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Adrian & Anita: Adrian & Anita Style III

Adrian and Anita are two accomplished dancers, with a considerable and diverse training in several dances who, as they tell us in the interviews contained in the DVD, have found their real passion in salsa.
They have achieved a lot already, being able to boast first prize at several international competitions, including the equivalent of the World Championship, in the category On 1. This talent shows clearly in the DVD, their dancing is spotless, energetic and made impressive by a well acquired stage craft: everything is just perfect and sharp.
‘Adrian and Anita style 3′ contains a set of 10 solo sequences, basically shines including a lot of body work and styling, 5 for men and 5 for ladies.
Each sequence is first shown with vocal counting, then broken down and then danced to music. As for the other DVDs from this couple, their dance on1 and their style is very sharp and full of energy: material for choreographed shows. They both are proficient dancers and thus able to get away with moves and emphatic styling that most of us would not be able to afford, but if you like this kind of material, or this kind of challenge, you can be sure you will watch and learn from some of the best dancers around.
The material is explained only in Spanish, but unlike the other DVDs this time you can find subtitles in English. As for the other DVDs of this series you will find very useful the use of two camera views with zoom in and out when needed.
review by Fabio from SalsaIsGood
DVD available through www.salsa-dvds.com

Tony, Frank & Inaki: 3 Bachateros

This is a very nice and entertaining production, which I found myself watching all through with a smile on my face. It’s a clever realisation of a clever idea: take 3 male Bachata dancers, with a different style and let them show their repertoire together. Not only can you see the contribution from all three, but also you can watch the 3 dancers executing each other’s steps, with inevitable styling variation. Tony Lara, well known to all Bachata lovers, represents Italian style, Inaki Fendandez, also known from BachataUk, represents the Spanish style and Frank Santos the Dominican style. Each teaches us two footwork sequences and two turn patterns, which are demonstrated with the equally well known Daniela De Francesco. All material is first demonstrated, then broken down to counting and than danced to music, from two side views.

What makes this production stand out is the joyous atmosphere, the funny way the music is interpreted and the entertaining short choreographies the three dancers coordinate before and after each turn pattern. It’s a fun DVD which will entertain you while you add some new ideas to your Bachata repertoire

Review by Fabio from SalsaIsGood
DVD available through www.salsa-dvds.com

SalsaVentura: Shines

I was told this was a very good DVD and it’s true. Salsaventura has collected into a single DVD most of the ‘classic’ shines you are likely to learn in standard salsa class and does not make a secret of it by explicitly acknowledging his inspiration: Salsa Brava, Los Rumberos, Eddie Torres, Nelson Flores and Marlon & Annetje Castillo. All together, there are 42 (!) shines in this DVD, for 90 minutes of condensed teaching. The shines are divided into beginner, intermediate and advanced level; for each level they are further divided into sequences of 3 to 4 shines, which are first taught in isolation and then connected as a short sequence. In each sequence, the shines are connected without basic steps in between; this results in short choreographies which will challenge your memory as well as your coordination.

Each shine is first demonstrated from the back, then zoomed in on the close up view of the footwork. It is then broken down twice to counting and finally danced to music with front and back view. The DVD menu is very well organised so you will find quickly the shine you want to practise. The beginner shines are very easy, and can be managed by students capable of executing the basic steps. Naturally the further you go in the DVD the more challenging the shines become, but none is beyond the reach of a reasonable dancer. Plus, the point of shines is not to execute them, but to execute them well so this DVD can keep you busy for a while.

Everything is taught and demonstrated on1. Morry is very confident in his teaching and smooth in his dancing, keeping the styling to the minimum required, which avoids the material becoming intimidating. If you are after a shine DVD and you are happy to dance on1, this is surely recommended.

