Filed Oct 25, 2006 at 5:22 AM ·
The fact that Salsa is getting coverage on TV now is a good thing. But, there seems to be some debate as to whether or not the stuff they are showing is 'real salsa.' So, I thought I would put the question to you. Check out this Salsa video clip and let us know what you think. Is this really salsa? Click here to share your opinion. If there are any particularly good responses, I will post them here so everyone can read them.
Filed Oct 24, 2006 at 10:07 PM ·
Following through on a years-long promise to my wife, Nancy, I took my first salsa dance class this week. Salsa is an obsession here in Mexico City, and if I want to avoid looking like a complete fool at the city’s legion of salsa clubs I will need some professional help.
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Filed Oct 23, 2006 at 6:24 AM ·
SalsaBootCamp.com, Salsa Crazy's online dance school, has launched worldwide, offering step by step dance instruction for all levels of students. SalsaCrazy asks, would you like to dance? And the answer is absolutely yes, and we’ll show you how, step by step and for everybody.
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Filed Oct 20, 2006 at 7:52 PM ·
Veteran Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés got a standing ovation at the Jackie Gleason Theater before he even played one note. The mostly Cuban-American crowd had come to hear and pay homage to one of their home country's legends. Sitting in one of the front rows was Miami-based Israel López ''Cachao.'' Next to him sat Generoso Jiménez, trombonist for the legendary bandleader Beny Moré.
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Filed Oct 20, 2006 at 1:26 AM ·
West has its fair share of unique dancing programs. Whether it be the boys dance squad or participating in the 'Blast Away Fat' dance video in gym class, there's no doubt that dancing opportunities extend well beyond the poms squad. And now a new dance craze has taken the school by storm. Sashaying in with swinging hips and 7-count dance steps comes 'Salsa Club,' the newest addition to the lair of the wildcats.
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Filed Oct 18, 2006 at 6:15 AM ·
Initially announced several months ago, SalsaBootCamp is now ready to dance its way onto the web, after a very successful pre-launch period, where thousands of people tried out the new service, the launch date was set for, Monday, October 23rd, 2006.
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Filed Oct 13, 2006 at 10:30 PM ·
When they weren’t dodging rockets and roadside bombs in Baghdad, soldiers from the 18th Combat Support Battalion danced the salsa.
Salsa classes were one way soldiers from the unit relaxed during down time at their forward operating base at Baghdad International Airport.
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Filed Oct 12, 2006 at 10:15 PM ·
Afro-Cuban music’s polyrhythmic structures evolved from ceremonial African hand-drum ensembles; rumba, like Puerto Rican bomba, fused hand-drummers, singers, and dancers, while in a 1930s innovation on Havana’s band scene, Arsenio Rodriguez beefed up bongo-driven son with the conga’s deeper resonance. Mambo projected time-keeping into 1940s dance halls using the timbale’s paired toms, and drum sets came into play as orchestras swung towards jazz, galvanized when conguero Chano Pozo joined Dizzy Gillespie’s big band.
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Filed Oct 12, 2006 at 5:36 PM ·
I still have this documentary on VHS somewhere... it was cool finding it again. That's one crazy jamm session. You see the size of the brass section? DAAAMN!
Filed Oct 10, 2006 at 4:16 PM ·
The Second International Salsa Meeting is currently in session in Caracas at the Jacobo Borges Museum.
Delegates from Colombia, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Venezuela will exchange views and experiences in the genre.
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Filed Oct 10, 2006 at 2:22 PM ·
At the front of the stage, Dennis Schroeder demonstrated the basic steps of the jitterbug to his Wednesday afternoon ballroom dancing class.
"Move side to side. Reach out? and catch the ladies," the Arlington dance instructor said, twirling his partner, Martha Heisel. "That?s it. You guys are getting better and better."
After some prodding? and a few false starts? most of the 14 couples were beginning to grasp the routine. Some even began improvising their own versions of the swing dance, with ad-libbed twists and under-armed turns.
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Filed Oct 09, 2006 at 9:36 PM ·
I went to hear him there one night this summer, with the Triff trio. The sprezzatura was there, though with less hauteur. And he still had that same way of making the beats explode both on the drumhead and inside the listener's body.
I have heard the masters: Barretto, Santamaría, Virgilio Martí, Giovanni Hidalgo, Francisco Aguabella, Patato Valdez, Candido -- and Tata Güines on record and Changuito on video. Each was awesome in his own way. But Daniel Ponce is touched by the gods.
photo: AL Diaz
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Filed Oct 09, 2006 at 12:45 AM ·
Ballroom dancing isn't for wimps.
In fact, it makes for a pretty good core workout. Watch Yaros, director of Dance International, one of several Austin dance studios that offer ballroom training, and Barker, head of the school's youth program, and you'll understand why dancing is a great way to stay in shape. Both are classically trained ballet dancers with the lean, lithe bodies of athletes.
"It challenges you physically," says Yaros, who also practices yoga and is certified to teach Pilates. "To do ballroom dancing (at the top levels), you have to be fit."
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Filed Oct 06, 2006 at 6:07 PM ·
The streets will sizzle tonight with the seductive sounds of Cuba, the rhythm of the congas, the blaring voices of the saxophone and trumpet, and the energy of seven young musicians called "the top timba group in the United States."
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Filed Oct 06, 2006 at 3:11 AM ·
He lived with passion, tragedy and poetry, and died before he was fully appreciated, but fans of salsa music will be fascinated by a birthday celebration of Hector Lavoe tomorrow at the Fishbowl.
Lavoe, one of the musicians who introduced salsa to the United States, died in 1993 but is celebrated even more today than when he was alive. He was known not only for his poetical music, but for expressing complex emotions through his voice.
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