Dance Cuban

Pre weekender Club Night at Dance Cuban

Just to warm you up for the weekend we have a Dance Cuban Club Night and Class at Sutton Stithe Hotel on the Thursday 10th Sep 09 just as we have every Thursday Find Us only 9miles from Mundesley. We will be giving you some tips for dancing to fast Timba and some info about how to survive the three nights of parties and getting the most out of Classes. Plus we will turn up the Cuban Timba during the night to get your ears ready for this weekend feast of the best Cuban DJ’s I can promise you they will not be taking prisonerswith the music, Can’t wait !

Mundesley weekender just check out what happened last year.

11th - 14th September 2009

see you Friday 11th

Don’t forget deodorant, loads of changes of tops for the class, if new shoes take some old ones as well, nibbles, chocolate etc for 4am in the morning. Wine, Havana Club and soft drink to rehydrate. Face towels guys for that sweaty neck/head !

Keir Hardie

It looks as if Friday nights at the Keir Hardie Hall has a new direction at last and it’s towards that beautiful Island in the Caribbean, Cuba. The menu has a list of some of the best teachers and dancers around so ignoring the 70’s theme (why??) it’s looking as if Norwich will have a venue to dance Cuban salsa. As that famous quote Say’s”build the field and they will come”. Lets see what happens. We have had problems with the current Music and sometime bad mixers of music which have left the floor empty for hours but lets see if things will change for the better.

Please remember Keir we must start trying to bring Norwich up to the Standard of London Clubs which means getting the people listeningto the music before they get up and dance to anything. Which involves putting Cuban Classes with Cuban Music. If the teaching is a mix which it sometimes is then sure play a mix as you do but please label the night as a MIX not as Cuban.  

This Friday 4th Sep 2009  at the Keir DJ Flecha for the first time. The only times I have heard DJ Flecha it was the very very hard core Reggaeton and massive Timba numbers which shook the Wales Congress to the foundations ! If he plays that set it will be very interesting and I guess I will be there to see it.

But Why the 70’s theme  ?????????????? is it really needed  NO !

Below is the facebook post by

SalsaViva & Chilli Con Salsa

70’s Theme Night, 4th September 2009

Host:	SalsaViva
Type:	Party - Club Party
Network:	Global
Price:	£5.00 and £3.00 for students

Start Time:	Friday, September 4, 2009 at 8:00pm
End Time:	Saturday, September 5, 2009 at 1:00am
Location:	Keir Hardie Hall
Street:	9 St Gregorys Alley
City/Town:	Norwich, United Kingdom
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Phone:	07877797023
Email:	john_solomon@lineone.net

Description

The new era of Keir Hardy Friday nights starts here and you will not be disappointed! Starting on the first Friday in September through to the New Year we’ll be taking you into 2010 with an amazing Cuban line up that will leave you gasping for more. That is not the only good news we have as we are pleased to announce that we will be at the KH EVERY Friday night in the month, that’s right even those months with five Fridays, you can count on us to help you let your hair down at the end of the week with your favourite Cuban collections. You’ll also note a 1am finish hurrah I here you cry!

To celebrate this great news we are holding a 70’s inspired theme party on Friday 4thSeptember to get us all in the spirit and not only that we are bringing to you an amazing night of Cuban music with thanks to the phenominal DJ skills of DJ Flecha. His passion is making people dance and inspiring them with fantastic Cuban and Latin Energy, he known for keeping the dancefloor buzzing and energised all night in any club he plays and is sure to give a kick start to the first of our revival nights. He is sure to play all our favourites and lots more. Some of you may have seen him at Cuban Congresses or at any big events around the country. There will be no classes held on this night and these will resume on the 11th but please prepare for the 18th after Mundesley for sheer delight as these hot nights kick off . Please feel free to come dressed in your favourite 70’s get up, we will. Who will be the winner of the best dressed award?

Flechatogether with Dj Fadi, DJ Shorty and other Cuban favourites will be part of our new team along with the highest callibre of professional dance teachers to take you to the next level. To name a few we have Damarys Farres, Rafael De Busto and Moe Flex and others all booked and ready to deliver to you the best quality teaching in the country. For a full list of our upcoming line up please come to our re launch party to receive this information at first hand including dates and full details.

Come and join us on this great night as we warm up for the big weekender. Please note there will be salsa as normal Friday 11th September so hope to see you there.

John Alex Laura

Salsa Party 28th Aug 2009

If the box says Cuban Salsa then that’s what it should be and that’s just what it was Cuban. Leandro Charanga danced and entertained all night not because we asked him to but becausehe loves it. Talking to him you will find he loves his roots with a passion like most Cubans. To figure out why Cubans can dance is easy, its part of there life. If 80% of the UK’s population started dancing before they could walk could you imagine and outcome, it would change this country in so many ways. People would find an inner passion, have something special in their lives that they would always be looking forward to. The posture and attitude of someone even just walking down the aisles of Tescos would make a non dancer look and think that guy/girl is alive. Cubans don’t dance on Friday nights they dance all the time. At breakfast today a beautiful Son track came on ( well what music do you think I have on my ipod ! ) and Leandro could hardly contain him self this was followed by a Manolito at which point it was to late, where’s the Reggaeton. The political position of Cuba is difficult but when you hear a Cuban talking about Cuba they are not referring to a political entity they are talking about there families their love for the spirit of their homeland and that pride they have just because they are Cuban.

In the short time we have been teaching we notice how people change. Learning to dance gives an inner energy and confidence that was not there before. Then suddenly you find a need to wear THOSE shoes and dresses that you would have never ever even considered before. Your fitness improves you start feeling a little more bounce in your step and start saying to yourself maybe the whole cake is a little toooo much.

