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Spirit Of The Dance On Tour In 2023: A Wink To Their Fans
Experience the hard-hitting rhythms and pulsing energy of every thrilling moment in this intense production starting in January
At a time when entertainment is at our fingertips, Spirit of the Dance returns to the UK stage with more soul, strength, and passion to celebrate its 26th anniversary as one of the most successful dance acts of the 20th and 21st centuries. This local tour will kick off at the Grand Theater Blackpool (January 18th), tour New Theater Royal (January 24th), and continue at the Princess Theater on Sunday, February 19th. Tickets are available now and range from £13 to £45. So now you can take your phone and write “Spirit of the Dance Tickets” and book your tickets.
This almost two-hour show by British producer David King combines the sensual Latin rhythms of Salsa, Tango, and Flamenco with the explosive footwork of Irish dance and other rhythms such as Street Dance, Hip Hop, Techno, Can Can, and American Tap.
The singers (Three) during the transitions will interpret great international classics by artists such as Adele and Céline Dion, among others, as well as Celtic hits.
The more than 350 dancers throughout the production present uncompromising precision and astonishing technique and skill in this high-octane show that borders between thundering feet performing as one and the audience vociferously demanding more.
This vibrant choreography of musical fusions has been acclaimed by more than 20 million people around the world and has packed theaters in a matter of hours since its inception in 1996.
So join the biggest dance sensation in history that celebrates 26 years as one of the most successful dance acts in the world, and mark your calendars now. See you there!
Do You Want To Know How It Was Done?
I’m going to tell you everything. You see, David King is one of the most applauded English theater producers by the public and specialized critics in Europe, Oceania (Australia), and Asia. He owns the King’s Castle Theater in Missouri (USA), the Broadway Theater at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip (USA), and is the Executive Producer of Spirit Productions, becoming in this way in one of the largest employers in the world of entertainment in the last two decades.
His first musical, Spirit of the Dance https://www.spiritofthedance.com/, was created in the spring of 1996 when David was in the worst financial situation of his life, he wanted to start in the music industry entertainment but was not assertive in any business. One day he accompanied his friend to see the musical Riverdance starring the Irish dancer and choreographer Michael Flatley. At the end of the show, he watched the audience go crazy and during that moment he thought: “I can do this.”
When he left the theater he returned to his house and began the development of the play. In just three months he wrote the plot and used pieces of music that he had composed during his youth. “With my last £100, I printed copies of the poster and sent them to cinemas across the country. The phone in my kitchen started ringing and people were like, ‘Get me this show! I had the right idea at the right time.” David expressed to international media.
However, he tried to raise the money to put on the show but was rejected by everyone, “no one had faith in me to invest. I knocked on so many doors my knuckles ached. But despite all the refusals and all the doors that were closed in my face, I kept going despite everything… I sold everything I had, including my car and the family silver. It was time to sink or swim, and I jumped in with both feet. My luck changed for the better when Michael Flatley announced that he was leaving Riverdance to start his own show. Everyone assumed Spirit of the Dance was his new show and opening night sold out in hours.”
By 1998 and up to 2006 there were already 14 different Spirit of the Dance groups performing in 14 countries simultaneously.
This theatrical production updates its program every year to include current dance styles, so fans and curious viewers return to see the musical on several occasions.
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“Mambo Fiesta” the new of Maelo y su Klan from Oslo Noriega
As of Thursday, November 4, 2022 it will be available for sale on all digital platforms worldwide.
A musical production of Café Records.
Miami, FL, November 4th, 2022. (Café Records) It already smells like the holidays, both the World Cup Qatar 2022 and Christmas and the native of Caracas, the Venezuelan Ysmael D’La O (Maelo), producer, composer and director of the European group “Maelo y su Klan”, brings us this new and catchy single from the album “Cultura Viva”, titled Mambo Fiesta.
In his musical biography, Maelo has the album “Ritmo y Sabor” 2018 and singles from his new production; “Son Kizomba”, “La reina de la Campana”, “Que Extraño es Eso”, which was his first Feat with the Venezuelan cultural heritage group “El Sondeo Clásico del Caribe” and last summer’s hit “Son Onomatopeya”.
