

Żwirki i Wigury 18
02-092 Warsaw

Sound Garden Hotel Airport is located in Warsaw. It offers free, high-speed WiFi and uses water supply, reusing rainwater, as well as energy saving technology. Every room in Sound Garden Hotel Airport is sound insulated and features interactive, flat-screen TV, a bathroom with heated floors and a bath or a shower and an extra luggage space under the beds. The hotel features a café-restaurant. The buffet breakfast is available daily.

Use our special promo code to get a discount: elsolspring25
You may also use this link to make a room reservation: https://www.soundgardenhotel.pl/system-rezerwacyjny?checkin=&checkout=&promocode=elsolspring25

Novotel Warszawa Airport

5 minutes walk to the main venue

1 sierpnia 1
02-134 Warsaw

Located just 1.2 mi from Frederic Chopin International Airport. The hotel has rooms with a free internet connection. All of the Novotel Airport’s air-conditioned rooms all feature cable TVs. They also include seating areas and an electric kettle, as well as a fridge. All have work desks. Hotel’s Novo2 is a combination of a bar and a restaurant, offering a balanced international menu including gluten-free and vegetarian options. Guests can take a swim in the hotel’s outdoor swimming pool. Access to the gym and the Finnish sauna is free of charge. A massage or cosmetic treatment can be arranged at an additional fee. The reception is open 24-hours a day and the shuttle bus timetable is available there or at the reservation office at the airport. Warsaw’s City Center is around 3.1 mi from the hotel. Paid private parking is also available.

How can you collaborate with us?

Become our vendor

Set up your shop at elSol. Expose your product or service to 600 people during 3 days and nights, total of 72hrs. Gain new customers aged 20-60 who share a common passion - love for dance.

Become our ambassador

Get discout for your friends, collect a group of 7 participants and get your VIP Pass for free! Multiply that by 2,5,10 or more! Sky is the limit!Get close connection to our team, obtain fresh news immediately before it is published!

Become our volunteer

Come and gain professional experience. Work with us for 14hrs and make most of the festival in the remaining time! You will learn: how to work under time pressure, how to deal with emergency situations and demanding customers and how how to organize world-class events.

Become our partner

Contact us if you have an idea how we could work together supporting each other's businesses. We love new connections in dance and in organization and business.

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