Danseskulen Danseglede under leiing av Håkon Tverrli gjer ein flott jobb for å fremje kubansk musikk og dans i Oslo.
I oktober arrangerer Danseglede kubansk helg med Alain& Geldys Morales, Osbanis Tejedo, Iris De Brito og mange andre flinke instruktørar innan kubansk dans.
Fredag 12. oktober vert det konsert på Cosmopolite frå kl 2130-2330 med Sonora Cimarron.
Dj Mojito frå Salsacubana og Dj Charanga frå Timba Night vil mikse kubansk salsa og timba frå kl 2330-0230.
Sjå lenken Danseglede for meir informasjon.
Me har lagt ut videoar av instuktørane Osbanis Tejedo samt Geldys og Alain Morales.
Her er Osbanis i aksjon med ei flink jente på ein klubb i London.
Låta er Esto Te Pone La Casa Mala av Los Van Van frå albumet Te Pone La Cabeza Mala.
Det andre klippet er frå Geldys og Alain Morales sitt show på salsacampen i Århus 2007.
Låta dei danser til er El Canon frå Charanga Habanera sitt siste album El Rey de los Charangueros.
Viser innlegg med etiketten Geldys Morales. Vis alle innlegg
Viser innlegg med etiketten Geldys Morales. Vis alle innlegg
tirsdag 9. oktober 2007
tirsdag 18. september 2007
Rapport frå ruedakongress i Brighton
"BRIGHTON’S FIRST RUEDA CONGRESS, hosted by Cubashe Dance Promotions and SalsaNor had all us wheel geeks crying out for more Thursday 6th - Sunday 9th September 2007).
This was a no-brainer; right on the sea front, easily get at-able from London and the South East, days of intensive workshops and partying over what turned out to be one of the sunniest weekends this year.
The recipe was hot enough to pull in 200+ aficionados of the Cuban Wheel. Rueda-eros travelled from across the UK, Eire and as far afield as Scotland while the Congress also netted a 70-strong party of Norwegians.
As joint Congress hosts with Brighton's Cubashe Dance Promotions, Norwegian Salsa group SalsaNor landed in force, in party mood and with a good catch of their own Cuban, Latin and homegrown instructors.
To hook dancers, there were some juicy baits on offer, including a line up featuring some of the world’s best Cuban instructors; Rueda World Champion Osbanis Tejeda; Salsa Champion Rafael del Busto, UK Salsa Champion and Afro-Cuban dance expert Damarys Farres, Ariel Rios Roberts, Enrique Perez and Cubashe's own Leo Henriquez.
Making her UK debut at the Brighton Congress was Geldys Moralez. Originally from Havana Cuba, Geldys is one of Norway’s best-kept secrets, a quite exceptional talent and one salsa lovers need to see more of at international congresses.
La Rueda – or the Cuban Wheel – is Cuban-style circle dancing and started to roll in Havana in the 1950’s, growing out of traditional Cuban salsa. Usually, Rueda is carried out at break-neck speed by pairs of dancers in a circle, switching partners in response to moves called by a leader (cantante).
Mostly, calls are given in Spanish – for example, Dil que no, Enchufla, Sombrero - although some are in Spanglish - Un fly - others are international – Coca cola. Moves are carried out with the current dance partner and often, trigger a switch to the next partner in the circle.
One of big pluses of La Rueda is the blindingly obvious – people dance in a group.
“Because everybody dances together, Rueda is very sociable and friendly. A lot of the moves are quirky and cheeky and pure fun – this is the essence of Salsa. People can take LA style too seriously, whereas Rueda is down to earth and good fun,” Cubashe’s Claudine Baker explains.
Once you're hooked, there’s no turning back. There’s never enough time in weekly classes to get the hang of all the moves you want to know. It’s a bit like collecting cigarette cards, first you pick up the easy ones, getting loads of these time and time again and then you spend most of your time trying to get hold of the more difficult ones.
Over the weekend, I got into clandestine conversations with fellow dancers, promising to “trade” moves and there was definitely a cigarette card collector’s delight when one of the dancer’s got a move everybody else was finding difficult!
La Rueda seems to have sprung from nowhere on the UK Salsa scene. “A few years ago, there were hardly any Rueda classes on offer in clubs, now they’re everywhere,” says Claudine Baker.
There are good reasons for La Rueda’s growing popularity in the UK - and internationally. The Rueda crowd has got to be one of the friendliest on the dance circuit; it’s fun, there are dozens of moves to learn most of which are just as usable when dancing Cuban-style Salsa in couples and so plenty to interest all levels of ability.
By contrast, Salsa only arrived in Norway a decade ago but La Rueda caught on immediately. In 2002, the Norwegians held their first Rueda Congress. Currently, the Norwegians are developing their own Rueda standard, creating a
unified Norwegian-style Rueda, taught in all Norwegian Salsa clubs.
This contrasts sharply with UK practice where a range of Rueda styles are taught, including for instance, Street or Miami).
This means the same move could have different names or variations across different systems in the UK.
The Norwegian system has the clear advantage of eliminating a lot of confusion, especially for less experienced dancers.
