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“PEDRITO CALVO JUNIOR Y SU ORQUESTA”
PEDRITO CALVO JUNIOR nasce all’Havana il 4 marzo del 1979, figlio d’arte del grande e famoso cantante cubano PEDRITO CALVO.
Inizia i suoi studi musicali nel 1993 nella scuola elementare di musica Guillermo Tomas de Guanabacoa, a Cuba , nello specifico di chitarra e canto.
Inizialmente comincia a far parte di vari gruppi musicali. La sua carriera professionale a Cuba inizia con “LM SOBREDOSIS”,”LA FARANDULA”,”CHARANGA FOREVER” ed per 5 anni con “PEDRITO CALVO y LA JUSTICIA”, orchestra di suo padre, dove ha anche inciso in vari cd dell’orchestra.
La sua carriera è cresciuta di anno in anno acquistando una gran padronanza del palcoscenico con una vasta esperienza lavorando in musical e spettacoli come “Paradise Road” e “Mango Tropical Cafe” e concerti di tutti tipi. Pedrito Calvo Junior ha condiviso scenari con grandi artisti della musica cubana come Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Pio Leiva, Los Van Van, Amadito Valdez, Barbarito Torres.
Fonda la sua orquestra all’inizio del 2009 composta da vari musicisti famosi a Cuba e in Europa, partecipa con essa al suo primo giro internazionale al “CUBAMEMUCHO 2009″ in Germania, uno dei festival cubani piu importanti d’Europa, ottenendo grande successo e soddisfazione da parte del pubblico.
I suoi ultimi successi discografici sono inclusi in compilation latine e si possono ascoltare in molte sale da ballo italiane,europee e latinoamerica.

un abrazo fraternal

Massimo djRoger

Top int. Live Band (Weltweit bekannt), direkt aus New York, Wayne Gorbea! in HAMBURG!
Falls Ihnen der Name der Band nichts sagt, dann kennen Sie sicher diese geniale Songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEajH2AzUXU&feature=related
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rkf4g0wmqE
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=My7IKI-_TFs

Die besten Salsa-Lehrer aus der ganzen Welt:

Eddie Torres  (New York)
Yamulee  (New York)
Maykel Fonts (Kuba)
Dave Parisma (New York)
Francisco Vazquez (Los Angeles)
Al Espinosa & Carla (Los Angeles)
Oliver Peneda (Sydney)
Alex da Silva  (Los Angeles)
Louis Vazquez (Los Angeles)
Melissa Fernandez (Los Angeles)
Karel Flores (New York)
Super Mario (London)
Susana Montero (London)
Fadi Dance Fusion (Malaga)
Jazzy & Alexy (Oslo)
Farid Salsa-Conga  (Marseille)
Ignacio Camblor (Kuba)
Mark Anthonny (Toronto)
Alien Ramirez (Los Angeles)
Patrick De Jong (Roosendaal)
Salsa Body Factory (München)
Mambo Brown (Hannover)
Monica Bauer (Frankfurt)
Tallal (Brussel)
Rigena (Kuba)
Osbanis (Kuba)
Mouaze (PARIS)
Franco & Lisandra (Berlin)
Mostafa Choadli (Aachen)
Stephan & Agnieszka (Bremen)
Esther M.J  (Hamburg)
Kamal Chahimi (Mainz)
Sam (Marselle)
Hicham (Kuba)
Dodi (Wienna)
Und viele mehr…

Da werden mehr als 2000 Besucher aus ca 48 Länder erwartet!!!

Flüge ab 70 Euro
Hotels ab 30 Euro!!!

Freuen Sie sich außerdem auf eine top int. Live Band(Weltweit bekannt), direkt aus New York, Wayne Gorbea!

Falls Ihnen der Name der Band nichts sagt, dann kennen Sie sicher diese geniale Songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEajH2AzUXU&feature=related
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rkf4g0wmqE
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=My7IKI-_TFs

Zum ersten mal auf der ganzen Welt werden die Künstler/Stars am Sonntag von 00.00 Uhr – 01:00 Uhr ausschließlich mit  Ihnen, unseren Gästen, tanzen – unser Motto: DANCE WITH STARS!!

Imad und Albert Torres Productions präsentieren:
Das 7. Internationale Salsafestival in Hamburg
16 - 17 - 18 - 19 Juli 2009.
www.salsafestival-hamburg.de

Carlos ‘el Unico Bachatero’: Bachata Building Blocks vol 1

 As the name suggests this DVD is meant to take you from zero knowledge of the dance to dancing a reasonable social Bachata. It does so by introducing the basic steps, the basic turns for man and lady, the basic concepts of leading and following and some simple elements of styling. Once this is done, these elements are mixed and combined into 7 turn patterns which will help you to practise and get going in your social dance. Once you think the DVD is close to the end, you will find a few more sections with further instruction on how to time your lead and following, and a few more hints on styling. Here Carlos’ very sensible approach to the dance comes out quite clearly: don’t overdo it, don’t exaggerate the hip movement, simply be natural and in tune with your partner. I like Carlos’ style, the DVD and the teaching; although the editing and organisation of the DVD could have received a bit more attention. I think it is a nice introduction to the dance.