It has been a spectacular year, full of nominations, recordings and successes of the mulatto from Carapita, in which we highlight the following: winner as the best Antillean Group of 2022 of the Cristo Rey Awards, which is awarded in Cali, Colombia, known for being the world capital of salsa.
He also received the “Honorable Mention” as producer of the year 2022, at the Golden Latin Awards in Tenerife, Spain, after more than 20 years in music production in the old continent.
Referring to the Mambo, today few groups are recording this type of rhythms, but Maelo, as a good visionary and knowledgeable of the emerging market, breaks with that scheme and presents us with a work of musical art for the dancer.
With the invitation of excellent and first class musicians as collaborators:
Composer: Ysmael D’La O (Maelo), Trumpets: Luis Ruiz, Trombone: Michael Palma, Voice: Luis González, Alto and Baritone Saxophones: Julio Estrada, Tumbadoras, Bongo, Campana, Maracas and Guiro: Yomar “Caballo” Méndez, Timbal: Hungría Rojas Jr, Bass: José “Mortadelo” Soto, Piano: Julio Estrada, Backing Vocals: Luis González, Alexis “El Chivo” Aguilar and Ysmael D’La O (Maelo). Arrangement and musical production: Julio Estrada, recorded at Estudio Requena and JE studio, mixing: Francisco Requena and Julio Estrada.
Mastering: Estudio Requena: Francisco Requena, all under the general and executive production of: Ysmael D’La O (Maelo).
“Mambo Fiesta” is here to stay in the public’s taste, and is already available on all digital platforms distributed by Café Records.
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Producer, composer, and singer D’ William tells his story
Who is D’ William?
William Pagán Díaz, artistically known as D’ William, is a talented producer, composer and singer with extensive experience in various tropical genres. He was part of the Oro Negro Orchestra and the Tañón Band before starting his solo career. We were fortunate to talk to him and learn a little more about his history and career.
How his career began
The Oro Negro Orchestra represented his first musical experience and he was about 17 years old at the time. In fact, his mother had to sign a contract for him to be part of the group because he was underage. He stayed there for a year until he got asked to audition for the Tañón Band, a group that Olga Tañón was creating at the time.
After auditioning with 300 or 400 candidates, I was chosen as the last missing member for the group because it required four and there were only three. D’ William told us that he felt he had the world in his hands due to work with Olga Tañón, but unfortunately she decided to broke up the band because she had other plans. At that time, Pagan did not know what to do with his life because he thought he had already pursued the ultimate in his career, so he decided to turn his life around, enlist in the army and forget all music.
These years of his life contributed a lot to strengthen his discipline, but he also realized that he did not want to dedicate himself to military life forever. After he retired, he moved to Japan and lived there for about seven years, during that time he was introduced to Puerto Rican salsa thanks to some friends. He started singing salsa, but always saw music as sort of a hobby and not as something he wanted to do professionally.
He toured all over Japan with the Conquistando Orchestra and composed for other artists and various franchises, but nothing for himself. In 2010, he decided that he wanted to change that situation and recorded six salsa songs with the idea of moving to Puerto Rico thinking he was going to find the same country in the musical field. Then, all the songs recorded by him stayed on the hard drive of his computer and he could not do anything with them.
Unable to get a job, he decides to use his veteran’s benefits to complete his education, which leads him to study criminal justice and law. In 2018, a job opportunity as a lawyer for the federal government in Washington DC arose, so he moves there and meets some people who reconnect him with music thanks to his career in Japan.
When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, he finally made the decision to start his solo career and choose a stage name that referred to his real name, which led him to use D’ William. In September 2020, he recorded his first song titled “24 horas enteras” giving start to his solo career.
Why use merengue as a base for his music?
Although merengue has not had such a boom in recent years, D’ William is passionate about this genre that he never wanted to leave aside and even said that “a party without merengue is not a party”. The artist wanted to do something that included a tropical genre handled very well by him and he knows he was right about deciding on merengue, since he has observed a renaissance in the popularity of this set of rhythms with the help of artists such as Elvis Crespo, who was again seen in awards recently.
