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On The Road to San Francisco, California

Published by Anthony Persaud, 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Congress and event. 3 Comments Tags: , , , .

Going to San FranciscoI will be in San Francisco, California next week starting Nov 15-20th, 2008. I’ve enjoyed the time I’ve spent in the bay area when I’ve attended the San Francisco Salsa Congress over the years, even though it was really in downtown Oakland. However, because I’ll be attending the Adobe MAX 2008 Conference (for my real day job), I’m excited to see a the real showcasing of the San Francisco night time salsa scene. If anyone has any suggestions to where to go dancing during those nights - I would really appreciate it! You can leave any info in the comments.

As a quick reminder, the San Francisco Salsa Congress will be the weekend after that week: Nov 20-23rd, 2008. If you have never gone to a congress, you definetaly should check out this event - one of the best in the US. While I will not able able to attend or performing at the congress this year, Julie Merrill will be performing with David Stein’s Majesty In Motion Pro Team (videos).

2008 New Salsa Salsa Congress Review

Published by ScarletMambo-DanyJoshua, 8 months, 1 week ago in Congress, article, reviews and videos. 0 Comments
New York Salsa Congress

New York Salsa Congress

I know it is long overdue. My review of the New York Salsa Congress is finally up. In fact, it was mostly done but I was procrastinating.  Choco, the organizer of the congress, posted a new promo video on facebook of the Congress and guess whose funny face appears at the end!

Review, promo video and photos of the 2008 New York Salsa Congress.

San Diego Salsa Festival Preview : Joel and Ana “Masacote”

Published by Anthony Persaud, 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Congress. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Continuing our preview of the upcoming San Diego Salsa Festival, we have the amazing dancers of Sabor Masacote Dance Company. Joel and Ana Massicot (”Masacote”) provide an interesting new mix of salsa dance style since Joel comes from St. Croix (Virgin Islands) and Ana comes from Mexico. Sabor Masacote is a dance company comprised of six talented individuals that not only specialize in salsa (NY Style On 2), but also in other diverse dance disciplines, such as ballet, modern, and jazz. You can see a mix of all these dance styles in their choreography.

And here is Joel and Ana themselves sociald ancing at the same congress in 2005. For those bound to ask, the song is called ‘Salsa Buena’ by Frankie Ruiz.

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Live Stream of the Puerto Rico Salsa Congress 2008

Published by Anthony Persaud, 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Congress and event. 1 Comment Tags: .

For those who cannot make it to the Puerto Rico Salsa Congress this year, they have added a new feature. They are currently broadcasting a live stream of the dance performances on their website. So while you couldn’t make it, you can still watch most of the action over the internet.

Now, going to the site - I noticed it is having some issues streaming the video live. I hope someone else has better luck, however, this is a good start to showcasing salsa congress events around the world.

[See the live stream http://www.hitn.tv/puertoricosalsacongress/info.html (click on 'Salsa En Vivo' on that page)]

Las Vegas Salsa Congress - July 4th Weekend

Published by Anthony Persaud, 1 year ago in Congress and event. 2 Comments Tags: .

A lot of us from San Diego will be attending the 2008 Las Vegas Salsa Congress. It should be a very fun weekend with some good performances (even if it is only two days). If you are from Las Vegas and have never attended a salsa congress, I highly encourage you to attend and support your salsa venues. Las Vegas used to be the home of the World Salsa Championships hosted by ESPN, before it was moved to Orlando. If you decide to attend, stop by and say hi to some of our famous San Diego salsa scene dancers- the Majesty Ladies, Majesty in Motion Pro Team, Positive Energy, and Juan and Susie. I’m sure Las Vegas salseros can party harder in Sin City than in Los Angeles!

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2008 Los Angeles Salsa Congress in May!

Published by Anthony Persaud, 1 year, 3 months ago in Congress. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

10th Annual Los Angeles Salsa Dance Congress

It is back again - and coming real soon. The 10th Annual Los Angeles Salsa Congress (previously called the West Coast Salsa Congress). Just a quick heads-up to everyone who is planning to go - tickets are selling fast and hotel is almost booked. This year they are bringing back one of my favorite bands: The New Swing Sextet (rumor has it they have a new album coming out). They are also bringing the great Cheo Feliciano to help us groove to what will be an amazing night of social dancing on that Saturday night. If you have never been to a salsa congress before, I HIGHLY encourage you to attend one - it is an unforgettable experience, no matter your current salsa skill level.

