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Europe / October 2024

CZECHIA	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
	La Macumba Štefánikova 230/7 150 00 Prague, Czech Republic
FRANCE	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
Canela Club Latino Paris 77 Rue du Faubourg du temple 75010 Paris, France	Cuba Compagnie Café 48 BD Beaumarchais 75011 Paris, France	Cubana Café 47 rue Vavin 75006 Paris, France
La Pachanga Officiel 8, rue vandamme 75014 Paris, France	La Peña Saint Germain 3 passage de la Petite Boucherie 75006 Paris, France	Le Balajo 9 rue de Lappe 75011 Paris, France
Pachamama PARIS 46 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine 75012 Paris, France	Salseroparis 9 Rue du Petit Pont, 75005 Paris, France
GERMANY	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
Cascadas Ferdinandstr. 12 20095 Hamburg-Mitte, Germany	Havanna Berlin Hauptstr. 30 10827 Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany	La Macumba – The Real Latin Club in Hamburgs Adenauerallee 3 20097 Hamburg, Germany
Latin Palace Changó Münchener Strasse 57 60329 Frankfurt, Germany	Soda Club Berlin Schönhauser Allee 36 10435 Berlin, Germany
MALTA	Barrio Latino Malta Ghar il Lembi Street SLM1562 Sliema Central Region, Malta
POLAND	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
	Teatro Cubano Warsaw ul. Aleksandra Fredry 6 00-097 /> Warsaw, Poland
SPAIN	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
ACM CitY Carrer Can Pallarès 2, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08290 Barcelona, Spain	Antilla Barcelona C/ d’Aragó, 141 08015 Barcelona, Spain	Azúcar SalsaDisco Calle de Atocha, 107 28012 Madrid, Spain
Cuba Live Ramón y cajal número 2 07011 Palma de Mallorca, Spain	Discoteca El Son C. de la Victoria, 6 28012 Madrid, Spain	Discoteca Prisma C. de Alcalá, 192 28028 Madrid, Spain
El Edén Boliviano Carrer Gremi de Tintorers, 49A 07009 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain	Mojito Club Rosselló, 217 08008 Barcelona, Spain	Morena Barcelona calle 11 num.29 08860 Castelldefels, Spain

Qué Chimba Av. del Vallès, 117 08223 Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain	Sala Olvido C/ Olvido 15 28026 Madrid, Spain	Seven Dance (Dio Club) Carrer del Perill 10 08012 Barcelona, Spain
	The Host C/ Ferraz nº 38 28008 Madrid, Spain +34 918 05 36 48
UNITED KINGDOM	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
Bar Salsa Soho 96 Charing Cross Rd WC2H 0JG London, UK	Bar Salsa Temple Victoria Embankment, Temple WC2R 2PH London, UK	JUJU’s Bar & Stage Ely’s Yard 15 Hanbury Street E1 6QR London, UK
Revolucion de Cuba Leeds 64-68 Call Lane LS1 6DT Leeds, UK	The LightHouse Bar & Club 62 Rivington Street EC2A 3AY London, UK

