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Tips for dancing salsa with style and elegance

Dance tips for salsa

Elegance and good taste are very personal aspects for each of us, since we all perceive the world in a very different way. We can have some rather general ideas of what to be regarded as elegant and what not, but we are never going to agree on everything. This can be applied very well any aspect of life, but today we are going to focus on music. 

For several years, salsa was seen as a low-level and often vulgar musical rhythm, dancing it in certain circles of society was not well received by a number of people. Fortunately, all that has changed radically in the last decades. What is even more, this Latin genre has earned so much prestige that it is now present in those same social circles that rejected it before. However, dancing salsa with a lot of class is not as easy as it is believed. 

If it is true that this type of music is no longer perceived as vulgar, there are certain aspects to take into account when dancing it with great style and subtlety. 

Tips for dancing salsa with style and elegance 

One of the most important details to be in mind is good coordination between the members of the couple and the memory of an elephant that allow those involved to learn all the steps in the best way possible. Additional to that, one has to adapt to certain rules so that everything turns out as planned during the dance. 

Learn the most basic you need to dance salsa 

Dancing salsa with elegance and style
Two young people dancing salsa

First thing that should be taken into account is the learning the most basic things and their execution in the best way possible. One of the best-known characteristics of salsa is that it consists of three basic steps of a short sequence that are danced in a 4/4 beat. After having mastered this structure, dancers are trained to add more complexity to their movements. 

Hear and understand the rhythm and the time 

If you want to dance salsa with style, you have to understand music and rhythms as much as possible. The rhythms, the times and speed are the aspects that help dancers to coordinate their movements in the right way. If there is some ne interested in learning to dance salsa that feels that he is completely lost, he can start listening to salsa a lot more often. This will help him immensely to better understand this music and the rhythms that make it up. 

What you have to do during learning ballroom dances 

Dance tips for salsa
Young couple dancing salsa

If there is something that should never be missing in salsa is the partner dance, which makes this musical genre a much more pleasant experience for the two members of the dance couple. If they both want to dance as well as possible, they must understand each other’s movements to perfection. In the same way, both the man and his partner must perfectly understand each other’s speed and movements in order to anticipate them. In this sense, the members of the dance will be able to achieve a good harmony, which is an essential detail to achieve success in this sensual dance. 

After future dancers have followed these tips, they will be trained to demonstrate their dancing skills on the dance floor. 

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San Clemente Salsa Congress

Salsa San Clemente 2020 Congress online starts today:

The month of December 2020 has already begun, a very difficult year for everyone worldwide due to the covid-19 pandemic that hit us all at the end of 2019 and others in 2020; despite the fact that our lifestyle has changed at all levels (social, economic and political); However, this did not stop our activities but with more caution when doing them, including the use of the Internet to do work at home in most jobs.

Already adapting and looking for a way to try to make these quarantine times more pleasant and not monotonous of routine life at home, many events have been carried out with great success online since people enjoy recreational activities and there is nothing better than an event especially if it is musical that one can attend without putting oneself in danger of being infected.

Among the events that will be held in December 2020, one will be held in Argentina, from December four (4) to eight (8), the San Clemente Salsa Congress 2020 Online, where the Workshops will be held every day, music live, shows, presentation of live DJs, interaction with the public and raffles.

San Clemente Salsa Congress 2020 Online
San Clemente Salsa Congress – Artists

Its name derives from the Argentine seaside resort and tourist city of La Costa in the province of Buenos Aires, called San Clemente del Tuyú, which is located on the northern coast of the Argentine Sea. Its organizer is Mr. Gerardo Osvaldo Russo who was born on July 3, 1984 who lives in the beautiful city of San Clemente del Tuyu, who in turn is the director of the Salsa y Sentimiento Academy and has extensive experience in the tropical musical genre already performed by the Caribbean Rhythms faculty in the “SAOCO” study.