To assist with instruction and learning, SalsaNor has created a very useful Rueda DVD, introducing the Norwegian Rueda standard - we’ll review this shortly.
Brighton Rueda Congress Hosts Cubashe's Leo Henriquez and Claudine Baker and SalsaNor's team led by Glen Lillehammer, Bjarte Langeland and Reidun Svabo pulled the event together in characteristically Norwegian and Cuban style.
The Norwegians were dead organised – Father Christmas even turned up at one of the evening parties – while the Cubans let it all hang out, leaving plenty of room for sabor and creative chaos, with the result that everybody enjoyed themselves.
The Brighton Rueda Congress ticks a lot of boxes and has real pulling power for us wheel geeks. Next year, I predict this event is going to be bigger and better. So many moves, so little time.... Ed."
Kjelde: londonsalsascene.info/html/rueda_07.html
This was a no-brainer; right on the sea front, easily get at-able from London and the South East, days of intensive workshops and partying over what turned out to be one of the sunniest weekends this year.
The recipe was hot enough to pull in 200+ aficionados of the Cuban Wheel. Rueda-eros travelled from across the UK, Eire and as far afield as Scotland while the Congress also netted a 70-strong party of Norwegians.
As joint Congress hosts with Brighton's Cubashe Dance Promotions, Norwegian Salsa group SalsaNor landed in force, in party mood and with a good catch of their own Cuban, Latin and homegrown instructors.
To hook dancers, there were some juicy baits on offer, including a line up featuring some of the world’s best Cuban instructors; Rueda World Champion Osbanis Tejeda; Salsa Champion Rafael del Busto, UK Salsa Champion and Afro-Cuban dance expert Damarys Farres, Ariel Rios Roberts, Enrique Perez and Cubashe's own Leo Henriquez.
Making her UK debut at the Brighton Congress was Geldys Moralez. Originally from Havana Cuba, Geldys is one of Norway’s best-kept secrets, a quite exceptional talent and one salsa lovers need to see more of at international congresses.
La Rueda – or the Cuban Wheel – is Cuban-style circle dancing and started to roll in Havana in the 1950’s, growing out of traditional Cuban salsa. Usually, Rueda is carried out at break-neck speed by pairs of dancers in a circle, switching partners in response to moves called by a leader (cantante).
Mostly, calls are given in Spanish – for example, Dil que no, Enchufla, Sombrero - although some are in Spanglish - Un fly - others are international – Coca cola. Moves are carried out with the current dance partner and often, trigger a switch to the next partner in the circle.
One of big pluses of La Rueda is the blindingly obvious – people dance in a group.
“Because everybody dances together, Rueda is very sociable and friendly. A lot of the moves are quirky and cheeky and pure fun – this is the essence of Salsa. People can take LA style too seriously, whereas Rueda is down to earth and good fun,” Cubashe’s Claudine Baker explains.
Once you're hooked, there’s no turning back. There’s never enough time in weekly classes to get the hang of all the moves you want to know. It’s a bit like collecting cigarette cards, first you pick up the easy ones, getting loads of these time and time again and then you spend most of your time trying to get hold of the more difficult ones.
Over the weekend, I got into clandestine conversations with fellow dancers, promising to “trade” moves and there was definitely a cigarette card collector’s delight when one of the dancer’s got a move everybody else was finding difficult!
La Rueda seems to have sprung from nowhere on the UK Salsa scene. “A few years ago, there were hardly any Rueda classes on offer in clubs, now they’re everywhere,” says Claudine Baker.
There are good reasons for La Rueda’s growing popularity in the UK - and internationally. The Rueda crowd has got to be one of the friendliest on the dance circuit; it’s fun, there are dozens of moves to learn most of which are just as usable when dancing Cuban-style Salsa in couples and so plenty to interest all levels of ability.
By contrast, Salsa only arrived in Norway a decade ago but La Rueda caught on immediately. In 2002, the Norwegians held their first Rueda Congress. Currently, the Norwegians are developing their own Rueda standard, creating a
unified Norwegian-style Rueda, taught in all Norwegian Salsa clubs.
This contrasts sharply with UK practice where a range of Rueda styles are taught, including for instance, Street or Miami).
This means the same move could have different names or variations across different systems in the UK.
The Norwegian system has the clear advantage of eliminating a lot of confusion, especially for less experienced dancers.
To assist with instruction and learning, SalsaNor has created a very useful Rueda DVD, introducing the Norwegian Rueda standard - we’ll review this shortly.
Brighton Rueda Congress Hosts Cubashe's Leo Henriquez and Claudine Baker and SalsaNor's team led by Glen Lillehammer, Bjarte Langeland and Reidun Svabo pulled the event together in characteristically Norwegian and Cuban style.
The Norwegians were dead organised – Father Christmas even turned up at one of the evening parties – while the Cubans let it all hang out, leaving plenty of room for sabor and creative chaos, with the result that everybody enjoyed themselves.
The Brighton Rueda Congress ticks a lot of boxes and has real pulling power for us wheel geeks. Next year, I predict this event is going to be bigger and better. So many moves, so little time.... Ed."
