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Salsa Gatorade Ad with Serena Cuevas and Serena Williams

Serena Cuevas and Serena Williams for G2Our friends over at RitmoBello have posted a video of one of our favorite local San Diego salsa dancers and her commercial with Serena Williams for the “Everyday Athlete” campaign from Gatorade G2. Gatorade and Serena Williams were looking to find an athlete named ‘Serena’ (for ‘Serena’ Williams) for their new promotional ad. Serena Cuevas was chosen as the winner by a panel consisting of representatives from Shape magazine, Gatorade G2, and ReRe. Our salsera won the contest and is now on national TV spreading the message that dance is a tough sport that also requires high levels of electrolytes – G2-baby!!!!.

We are extremely excited for Serena Cuevas and thank her for the awareness that salsa dancing will get, due to her contribution. She is definitely one of the brightest rising stars in the San Diego salsa scene, and has come a long way to take dancing to a much larger stage. Serena grew up having the desire (‘deseo’) to be a dancer, but was sidetracked by a horrific accident when she was 17-years old. According to her, doctors told her she would never dance again, but Serena fought through that obstacle and built her own highly acclaimed dance company, Deseo Dance, as well as rising to compete in national and international salsa dance competitions.

Addicted2Salsa would like to congratulate Serena and her team for the contributions they bring to salsa and look forward to Serena’s next set of surprises! :-) My hopes are to see her compete in “So You Think You Can Dance“.

Here is the Gatorade G2 ad: (looks like an episode of the movie Flashdance )

and here is the wonderful Serena dancing with Juan Two Three at a local event:

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Published 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Salsa News. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Start the New Year right with this salsa dance workshop!

Melissa Rosado Majesty in Motion workshopYear after year people all over the world flock to New York, home of NY Style Salsa On2, to take lessons from the King of Mambo himself, Eddie Torres, and his partner Melissa Rosado. I made the journey two years ago, and it brought my dancing to a whole new level. Not only did I get to take classes from the masters, I was also lucky enough to catch Melissa social dancing at a popular New York club and watch in awe!

I am thrilled to announce a truly once in a lifetime opportunity for anyone who wants to bring their dancing to the next level regardless of which style of salsa you dance. In February, Majesty In Motion Dance Co. is bringing Melissa Rosado to the West Coast to host a set of workshops featuring Body Movement, Styling and Shines, and Partnering & Following Technique. These workshops are for both men and women.  Melissa not only brings her expertise in Eddie Torres salsa technique, but also her wide variety of training in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip-Hop, African, Afro-Cuban and Flamenco since the age of 5. Whether you are in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Tijuana or the surrounding area, this should be one of the most promising salsa weekends in Southern California this year. I hope to see lots of you at this unique event!

Where: San Diego, California (@ Starlight Studio)
Majesty In Motion Dance Social: February 14, 2009, 8:00p.m. – 2:00 a.m., will include a number of performances including Melissa herself!
Workshop Date: February 15, 2009, 2:00-5:00 p.m.

For additional information and tickets, please contact Jennifer Stein ( (619) 758-5209 ) at or visit Majesty In Motion. If you have a Facebook account, you can go here.

Here is a video of Melissa and Eddie Torres performing a Cha-Cha:

Here is a video of Melissa social dancing with Adolfo:

Published 1 year, 2 months ago in Salsa News, dancing, event, salsa technicals and sexy. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Reasons Why You Started Dancing : DVD Giveaway!

[Updated] After running all the contestant entries through our algorithm (yes, I actually wrote software for this contest), I’d like to congratulate Peter Elia from New Zealand for winning the Bachata Building Blocks 2 DVD. If you didn’t win this time, not to worry, we will be having contests on a more regular basis!

I have been receiving a few emails about Bachata dancing these past few weeks, so I decided to get in contact with one of our most popular bachata dance instructors in the San Diego area and introduce him to you: Carlos Cinta. Carlos, originally from Chicago, has been dancing for around 5 years with a very unique bachata dance style. While he mentions that he sometimes dances traditional bachata (Dominican Republic), he mainly instructs what we know as modern bachata which combines patterns and shines.

