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

RANDY PLAZA & "The Legacia De La Salsa" - SALSA FROM PUERTO RICO
Randy Plaza: I think that today the tropical genre of salsa has lost a lot of grounds and it is still losing a lot of grounds in the market. Everyone is in it for themselves and for whatever money they can get. They do not care for the passion of music, nor to play for joy, but to play for personal interest. They do not even feel the need to teach the younger generation the importance of keeping our tradition alive and to learn their roots.

Legacia De La Salsa is traditional salsa for the true dancer with a romantic soul. We feel the necessity to revisit and feed-off the roots of our musical tradition, in order to have an evolutive reencounter with the future of this musical genre...more

NILS FISCHER and "¡GRACIAS JOE CUBA!
A world renown congaplayer, base in Netherlands

Nils: There is so much Latin music, hard question! Let me put it like this: I just follow my heard when I play, record or produce. As I said, I don't approach music commercially. I like all the different "déjes" of Latin music but I would rather not go for salsa romantica or bachata for my own projects. What I like is progressive, interesting music which is connected to traditions as well. Innovation is the tradition of good music!. The Latin music market is so conservative at times, people only want to hear what have been hearing already.
I really love "Fania All Stars", but now we are 30 years ahead. It makes no sense to just copy the old stuff, I would say with my music I try to do something new. Otherwise I put the old records... I hope that our version of Joe Cubas repertoire illustrates all that...more

GIRALDO PILOTO "KLIMAX" SALSA TIMBA FROM CUBA

His last release

Piloto: I have many influences
The most important was the work left my Father Giraldo pilot Bea. This influence gives my songs "a tap" romantic and different texts to most of the timberas songs, and when I was in school it was this inspiration that made me want to be a composer. I grew up listening to bands and jazz and Cuban music. I admire the work of many drummers like Buddy Rich, Steve Gadd, Peter E., Dennis Chambers, Billy C, Dave Weckl, and many more. Also I follow, Yellow Jackets, the Marsalis, Brecker and Brazilian musicians...more

"RIGO Y SU OBRA MAESTRA" SALSA FROM PUERTO RICO

"Rigo y su Obra Maestra" CD

Rigo: Back in the late 70’s I created my first composition, and when I played my first composition for the public, that was very exciting. Also, my first tour to San Francisco, USA, the way that salseros reacted to my music was excellent. When my band appeared in a Movie called “Desamores” in 2003 it was also a defining moment. We played the musical theme of the Movie and it was very emotional. Also the 2007 and 2008 Puerto Rico salsa congress...more

OLIVER AND "LA RUTA SIN FIN" SALSA FROM VENEZUELA

Oliver CD

Oliver: I wanted to do a cover that nothing to do with the letters of the songs but that simultaneously something was tied to them.
" The Route without end", all the songs were written on a train or on a plane, in a few moments of relaxation. This has been my life, a wonderful way but also stormy, like has been my history a “Route without end"...more

'FARFALLA' ARGENTINE TANGO GROUP

Farfalla CD

We describe our music (just for fun) as “KILLER TANGO”, but I don’t think that this definition is far away from reality. We love tango, but we refuse to see it as a touristy thing, so we change it, we kill it. Starting with drums, that are not a tango instrument, we try to develop a new tango vocabulary, more related with today’s new urban culture rather than to an obvious tango postal...more

ALOSIBLA EDIZIONI “SALSA IT Compilation CD Vol.6

This compilation of Latin music comprehensively spans the traditional with the modern in Latin music. An album greatly produced by the well-known record label Alosibla...more

ALOSIBLA EDIZIONI “SALSA IT Compilation CD Vol.5

We have excellent artists, dancers, composers, and a great many fans of Latin American music, emerging in Italy. The goal is to put them all together, and unite them, with seriousness, commitment and enthusiasm, in one or more projects...more


THE 'PALLADIUM' HISTORY OF A MOST PROMINENT DANCE HALL ( NY CITY ) Part 6


Located in the Bronx, the Chester Palace was a traditional ballroom providing live orchestra music. Joe proved to be a natural whether dancing the Fox Trot or its faster, more rhythmic counterpart, the Peabody, at that he also excelled.It is at the Savoy where bandleaders Count Basie and Duke Ellington led ensembles that played `swing’ and Joe, a frequent patron, came to be regarded among its top ‘Lindy Hoppers’...more

THE 'PALLADIUM' HISTORY OF A MOST PROMINENT DANCE HALL ( NY CITY ) Part 5

M.T. Each teacher gave private lessons at about $50 or $60 an hour. Most lessons were given one-on-one and not to more than two students, meaning a couple, and a lot of teachers also would dance with a student in the evenings for an additional $50. Another thing I’d like to mention are the dance hosts hired by the operator of the dance weekend.
The dance hosts were hired by the person running the dance weekend. They were well dressed and with charm behind them. They were not allowed to socialize with the ladies, but only go from area to area with different them...more


FELIX MANUEL RODRIGUEZ - AND HIS BOOK "DAD, ME, and MUHAMMAD ALI"

Felix: Material things can never replace the priceless moments spent with your children. I know there are many parents that believe buying material things makes it up to their children, however they are sadly mistaken. I can relate to this because my dad left our home when I was about 5 years old and when he did show up, it was to give me and my brother some money. Now as a grown-up, I wished my dad would have taken me fishing, to a baseball game or simply played catch with me. The moments spent together are the most important, and all the money in the world can’t buy precious time back.