Kjelde: londonsalsascene.info/html/rueda_07.html
onsdag 29. august 2007
About Us!
We are two friends that want to share our strong passion for contemporary Cuban salsa music. In september 2006 we arranged a party called Timba Night; at the club Macumba in Bergen, we played non-stop Cuban salsa music from 20.00 till 23.00. The response was great, and we soon decided to make it a permanent concept, arranging it the first tuesday every month. In January 2007 we also, in co-operation with http://www.ilovesalsacubana.com/, arranged a huge Cuban salsa party: Fiesta Cubana. This party attracted as much as 239 guests, that enjoyed dancing to cuban salsa and timba exclusively all the night, after an intro-course. The great success of this party has lead to that we are going to arrange Fiesta Cubana twice this season: the first party is on September 29 with DJ Mojito, Oslo as co/guest-DJ, and the other one is February 2 with co/guest-DJ Flaca and guest instructur Geldys Morales/Cuba.
We have a huge CD-collection, which includes almost all Cuban salsa recordings from 1990 till today. We also buy every new Cuban salsa recording as soon as they get on the market.
We play not only the brand new stuff, but also "older" (15-1 years old...) and not-so-common tunes that we think deserve being played again. Even though we both love Cuban salsa music, we have different favourites and preferences, and therefore we think we give our audiences the best mix when we both play during a night. And we also support each other during the party preparations.
Why do we love cuban salsa music? The deep grooves, the great handcraft of the musicians, the power and energy, the great variety, the complex rhythms, the great singers... Cuban salsa music has a spirit like no others, and it is definately the most fun to dance and listen to! We want to share this passion with, and promote cuban salsa music to, as many as people possible, both dancers and others. Some of our favourites are Los Van Van, Pupy, Manolito, Manolín, Maikel Blanco, Klimax, Bamboleo, Pachito Alonso, Azucar Negra, Elito Revé, Samá y el Expreso, Paulito, Michel Maza, Calle Real, Charanga Habanera, Tiempo Libre, Angel Bonne and a lot more!
We are two friends that want to share our strong passion for contemporary Cuban salsa music. In september 2006 we arranged a party called Timba Night; at the club Macumba in Bergen, we played non-stop Cuban salsa music from 20.00 till 23.00. The response was great, and we soon decided to make it a permanent concept, arranging it the first tuesday every month. In January 2007 we also, in co-operation with http://www.ilovesalsacubana.com/, arranged a huge Cuban salsa party: Fiesta Cubana. This party attracted as much as 239 guests, that enjoyed dancing to cuban salsa and timba exclusively all the night, after an intro-course. The great success of this party has lead to that we are going to arrange Fiesta Cubana twice this season: the first party is on September 29 with DJ Mojito, Oslo as co/guest-DJ, and the other one is February 2 with co/guest-DJ Flaca and guest instructur Geldys Morales/Cuba.
We have a huge CD-collection, which includes almost all Cuban salsa recordings from 1990 till today. We also buy every new Cuban salsa recording as soon as they get on the market.
We play not only the brand new stuff, but also "older" (15-1 years old...) and not-so-common tunes that we think deserve being played again. Even though we both love Cuban salsa music, we have different favourites and preferences, and therefore we think we give our audiences the best mix when we both play during a night. And we also support each other during the party preparations.
Why do we love cuban salsa music? The deep grooves, the great handcraft of the musicians, the power and energy, the great variety, the complex rhythms, the great singers... Cuban salsa music has a spirit like no others, and it is definately the most fun to dance and listen to! We want to share this passion with, and promote cuban salsa music to, as many as people possible, both dancers and others. Some of our favourites are Los Van Van, Pupy, Manolito, Manolín, Maikel Blanco, Klimax, Bamboleo, Pachito Alonso, Azucar Negra, Elito Revé, Samá y el Expreso, Paulito, Michel Maza, Calle Real, Charanga Habanera, Tiempo Libre, Angel Bonne and a lot more!
tirsdag 28. august 2007
Kubansk helg i Bergen 2- 3. februar 2008 med Geldys Morales
2-3. februar 2008 vil Timba Night og ilovesalsacubana arrangere kubansk helg i Bergen.
Geldys Morales vil undervise i cuban body movements, son og rumba.
Ho er hovedinstruktør for salsanor i Stavanger. Ho underviser også for danseglede i Oslo, var instruktør på kubansk helg i august og er invitert til Hot Salsa Weekend.
I samband med kurshelga vert det Fiesta Cubana lørdag 2. februar.
Dj Flaca& Dj Fuerza og Dj Charanga mikser kubansk son, cha cha cha, mambo, salsa og timba.
Geldys Morales vil undervise i cuban body movements, son og rumba.
Ho er hovedinstruktør for salsanor i Stavanger. Ho underviser også for danseglede i Oslo, var instruktør på kubansk helg i august og er invitert til Hot Salsa Weekend.
I samband med kurshelga vert det Fiesta Cubana lørdag 2. februar.
Dj Flaca& Dj Fuerza og Dj Charanga mikser kubansk son, cha cha cha, mambo, salsa og timba.
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