Review by Fabio from SalsaIsGood for www.salsa-dvds.com

Melissa Fernandez: Mel’s Moves: Ladiesstyling on1

The purpose of this DVD is to learn what Melissa does: what she does when she styles, when she spins, when she goes into solo shines, so that you won’t need to drive yourself crazy trying to film her at congresses or scrutinise her on YouTube. You can just learn straight from her: it makes sense.

Melissa is at her exuberant, energetic best in this DVD which may appear intimidating to some but may also be contagious and help you to overcome your shyness, as Melissa herself hints at. Underneath all this, the teaching is solid and as in the turn patterns DVD with Louis, she often insert technical details in between stylistic description. A good DVD provided the exuberance of LA style at its peak is what you like

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

3 Gala Abende und 3 kubanische Live Orchester!
Der Sohn des wohl ehemals berühmtesten Leadsängers Kubas der weltbekannten kubanischen Band Los Van Vans, Pedrito Calvo Jr., sang bereits mit 17 Jahren in den populärsten Bands Kubas:
LM Sobredosis, La Farandula, Charanga Forever, Pedrito Calvo y La Justicia. Er teilte sich die Bühne bereits mit Los Van Van, Omar Portuondo, Pio Leiva, Ibrahim Ferrer u.v.m. Auf unserer Bühne wird auch seine schillernde Schwester Liuba ihr Stardebüt präsentieren.

RUEDA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 - LA RUEDA MUNDIAL 2009
Die folgenden Mannschaften haben sich für die Endrunde der Rueda Weltmeisterschaft 2009 in München qualifiziert: Litauen, China, USA, Spanien, Italien, Schweiz, Luxemburg, Serbien, Tschechische Republik, weitere folgen…Dieses Jahr haben in der Endrunde auch die Cantantes der einzelnen Teams eine Stimme,  Samstag, 04.April 17-20 Uhr
Das Finale entscheiden dann alle Kongressteilnehmer zusammen am Sonntag, 05.April um 23 Uhr

VOLLES PROGRAMM 3 - 5 April 2009
(Keine Abendkasse!)

Freitag     18-21 Uhr Registrierung
Freitag    21-22 Uhr LIVE  Manolito Simonet y su trabuco
Freitag    22-02 Uhr Cuban Salsa Social Dancing mit DJ Danis La Clave (Milano)
Freitag    02-05 Uhr Afterparty
Samstag    10-17 Uhr 50 Internationale Workshops
Samstag    17-20 Uhr Rueda World Championships 2009
Samstag    21-22 Uhr LIVE  Pedrito Calvo Junior y su Orquesta feat. Liuba Calvo
Samstag    22-23 Uhr The Cubamemucho Gala Show
Samstag    23-02 Uhr Cuban Salsa Social Dancing mit DJ Melao (Miami)
Samstag    02-05 Uhr Afterparty
Sonntag    11-19 Uhr 50 Internationale Workshops
Sonntag    20-21 Uhr LIVE Orlando - Maraca - Valle y su otra vision
Sonntag    21-22 Uhr Rueda World Championships 2009, FINALE
Sonntag    22-02 Uhr Cuban Salsa Social Dancing mit DJ Berna Jam (Bologna)
Sonntag    02-05 Uhr Afterparty
http://www.cubamemucho.com

Johnny Vazquez: Descarga 54

If you have followed salsa for a few years, you will surely remember being amazed in the late 90s at Johnny’s supersonic triple back spins, his splits, his acrobatics, his energy plus much more. After many years he has released this DVD, his first and well overdue. I had lost contact with his dancing for a few years and was glad to find him just as ‘crazy’ and possibly even more amazing than before. With his speed intact, the precision of his dancing a great deal shaper and a repertoire widened by rumba and some hip hop tricks, watching him still makes my jaw drop. If you like his style, and LA style in general, you can hardly find anyone to envy more; if you don’t particularly like LA style, like me, you can still be left wondering what kind of technical and physical ability makes certain steps possible.

This is a free-style DVD. The shines are well taught, and well demonstrated, with explanation of all the details. Not that this will make them any more accessible unless you are also exceptionally gifted; nor are the steps material for a night club, but rather for stage performance or for when you are in the mood to impress. Having said that, I enjoyed watching this DVD a lot, though I won’t even try the steps since I know I have no chance, I am only human after all..

Fabio from SalsaIsGood

DVD available through www.salsa-dvds.com

Raul & Shelina: Bachata

This is a good DVD, surely one of the best Bachata videos around to date. At first you may get a shock at seeing two dancers in full ballroom performance attire demonstrating Bachata, this is not the look we are used to associating with the dance, but in 2009 we are learning to be open minded and have been rewarded.

The DVD is well produced, with a voice over explaining while the dancers demonstrate the moves: this is effective and fast, and allows the inclusion of a lot of material. All elements are demonstrated to counting and then to music, both from the front and back. Also good is the organisation of the material, since you always know where you are at in the DVD; it takes you from the basic steps, to some basic turns, variation of the footwork and partner work, both explaining how to interact with the partner and a few simple combinations. As for most Bachata DVDs around this is most suitable to beginners. The dancers display a clear ballroom stance, but they surely also know how to let go when is needed and, most important, are proficient and they know how to make the dance come alive even without the usual exaggerated overdose of sensuality.

