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Time: November 15, 2009 at 9pm to November 16, 2009 at 1am
Location: Glas Kat Lounge
Street: 520 4th Street
City/Town: San Francisco
Website or Map: http://www.aguilardanceprod…
Event Type: fundraiser
Organized By: Luis Aguilar

Event Description:

Couture Dance Alliance directed by Luis Aguilar will be hosting a pre-congress Salsa Social at the Glas Kat Lounge. Enjoy dancing, performances, and hot Latin music.

I saw the title of this salsa dance video and said “wow I bet it will just blow me away!”

As I watched it I found myself saying… their dancing pretty good but I would never classify it as “amazing.” Most of the other people I found who were commenting on the salsa video were also unimpressed. It is difficult for salsa dancers to really impress anyone who knows what they are looking at because we get to see so much great salsa dancing.

Watching it further, I realized the dancers were making some very common mistakes. For example, they blurred a lot of their moves together, got caught up in how “fast” the song is and didn’t leave themselves and opportunity to style or to really follow the music. They did some things well though. It was a fast salsa song, this isn’t one of those salsa songs you fall asleep to, you know the ones I am talking about. They also had some pretty cool moves, there was a flip about halfway through that was pretty cool.

My opinion, pretty good but not amazing, they didn’t have anything that I haven’t seen or that is unique.

I give them a 6.5 on a scale of 1 to 10

I was surfing for some good salsa routines and I found this one from the salsa dance troupe, Tropical Gem. They are one of the best salsa dance groups around because they are always put together well and they have a flare for theatricality. What makes Tropical Gem different is that most of their moves are not that hard… but they are well executed. All their moves are almost identically in sync, which is extremely difficult, and they are smooth as silk.

Tropical Gem Dance Company

Their website is www.TropicalGem.it … most of the site is in Spanish so if you speak spanish check out their site

Hello everyone!

A very popular thing to do for Salsa dancers to do is to go to a costume Salsa dance Halloween party. They are pretty fun, although sometimes you can’t recognize who you are dancing with and quite often your costume gets tangled in someone’s high heel… but none the less, Salsa dance Halloween parties rock! At the end of the post I added  a fun little Halloween Salsa performance for your Halloween enjoyment…

Here are some suggestions as to where to go starting on Wednesday of Halloween week:

-Halloween Salsa Social

- Halloween at Gloria’s in Addison, Texas

There is an extra bonus here of $1000 cash for best costume.

- The Sandman Halloween Party

They will have a roasted pig and general festivities… although it will be a combination of dancing

Outside of Texas:

-YA Super Salsa Weekend Halloween Social

This is the whole Salsa dancing shebang, workshops, parties, the whole thing.

	Salsa Dancing Halloween!

Sorry everyone. The bachata workshop with Christian is SATURDAY AUGUST 22 @ 3PM AT THE MIMOSA

La Vieja Guardia, the fastest growing salsa social in NYC, is celebrating its 1st year anniversary.

Saturday August 29th

The Cathedral NYC
504 West 41st Street, New York, NY.

Doors open from 9PM til 2 AM.

LIMITED TICKETS ONLY !!! SAVE YOUR PLACE !!

performances from
Melissa Rosado & Joel Dominguez,
Victor & Gaby,
Adolfo & Carla,
Yamulee Dance Company

Check the VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyGwhz2SvNs

Spining the hottes salsa on vinyl only
DJ Toño “La Conga” from NYC and
DJ Efrain Flores from Ohio.

Live music with Orquesta DJ.

Come join Joel, Toño and Alfredo celebrate the first anniversary of the salsa social phenomenon that has become the favorite of beginners and pros alike.

VIDEO : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyGwhz2SvNs

For more information contact

Joel Dominguez at
JoelSalsa@gmail.com
tel. 718-924-9425

Antonio Esquivel
AntonioLaConga@gmail.com
tel. 347-248-2359

Alfredo Felix
Alfelmons10@gmail.com
tel. 347-374-7674

I have seen this guy around a couple of times. He is pretty inspiring. Salsa dancing or even dancing in general is hard for most people… but imagine only having one leg!

Pay specific attention to his lead and his timing. From the video it looks like he has a soft but effective lead. He is not afraid to really tell the lady what he wants her to do, but he is not pushing her he is guiding her into every move. He also says on time regardless of the fact that he is obviously not doing a basic step. Another point of interest is that he isn’t doing really complicated moves and turn patterns. You see him doing a lot of basic girls right turns and cross body leads. He is not dancing outside of his skill level and the reason he looks good is because of this. I will write a blog post about this a little later and elaborate.

He really is proof that you can do anything you set your mind to and those people who say they can’t dance, lol at least they have two legs! Anyone can be really great at Salsa dancing. You just have to put your mind to it.

Combinations and Spices? Hernando is flaming?      ”You will be dancing with me, no I will be on the screen, but you will be dancing with me”

I think I need a mustache like this guy, and some flashing lights. I think this kind of energy is what Salsa is all about, minus the platinum disco pants, spray on tan and the “Bang Bang.”

~J

This one is a little more complicated but the basic fundamentals are the same as the one handed version. The majority of the problems will come with the ladies cross-body lead with the double inside turn. Making this smooth will require staying close to the lady through her turn and keeping her hands in a good relationship to her body.

Also it will be very important for the guy to keep count with his feet during the entire turn pattern so as not to end the turn on the wrong count.

Let us know what you think about the video and be sure to post your comments!

~J