EUROPE OCTOBER 2024 FESTIVALS by Karina Bernales
ALBANIA		Albania Kizomba Festival Oct 09 / 15 2024 Fafa Premium Hotel Golem, Albania 2504 € 88.09
BELGIUM		Omaloku Kizomba Congress Oct 31 / Nov 04 2024 Sportoase Philipssite Philipssite 6 Leuven, Belgium 3001 € 82.05
CYPRUS		Salsa Jam In Cyprus Oct 03 / 07 2024 The Olive Tree Hotel Inonu Caddesi Kyrenia, Cyprus 8099 € 70
CYPRUS		Vip Bachakizz Oct 17 / 21 2024 Concorde Luxury Resort Parsel 12 Bafra, Cyprus 99920 € 690
CZECHIA		Back 2 Mambo Prague Oct 17 / 21 2024 Empire Hall – Slovansky Dum Na Příkopě 22, Prague, Czech Republic,110 00 € 140
FRANCE		Toulouse Kizomba Festival Oct 11 / 13 2024 Le Bascala 12 Rue de la Briqueterie Bruguieres, France 31150 € 60
		KAMBA Kizomba Oct 25 / 28 2024 Relais Culturel Place Georges Pompidou Verrieres-en-Anjou, France 49480 € 50
		Global Tarraxo Paris Oct 31 / Nov 03 2024 Hotel Mercure 4 22 Av. de l’Europe Velizy, France 78140 € 50
		Diamond Bachata Oct 04 / 06 2024 Hôtel Logis Lyon Est 5 chemin du Pilon 01700 Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost, France € 80
GERMANY		Fiesta Latina XXL Oct 02 / 06 2024 The Atlantic Grand Hotel Travemünde Kaiserallee 2 Lubeck, Germany 23570
		Frankfurt Salsa Marathon Oct 03 / 07 2024 EDanceFever Frankfurter Strasse 121 Dreieich, Germany € 139
		Euro Sensual Festival Oct 11 / 13 2024 Hilton Dusseldorf Georg-Glock-Str. 20 Dusseldorf, Germany 40474 € 119
		Bachata Me Mucho Oct 11 / 13 2024 Circulo Dance Studio Rosenheimer Str. 139, Munich, Germany 81671 € 130
		DJ Got Us Oct 25 / 28 2024 Son Latino Tanzschule Gablonzer Str. 9 Karlsruhe, Germany 76185 € 81
		Bachata Explosion Oct 18 / 20 2024 Lakeside Night Club Wilkestraße 1 13507 Berlin Berlin, Germany € 75.99
		Bachata Zouk Royals Oct 25 / 27 2024 MAK Studios Kaiser Joseph Straße 268 Freiburg, Germany 79098 € 9
		Bachata Congress Oct 25 / 27 2024 Vereinshaus Scholastika LedererStr. 5 Munich, Germany € 115
GREECE		South Salsa Festival Oct 25 / 27 2024 Elite City Resort Navarinou 237 Kalamata, Greece 241 00 € 85
HUNGARY		Budapest Kizomba Connection Oct 24 / 28 2024 The Aquincum Hotel Árpád fejedelem útja 94 Budapest, Hungary 1036 € 120
HUNGARY		All Stars Festival Oct 31 / Nov 04 2024 The Aquincum Hotel Árpád fejedelem útja 94 Budapest, Hungary H-1036 € 85
ITALY	Promo	KiMa International Marche Oct 17 / 20 2024 Hotel Baia Flaminia & SPA Via Parigi, 8 Pesaro, Italy 61121 € 80
ITALY		Europe Bachata Festival Oct 24 / 28 2024 Tower Genova Airport Hotel & Conference Center Via Pionieri e Aviatori d’Italia, 44 Gonova, Italy 16154 € 99
LITHUANIA		Vilnius Bachata Festival Oct 11 / 14 2024 Vilniaus Lenkų Kultūros Namai Naugarduko gatvė 76 Vilnius, Lithuania 03202 € 90
POLAND		Cuban Festival Oct 04 / 06 2024 Airport Hotel Okecie Komitetu Obrony Robotników 24 Warsaw, Poland € 80
POLAND		Poland Dance Festival Oct 17 / 21 2024 Premier Kraków Hotel 33rd Degree Conference Krakow, Poland 31-323 € 66.95
SPAIN		On1 Salsa Festival Oct 04 / 06 2024 Hotel Isla de la Garena C. Galileo Galilei, 18 Madrid, Spain 28806 € 40
		Madrid Esencia Festival Oct 18 / 20 2024 Hotel Occidental Aranjuez Plaza de la Unesco, 2, Aranjuez Madrid, Spain 28300 € 60
		La Negra Oct 24 / 27 2024 Hotel AR Diamante Beach Spa Av. Juan Carlos I, 48, Calp Alicante, Spain 03710 € 109
		Afro Festival Oct 01 / 08 2024 Hotel MS Amaragua 23 Calle Nidos, Torremolinos Malaga, Spain 29620 € 102,56
		Azembora Oct 02 / 07 2024 Hotel Alua Tenerife C. Antonio Ruiz Alvarez, 7 Tenerife, Spain 38400 € 70
		Kizomba Open Festival Oct 24 / 28 2024 Hotel Occidental Aranjuez Pl. de la Unesco, 2 Madrid, Spain 28300 € 75
		KizomBachata Oct 24 / 27 2024 Barceló Punta Umbría Beach Resort Avenida del Decano s/n Punta Umbria, Spain,21100 € 60
		Kizomba Queen Festival Oct 31 / Nov 04 2024 Hotel Occidental Torremolinos Playa C. la Toja, 25, Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain 29620 € 115
TURKEY		Istanbul Social Dance Marathon Oct 09 / 14 2024 Elite World Grand İstanbul Küçükyalı Aydınevler, İnönü Cd. No:22 Istanbul, Turkey 34854 € 100
UNITED KINGDOM		DUKE Oct 18 / 21 2024 MidKent College Medway Campus, Medway Rd. Gillingham, United Kingdom ME7 1FN £ 80

