The UK World Salsa Championship 2008 Review...-



Along with Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and New York, Colombia and Venezuela are
two of the geographical Salsa super powers. DJ El Chino page


WINNERS

CIHAT CAN & GIZEM
We care about putting popular and risky figures in the choreography while preparing the choreography. But, we always use figures which we discovered and identified with us. One of them are: The snake figure by Gizem, man’s landing to the ground by opening legs from double spin, women’s getting her head back by 90 degree while turning...more

Followed very closely by Panama and Perú

----------------------------------GREATER BUENOS AIRES ANNUAL EVENTS

THE 8TH WORLD TANGO FESTIVAL IN BUENOS AIRES
The world's most important Tango Festival in its birthplace...more

----------------------------WATCH AMAZING TANGO VIDEO CLIPS DON'T MISS IT!!! - In Buenos Aires, the birthplace and cradle of tango, dancers from around the world converge to compete for the tango crown. The world’s most sultry and smouldering practitioners of stylised eroticism...more

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SAN REMO SCHOOLS FESTIVAL (ITALY)

San Remo Schools Festival – The World Festival of Creativity in Schools is the only Festival
including 30 competitions for schools, both nationally (Italy) and internationally and allowing for concurrent events during competitions finals such as exhibitions and performances from each of the Arts included in its programme. For information and rules for each competition of the eleventh edition of G.E.F San Remo 2009 visitet www.gef.it

PARIS SALSA SCENE

In Paris, there are no more Salsa clubs that program a concert for every week. A DJ costs less. Salsa dancers have forgotten to defend live shows and only dance to the same Marc Anthony’s tunes…more

BRAZIL
	----A TASTE OF EXOTIC COUNTRY!

DANCING ON CLAVE

Cuban Pete
Much controversy exists regarding how to dance Salsa. On-1 dancers and On-2 dancers
continually bicker about which way is better, each group insisting that their way is correct.
However, to achieve greatness, one must dance without counting, not On-1 or On-2, but on the Clave...more...

TROPICANA STOCKHOLM

Experience a spectacular Variety Show with 12 dancers and live-music presented by Cuban Cabaret Ensamble TROPICANA Stockholm...more


THE 'PALLADIUM' HISTORY OF A MOST PROMINENT DANCE HALL ( NY CITY ) Part 1

As with many New York institutions, El Palladium bore a great cultural and sociological significance during its reign, appealing to those of all ages and backgrounds far beyond its principal audience of metropolitan Latin Americans. It too claimed at its patrons the wealthy and famous; Harry Belafonte, Carol Channing, Marlon Brando were just ...more

MICHAEL TERRACE & ELITA ----------Part 2

-"THE PALLADIUM HAS A THOUSAND STORIES"

----------Part 3
It was one of their typical weeknight gigs at the Palladium that attracted the attention of Dave Baumgarten of the MCA talent agency who arranged for the two to open for Lena Horne at the Waldorf-Astoria Empire Room....more


------------Part 4
Unsure that Elita might not be ready for a big club date, Mike expressed his wariness to
Margo who assured Mike that Elita’s pulchritude and stage presence would win their
audience...more

SALSA CLASSES IN NORTH LONDON

MAMBO 4 EVERY 1 PRODUCTIONS:- CLASSES IN LONDON, UK

Classes	Learn To Dance Salsa With Style AND Elegance .video clips

"LA EPOCA: THE PALLADIUM ERA"

What is the Mambo? Who really-really created the Mambo since there are several figures who are often credited with being originators of the Mambo, like Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Perez Prado, Beny More, Tito Puente and Cuban legend Arsenio Rodriguez - so then, who really is the creator of the Mambo? We have the answer documented on film. What is Salsa? Which is Cuban and which isn't?...more

BARBARA CRADDOCK

Choreographer, producer, and director, Barbara Craddock is an accomplished dancer, who has collaborated with renowned dancers internationally and nationally, in both nightclub and revues of varied dance styles. Schooled in ballroom dance, she ...more

