This weekend in S.F. is Carnaval Parade and Festival
Salsa Vale Todo’s Havana Village will be at 17th and Harrison
Come on by for great music, dancing and awesome people.
Schedule of events at www.salsavaletodo.com/havanavillage.htm
SalsaMatics Workshop Series
Episode 2: Salsa Caminada - enchuflas, paseas, exhibes y vacilias
At The Roccopulco Night Club!!!
May 12th, 19th, and 26th of 2010
In our second installment of our SalsaMatics series we will open it up two more distances from our partner. We will also explore and become grounded in our core Casino Salsa movements; enchufla, paseas, exhibes and vacilia. We will examine how we move out of our closed position framework and create a more fluid framework to allow for more freedom of interaction between you and your partner. Participants should be intermediate to advanced Salsa and Salsa Casino dancers and have a working knowledge of these core movements as well as “dile que no”. We will be exploring using more advanced movements in your basic turns and how that relates to more complicated figures.
3-week progressive workshop series
3 Wednesdays in May 8:30pm till 9:30 pm at Roccopulco: 3140 Mission Street, San Francisco
PRICES INCLUDE YOUR ADMISSION TO ROCCAPULCO FOR DANCING AFTERWARDS
$14: Drop-In
May 19th - El Espectaculo
* Adv. Caminado Drills
* Exhibes y vacilias , 3 ways to lead vacilia
* vacilia adelante, la complicada, dos y una, exhibe doble loca, exhibe Usukama, vacilon
We hope you join us as we dance and develop together a style that is uniquely The Bay Area.
Dancing afterwards with DJ WaltDigz and Dark Rum spinning the best Timba and Salsa Cubana for your dancing pleasure.
May 18th we will continue our progressive workshop series. This progressive series has a carefully crafted curriculum with varying levels to get you started dancing Rueda de Casino or dancing at the next level. Beginning levels will get you familiar with basic Rueda de Casino and Salsa and our Intermediate workshop is designed to bring you to the advanced level.
Nick and Serena teach together giving you the benefit of both lead and follow technique and styling. They bring over 10 years of experience at teaching in the Bay area. Bios at: http://salsavaletodo.com/valetodoprivates.htm
Experienced Salsa Rueda dancers : Is there a gap in your knowledge, moves that you are not familiar with? Perhaps you have some friends who have never done Salsa or Rueda before, here’s their chance to get involved.
Experienced Salsa Dancers: Even if you have been dancing Salsa for awhile it is a good idea to start at the beginning when learning the Salsa Rueda curriculum. Here is your opportunity. All the moves you need to get you to the intermediate level.
New Salsa dancers: Have no fear; you can learn both Salsa and Salsa Rueda at the same time. In fact it is a great way to learn club style dancing. The skills you learn from dancing this style of Salsa will make you a better club dancer in the end.
We encourage everybody to come and join our growing community of Salsa Rueda enthusiasts.
7-8 pm : Beginning and Beginning 2
8-9 pm : Intermediate
@ Isabelle’s Studio : 6007 Christie Ave. (Behind FedEx Kinkos facing 59th) , Emeryville
Each workshop is a progressive structured class to take you through the basic/Beginning and Intermediate curiculum.
Curriculum for May 18
7-8pm: beg. circle: enchufla pa’l medio con dos, h/m derecha/izquerda, pasala con los manos, adios, princpe bueno, malo, castigalo, festival de enchufla
beg 2 circle: kentucky, 70, flamenco, dame con guaperia, la complicada
8-9 pm: Int circle: dedo guapo y botela, juana la cubana, 7 con coca-cola, enchufla con mambo, enchufla/adios/dame pa’arriba
Familia Casinera, este año CMV con Ritmo cumple 5 años de trayectoria, queremos celebrar en grande compartiendo con toda la Comunidad Salsera en nuestro 1er evento Salsa Casino Mayan Congress 2010 del 16 al 19 de Septiembre en Cancun, Q. Roo Mexico.
Gracias a todos nuestros alumnos y amigos que nos han hecho crecer dia con dia, que han confiado en nosotros y nos han permitido fortalecer y promover la Salsa Cubana y Rueda de Casino en Mexico.
Queremos invitar a todos los grupos y compañias de Salsa a presentarse en nuestro evento, para disfrutar y compartir juntos de esta gran pasion por el baile en uno de los lugares más bellos de Mexico, Cancun.
Contaremos con Instructores Nacionales e Internacionales, impartiendo mas de 40 talleres en Salsa Cubana, Rueda de Casino, Rumba, Son, Reggeaton y Danza Afrocubana.
Orquesta Invitada directamente de Cuba: Alexander Abreu & Havana D’ Primera
Para mayor detalle del evento, informacion de precios, formas de pago, instructores, hotel sede, etc, por favor consultar la seccion de informacion del Grupo Salsa Casino Mayan Congress 2010 en facebook o consulta nuestra pagina web: www.cmvconritmo.com
Get ready to have a wonderful time in one of the best beaches in the World, Cancun! 4 Days of Cuban Style Salsa, Rueda de Casino, Rumba, Afro, Son & Reggeaton workshops, Megarueda in the beach, and if that is not enough, be ready for the “Alexander Abreu & Havana D Primera” Concert!