Europe / July 2024

FRANCE	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
Salsabor Paris 31 rue Chapon 75003 Paris, France +33 1 42 71 61 61	Salseroparis 9 Rue du Petit Pont, 75005 Paris, France +33 6 50 16 74 76	La Peña Saint Germain 3 passage de la Petite Boucherie 75006 Paris, France +33 1 46 33 19 89
Cubana Café 47 rue Vavin 75006 Paris, France +33 1 40 46 80 81	Canela Club Latino Paris 77 Rue du Faubourg du temple 75010 Paris, France +33 6 46 78 28 35	Le Balajo 9 rue de Lappe 75011 Paris, France +33 01 47 00 07 87
La Pachanga Officiel 8, rue vandamme 75014 Paris, France +33 1 40 47 63 69	Pachamama PARIS 46 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine 75012 Paris, France +33 1 55 78 10 00	Cuba Compagnie Café 48 BD Beaumarchais 75011 Paris, France +33 1 48 06 07 11
	O’Sullivans Backstage By The Mill 92 Boulevard de Clichy 75018 Paris, France +33 1 53 09 08 49
GERMANY	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
Clärchens Ballhaus Auguststraße 24 10117 Berlin, Germany +49 30 555785440	Havanna Berlin Hauptstr. 30 10827 Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany +49 30 78899655	Soda Club Berlin Schönhauser Allee 36 10435 Berlin, Germany +49 30 44056071
Zapatissimo Dance School Kolonnenstrasse 29 10829 Berlin, Germany +49 176 20470772	Brotfabrik Frankfurt Bachmannstr. 2-4 60488 Frankfurt, Germany +49 69 24790800	Latin Palace Changó Münchener Strasse 57 60329 Frankfurt, Germany +49 69 27220807
	Cascadas Ferdinandstr. 12 20095 Hamburg-Mitte, Germany +49 69 27220807
SPAIN	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
ACM CitY Carrer Can Pallarès 2, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08290 Barcelona, Spain +34 675 30 26 64	Antilla Barcelona C/ d’Aragó, 141 08015 Barcelona, Spain +34 610 90 05 58	Mojito Club Rosselló, 217 08008 Barcelona, Spain +34 654 20 10 06
Morena Barcelona calle 11 num.29 08860 Castelldefels, Spain +34 691 46 57 72	¡Qué Chimba! Av. del Vallès, 117 08223 Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain	Seven Dance (Dio Club) Carrer del Perill 10 08012 Barcelona, Spain +34 934 51 61 18
Azúcar SalsaDisco Calle de Atocha, 107 28012 Madrid, Spain +34 639 64 29 06	Discoteca El Son C. de la Victoria, 6 28012 Madrid, Spain +34 671 05 67 91	Discoteca Prisma C. de Alcalá, 192 28028 Madrid, Spain +34 638 92 16 98
Sala Olvido C/ Olvido 15 28026 Madrid, Spain +34 619 22 29 19	The Host C/ Ferraz nº 38 28008 Madrid, Spain +34 918 05 36 48	Cuba Live Ramón y cajal número 2 07011 Palma de Mallorca, Spain +34 618 86 78 20
	El Edén Boliviano Carrer Gremi de Tintorers, 49A 07009 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain +34 676 64 68 26
UNITED KINGDOM	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
Rosies Birmingham 259-262 Broad St B1 2HF Birmingham, UK +44 121 632 4936	Revolucion de Cuba Leeds 64-68 Call Lane LS1 6DT Leeds, UK +44 113 350 6556	All Stars Salsa Fridays 122 Oakleigh Road North N20 9EZ London, UK +44 7956 941172
Bar Salsa Soho 96 Charing Cross Rd WC2H 0JG London, UK +44 20 7379 3277	Bar Salsa Temple Victoria Embankment, Temple WC2R 2PH London, UK +44 20 7395 3690	Earl’s Court Salsa & Bachata Club St Philips Church, Upper Grand Hall, Earls Court Road W86QH Earl’s Court, UK +44 7831 715368
JUJU’s Bar & Stage Ely’s Yard 15 Hanbury Street E1 6QR London, UK +44 020 7770 6109	The LightHouse Bar & Club 62 Rivington Street EC2A 3AY London, UK +44 20 3325 9745	Wimbledon Salsa & Bachata Club Drake House, 44 ST George Road EC2A 3AY London, UK +44 7831 715368