It would be this year the seventh (7th) International Congress of Salsa, Bachata and Caribbean Rhythms and in turn known as the most important congress of the Atlantic Coast, Argentina, only this time due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation it will be held Online for the safety of your guests

The schedule of activities would be as follows:

  • Friday 4: the presentation of the congress will be held, live music with Cuban singer Elena Guarner and DJ Charlie Ayestaran, shows and talks will be held with the subscribed guests.
  • Saturday 5:
    • 14:00 hrs: musicality with Mauro Álvarez
    • 15:00 hrs: Rumba / Guaguanco with Adriel and Malena.
    • 16:00 hrs: Mambo in two / free steps with Martin Ayrala.
    • 17:00 hrs: Musical Interpretation with Carlos Aragón and Gustavo Pinat.
    • At night there will be live music with Mariano Ávila (Argentine singer), then choreographic shows, talks, raffles and DJ Caramelo will be playing.
  • Sunday 6:
    • 15:00 hrs: Bachata / shines and figures with Paula Urquiza and Gabriel Zamora.
    • 16:00 hrs: Cha cha cha / free steps with Sole Martino and Diego Castro.
    • 17:00 hrs: Salsa on 1 / Shines and figures with Carine Moraes and Rafael Barros.
    • At night there will be live music with Aye Soto, Argentine bachata singer, then choreographic shows, talks, raffles and DJ John Moon will be playing.
  • Monday 7:
    • 14:00 hrs: Timba with Tati Barbosa and Dani Escobar.
    • 15:00 hrs: Salsa On 2 with the Timbaleros
    • 16:00 hrs: Latin Training with Gabriela Mancini
    • 17:00 hrs: Dominican Bachata with Leticia Beltran and Gabriel Salgado.
    • At night there will be live music with the Chasumadre Orchestra, talks, shows, choreography and raffles.
  • Tuesday 8:
    • 15:00 hrs: Casino wheel with Adrian Doblas.
    • 16:00 hrs: Bachata / shines and figures with Mauricio and Natalia
    • 17:00 hrs: Timba with Celina and Lucho.

Subscription is 100% free and live a healthy and safe adventure inside your home, just by having your computer and internet access, do not miss this great opportunity.

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Hanny the Voice of Cuba for the world

Leosbel Jiménez Licea is Hanny the Voice of Cuba

Born on July 8, 1972, Havana Cuba in the Vedado neighborhood. For the love of the songs I used to listen to on the radio at home, the love for music was born, especially for the guitar. That’s why since I was 4 years old all my toys were musical instruments, a drum set, drums, harmonicas, triolas, until I had a little toy guitar with which I used to invent concerts on the balcony of my house, the neighbors would pass by and laugh when they saw me so small believing me to be a star.

Leosbel Jiménez Licea Born on July 8, 1972, Havana Cuba in the Vedado neighborhood By the passion to the songs that I listened at home on the radio was born the love for music especially for the guitar, so since 4 years old all my toys were musical instruments, a battery, drums, harmonicas, triolas until I had a toy guitar with which I invented concerts on the balcony of the house, the neighbors passed and laughed to see me so small believing me a star Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Leosbel Jiménez Licea

Hanny the Voice of Cuba

9 years old, I begin to study the basics of the guitar in the house of culture of the neighborhood at the same time that I was practicing fencing, at the age of 11 I won the national infantile championship of fencing earning me a scholarship to the school of sport incision (Eide) in the city of Havana, school from where many glories of the Olympic and world-wide sport of Cuba have come out.

14 years for disenchantment with the sport life I decide to leave the sport and to concentrate only in the music, in a self-taught way of course, there I begin to write my first songs that were poems that I was musicalizing at the time that I was learning new chords.

At the age of 19 I already had some songs that were sometimes played on some programs of the radio station in the province on the Havana City Radio.

So I was trolling the streets meeting many street artists until one day, an Englishman David Butlle, known as Mr. Bongo, arrived in Cuba in search of an orchestra to produce a record in Britain, a few days before leaving Cuba wanted to buy several albums of Cuban music from the 50s and did not know how to speak Spanish, my friend who passed by helped him with the translation into English, thanked him and told him who he was, my friend told him about my music, then we recorded a demo of 11 songs of my authorship then took them to London.

