Cristina Santana, from our near by neighbors in the Los Angeles salsa dance scene, has made it all the way to being in the Top 5 ladies on the TV Show “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 7! We are very excited and proud of Cristina as she had tried out last year and had gone all the way to the Las Vegas try outs on So You Think You Can Dance Season 6, but did not make it. We will be happy to throw our support to Cristina as she is a California favorite to dance with. If you have not seen Cristina dance with Pepe, here are some great videos. If you want more information on So You Think You Can Dance, you can visit http://fox.com/dance or more information about Pepe & Cristina’s salsa dance teams, check out their website: http://dancemasterpuppet.com/
For those who have been fans of addicted2salsa for a long time, the names Micah Boon and Kathy Cabrera should be very familiar. They have been long-time favorites of ours, and we are pleased to announce that we will be giving away 3 copies of their brand new DVD!
A few weeks ago Micah and Kathy released their first DVD titled Crazy Turn Patterns Fodadaz, which includes 7 great hand turn patterns for intermediate to advanced dancers. If you have been unable to attend Micah and Kathy’s hand pattern workshops at congresses, this is an excellent alternative to get you started. And if you HAVE had the opportunity to attend their workshops, this is a wonderful supplement to help keep up your skills and retain what you learned.
For those who are new to addicted2salsa and have not seen Micah Boon social dance with his very unique set of hand patterns, here is a social dancing video of Micah and Kathy social dancing! It is one of addicted2salsa’s favorites.
In celebration of his DVD release, Micah Boon has given us 2 Crazy Turn Patterns DVDs to give away to addicted2salsa fans! Here is how you can enter to win:
If you follow us on Facebook or Twitter, you might have guessed why we have been very quiet over the past few months. While I am a salsa enthusiast, I’m also a “technologist” at heart (a.k.a “geek”). A few months ago, I started working on our first iPhone / iPod Touch application to help create a quick mobile reference guide to common salsa moves that everyone learns at their classes. My hope is that by allowing you to access any salsa learning material on the go, it will motivate you to practice “anywhere”, and therefore help you become a better dancer faster than you can sing “very simple” to clave. While we wait for Apple to approve our application submission to the AppStore, we decided to make a quick video to give you a preview on what to expect.
Please note that we shot all new shot video clips for this mobile format and we consider it supplemental to our salsa dance podcast or your local dance lessons.
A HUGE thank you to all of our beta testers. Your feedback was very helpful and kept me motivated to add awesome features! I’d like to send a special thank you to these beta testers for being the active contributors to our beta group: Tom T., SalsAlx, Mehdi, Alex S. and Daniel Wong.
Inspired by the Violin Solo that I created with GarageBand a few months ago, a Addicted2Salsa Facebook fan asked if I could recommend a good salsa dancing song that contain a good violin section. And of course, I remember the West Coast Salsa Congress when the group Hacha y Machete (Victor and Burju) performed the song “Hacha y Machete” with Alfredo De La Fé, a famous violinist. I decided to post it here so that everyone could enjoy it as well.
For those who may not know, March 21st 2010, is National Day for Salsa in my home country of Puerto Rico. Every year they are honoring Johnny Ortiz, and they have an amazing lineup of artists including Ray de la Paz, Gilberto Santa Rosa and the famous El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico.
If you’d like to listen to the live and official salsa radio station of Puerto Rico, check out Zeta93.fm . This is a great way to listen to salsa music especially if you are in an area where there are no salsa radio stations : Zeta93.fm Radio
Thank you to mambo-inn.com for recording videos and taking photos:
Salsa Dancing Lesson #62! In this salsa dance lesson we show you a sneaky hammerlock hand trick that you can use at the salsa dance club to keep your dance moves fresh! It is performed by doing a reverse copa hammerlock, into a quick hand flip.
Enjoy the salsa dancing lesson!
The song used in this episode is called “El Cazanguero” by Ruben Blades. Please support the artist!
Cristina Santana, from our near by neighbors in the Los Angeles salsa dance scene, has made it all the way to being in the Top 5 ladies on the TV Show “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 7! We are very excited and proud of Cristina as she had tried out last year and had gone all the way to the Las Vegas try outs on So You Think You Can Dance Season 6, but did not make it. We will be happy to throw our support to Cristina as she is a California favorite to dance with. If you have not seen Cristina dance with Pepe, here are some great videos. If you want more information on So You Think You Can Dance, you can visit http://fox.com/dance or more information about Pepe & Cristina’s salsa dance teams, check out their website: http://dancemasterpuppet.com/
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