Promo Aquae Flaviae 2024

JULY 2024 FESTIVALS by Karina Bernales
FRANCE		Kizomba Castle Exkiz Jul 11 / 14 2024 Chateau de Montbraye Route de Brette Les Pins Parigne , France,72250 € 61.54
		2K Festival Jul 19 / 21 2024 Palais des Congrès Place de l’Hermitage Touquet-Paris-Plage, France,62520
		Tempo Latino July 25 / 27 – 28, 2024 Vic-Fezensac 31 Avenue Edmond Bergès 32190 Vic-Fezensac, France €441.10
GERMANY		Bachata Explosion Jul 26 / 28 2024 Prinzenstraße 1 Berlin, Germany,10969 €75.00 + 0.90
GREECE		Sensual Summer Weekend Jul 12 / 14 2024 Peristeri Exhinition Center Dodekanisou 106 Peristeri, Greece,12134 € 70
HUNGARY		Hungarian Summer Salsa Jul 02 / 08 2024 Balaton Conference Center Horvath Mihaly St. Balatonfured, Hungary,8230 € 127
LITHUANIA		Vilnius Kizomba Summer Jul 11 / 14 2024 Ponas Tadas Hotel Naugarduko g. 76 Vilnius, Lithuania,03202 € 60
NETHERLANDS		Adam Bachata Experience Jul / 15 2024 CanDance Studios 28 Isolatorweg Amsterdam, Netherlands,1014 AS € 95
		Amsterdam Sensual Dance Fest Jul 19 / 21 2024 CanDance Studios 28 Isolatorweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands,1014 AS € 120
		Viva Kizomba Amsterdam Jul 31 / Aug 05 2024 Van Der Valk Hotel Rijksweg A 4 Nr 3 Amsterdam, Netherlands,2132 MA € 124.36
POLAND		BachataStars Poland Jul 05 / 07 Warszawski Dom Technika NOT ul.T.Czackiego 3/5 Warsaw, Poland,00-0432024 € 61
		Kizz Me More Jul 11 / 14 2024 Novotel Warszawa Airport 1 Sierpnia 1 Warsaw, Poland,02-134 € 75
		Bailame! Summer Jul 19 / 22 2024 Studio Club Witolda Budryka 4 Cracow, Poland,30-072 € 66
SLOVENIA		Salsa Dance Festival Jul 23 / 29 2024 St. Bernardin Oballa 2, SI Porto Rose, Slovenia,6320 € 119
SPAIN		Loves Kizomba Jul 03 / 08 2024 Hotel Abades Benacazón Carr. Sevilla-Huelva, km 16 Benacazon, Spain,41805 € 97
		Love Dance Jul 05 / 07 2024 Hotel Don Angel Carrer del Pla de la Torre, 14 Santa Susana, Spain,08398 € 89
		Dance HOT Weekend Jul 26 / 29 2024 Hotel Don Angel Carrer del Pla de la Torre, 14, Santa Susanna Barcelona, Spain,098398 € 90
SWITZERLAND		Geneva French Kizz Jul 19 / 22 2024 Mövenpick Hotel & Resorts Genėve Rte de Pré-Bois 20 Geneva, Switzerland,1215 € 90
UNITED KINGDOM		Summer Salsa Weekender Jul 05 / 08 2024 Prince of Wales Hotel Southport Lord St. Southport, United Kingdom,PR8 1JS £ 85
		Latin Notion Jul 05 / 07 2024 Brighthelm Centre Brighton And Hove, North Rd, Brighton And Hove Brighton, United Kingdom,BN1 1YD
		London Salsa Marathon Jul 26 / 29 2024 Haverstock School 24 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm London , United Kingdom,NW3 2BQ £ 99
		So We Kiz Congress Jul 26 / 29 2024 University of the West of England Bristol, United Kingdom,BS16 1QY £ 80

Ismaray Chacón Tejeda

Latin America / Cuba

Ismaray Chacón Tejeda, a cuban who carries the betrayal of her land and her family throughout the world

When it comes to dances, rhythms and sounds, it is impossible not to take as a reference the island with the most impact in the world of dance in the entire world, the beautiful island of Cuba, how many countries are not nourished by all the culture that this pearl of the Caribbean It allows us to see with its cultural roots, it seems that on the day of creation they left in Cuba all the musical dance creativity that they had.

Today we will be talking with one of the distinguished artists of the Cuban cultural movement in Europe, a member of a family legacy in Cuba, the so-called aspirins, we are talking about Ismaray Chacón Tejeda, a Piscean eradicated in Switzerland.

Welcome and always grateful for opening the doors of your life to make it known to our readers and your followers, we are going to get to know you a little.

Thank you for this great opportunity sir.

Ismaray let’s start by talking about the roots of your country. Do you live for folklore or do you enjoy it?

I enjoy it and at the same time I live it, it satisfies me is transmitting it and having the greatest result that a teacher can have, seeing the progress of the students, knowing that they deepen and feel identified with my culture, with my dance.

What does folklore mean in your life?

My identity as Cuban. It is life, feeling, experience… Everything!!

How was the idea of being part of the dance world born in you?

I was born and raised in that environment for my family. My grandfather rehearsed every week at home with his group and I didn’t miss a concert. I am the result of that environment.

How long study and career?