Muhammad Ali has inspired this poor, skinny Puerto Rican kid from the public housing projects to believe that he too can make a positive difference in the world, by simply expressing appreciation, love, and care for people of his race…the human race. I hope that in 10 years, I have inspired others to make a positive difference in the world like Ali inspired me..more

THE 'SECOND PALLADIUM' - - Part 4

The Catskill Mountains resort area in New York State had its own mainstay of the mambo called Corey’s. Palladium originator Max Hyman proclaimed the supper club-cum-dancehall located in the town of Liberty the `Second Palladium’.Opening in 1949, hostess Betty Corey along with her husband Marty, owned and ran the business. Michael Terrace recalls the Coreys as two wonderful characters...more

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

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

Do you know that the Modern Salsa Dance like New York, and L A Style, has borrowed a lot of movements and step from Tango? Find Out!

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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

THE CANDOMBE

Candombe is the traditional drumming of the Afro-Uruguayan people living in the city of Montevideo, where this music was born. Its heavy African influence is unmistakable, and is one of the few rhythms in South America that reflects its African roots and is embraced by the country for its cultural importance. Born in the Barrios in the city of Montevideo, Candombe is the heart beat of Carnival in Uruguay...more

	----BRAZIL! A TASTE OF EXOTIC COUNTRY!

The Brazilian citizens used to riot the Carnival until it was accepted by the government as an expression of culture. The modern Brazilian Carnival finds its roots in Rio de Janeiro in the 1830s, when the city’s bourgeoisie imported the practice of holding balls and masquerade parties from Paris...more

SALSA DANCING. What is it that makes it popular today?
Article contributed by Esteban Conde from Orange County USA

Salsa dancing Inspires in you a positive attitude towards your daily life.
You increase your self-esteem and confidence.
You meet a special someone....
How nice is the fact that you both love dancing and can share a favorite activity from the start? Forget about the awkward first date, and think about that next time you go dancing! As a bonus, that person is likely well groomed and in great shape! Yahoo!...more

SALSA CLASSES IN NORTH LONDON & LIVERPOOL

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

Classes

Learn To Dance Salsa With Style AND Elegance .video clips

PEREZ PRADO "THE MAMBO KING"

Though diminutive in stature, Pérez Prado was a giant in the world of post-war popular music. Dubbed "The Mambo King," he reigned supreme as one of the most influential pop orchestra leaders of the early 1950s. As the mambo rhythm spread across the continents, a society emerged from the dark years of World War II to shed it's inhibitions and embrace the frenzy of this Afro-Cuban beat...more


WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAMBO DANCE CONTEST AT "PALLADIUM"
HOME OF MAMBO (NY. City late 40’s until the early 60’s.)

Michael Terrace
The dance contest became the main attraction, it was to witness a scene of dirty dancing in mambo jazz tempo. With in its combination of street style hip-moving mambo and rumba dancing, the mood was overwhelmingly provocative, sensual and always mesmerizing. Americans would use the phrase “shave and a haircut; shampoo!” to simulate the beat until it became synonymous with “Via, means go-go-go!” Trumpets blared one way while the sax section blew another....more

WELCOME TO DANCEUROPE 2009!

Competition for Dance Schools & Groups from all over the World!

Do you Love to Dance?
Would you like to perfromance in Europe? So DANCEUROPE is for you! is the great opportunity of be protagonist under the spolights, performance on the stage, get the biggest acclaim in from the audience. For information and rules for the competition please visit: web.tiscali.it/chiucchi

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

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"

The Palladium was a springboard for many dancer and dance act. As often introduced
on the bill before an evening’s performance as the “Big Three”, Augie and Margo, Michael Terrace & Elita...more

--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

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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

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

JOSE ALBERTO 'EL CANARIO'

A master improviser, Jose "El Canario" Alberto is one of Latin music's most influential young vocalists...more+video clips

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

GRUPO DANZON DENMARK BASE SALSA BAND

There are a few Danish Salsa bands, but no one like Grupo Danson, because of the musicians and the concept we are working on. Cuban music is something that you have to take care of, like a beautiful woman, a flower or a queen....more

JORGE CORDERO - DENMARK BASED SALSA BAND

Five albums and numerous tours across the world have resulted in international recognition
and have put Jorge Cordero and his band Team Latino on the world map of salsa.Born
and raised in Cuba, Cordero followed his family’s rich musical traditions from an
early age. ..interview

SWEDEN BASE SALSA BAND

The members of the group comes from Sweden, Cuba and Venezuela. The name
Hatuey originates from a brave Indian chief who, in the 16th century, fought
against the Spanish conquistadores. It is also the name of a very tasty Cuban beer...more