Between August and September of 1996, I was flying to London to record my first CD titled (Athe Voice of Cuba) production of 11 themes of my authorship and a danzón of the composer Niurka Díaz and Daniel Rodriguez, recorded with British, Cuban, Venezuelan, Colombian musicians all settled in London, my first recording work came out two themes that were in the French movie “Place Vomdome”, with the famous actress Catherine Deneuve, a British novel called Coronation Street, I also use my music, novels and series from Argentina, one called the Lola from Colombia and Israel, my first cd enjoyed good reviews in the best known and respected media especially in the UK opening the doors to the Royal Albert Hall, jazz cafe in London, the most prestigious jazz festivals and world music generally from the UK, as well as taking my music to all Europe, Colombia, Peru, etc, making for the success of the album concerts in Norway, Spain, Turkey, and Finland.

So I was trolling the streets meeting many street artists until one day an Englishman David Butlle known as (Mr. Bongo) arrives in Cuba looking for an orchestra to produce an album for him in Britain
The Troubadour Leosbel Jimenez Licea

In 1998 I recorded my second album produced by my company (Hanro Records) and this time we recorded between the laboratory of electroacoustic music of Cuba and London with the participation of musicians from the Orchestra of Elio Reve, Paublito fg and Irakere, plus some British and Latin musicians based in London, at the same time conducted and directed a radio program in Spectrum radio called Cannonazo in England. Then came a period of just a few acoustic concerts to prepare all the new songs that we will start recording at the end of the quarantine. In 2019, I did 6 concerts in Finland, 5 Acoustic and one with a band in one of the most prestigious halls of Helsinki, I did 5 concerts in Ecuador and one concert in Cali Colombia, now we were preparing a group of concerts in Colombia, Chile and Peru everything is stopped until normality arrives, with 3 albums ready to start recording little by little.

In 1998 I record my second album produced by my company (Hanro Records) and this time we recorded between the laboratory of electroacoustic music in Cuba and London with the participation of musicians from the Orchestra of Elio Reve, Paublito fg and Irakere
Hanny the Voice of Cuba for the world

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From Italy Albert Giorgio Giovanni DJ. Lindo Salsa and Bachata

Albert Giorgio Giovanni Fiorentu Dj Lindo is an Italian and Latin music producer (Salsa and Bachata).

Albert Giorgio Giovanni Fiorentu aka Albert Lindo or DJ. Lindo is an Italian DJ. and producer of Latin music (Salsa and Bachata).

Born in Udine, Italy in 1989, he started his career as a dancer in 1997.

In 2008 he graduated as a dance teacher.  In 2011 he moved to Austria (until today) and in 2014 he started working as a dance teacher at the school Conny & Dado in Graz.

In the same year he started his career as a DJ and in 2017 as a producer.

Dj Lindo is an Italian DJ and producer of Latin music (Salsa and Bachata).
Albert Giorgio Giovanni Fiorentu to Dj Lindo producer of Latin music (Salsa and Bachata).

In 2019 (after the first 2 unfortunate productions) the first world production “The Phantom” is released, helped by the pianist and composer Marco Ronca.

In 2020 he obtained his second diploma as a dance teacher and also launched his new single “No Te Detengas” always with Marco and in collaboration with several recognized artists.

Between the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, 4 new productions will be ready, a bachata and three salsas (a romantic salsa, a hard salsa and a Cuban salsa) with the collaboration of many recognized artists.

Currently Dj Lindo is part of the record label located in Milan (Italy) Alosibla Music Group and Downbridge Publishing, which each year presents the famous compilation.

Albert Giorgio Giovanni Fiorentu aka Albert Lindo or Dj Lindo is an Italian DJ and producer of Latin music (Salsa and Bachata)
Italian DJ and Latin music producer (Salsa and Bachata)

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Did you know the origin of the DJ…

The 9th of March is World DJ Day, thanks to the initiative of the ‘Worl DJ Fund’ and the NGO ‘Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy’. But, do you really know the history of these music mixing artists?

For 16 years this day has been celebrated as a tribute to this sector of music that is so in vogue in our time, which take advantage of his ‘birthday’ to donate what they charge these days to charitable causes.

The initiative was carried out in 2002 by the ‘Worl DJ Fund’ and the NGO ‘Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy’, and has been active for over a decade. But the history of the DJs has a few more years.