Professionally I started at the age of 17, after I left the School of Art Instructors (EIA), which I could not finish, I auditioned in a group called Obini Bata (Bata Woman). This group and my family were my true school. Look, we rehearsed twice a week all day where we learned the different taps, songs and dances plus the rehearsal of the group for the weekly function, the other days I practiced with my family, or I attended a drum, güiro or cajon (religious festivals) . All that mix was very important to me as it gave me the foundation for my career.

How many countries have you traveled making known the culture of your Island?

Uff!… (Between laughter and emotion) I have really been very lucky to visit many and repeatedly. Singapore, Russia, Morocco, Israel, France, Italy, Spain, England, Sweden, Finland, Peru, Denmark, Poland, Serbia, Germany, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Ukraine, Switzerland, among others. I would like to go to the brother countries of Latin America and be able to exchange cultures. I went to Mexico but only on vacation.

What countries have you not visited that you would like to know?

Colombia, Argentina, USA, Africa (Nigeria, Congo), Dubai, China, Japan, India, Venezuela and other Latin countries, hopefully I can. Hey, let the promoters know (between laughs)

The Casino (Cuban Salsa), the rumba or the Afro-Cuban?

What comes to mind when you hear the name Luis Chacón Mendive?

Phew!… my map, my friend, the example to follow, my teacher, my idol, my little green old man, my adoration.

You have a traditional surname and a lot of renown in Cuba. At some point in your training was it a requirement or a motivation?

Yes, it was both. A motivation because it is a great pride for me to belong to this important family and to have that experience, which made me lean towards this side of dance, but at the same time, a challenge because I grew up with my grandfather and my father and every time I had to work, the other artists always said…

that’s Aspirin’s granddaughter… Koky’s daughter… There were those who trusted that I would do a good job, but there were also those who wanted to see if I was up to the job. that last name. Sometimes even though I don’t like to be the center of attention, I had to show it and be a fool as we say in Cuba.

congress and competition with Ismaray Chacón Tejeda

Why Aspirin?

Many say that when they see us play, dance or sing, their headaches go away hahahaha. In truth, it was from the great Aspirin who worked at that time and the boss always had pain in his teeth and sent him to the pharmacy to buy Aspirin. As it was very often, from there he got the nickname.

Do your dream and your reality go hand in hand? Did you dream of having another profession?

Today I can say yes. Being an artist was one of my dreams of the many I have. I remember when I was a child I wanted to be a flight attendant to travel the world and learn about other cultures, today I am lucky to travel carrying my culture and exchanging, I managed to be a flight attendant but in my own style. I’m very lucky.

What has the dance world given you and what has it taken from you?

It has not taken anything away from me, on the contrary, in addition to meeting so many beautiful people, it has given me life, emotions, sacrifices that today help me to value things more, it keeps me healthy and when I execute it, from that moment on all my problems they leave…it’s my therapy.

If you were born again, would you go back to dancing? Why?

Yes, a thousand times. Because art in general is a way of expressing what we feel, in the case of dance, we express it and transmit it with our body….it is life!

Photo of Ismaray Chacón Tejeda in a social

How is Cuban folklore currently spread in the world? Are lines of the original traditions maintained?

Well… this topic is very open and with different points of view, and the word Folklore says it all… In Cuba we have the Afro-Cuban and the Cuban, my point of view to summarize it in a few words, is an oral culture that was always transmitted through generations and family traditions, there is no book like in classical music where everything is written, rather what was seen that older people were doing was repeated, of course everything evolves and transforms over time of the generations even what is sung, the touches or their dances.

But in a certain way patterns are created to follow. I think that in order to spread it and teach it, it is important to know the basics and from there I totally agree with the evolutions, mixtures and others. We just have to be careful not to mistreat it.

What new projects could you share with us?

I currently live in Switzerland although I feel that I must start a new stage of my life in another European country. I also hope one day to be able to return to my country, be with my family and from there continue in the art that is what I love. For now I continue teaching and transmitting my culture throughout the world, already happily married I would like to have the blessing of one day having my family. Together with my husband Serguei Yera Madera, singer of La Reve, we want to continue developing our careers. We keep making history 😉

Grateful for letting us enter a very small corner of your life, we see that you are a true lover of your culture, we hope to continue seeing you succeed in the whole world. For our readers, you already know that this beautiful artist can be followed on her social networks.