SALSA APRETADA: Closed Position Workshop Series for Intermediate/Adv Dancers
Every Thursday in May
7pm-8pm
(4-week progressive workshop series)
@ THE BEAT in Berkeley
We often find ourselves as Casino (Cuban) style dancers, dancing to complex fast Timba Salsa in small crowded clubs. Usually the best music and dancers are found in the most crowded of clubs. At times, the music calls for a break from open and larger movements. Still wanting to dance and express ourselves we have developed a workshop series that focuses on the closed position in Casino Style Salsa. Our techniques are drawn from a variety of sources including Danzon, Son, Casino, Salsa Linea, Tango, and Tai Chi. Our workshop starts with the basics adapted to crowded intimate dance floors, and covers travelling, rhythm changes, posture, connection, communication, turnillo, adapting complex moves to club situations, Paseas, Habaneras, Suelta Detrás. Learn to lead and follow anything in a relaxed friendly environment without all that yanking, pushing and pulling to communicate with each other.
at The Beat, 2560 9th Street, Suite #119 (at Parker), Berkeley, CA
If you took this workshop last month at SalsaMatics SF, please feel free to repeat to improve your closed position dancing!!
$12/ drop-in
$40 for all 4 sessions
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
May 6th - Pasos Básicos y Más
* posture/connection/communication
* postura/entregarme/espejo
* pa’l medio, caminamos, son montuo, abajo, exhibe, DQN, DQN con ganchos, girar, pequeña adiós, coca-cola con mano, dile que si, DQN con giro, 7, 7 con coca-cola
May 13th - Footwork in Salsa Cerca, Habaneras and Traveling
* closed position footwork
* DQN en tres direcciones
* closed position rhythm changes - 2 ways to switch to contra-tiempo with your partner, as well as 3 other rhythm variations.
* basics of moving with your partner around a crowded dance floor without hitting anyone.
May 20th - Paseas y Suelta Detrás
* entrances to Suelta Detrás footwork positions
* lead and follow Suelta Detrás footwork
* Paseas from a closed position: pasea pa’ abajo, pasea pa’arriba, pasala a lo cubano, coca-cola pa’ afuera, cross-handed travelling
May 27th - putting it all together
* quick review
* dancing in the club: club style versions of your favorite basic moves: dos y una loca, setenta, vacilia, y dedo.
* beginning turnillo in closed position
*lead and follow with no hands
We hope you join us as we dance and develop together a style that is uniquely The Bay Area.
Coming Soon!!! More Salsamatics Workshops!!
Paseas y Enchuflas, Salsa Suelta, Miami Style Casino Salsa, Tricks/drops and Lifts, Turnillo, Performance Workshops and much more!!.
Rueda Vale Todo - Last call for new performers!!
Last Chance
As we begin to prepare for the upcoming Salsa Rueda Festival in San Francisco in February, we will be finalizing our performance team members for the upcoming months and for the Festival.
We are looking for committed, Intermediate to Advanced Rueda de Casino dancers with an interest in Performing for the community and your peers. Please be familiar with the Beginning and Intermediate moves from our curriculum.
All interested dancers should contact Nick or Serena by November 15th. After that we will no longer be accepting new dancers until after February of 2010
Tonight at Shoebox studios!!! Salsa Rueda class with Nick and Serena
Every Monday Night.
6-6:30pm: Salsa Suelta (open work, no partner)
6:30-7:30pm: Salsa Rueda
Shoebox Studio is centrally located in Downtown San Francisco, on Folsom St. between 4th and 5th St. Shoebox is a few short blocks from Powell Bart/Muni Station.
855 Folsom St. Suite 112
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: 415.861.5976
Tonight at the Beat: 2560 9th st. (x-Dwight)
Salsa Rueda with Salsa Nick and Salsa Vale Todo
7-8pm: Beg/Int Salsa Rueda
8-9pm: Int/Adv Salsa Rueda
$12 for as much Salsa Rueda as you want!!!
Tonight is Salsa Rueda with Nick and Serena
@ Shoebox Studios in San Francisco
6:00pm - 6:30pm: Beg. Footwork and Timing
6:30pm - 7::30pm: Multi-Level Salsa Rueda
Shoebox Studio is centrally located in Downtown San Francisco, on Folsom St. between 4th and 5th St. Shoebox is a few short blocks from Powell Bart/Muni Station.
It’s Salsa Rueda in Berkeley at the Beat with Nick and India
2560 9th st. x- Dwight
7-8pm Beg/Int Salsa Rueda
8-9pm Int/Adv Salsa Rueda
$12 for 1 or 2 Hours.