Fabio from SalsaIsGood

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2. Double DVD-9
   NTSC 16:9 Audio Dolby Prologic 2.0 Stereo Compatable With Pal
   7h30 Full Lenght Performances
   30min Ambiance, Social, Interviews and honorees
   138 Salsa Shows Digital Mastered by Emmanuel Darley of Videosalsa.com
   DISC A: 60 SHOWS
   INTRO
   SAT NIGHT + SUN NIGHT SHOWS
   AMBIANCE / SOCIAL / HONOREES
   Duration: 3h53mn
   Addict Tokyo Japan
3. Alma Latina Kids Tijuana Mexico
4. Alma Latina Pro Tijuana Mexico
5. Billy & Katie Miami FL
6. Callejeros Salt Lake City UT
7. Chilital Dance Company Montreal Canada
8. Christian & Jackie San Juan Puerto Rico
9. Cristian & Liz Los Angeles CA
10. Danzanna Productions Inland Empire CA
11. Dave & Zoe New York NY
12. Dave & Zoe - Alex & Kim New York NY
13. Eddie Torres & Melissa Rosado New York NY
14. Eddie Torres & Melissa Rosado New York NY
15. Edwin Rivera Los Angeles CA
16. Eli Torres & Yen Dorado Philadelphia PA
17. Envy Tokyo Japan
18. Fuego Latino Milan Italy
19. Hacha Y Machete Boston MA
20. Imagen Latina Caracas Venezuela
21. Imagen Latina Caracas Venezuela
22. Junior & Emily San Francisco CA
23. LatinoXplosion Kids Los Angeles CA
24. Los Hombres Brillantes Tokyo Japan
25. Luis Aguilar & Sherlie Amador Los Angeles CA
26. Magic Mambo East L.A. CA
27. Majesty In Motion San Diego CA
28. Marco Ferrigno & Haridian Milan Italy
29. Masaki & Minako Tokyo Japan
30. Maykel Fonts Milan Italy
31. Maykel Fonts Milan Italy
32. MG Dance Team El Monte CA
33. Mitsue Tokyo Japan
34. Omar & Jessica Los Angeles CA
35. Palladium Mambo Legends New York NY
36. Pretty Boys & Girls San Francisco CA
37. RicaSalsa San Francisco CA
38. Ritmo Y Sabor Mexico Oaxaca Mexico
39. Salsa Power Zurich Switzerland
40. Salsa Rica (Eric and Kelly) Calgary Canada
41. Salsa Rica Trio Calgary Canada
42. Salsa Sisters Los Angeles CA
43. Salsabor y Cache Los Angeles CA
44. Salsamania Oakland CA
45. Salseras Dance Company Gothemburg Sweden
46. Shinachiku & Nao Tokyo Japan
47. Sin City Salseros Las Vegas NV
48. Social Style Caracas Venezuela
49. Social Style Caracas Venezuela
50. Son y Bembe Islas Canarias Spain
51. Symbolics Mambo San Francisco CA
52. The Latin Symbolics San Francisco CA
53. Tito & Tamara San Juan Puerto Rico
54. TNT Dancers San Juan Puerto Rico
55. Tropical Image Elite Brooklyn NY
56. Tropical Rhythm Los Angeles CA
57. Wabasabi Tokyo Japan
58. Yamulee Bronx NY
59. Yamulee Bronx NY
60. Ye Mambo Madrid Spain
61. Ye Mambo Madrid Spain
    DISC B: 78 SHOWS
    INTRO
    THURSDAY NIGHT + FRIDAY NIGHT + AFTERNOON SHOWS
    Duration: 4h05mn
62. Adejo Tokyo Japan
63. Alma Latina Amateurs Tijuana Mexico
64. Alma Latina Ladies Los Angeles CA
65. Alma y Sabor Orange County CA
66. Aloha Rumberos Honolulu HI
67. Ay Que Rico Son Seattle WA
68. Calle Sol Bensalem PA
69. Callejeros Craze Salt Lake City UT
70. Charlene Rose Dance Company Los Angeles CA
71. Chilital Amateur Team Montreal Canada
72. Chilital Juniors Montreal Canada
73. Chilital Sangre Nueva Montreal Canada
74. Clave Libre Santa Barbara CA
75. Creando Talentos Tokyo Japan
76. Danza Fresno CA
77. Danza 2001 Sydney Australia
78. Deseo Dance Company San Diego CA
79. E. Mayimbe Dance Company Seattle WA
80. E.Mayimbe (Eduardo & Heather) Seattle WA
81. Eddie Torres & Melissa Rosado New York NY
82. Eddie Torres & Melissa Rosado New York NY
83. Ellegua Dance Company Tokyo Japan
84. Enrique and Elly Oakland CA
85. Esperanza Dance Company Ladies Tokyo Japan
86. Esteban & Julie Orange County CA
87. Fusion Mexico D.F Mexico
88. Gemini Portland OR
89. Imagen Latina Caracas Venezuela
90. Jorge & Miko Shizuoka Japan
91. Jose Bernardo De La Vega Charlotte NC
92. Josie Neglia Performance Team Los Angeles CA
93. Kmicco & Foxies Tokyo Japan
94. Ladies in Red Los Angeles CA
95. Latin Boogie Team Huntington Beach CA
96. Latin Jazz Dynamite Tokyo Japan
97. Latino Fuego Style ‘Gianni & Alex’ Milan Italy
98. Mambo Inc Long Beach CA
99. Mambo Inc Semi Long Beach CA
100. Marco Ferrigno & Haridian Milan Italy
101. MG Dance Kids El Monte CA
102. Mia Neglia & Adrian Acosta Los Angeles CA
103. Miguel & Ashley Los Angeles CA
104. MIM Royal Elegance San Diego CA
105. MIM Semi Pro San Diego CA
106. Oscar & Kristie Guatemala
107. PBG Rising Stars San Francisco CA
108. Piel Canela New York NY
109. Positive Energy San Diego CA
110. Projecto Mania Oakcland CA
111. Reyes de la Rumba Oxnard CA
112. RicaSensacion San Francisco CA
113. Ritmo Y Sabor Dance Team Pico Rivera CA
114. Rodrigo & Wendy Jimenez Charlotte NC
115. Ron & Nina La Jolla CA
116. Rumba Azteca Phoenix AZ
117. Rumba y Cache Portland OR
118. Sakara Los Angeles CA
119. Salsa Atomica Couple Irvine CA
120. Salsa Atomica Team Irvine CA
121. Salsa Caliente D.F. Mexico
122. Salsa Divas Pro San Diego CA
123. Salsa Divas Semi pro San Diego CA
124. Salsa Inferno Seatle WA
125. Salsa Pacom Chiba Japan
126. Salsa Rica Amateur Team Calgary Canada
127. Salsa Rica Dance Company Calgary Canada
128. Salsa Society Los Angeles CA
129. Salsabor y Cache Semi Pro Los Angeles CA
130. Salsamania Ladies Intl’s Oakland CA
131. Salvaje Phnix AZ
132. Sangre Latina Dance Company Santa Rosa CA
133. Somos El Son Seattle WA
134. Son De Mania Oakland CA
135. Son y Pasos San Diego CA
136. The 5th Beat Orange County CA
137. Tony & Vicky Los Angeles Ca
138. Tropical Image Semi Brooklyn NY