Photo of Ismaray Chacón Tejeda and his family

Europe / June 2024

FRANCE	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
Salsabor Paris 31 rue Chapon 75003 Paris, France +33 1 42 71 61 61	Salseroparis 9 Rue du Petit Pont, 75005 Paris, France +33 6 50 16 74 76	La Peña Saint Germain 3 passage de la Petite Boucherie 75006 Paris, France +33 1 46 33 19 89
Cubana Café 47 rue Vavin 75006 Paris, France +33 1 40 46 80 81	Canela Club Latino Paris 77 Rue du Faubourg du temple 75010 Paris, France +33 6 46 78 28 35	Le Balajo 9 rue de Lappe 75011 Paris, France +33 01 47 00 07 87
La Pachanga Officiel 8, rue vandamme 75014 Paris, France +33 1 40 47 63 69	Pachamama PARIS 46 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine 75012 Paris, France +33 1 55 78 10 00	Cuba Compagnie Café 48 BD Beaumarchais 75011 Paris, France +33 1 48 06 07 11
	O’Sullivans Backstage By The Mill 92 Boulevard de Clichy 75018 Paris, France +33 1 53 09 08 49
GERMANY	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
Clärchens Ballhaus Auguststraße 24 10117 Berlin, Germany +49 30 555785440	Havanna Berlin Hauptstr. 30 10827 Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany +49 30 78899655	Soda Club Berlin Schönhauser Allee 36 10435 Berlin, Germany +49 30 44056071
Zapatissimo Dance School Kolonnenstrasse 29 10829 Berlin, Germany +49 176 20470772	Brotfabrik Frankfurt Bachmannstr. 2-4 60488 Frankfurt, Germany +49 69 24790800	Latin Palace Changó Münchener Strasse 57 60329 Frankfurt, Germany +49 69 27220807
	Cascadas Ferdinandstr. 12 20095 Hamburg-Mitte, Germany +49 69 27220807
SPAIN	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
ACM CitY Carrer Can Pallarès 2, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08290 Barcelona, Spain +34 675 30 26 64	Antilla Barcelona C/ d’Aragó, 141 08015 Barcelona, Spain +34 610 90 05 58	Mojito Club Rosselló, 217 08008 Barcelona, Spain +34 654 20 10 06
Morena Barcelona calle 11 num.29 08860 Castelldefels, Spain +34 691 46 57 72	¡Qué Chimba! Av. del Vallès, 117 08223 Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain	Seven Dance (Dio Club) Carrer del Perill 10 08012 Barcelona, Spain +34 934 51 61 18
Azúcar SalsaDisco Calle de Atocha, 107 28012 Madrid, Spain +34 639 64 29 06	Discoteca El Son C. de la Victoria, 6 28012 Madrid, Spain +34 671 05 67 91	Discoteca Prisma C. de Alcalá, 192 28028 Madrid, Spain +34 638 92 16 98
Sala Olvido C/ Olvido 15 28026 Madrid, Spain +34 619 22 29 19	The Host C/ Ferraz nº 38 28008 Madrid, Spain +34 918 05 36 48	Cuba Live Ramón y cajal número 2 07011 Palma de Mallorca, Spain +34 618 86 78 20
	El Edén Boliviano Carrer Gremi de Tintorers, 49A 07009 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain +34 676 64 68 26
UNITED KINGDOM	DIRECTORY OF NIGHTCLUBS
Rosies Birmingham 259-262 Broad St B1 2HF Birmingham, UK +44 121 632 4936	Revolucion de Cuba Leeds 64-68 Call Lane LS1 6DT Leeds, UK +44 113 350 6556	All Stars Salsa Fridays 122 Oakleigh Road North N20 9EZ London, UK +44 7956 941172
Bar Salsa Soho 96 Charing Cross Rd WC2H 0JG London, UK +44 20 7379 3277	Bar Salsa Temple Victoria Embankment, Temple WC2R 2PH London, UK +44 20 7395 3690	Earl’s Court Salsa & Bachata Club St Philips Church, Upper Grand Hall, Earls Court Road W86QH Earl’s Court, UK +44 7831 715368
JUJU’s Bar & Stage Ely’s Yard 15 Hanbury Street E1 6QR London, UK +44 020 7770 6109	The LightHouse Bar & Club 62 Rivington Street EC2A 3AY London, UK +44 20 3325 9745	Wimbledon Salsa & Bachata Club Drake House, 44 ST George Road EC2A 3AY London, UK +44 7831 715368

