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The result of the last

'UK World Open Salsa Championship 2008'

Congratulations to our winners,

The Winners are the couple from Turkey.

Cihat Can & Gizem Senyaprak

Finalists

Second place went to the Venezuelan-Polish couple representing the UK.

Gilberth & Daisy

Third place went to the couple from Sweden.

Orlando Ahumada & Vivi Jeppesen


Ronnie Raul
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WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED SALSA? FIND OUT!
 


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!!!
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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
 

CANDOMBE


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!
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


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


------------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

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

KACHIMBA 1551 - OKINAWA JAPAN BASE SALSA BAND

The identity of the music made by Japanese and Okinawa people might be different because Okinawa used to be a different country, called Ryukyu. For example, the Japanese are good at imitating but they don’t have originality. ...more

SONANDO FRANCE BASE SALSA BAND

Definitely the arrival of our new two new singers, Osvlado Fajardo (Cuba) and Javier Plaza (Venezuela). They brought their unique experience and charisma. Their talent has been renowned in Europe for a longtime now! Their presence on stage has also...more

SUSANA BACA

The world knew little of Susana or her Afro-Peruvian heritage before 1995, when she was
brought to wider attention by the enthusiastic patronage of David Byrne through his
Luaka Bop label. ..more

CONEXION LATINA GERMAN BASE SALSA LATIN JAZZ BAND

Conexion Latina is a combination of Carribbean and US musicians living all over Europe and several European horn players, so the band had a constantly changing personell...more

JOSE ALBERTO 'EL CANARIO'

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


DELDONGO PARIS BASED SALSA BAND

Coming from a background in Soul and Pop-Rock, he has found Salsa and with his
Salsa group plays what he describes as 'hard French Salsa'. He has become an
ambassador for 'French Salsa'....more

QUE PASA IN PUERTO RICO

In 2007, a group of young musicians from the East Coast of Puerto Rico decided to get
together at a local basketball court in the city of Humacao and form a band..more

MARC ANTHONY

Anthony began his career as a session vocalist for Freestyle music and Underground
New York House music acts. After changing his name to avoid confusion with his namesake, Anthony worked as a songwriter and backing ...
.more + video clips

TIEMPO LIBRE MIAMI BASED SALSA TIMBA BAND

On the release of their first album 'Arroz Con Mango' in 2005, we introduced you to the
American Timba band Tiempo Libre. Since then a lot has happened to the band,
including a 2005 Grammy nomination....more

ALEX TORRES & HIS LATIN ORCHESTRA - NEW YORK BASED

Have performed for President and Hillary Clinton at the New York State Democratic
Convention and also for New York Governor George Pataki´s Inauguration. They have
also shared the stage with notables Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, ...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

'CACHE' CANADIAN SALSA BAND

Caché plays latin music for dancers, and has established themselves as the group for
Salsa dancing in Toronto. Caché's members combine a variety of musical ....more

INTERACTIVO & TELMARY DIAZ

The Best of the Cuban Music Awards returned to its home in London, the plush Floridita bar and restaurant, for another year. This year’s performers were the band Interactivo and female rapper/poet Telmary Diaz...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

PANCHITO HOLLAND BASED LATIN JAZZ BAND

Latin Jazz Magazine: 'Panchito Latin Jazz' the band has a little bit of everything for
everyone and I mean everyone....The band feels like a cross between Irakere,
Santana, Chico, Puente, Barreto and the Sal Soul Orchestra of the 70's. QPM Interview.

SWEDEN 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

GRUPO AZUL HOLLAND BASED SALSA BAND

The Dutch Salsa scene is very much alive and kicking. There are a number of world
famous bands from Holland such as Cubop City Bigband, Nueva Manteca and Rumbata.
Maybe this is the result of the Dutch melting pot....more

DOBLE IMPACTO BELGIUM BASED SALSA BAND

Swinging furniture’: Belgium-based authentic Cuban band Doble Impacto rocks the
salsa world with a very different sound...more


SKY CUBANO UK BASED CUBAN BAND

FUSING unstoppable Jamaican ska beats with crazy Cuban brass and melodies,
Ska Cubano is one of the hottest – and most unique – acts on the world music scene... more

RAZA LATINA ITALIAN SALSA BAND

They are the resident band of the Mangos Club in Milan, have performed with big
names and have dance hits all over Italy. Their musical talents cover a wide range of Latin musical styles
...more

MISCELLANEOUS

SALSA SCENE REST OF THE WORLD

SALSA SCENE IN ITALY
Salsa in Rome is a contagious “fever”, and it’s spreading far and wide! It began quietly
in 1988 and has grown steadily into the massive phenomenon it is today...more

In Italiano-La salsa a Roma è una ‘febbre’ contagiosa che sta allargandosi sempre di più.Iniziata nel’88 in ‘sordina’ è ora un fenomeno di massa di dimensioni
grandissime...più

PROFUMO D' ESTATE
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UK
FLORIDITA
To be found promi nently located in London (Soho) The Floridita bar and dance floor, resounds
on a nightly basis with the rich rhythm of live Cuban bands

CUBA SALSA BREAK 2009

"This is a trip-of-a-lifetime to Cuba IslaBonita ...more

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