Not what you would find in the streets of Santo Domingo, but solid teaching, surely worth having a look at; hopefully we will see a volume 2.

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

Boogalu Prod: R. Borell: Cuban Dance Instruction

This is my favourite DVD from Boogalu Production: it contains unique material, very detailed instruction (which is not always easy to find in Cuban dancing) and an implicit tour into the history of salsa which is extremely instructive; the result is a must have, in my opinion, for serious salsa dancers at least from an educational perspective.

The DVD teaches 3 dances, Danzon, Son and Cha Cha Cha, covering what has been the ‘fashion of the day’ in Cuba from early 1900 to roughly the 50s. The instructor is a senior Cuban dancer, speaking a very good English, helped by a younger female demonstrator. Each dance is taught in its genuine, original form, at least as close to it as you are likely to ever find on any video recording. For each dance you will be shown the expected posture, attitude, basic steps and basic elements, all of which is in really clear detail, with all parts broken down for both the male and female dancer.

There is no turn pattern or challenging move to learn; as a result a superficial look at the DVD may lead you to think that there is much repetition in the explanation of the 3 dances, the only difference being the basic steps.. but this would miss the core value of the product. First, a crucial difference between the dances lies in the posture, the attitude and the relationship between the dances. Second, if you believe that here there is nothing much to learn except the basic steps you would miss the importance that the right posture and attitude and the attention to the relationship between dancers and music makes in the difference between an average and a good dancer (this is the concept which gives the name to the DVD itself). Third, you would miss the ‘historic’ treasure hidden in the DVD, which shows how salsa evolved from the rigid and constrained movement of Danzon (similar to old fashioned tango), when looking at moving like a white person was basically expected, to the introduction of hip movement in Son, which implicitly meant more acceptance of being ‘black’ and which was further developed in Cha Cha Cha, (notice also how the opening and closing of the dance position in Son is a precursor of the Dile Que No we use today). Finally it would be a pity to lose sight of the fact that 2 dancers may look good and have fun even by dancing 3 different dances by doing only basic steps. The demonstration of the three dances are a pleasure to watch from this perspective.

Review by Fabio from SalsaIsGood

DVD available through www.salsa-dvds.com

Saltuya: Advanced Turnpatterns on1 and on2

There is something rustic about this DVD which I like. Randolph and Coco seem to be two down-to-earth dancers who with no frills, want to show us some advanced turn patterns. I can almost imagine the hypothetical scene: you see some fancy figures on the dance floor and you go and ask the dancers to please show you the trick. Well in this DVD it looks like Randolph and Coco decided to show us the tricks impromptu and they do so by dancing the turn patterns first on 1, then by explaining the details of lead and follow and then showing them again on 2. The dancers and the turn patterns seem to be more natural in the on 2 version perhaps because of the choice of music.

The turn patterns are tricky and will challenge an early advanced dancer: they are full of quick hand hold changes, unusual copas, many changes of directions, spins for both the lady and the guy and those typical NY style moves in which you place the hand of the lady somewhere and it appears you retrieve it from somewhere else. I am sure you will have fun trying them out.

There are 6 turn patterns fully explained plus 2 bonus ones which are only demonstrated and all together the DVD is some 30 minutes long. Maybe more material could have been fitted in but the turn patterns are fairly long, 10-12 bars of music each, so if you manage to learn them all you will get your money’s worth. A little bit more care with the camera would not have hurt: the feet are often cut off from view in the demo but thankfully some zooming in compensates for this during the explanation. Also the turn patterns are shown from one side only but if you account for the fact that this is an advanced DVD it may be expected that you know enough to fill the small gaps. As a final touch, the DVD authoring may not be high tech but it is really cute.

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

Yvonne Goldsmith & Krin Bajough: Spin

What a pleasant surprise I got from watching this DVD! I have seen many spinning DVDs, from very famous instructors and schools, including dancers world-renown for their very spinning; some are good some less so, but I did not expect to find basically all I wished to see in a spinning DVD collected so nicely in this work, plus more.

In this DVD there are no frills, no showing off; instead it is packed with content (plenty of it), all of which is top quality and taught and demonstrated very precisely and efficiently.

There is all you ever wanted to know about spinning and you may have dared or not dared to ask: single and double spins for guys and ladies, spins on the forward and back foot, travelling and spot turns, basic suggestions for leading and following, the fundamentals of spotting and holding the correct posture paying attention to legs, core muscles and shoulders, the concept of developing momentum for the spins with shoulder, hands and feet and so on. It is really the A-Z of spinning. There are even a couple of tricks for unusual spins I have seen people execute but never teach. At the end some Pilates like exercises show you how to strengthen your core muscles if you are into serious dancing.

This must be one of the best spinning salsa DVDs in the market, if not the best, congratulations to Yvonne and Krin

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