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This Beginner/Intermediate level DVD will help you develop sensual and sexy styling beginning with fundamental basic movement and advancing to more complicated arm and body movement designed to be incorporated into partnering and shines.
Ladies’styling

This DVD features:

MARSEILLE Salsa Congress 2009 is the most important Salsa Congress in France
Content of the DVD:
44 Shows:

Welcome to the 1st Sexy and Sensual Latin Dance Festival Park Inn Hotel, Heathrow, UK: 23rd - 25th Oct 2009

We are so thrilled and excited to bring you such a unique and ambitious event. Our goal is to bring back that spice to Latin Dance.

Bachata, Zouk/Lambada, Kizomba are becoming so popular around the world, so mixing them up with Sexy Salsa, Cha Cha, Tango and Reggaeton is a great recipe for a Hot and funfilled Weekend!!!

So What Can You Expect from the Festival?
A World Class line-up of instructors and performers
Exclusive!! for the 1st time in the UK… Johnny Hernandez from Mojito Project singing live on Stage on Saturday Night!
Top DJs
50 hours workshops in Bachata, ChaCha, Kizomba, Reggaeton, Sexy Salsa, Tango, Zouk/Lambada and many more…
3 Party Rooms
LATIN HEAVEN: Playing the best in Bachata, Cha cha & Salsa
CARRIBEAN FEVER: Playing the best in Zouk/Lambada, Kizomba, Reggaeton & Tango
TEQUILA SUNRISE: The After Party ‘Only for those who are Living La Vida Loca’
Master Classes
Beginners Courses
World 1st Sexiest Latin Dance Competition
Professionals with Amateurs Jack ‘n’ Jill Fun Competition
Sunday Night Fancy Dress Party

www.sexylatinfestival.com

This year the festival will be a 3 day event, 23 - 25 october 2009, full of fun and excitement where salsa dancers from all over the world can meet learn, dance and get inspired!

The congress will guarantee 33 workshops at 4 different levels and sizzlin’salsa parties. We have invited renowned instructors from the USA,Spain, UK, France, Portugal and the Netherlands who will bring you their latest moves.