As most dancers, they end up loving what they first start out disliking. He says: “The funny story about bachata is that I absolutely HATED bachata when I first heard it. HATED IT!!! Then I saw a couple in the club dance it the romantic way and I told myself that I had to learn it.” Carlos’ passion for teaching grew when he “constantly saw people only doing the basic step” the entire song. He knew there was more to bachata than those steps and he was committed in promoting it at the clubs. Carlos has then gone on to instruct at numerous events and institutions here in San Diego including San Diego Salsa Festival and Dance After School.

To make more people fall in love with bachata, Carlos has given us a “BACHATA BUILDING BLOCKS VOLUME 2″ Intermediate DVD to raffle off to Addicted2Salsa visitors. If you are interesting in winning this great DVD, leave one comment below on what got you started dancing. The comment doesn’t matter, but they are fun to read and share. We will select a random user comment below on Dec 12th 2008, and the selected user will get the DVD by mail. See the full story and comments for details.

Here is a video of Carlos at one of his lessons.

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Published 1 year, 3 months ago in Salsa News. 95 Comments Tags: , , , .

Ladies Styling and Musicality: Highlights from San Diego

Here are some videos I’ve seen recently and just thought, WOW. The styling and musicality of these San Diego ladies can teach us so much: I am happy to be able to learn from them. Of course, there are many more- if anyone has more ladies styling videos to share, please post them. Enjoy!

Serena Cuevas of Deseo Dance Company

Jennifer Stein of Majesty in Motion

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Published 1 year, 4 months ago in Salsa News. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

Majesty In Motion Workshop with Juan Carlos and Erica

ANNOUNCEMENT! We have just been informed by Juan Carlos Hernandez, one of the best NY on2 style dancers in San Diego and co-director of Majesty in Motion, that he will be providing a FOUR HOUR Salsa Dance Workshop on1 for beginner and intermediate dancers. This event will take place in San Diego, CA- so if you live close to the area, don’t miss this event!

Here is the information provided by Juan:

Juan Two ThreeJuan Two Three and Erica’s Salsa Dance Workshop
Saturday, July 26th 2008 from 1pm-5pm
Synergy Dance Zone, 7480 Miramar Road, San Diego, CA 92126

Juan and Erica’s salsa dance workshop is a 4-hour course for all levels of dance experience. This workshop will introduce some of their tips and techniques for how to dance the basics, how to incorporate men and ladies styling on the dance floor, how to add variety to a cross-body lead, and how to smoothly execute more advanced patterns. Juan and Erica became dance partners in 2006. Since then, they have taught and/or performed at various venues, in cities such as: Los Angeles, Palm Springs, San Diego, Santa Fe, and San Francisco.

This year, Juan and Erica have plans to perform their latest routine and teach workshops at salsa congresses in El Paso, Greece, and San Diego.

Here is the flyer for pricing and workshop schedule.

Published 1 year, 7 months ago in Salsa News. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Amicitia Salsa Dance Social – San Diego

Our friends at Amicitia Dance Co. (Junior & Emily) are throwing a social at the San Diego Convention Center! World-class performers from SF, LA, and San Diego (Mamboleo, Majesty in Motion, Alma Latina, Positive Energy, Juan & Susie, Salsa Divas) will be performing.  Come to dance or even just share the amazing shows with your friends/family!!!

From the Bay Area, Isidro & Sheila, from LA, Edwin Rivera, even Ashle from So You Think You Can Dance?!

Big elevated stage, two dance floors, and a cash bar too. Let’s all support the San Diego scene!

Pre-sale tickets are $12 or $15 at the door.
www.JuniorAndEmily.com to stay in touch!

Here is a video of one of their more recent performance:

Published 1 year, 10 months ago in event. 0 Comments Tags: , .