For those who still do not know what is behind the acronym DJ, a ‘disc jockey’ is a musician who creates, selects and plays before an audience music of his own or composed by other artists. There are several types, including radio and club DJs.

The first DJ in history

It was Ron Diggins, a British radio engineer who in 1947 built the famous Diggola
Ron Diggins first ever DJ

It was Ron Diggins, a British radio engineer who in 1947 built the famous Diggola, considered the first “mixing table” in the history of music. This home-made portable table included two turntables, lights, microphones, an amplifier and a dozen speakers. And it was made on a coffin wood base.

If we mention Ron Diggins, many of us won’t know who I’m talking about, because this British and radio engineer is considered the first DJ in history.

Many others before Diggins moved in with their records and equipment to cheer on the soldiers but he was the creator of “La Digolla”.

He himself built the first mixer in 1945, although it wasn’t until 1947 that the invention became official.

It was a portable table made of wood, worthy of any party room, it included two plates, lights, microphones, an amplifier and a dozen speakers.

As a curiosity, the wood with which Diggins made the first mixing table in history was casket wood.

Six weeks was the time it took the engineer to build the famous portable table.

Ron Diggins’ dream was to travel all over the UK with his van and “La Digolla”, so he could play his favorite songs.

This pioneer during his professional career was severely criticized by countless musicians who did not approve that the DJ would mix songs without their consent.

Diggins retired in 1995 after playing at 20,000 parties.

In his hard beginnings, traveling kilometers and full of criticism, he would never imagine what he had done, he had invented a profession. A job that would be paid for, more than he could have thought.

The first Disc Jockey in history, died at the age of 90 and in his long life he made 6 “Diggiolas” Some of them were auctioned off at more than $40,000.

“I haven’t invented anything, I just put the same things to a different use, that’s all.

On his 90th birthday, the first disc jockey confessed that, when he started to tour cities and towns with his invention, he received hundreds of criticisms from musicians who did not approve of him mixing their songs without their consent. Diggins retired in 1995 after playing at 20,000 parties.

The big DJ explosion

In the 60s and 70s, with the expansion of the discotheques in Europe and the USA, the creation of a specific technology for this figure of the music began, like the mixer ‘CMA-10-2DL mixer’. It was also the time of the birth of ‘hip-hop’ and ‘disco’ music.

In the 80’s we get the first big names, considered cult DJs, as Larry Levan who played in the ‘Paradise Garage’ in New York, or Frankie Knuckles, with its mixtures of ‘disco’ and ‘synth pop’ led to music ‘house’ in the ‘Warehouse Club’ in Chicago. At the same time, in Detroit, techno was born.

They were years of great impact for the DJs, who saw the birth of their first magazine specifically for professionals, the ‘DJ Times’ in 1988 and held for the first time an exclusive event for DJs of electronic music dance, the ‘Winter Music Conference’ in 85 in Florida.

The DJs of the digital era

The arrival of the ‘rave’ movement in the 90s radically changed the image of DJs and these artists began to project themselves as superstars or ‘Diva DJs’ who establish particular sounds and brands.

These new ‘DJs’ have arrived to our days, taking advantage of the technological innovations of the digital era, and there we have famous names such as the French David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto or Bob Sinclar, who travel the world with their mixes.

Source: https://culturizando.com/

 

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Orestes Vilató is one of the most influential figures in the world of Latin percussion

The Cuban multi-percussionist, Orestes Vilato, is undoubtedly one of the greatest figures in the history of Cuban drums known as timbales.

He is one of the most influential figures in the world of Latin percussion.

He was born on May 4, 1944 in Camagüey, Cuba, and currently resides in San Francisco, California in the United States.

He has worked with many of the best exponents of Cuban popular dance music and Latin jazz, from José Antonio Fajardo and Israel López (Cachao) to Rubén Blades and Carlos Santana.

He is one of the most influential figures in the world of Latin percussion. He was born on May 12, 1944 in Camagüey, Cuba, currently resides in San Francisco, California in the United States
Orestes Vilato is one of the most influential figures in the world of Latin percussion

During the 1950s, the Vilato family moved to New York, the world capital of salsa, where the young Orestes would rise to fame as an innovator of his beloved traditional instrument, “Los Timbales.

