Here is a great collection of over 40 dance scenes of famous “dance” related movies that most of us have probably watched. Thanks to @t0mat0 for sending it in. Enjoy!
I wouldn’t have believed it myself. Only in my home city of Rio Piedras in Puerto Rico, do we give our inmates a free salsa concert with big name celebrities! Bobby Valentín “Returns to Jail” 35th Anniversary special on February 2002 at the “Oro Blanco” (White Gold) penitentiary. The song is called “Muñeco de la Ciudad”.
The folks over at London Salsa at the Latin American Festival tried to rally enough salsa dancing couples to beat the world record for most couples salsa dancing – but couldn’t quite make it with just 316 salsa dance couples. The current world record is held by Caracas, Venezuela in October 2006 with 451.
Source: BBC News London . Photo Credit BBC News London.
We had the pleasure of watching Raymond (12) and Jenalyn (9) Saraza Pacheco perform and receive a great standing ovation at the Los Angeles Salsa Congress this past May, and wanted to interview them to share their story. Raymond and Jenalyn currently dance with Latin Energy dance company and have been taught by instructor Vanessa Stay. Watch them dance and read their amazing story!
How did you learn to dance?
Jenalyn (9 years old): My mom says I was always dancing, even before I was born in her tummy. As soon as I could walk, I was dancing around on my tippy toes every chance I got. My parents put me in dance classes (ballet, jazz, hip hop, acro, tap) when I was 3 years old and I really loved it! With partner dancing, it all started when we saw our parents taking salsa lessons and watched my parents and grandparents dancing the cha cha and swing at family functions. We thought this kind of dancing was really cool and my brother started practicing salsa moves in our rooms when my parents weren’t watching. But one day, our parents heard us practicing and asked if we wanted to take lessons. They brought us to the Canada Salsa Congress when I was 5 years old and my brother was 7 years old, we met Vanesa Stay and Oscar Naranjo from Latin Energy and showed them our moves. Vanesa thought we were pretty good and asked us to come for salsa lessons. When we got good enough, she asked us to join the Latin Energy dance team and we began performing at weddings and festivals.
Raymond (12 years old): I started taking hip hop and breakdancing lessons when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I was always around dancing because my mom and dad loved to dance as well as my parents and uncles/aunts. My sister pretty much explained it all but I want to add that after we joined Latin Energy, our big break was when performed exactly a year later at the Canada Salsa Congress run by Jennifer Auction and the MC was Albert Torres. He was just a great guy to meet and I’ll always remember how we got our first standing ovation and Albert called us the future of Salsa. We were hooked on dancing and have continued to learn with Vanesa Stay and have taken other types of partner dancing including ballroom and other styles.
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/
Continue reading ‘So You Think You Can Dance : Cristina Santana in the TOP 10!’
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.
If you like what you saw, then be sure to check out Mambofodadaz’s page: http://www.mambofodadaz.com/crazy/
Crazy Turn Pattern DVD Giveaway!
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:
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