The Spartan Mambo competition won the collegiate salsa championships held at The Granada LA this past weekend!

Held at The Granada LA in Alhambra, the competition held on Saturday, May 3rd attracted college dance teams from across California including USC, Cal Poly SLO, El Community College, and CSU Long Beach. SJSU previously won the competition in 2023, but fell short last year losing to USC.

The team came back stronger than ever this year, reprising our championship-winning choreo from 2015, exactly 10 years to the day from its last competition win.

In addition to the competition, both the salsa and bachata performance teams performed at the event, including a solo salsa performance by our dancer, Piero Miranda.

Congrats to all the competitors for bringing back the championship title to SJSU!

Spartan Mambo performed this past weekend at the 2024 San Francisco Salsa Bachata Kizomba Festival this past weekend. This Latin dance festival is one of the largest in the country, and both the salsa and bachata teams debut new routines for an audience of over a thousand spectators on Friday night.

Videos of the performances will be posted soon, as soon as we get them!

Enjoy this video of our performance routine from this semester, “El Timbalito, performed on the campus of San Jose State University!

Thanks to Takeshi Young, Julieta Mendiola, Edward Lee, Jewell Claudio & Helen Vazquez for helping to choreograph the routine, and Jonnel Nomberto for help with videogrpahy!

We will be holding auditions again for our Salsa and Bachata teams this Fall!

Audition dates for the Salsa team will be Tuesday, September 5th 2023 and the audition for the Bachata team will be Friday, September 8th.

More details about the exact time and location of the auditions will be announced closer to the beginning of the semester.

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Throwback Thursday! Check out our performance this year at the Golden State Warriors halftime show!

It was a great experience showcasing our talent in front of 18,000 people at the Chase Center in SF!

Check out our Fall 2022 video project filmed at the San Jose City Hall!

Song: “Salsa Pa’ Olvidar Las Penas” by Victor Manuelle
Choreography: Takeshi Young & Nicole Arevalo

Want to join SJSU’s salsa dance team, Spartan Mambo?

We’ll be hosting auditions on Tuesday, February 22nd at 8pm in Studio D in the SRAC!

Please see the Audition Page for the full details!

We are excited to be back in-person again this semester!

We will be holding workshops on Tuesday, August 31st and Wednesday, September 1st from 8pm-10pm at SRAC Studio D where you can meet the team and learn some basic steps.

The audition to join the team will be Thursday, September 2nd from 8pm-10pm in SRAC Studio D.

You can find out more details on our Audition page.

SJSU’s salsa dance team, Spartan Mambo, will be recruiting new members soon for the Spring 2021 semester!

Our first virtual orientation/practice will be held on Thursday, Feb 11, 2021 at 8 pm over Zoom.

At the orientation we will introduce the team, go over our plans for 2021, and do a light salsa dancing practice.

If you are interested in attending, please confirm on our event on Facebook!

We weren’t planning on doing another video project this semester, but the killing of George Floyd and the global movement it triggered inspired us to dance once more.

This time the backdrop is the boarded up store fronts of San Jose, put up to help prevent property damage and looting amidst the daily protests and heightened emotions, and the song is “Justicia” (Spanish for “Justice”)
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