While living in New York City for 25 years, Orestes was intimately involved with many musical organizations that played key roles in shaping the course of Latin music around the world.

Among the many groups were: Fania All Starts (founding member), Ray Barretto, Tipica 73 (founding member), Los Kimbos (founder-director), Tito Puente, Johnny Pacheco, Cheo Feliciano, Ismael Rivera, Joe Cuba, Eddie Palmieri, Ruben Blades, La Lupe, Celia Cruz, Rolando La Serie, Chico O’Farril, Lionel Hampton, Los Chavales de España, Cal Tjader.

Other artists he has recorded or worked with include: Winton and Bradford Marsalis, Paco De Lucía, Whitney Houston, Linda Ronstadt, Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Cachao, Andy García, Emilio Estefan, Gloria Estefan, Paquito de Rivera, Dave Valentín, Mongo Santamaría, Armando Peraza, John Santos, Rebeca Mauleon, Giovanni Hidalgo and Raúl Rekow.

In 1980 he moved from New York to San Francisco, California, where he worked with Armando Peraza, in the band of Chicano rocker Carlos Santana.

He later recorded with American jazzmen Bobby Hucherson and Buddy Montgomery, and with Cuban percussionist Luis Conte.

He also works with Jon Santos’ Batachanga Orchestra and Machete Ensemble.

He is one of the most influential figures in the world of Latin percussion. He was born on May 12, 1944 in Camagüey, Cuba, currently resides in San Francisco, California in the United States
Orestes Vilató Born May 12, 1944 in Camagüey, Cuba

In 1992 he recorded with Israel López (Cachao) as well as with Cuban percussionist José Luis Quintana (Changuito).

In 2009 he recorded his production entitled Orestes Vilató ?- Its About Time, with a repertoire in the style of Salsa, Latin Jazz, Descarga.

In 1981, Mr. Vilato moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he continues to reside with his family.   From 1980 to 1989 he recorded and toured with Carlos Santana’s renowned band.

Orestes was nominated for a Grammy in 1995 (Latin Jazz category) for his CD, Ritmo y Candela con Patato y Changuito. In 2009 his solo CD Its About Time was nominated for a Latin Grammy.

Orestes has recorded several film soundtracks including  Our Latin Thing, Mambo Kings, Carlito’s Way, Steal Big Steal Little, The Bird Cage, Dance With Me, Just A Ticket, Things To Do In Denver and The Lost City.

He has been a special guest artist at multiple jazz festivals around the country and in Puerto Rico, including the San Jose Jazz Festival.   He has performed and taught at numerous music conservatories including the Berkeley School of Music, UCLA, the University of Fresno, Stanford University, as well as many conservatories abroad.

Orestes was honored at the Yerba Buena Garden, Monterey and San Francisco Jazz Festivals.

Orestes’ style is one of the most imitated and emulated among recording artists.

Orestes Vilató It's about time
Orestes Vilató It’s about Time

Credits
Acoustic Bass – Carlitos Puerto Jr.
Backing Vocals, Handclaps – James Zavaleta
Bass – René Camacho
Bongos, Cowbell – Johnny “Dandy” Rodriguez
Co-producer, Timbales, Bongos, Lead Vocals, Cowbell, Cajón, Guiro, Maracas, Claves, Handclaps, Backing Vocals, Music Director – Orestes Vilató
Congas – Joey De León
Engineer [Assistance] – Joshua Blanchard
Engineer, Mixed By – Jimmy Branly
Executive Producer – Camerina Campillo, Ralph Campillo
Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Justo Almario
Lead Vocals, Handclaps, Backing Vocals – Adonis Puentes
Mastered By – Peter Doell
Piano – Alberto Salas
Piano, Arranged By, Handclaps, Backing Vocals, Music Director – Rebeca Mauleón
Producer [Associate] – Manolo Santana
Tres, Acoustic Guitar – Ramón Stagnaro
Trumpet – Luis Eric González*, Sean Billings

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