More info at addicted2salsa.com/tag/salsa-congress

Here is a few videos of last year’s congress:

and of course, one of my favorites with Oliver and Griselle taken by our friends at Nuevotec.

Salsa Fusion: Descarga Caribe at Flavainvasion

Published by Daniel Ellis, 1 year, 4 months ago in Congress, event and videos. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

The next video in the salsa fusion series comes from Descarga Caribe of Chicago. This performance was also from the Flava Invasion weekend, and is a combination of salsa and it’s closely related cousin: Afro-Cuban dance. I’ve seen many Afro-Cuban performances, including ones combined with salsa, but this was by far the best one I have ever seen. Enjoy!

2008 San Diego Salsa Festival - Back Again!

Published by Julie Merrill, 1 year, 4 months ago in Congress and event. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , .

San Diego Salsa Festival 2008 - Addicted2Salsa VersionIt’s back!!!! The 2nd Annual San Diego Salsa Festival, brought to you by Angel and Tulane Rivera in association with Albert Torres Productions, will be held September 19-21, 2008 at the Four Points Sheraton! We had so much fun at this event last year– the shows were amazing, there were workshops from the best dancers out there, and of course social dancing until the wee hours of dawn. There was a warm, unifying atmosphere all around, showing that this event will keep growing and be even more amazing this year!
They will have LIVE MUSIC by the band Lucky 7, music by Super DJ Robby and DJ Frank until 4am, not to mention over 40 WORKSHOPS, professional dance shows, and a COMPETITION which is a qualifier to the World Salsa Championships on ESPN.


Confirmed instructors:

Victor and Burju (Boston)
David and Jennifer (San Diego)
Silfredo La O Vigo (Cuba)
Laura Mendoza (San Diego)
Angel and Tulane (San Diego)
Magna Gopal (New Jersey)
Joel and Ana (Boston)
Ricardo and Viviana (Colombia)
…with many more to be confirmed!

Full event passes are already on sale at www.sandiegosalsafestival.com. Register for the hotel and event pass while you can! Check out the videos from last year’s San Diego Salsa Festival taken by our friends over at Nuevotec.

San Diego Salsa Festival 2007 - Joby Brava, Burju, Anthony Persaud, Pauline Lor San Diego Salsa Festival 2007 - Walter Jones, Black Power Ranger Salsa Latin Dance

Salsamentary : A Documentary of the Salsa World Championships

Published by Anthony Persaud, 1 year, 4 months ago in Congress, Contests, article and videos. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Our friend Alan from Nuevotec Productions has made an awesome documentary about the ESPN Salsa World Championships - which is being called a ‘Salsamentary’. It is an amazing work to get to know how the entire World Championships started, learn about the people, the dancers and everything that goes on behind the scenes. Here is a brief description:

Salsamentary takes a look at the journey of six dancers as they step on salsa’s largest stage through its highest level of competitive dancing. Each dancer has their own reason for competing. Some enjoy the challenge of competing against the world’s best dancers. Others want to build their salsa dance resume and credentials quickly through the event, which is televised on several ESPN national and international stations, as well as DVDs sold globally. The rewards cannot be expressed just in terms of the prize money awarded to the first, second, and third places.

Salsamentary - Documentary of Salsa World Championships

For the full story, check out the Nuevotec article here.

Trailer

World Salsa Championship 2007 Results - All Divisions

Published by Anthony Persaud, 1 year, 6 months ago in Congress, Contests, article and event. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , .

For those who did not attend this year - the World Salsa Championships were held in Orlando, Florida this year. Here are the results (very similar to last year - however with some new folks). For the latest scores for all divisions see ‘Other sources’ below.

Thanks to masterby for the videos on youtube:

Oliver and Luda 1st Place On2 Division

Luis and Anya - Semi Final On2 Division (New York)

Junior and Emily 3rd Place On2 Division

John and Liz from Salsamania 4th Place On2 Division

John and Judy (Cali, Columbia) 1st Place Cabaret Division

Other sources: SalsaCrazy , World Championships 2007

[Updated] I had made a mistake and posted the old scores because the World Championship Website was outdated… will post full scores later. Until then, check out the scores at salsacrazy.