The pain of Spain
by LUCY MANGAN for the Guardian

We tried. God knows we tried. Reasoning that listening to the music was confusing us, we fixed the nearest talented couple with a gimlet eye and imitated them. It worked well for the first couple of steps of any sequence but as soon as any twists or turns occurred and we lost sight of our human crib sheets, all was lost.

published: March 2, 2006

Mecca of Salsa
by BRIAN SEIBERT for the Village Voice
published: August 15, 2007

Twenty years ago, before Torres codified salsa technique, taking classes wouldn't have been much of an option. Now it's the norm. So is attending salsa "congresses," dance and music festivals that pack in a high concentration of workshops, performances, and concerts. Knight went from selling T-shirts at the annual New York Salsa Congress to taking over the directorship this year, following the death of the founder, David Melendez. His first turn at the helm begins August 30 and runs through September 2 at the New York Hilton.