Promo Aquae Flaviae 2024

JUNE 2024 FESTIVALS by Karina Bernales
BULGARIA		Sunny Bachata Jun 24 / Jul 01 2024 Grand Hotel Pomorie – Medical Spa 5 Prof. Stoyanov St Pomorie, Bulgaria 8200 € 120
CROATIA		Croatian Summer Salsa Festival Jun 10 / 16 2024 Resort Villas Rubin Villas Rubin Rovinj, Croatia 52210 € 185
FRANCE		Kizomba Gala Challenge Jun 06 / 10 2024 The Career 2 bis, Rue du Souvenir Français Saint Herblain, France 44800 € 71,79
		Camargue Bachata Zouk Jun 21 / 23 2024 Hotel Les chambres de la Tour Avenue d’Aigues-mortes Saint-Laurent-d’Aigouze, France 30220 € 85
		Annecy Bachata Lake Festival Jun / Jul 01 2024 Pré du Lac – Ternélia 209 impasse des Champs fleuris Saint-Jorioz, France € 89
		Only Salsa Jun 07 / 09 2024 Hotel Robert Vergnaud Village Hall Rue des Ecoles Rivedoux-Plage, France 17940 € 179
GERMANY		Adicto: Berlin Bachata Festival Jun 21 / 23 2024 Atelier Gardens Oberlandstraße 26-35 Berlin, Germany € 79.00
LITHUANIA		Kaunas Bachata Festival Jun 06 / 09 2024 BLC – Business Leaders Centre K. Donelaicio st. 60 Kaunas, Lithuania 44243 € 120
NETHERLANDS		Kizzvenlo Kizomba Congress Jun 20 / 23 2024 Horster Fabriek Venrayseweg 116, Horst Netherlands 5961 AJ €70.00 + 1.00 fee
PORTUGAL		Estrutura Kizomba Summer Jun 06 / 09 2024 Hotel Casino Chaves Lugar do Extremo – Vale de Anta Chaves, Portugal 5400-001 € 70
		Aquae Flaviae International Congress Jun 14 / 16 2024 Hotel Premium Chaves-Aquae Flaviae Praça Brasil Chaves, Portugal 5400-123 € 75
		Kizombada Jun 07 / 10 2024 Jazzy Dance Studios R. Alm. Barroso 52ª Lisbon, Portugal 1000-013 € 72.50 + € 2.99 booking fee
SPAIN		BLO Dance Festival Jun 07 / 09 2024 Hotel Servigroup Koral Beach Passeig Marítim del Mediterrani, 43 Orpesa Castelló, Spain 12594 € 60
		Latin Dance Summer Edition Jun 07 / 09 2024 Evenia Olympic Resort Semyora de Rossell 35 Lloret de Mar, Spain 17310 € 89
		Urban Bachata Festival Jun 14 / 16 2024 Hotel Occidental Aranjuez Plaza de la Unesco 2 Aranjuez, Spain 28300 € 90
		Splash Kizomba Festival Jun 20 / 23 2024 Hotel Gandia Palace C/ Rioja 41-43 Gandia, Spain 46730 € 45
SWEDEN		Sweden Summer Kiz Jun 06 / 09 2024 Dance Studio Sveavägen 128 Stockholm, Sweden 113 50
UNITED KINGDOM		Ginga Boo UK Kizz Festival Jun 07 / 09 2024 Cornerstones Church 300 Saxon Gate, Milton Keynes United Kingdom,MK9 2ES £ 77

Pancho Quinto is considered one of Cuba’s great rumberos

On April 23, 1933, in the Havana neighborhood of Belen, Francisco Hernandez Mora, known as “Pancho Quinto”, was born.

Remembered man of the Cuban rumba to which he imprinted his own styles.

Pancho Quinto es considerado como uno de los grandes rumberos de Cuba

He accompanied for a long time with his percussion the Las D’Aida Quartet and the Canadian artist Jane Bunnett.

Considered as one of the great rumberos of Cuba by introducing new styles in the Cuban rumba whose artistic baptism was given in the famous comparsa of Los Dandys.

He performed in several groups such as Los Componentes de Batea, Los Guaracheros de Regla and other groups whose banner was the tambor bata, he had a brief stint with the Sonora Matancera and played in the orchestra that accompanied the Cuarteto Las D’Aida at the Tropicana Club.

Later he founded the Guaguancó Marítimo Portuario, a group that became the popular Yoruba group Andaba, which performed with the Canadian artist Jane Bunnett, with whom Pancho Quinto collaborated in other productions, and in the twilight of his career he had three productions as a soloist. This rumbero percussionist lived 71 years.

He was preceded by the sonorous echo of Pablo Roche’s bata lucumí juramentados. Such was the heritage that little Pancho gathered when he arrived in this world in the arms of his great-grandmother Camila, with no other identity than his African blood and his diagonal marks on his face, as was the ancestral custom of his family Ilé in the Gold Coast.

That night the conch shells spoke, and from that moment the child was consecrated to the deity of Shangó, god of music and drums.

He received on his right wrist a leather strap with fine bells, which, according to custom, would protect him and his drums from the bad influences of destiny.

Perhaps that is the reason why Pancho Kinto, when he played, knew that his music reached his ancestors in Oyó, beyond time, light and the Atlantic.