Instructors
Burju Hurturk (USA),Victor Perez (USA), Nuno & Vanda (Portugal), Shelly Cook (UK), Manuel Mascarell (Spain), Magna Gopal (Can), Mark Anthony (Can), Moe Flex (UK),. Brain & Mechteld (NL), Paul “Gallito” Baarn (NL),  (NL) en MamboMike (NL)

Workshops
The workshops are in the Philharmonie, a concert hall right in the centre of the city of Haarlem, next to the medieval church Saint Bavo and the main square Grote Markt with lots of restaurants. All workshops will be english spoken.  The Congress is a non-smoking event.

www.salsafestival.nl

Tickets for the 8th edition of the Salsorro salsa festival are already on sale. Salsorro 2009 will take place this next November 6-8. Remember that the sooner you book, the best seat you will have in the theater, as you will select your seats as part of the booking process. We also offer up to 5 different hotels where you can go on foot from the venue.

You can check online all the information about this event and its program. You can also access the online booking system at http://tickets.salsorro.com/ available in English, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish.

INTERNATIONAL LINE UP
The Salsorro line up includes companies and dancers such as Oliver and Luda (Sydney) or Junior and Emily (Los Ángeles), that haven’t been back to Spain since 2006.
Apart from them, there are some amazing dancers that come for the very first time to Spain such as Dave Paris and Zoë Klein (New York), Eleguá (París), Dancefloor (Korea and France) or Fusión Salsera (Caracas). And of course lots of other stars such as Adrián and Anita, Hacha y Machete, Supermario, Juan Matos, Sabor a Fuego or Tropical Gem.

THE NEW SWING SEXTET LIVE
For the first time in a salsa congress in Spain, The New Swing Sextet will be playing live on Saturday night.
The new Swing Sextet is one of the most important New York latin music bands in the 60s and 70s. They have been a big sucess in the most important salsa congresses around the world: Los Ángeles, New York, Athens, Zurich, and now, Salsorro 2009.

PRICES
Every ticket lowers or keeps its price compared to 2008 and, with no additional cost, include the  concert by The New Swing Sextet. Ticket types and their available extras can be checked at the Salsorro 2009 tickets section.

Remember you can still pay in up to 5 monthly installments at no additional cost, paying the last installment even after the congress.

www.salsorro.com

Pour Ricardo LEMVO, les origines familiales, culturelles et musicales viennent de l’Afrique. Le Zaïre (ancien Congo), pays de naissance et l’An- gola.

L’Afrique, ce sont les racines, les rythmes originels, la langue (le lingala) et surtout la Rumba Congolaise…A l’adolescence, il part à Los Angeles. Là-bas il y a le Jazz, la cote ouest et de nombreuses fusions musicales. Ces origines, les rencontres et découvertes façonnent cet artiste qui va faire sa propre synthèse en rapprochant la musique cubaine de la rumba congolaise. Les familles étaient toutes proches, restait à y associer l’influence du Jazz et de grandes références comme Benny More pour la musique cubaine ou Johnny Pacheco  pour la Salsa New-yorkaise en insérant ses couleurs pour trouver son style et créer un répertoire original et bien identifié. Ricardo Lemvo, c’est chaleureux, il y a les bases fondamentales et c’est international. ‘’Essentiellement, c’est la fu- sion du Son Montuno et des rythmes africains’’. Cet artiste, travaille sur l’héritage, ajoute et mé- lange beaucoup de rythmes et colore sa musique de plusieurs langues, Lingala (Congo), Kikongo (Angola), Espagnol, Anglais, Portugais et Français. Une musique faite pour voyager et s’enrichir…

Ricardo LEMVO
Samedi 25 juillet

Comment venir à Vic-Fezensac ?
Vic-Fezensac est situé au coeur du Gers, entre Auch et Nogaro sur la RN124.
Comment venir à Vic-Fezensac ? Calculez votre itinéraire sur Viamichelin ou Mappy.
Quelques distances indicatives : Agen (70 kms) ; Auch (30 kms) ; Montauban (150 kms) ; Mont-de-Marsan (75 kms) ; Pau (100 kms) ; Tarbes (80 kms) ; Toulouse (100 kms).

Jeu   23/07
- KUMAR
- HAVANA D´ PRIMERA2

Vend 24/07
- SNOWBOY
- CUBANISMO

Sam 25/07
- MAZACOTE y La Sonora Cubana
- Ricardo LEMVO

Dim 26/07
- CALLE  REAL
- LA  33
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