Wednesday night at the Palladium, “Home of the Mambo”, was legendary.
People from all walks of life crowded into its revered expanse on 53rd street and Broadway to see the “greatest Latin dancers in the world,”...more

EVENTS IN CUBA

Popular Dances Festival - Havana City
The VI Popular Dances Meting of Cuba will display all the knowledge about the popular Cuban
dances, as well as its background and impact around the world...more + video clips

 

AFRO PERUVIAN CULTURE

THINK of Peruvian music and dance and you probably imagine Andean folk groups, blowing their pan pipes in Times Square or plazas throughout Europe. Yet there's another side to Peruvian culture, the African side vibrant,exotic and powerful...more

'EL CAJON' ORIGIN

The peruvian slaves simply used boxes as musical instruments to combat contemporary Spanish colonial bans on music in predominantly African areas. In this way, cajóns could easily be disguised as seats or stools, thus avoiding identification as musical instruments. In all likelihood it is a combination of these factors - African origins and Spanish suppression of slave music - that led to the cajón's creation...more

BALLET NACIONAL DE CUBA

Magia de la Danza is a mixed bill which brings together extracts from seven of the Company's
most famous ballets including the Nutcracker, Coppélia, Swan Lake...more+ video clips

DJ ANDY HARLOW - MIAMI

LO MEJOR EN LA MUSICA LATINA y AMERICANA 305-554-7747
www.andyharlow.com listen to andy's internet radio show "LA MUSICA BRAVA" on
andyharlow.com. Andy host "Fusion Latina" live! every Wednesday
from 8:PM to 10:PM (EST) on WDNA-FM 88.9 in Miami and at WDNA.ORG on the web

DJ SALSANI - DENMARK

DJ Salsani is a resident DJ in 3 clubs in Denmark and has played throughout the country. She is responsible for the musical part of ‘Salsa CAMP’, the biggest Salsa event in Denmark, which has been lead by Henrik Normann for the last 3 years...more

The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce its 2008 winners, including the winners in the Latin Music category. The Latin Music winners include...more

CELIA CRUZ

Cruz was the queen bee among competitive men who never challenged her preeminence.
Without her as a unifying figure, the salsa scene seems scattered and ...more + videoclips

TITO PUENTE

Born Ernest Anthony Puente, Jr., Tito Puente is internationally recognized for his enormous
and significant contributions to Latin music as a bandleader, composer, arranger, percussionist,..more + video clips

RAY BARRETO

"EL REY DE LAS MANOS DURAS" (King of the Hard Hands)
Barretto's parents moved to New York from Puerto Rico in the early 1920s, looking for a
better life. The family last name is "Barreto"; a mistake at the time Ray's birth...more+ video

VICTOR MANUELLE

Victor Manuelle has become one of the best-selling salsa performers of recent years,
with his albums selling a combined 1 million-plus copies in the U.S. Three studio albums,
1999's Inconfundible ("Unmistakable"), 2001's Instinto Y Deseo...more + video clips

SEBASTIAN SCHUNKE GERMAN BASED LATIN JAZZ GROUP
"A great vision of how Latin Jazz is going to sound in the future" [All about Jazz, N.Y, USA].

'Sebastian meets Olvido'
My feeling for Latin American culture is very strong. I do see differences between European and Latin American cultures and their ways of thinking for sure, but I love the Latin ...more

SALSA LOCA DENMARK BASE SALSA BAND

There are a surprising number of Salsa bands in Denmark and some talented musicians - apart from the Danish ones, mostly Cubans. Denmark has strong links with Cuba - loads of Cubans and other Latin Americans have settled here and have helped build up a scene...more

SWING SABROSO NEW YORK BASE SALSA BAND

Our music is "para el bailador". The audiences that come to our performances are from many different ethnic back grounds and they come for one purpose only and that is to Dance, and we make sure we deliver. Our fan base continues to grow each time we perform...more