This man, a port man for most of his life, inherited the natural wisdom of those princes who came as slaves to Cuba.

In Pancho’s veins runs the blood of Añadí, a respectable warrior in his tribe who adopted the name of Año Juan in the Cuban sugar mills, that of Atandá, olú batá and drum sculptor in the Yoruba people. He was known here as ño Filomeno.

Both built and endowed with religious foundations the first set of bata drum that was born in the island, and from that remote time the sacred song of the orchestra consecrated to the lucumí altar was heard.

Un 23 de abril de 1933 en el habanero barrio de Belén, nació Francisco Hernández Mora, conocido como Pancho Quinto.

It could be said that they were the survivors of the total of slaves that arrived to America, there is an estimate of fifteen million according to data that I heard the Cuban investigator Leovigildo Lopez say when the first Yoruba congress, celebrated in the Palace of the Conventions in Havana.

But to that fantasy that leads men to the inspiration of that mysterious and mythical love towards life, to that renewed and novel way of singing, dancing, playing, turning the palpable into spiritual and the intangible into vital, men like Francisco Hernández Mora pay tribute, exponent of those traditions that merged in our continent and whose result is none other than the embrace between blacks and whites, although there are groups or castes that do not assimilate it as it is.

I learned a lot with Pablo,” said Pancho in this interview in 1994, when he was just beginning to play with flutist Janet Brunet, with whom he toured internationally, recorded and filmed in Canada.

Pablo was called Akilakua, powerful arm, he was a big black man, he goes on talking, with all gold teeth, ugly as his mother’s pussy, but with something special in his personality.

Of the historical drums he commented that they passed from the hands of the olú batá Andrés Roche to those of his son, later considered one of the greatest bataleros of these times.

Pablo’s father was called the Sublime, because of the way he played the original African bata, he did whatever he wanted with those hands. he added.

Paradoxically, the life of both has always been an unknown for those who try to unravel it or look for a chronological order, as it has almost always happened with many rumberos and composers, I am thinking now of Tío Tom or Chavalonga, but that is not the subject now, What I want to say is that these musicians have been teachers and inspiration for a pleiad of Cuban artists and of other nationalities that with luck have heard of the touches of those drums that officiated in the sacred ceremonies of the orisha pantheons.

From those drums, he commented, were born all the drum sets of secret foundation, because from one is born another, like children.

Among the batá there are two forms, the religious and the aberikula or Jewish, which can even be played by women. Of the old consecrated batá aña there are a few games left in Cuba, but many Jews have emerged, and have lost their orthodox character to serve in many cases for secular parties or to accompany orchestras in public.

Recordado hombre de la rumba cubana a la cuál le imprimió sus propios estilos

Pancho kinto played with those sworn drums when in the town council of Regla they took out the procession of the virgin, although it was Jesus Perez, another of Roche’s students, to whom it corresponded to offer the first public concert with a robe orchestra, a sacrilege for many at that time, and much more if it was an act in the Aula Magna of the University of Havana.

However, five decades after the writer and ethnologist Fernando Ortiz sponsored that concert, Pancho Kinto played the bata in the same university campus to pay homage to the memory of his ancestors with his sonority.

Pancho was a Cuban musician who learned to play quintiar from a very young age and along with this he made his drums and cajones in his own way, his own inventions, as he said, playing the tumbador with a spoon in his left hand, he was just a party of bata and cajon, I saw him do that many times in the fabulous rumbas that were celebrated in a lot in Campanario, where the group Yoruba Andabo used to meet in its beginnings.

There he became known for being a member of the Cayo Hueso group, but Pancho had been playing with them since they were Guaguancó Marítimo Portuario in the port of Havana.

Originally they were Geovani del Pino, Chang, el Chori, Palito, Fariñas, Callava, Marino, Pancho and others, many are gone forever like Pancho, whose unexpected death surprised everyone on February 11, 2005.

Of those anthological sarayeyeos remains the pleasure of the memory, the pleasant memory of the controversies of the quinto and the columbia dancer, the fraternal brawls between the guanguancó improvisers and the masterful recital of Pancho Kinto with the batá and the cajón.

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On April 23, 1933, in the Havana neighborhood of Belen, Francisco Hernandez Mora, known as “Pancho Quinto”, was born.

In Pancho’s veins runs the blood of Añadí, a respectable warrior in his tribe who adopted the name of Año Juan in the Cuban sugar mills, that of Atandá, olú batá and drum sculptor in the Yoruba people. He was known here as ño Filomeno.

Of those anthological sarayeyeos remains the pleasure of the memory, the pleasant memory of the controversies of the quinto and the columbia dancer, the fraternal brawls between the guanguancó improvisers and the masterful recital of Pancho Kinto with the batá and the cajón.