Music for millennial ears
D’ William points out that the most important elements of merengue will always be present in his work, but in his own words, ”the years and generations make the music evolve”. Since the performer did not want to stignate in the same thing, he tries to experiment with a new style of singing merengue and writes some of his lyrics with other genres in mind, such as dembow. He also incorporates kicks, snares, synthesizers and other sounds to reach millenial ears.
This combination of the above elements has made the reception to the artist’s music great.
Experience in Guatemala
D’ William also told us about the Estela Awards in Guatemala, which he did not knew nothing about until he was invited to attend. Once there, he noticed the importance of these awards for Central America, as they recognize the talent of Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico and many more.
He had the honor of being in its sixth edition and seeing how artists who did not have the opportunity to be in bigger events such as Billboard, Tu Música, Latin Grammy, among others, were awarded. Something very special about this year was the participation of a Puerto Rican delegation of for the first time in its history, in which D’ William was with several of his compatriots.
The reception of the public and press towards this group was great and they really enjoyed the show. They were so well received that they plan to return soon in December to continue delighting Guatemalans with their talent.
What did D’ William do during the pandemic?
D’ William told us that he did a lot of things for himself and other colleagues during the pandemic. He did a great collaboration on a track with Dominique Patrick Noel, a French percussionist with whom we had the pleasure to talk beforehand. They have done several songs together in which the Puerto Rican sings and does some arrangements with Noel.
He also sang with Eduardo Padua, who is a very famous Puerto Rican conguero in Virginia and Peruvian Andy Caseda.
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Shoemaker and shoe designer Carlo Farroni
We talked with shoemaker and shoe designer Carlo Farroni
In entertainment, singers, musicians and dancers are always the ones who show their faces to the audience, so they usually take the credit that comes from the final result, but there are many other professionals who also do their part so that a stage performance can be carried out, but unfortunately they do not get the recognition they deserve from the mass media.
Some of those professionals are shoemakers and shoe modelists, who offer absolute comfort and elegance to artists during their shows, especially when it comes to dancers. Today, we are going to bring the story of Mr. Carlos Farroni, who kindly agreed to talk to us and told us how he began in this interesting and important occupation.
How did you start your career as a shoemaker and shoe designer? (título 3)
Carlos Farroni tells us that he started his apprenticeship at the age of 20, namely more than four decades ago. All this training took place at the shoemaking institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Farroni’s native country, but it was not the only place responsible for teaching this man everything he knows today. He also combined his studies with certain tasks in an artisan footwear workshop, something that would be a great support to the knowledge gained within the field of formal education.
A few years later, he enbarked on a trip to Italy, where he worked in various areas of the creation of shoes, such as design and subsequent manufacturing, which was also extremely important for the Argentinean to continue learning how to navigate the world that has made him so well known.
Asked why he dedicates himself to the creation of special shoes to dance, he replied that he was carrying out exclusive footwear for theatre plays for many years, during this time his work started to become known in many parts of the world. After the quality of his products made news in many countries, many dancers started contacting Farroni to design exclusive shoes for them. It can be said that this is how he started the famous brand we know today.
How is your working methodology? (título3)
Regarding the production process, Mr. Farroni has revealed to us that everything is hand-made, which means that the tailoring, design, choice of materials, cutting, sewing, assembly and finished are handmade. In the same way, he ensures that the materials used for his products (most of the shoes are made of leather) are of excellent quality both in tanning and in thickness. This whole process is what makes the shoes look so professional and, at the same time, so comfortable and light as to allow the wearer to move freely.
It is also important to underline that the shoes handmade by Mr. Farroni’s brand can be used to dance every kind of musical genre without an problem. Obviously, tango dancers are the ones who most often seek out and promote these products, but there is no limit with regard to this detail. Anyone who wants the greatest elegance, sophistication and comfort at the moment of dance anything can contact Carlo Farroni, who will be happy to assist them and offer them the best of his work.
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