Cultura y Cubania

 - its a week-long Cuban cultural festival from 5th-10th October, and is the first Cuban cultural event to be registered as an official Black History Month event. 

Monday 5th October 6.30-9pm - Festival Launch and Photographic Exhibition, Canning House

Tuesday 6th-Friday 9th October 2-6pm daily - Photographic Exhibition - ‘A Few Streets, A Few People - Pocas Calles, Pocas Peronsas’, Canning House

Tuesday 6th October 7-8.30pm - Afro-Cuban dance workshop with Ariel Rios and guests, Nueva Costa Dorada

Wednesday 7th October, 7-8.30pm - Rumba dance workshop with Ariel Rios, followed by the Cuban salsa party until late, Nueva Costa Dorada

Thursday 8th October, 6.30pm - Film screening ‘Los Hijos de Baragua ~ My Footsteps in Baragua’ introduced by Eva Tarr, Director of the London Latin American Film Festival, Canning House

Friday 9th October, 7pm - Film screening ‘Raza - Race’ followed by debate and seminar ‘The Symbolism of Race in Cuba Today’ by Cuban writer and journalist Pedro Perez Sarduy, Bolivar Hall

Saturday 10th October, 6.30pm-midnight - Festival Grande Finale with the debut performance of London’s new Cuban dance company CubanaDanza, plus live music from Mestizo (Ahmed Dickinson trio), Cuban Combination, and Kid Afrika.  Cuban DJ and much more!, Conway Hall

                      www.culturaycubania.com

Leandro Charanga is COMING Fri 28th Aug 09

This Friday another Party with Dance Cuban at the Sutton Staithe Hotel near Stalham Norwich.

A Night of Cuban Salsa, Reggaeton and Mojito’s at the lowest price in the Uk with some of the best dancers from East Anglia coming.

Leandro at the Cuban Congress Bournemouth 2009

This time Leandro Charanga from Cuba will be here.

When it comes to dancing Reggaeton Leandro is currently the top guy in the UK as you will find out this Friday. Add to this the atmosphere that the Dance Cuban Party nights seems to generate at the Staithe it will be a night not to be missed.

Reggaeton workshop ( 8.00 ), Show and the whole night for just £ 8.00. 28th Aug 2009  7.30pm until 1.00 am     Find Us   at Sutton Staithe Hotel

DJ Sacha from CambridgeCubanSalsa will again be here to help me out with the latest Cuban Music.

Nads birthday

Saturday night at the Keir Hardie Hall Norwich and the Guys and Girls at Nads Salsa night get a head start in bringing them selves uptodate with a Reggaeton class by Sharon of Dance Cuban, firstly being shown how the moves work and then putting them into a simple but effective routine. Not forgetting that Reggaeton is a partner dance, the couples forgot there inhibitions and did a great job of dancing together.

Sharon teaching Reggaeton in Norwich

The music was by DJ Nad with the mix and Richard from Dance Cuban with the latest Cuban tracks. The room was full ad hot in more ways than one.

Richard from Dance Cuban

Learn to dance Cuban Salsa

Now is the time to get in on the act. Strictly Come Dancing is about to start on prime time BBC TV. The Government are waking up to the idea that the country should become more healthy through exercise (dance). Now is also the time to change the thinking and ethos of life in this country that it’s cool to dance, but this needs a big push to get it moving and keep the momentum going.

Cuban Salsa is not easy compared to dances such as Jive but the benefits that you get through the long term personal achievement in progressing are far more. Also the Cuban Salsa dancer has a heritage of a musical country and it’s people, Cuba, as inspiration.

The focus must be directed towards the male population especial in rural areas where that well know expression “but I’ve got two left feet” and the culture of football, pub with my mates and TV rules. If only they could see the lines of females around the dance floors of Cuban weekenders waiting for a guy to dance with. Then watch the best Cuban couples to see how the dance can really look like and “Wam” realize that this is a man’s dance. The guy is in control he’s there to make to women look good but at the same time he is saying through his dance look at me this is how you should treat a girl and sweep her off her feet.

Cuban Salsa has all the elements and more for doing this and at the same time making the girl look beautiful and the guy’s mucho macho !

Dance Cuban

I often wonder what the hell I am doing teaching Cuban Salsa. The first thing I realize is that it’s because I love it. I love the heritage behind the dances and that Cuban ethos of life that they can put into their dance. The story telling of the three Rumba’s the parent Son, the ancestral Orisha’s  and the up to date Reggaeton they all have their place in the Cuban Salsa.

The guy’s and girl’s we teach we want them to feel the same way as we do when they dance. We want them to get up and dance not because the next track comes on but because it’s a track they love to dance to. How can you put attitude into a dance and how can you feel the changes of energy of the music if you don’t love the music.

We started because we wanted to make clear the different between Cuban Salsa and other forms, we wanted to let people know what lays just under surface that makes Cuban Salsa very special to us. Whether it’s the arm movements of the Orisha Ochun, the slow male movement of Yambu or that magical ingredient Cuba it’s self.

Not a lot else really, that about it !  Richard  DanceCuban

Ingham Fete Aug 2009

 Dance Cuban were asked to be part of the annual Village Fete.So with the help of our classes and friends it turned into a great day out.

Ingham near Stalham in Norfolk UK is the quintessential venue for a English Country Fete next to a beautiful Hall and perfectly mown cricket ground sheltered by a band of trees. Coconut shire, second hand books and bric-a-brac, Teas and scones and bang in  the middle a Reggaeton line up to a great track by Genta de Zona.

free Style Cuban Salsa dancing

Rueda on a bright English Summers day !

Indian at Wroxham

We have been asked back next year, thank you to everyone that came.

Especially to Pat who’s training in Double glazing sales paid off in the handing out of flyers department !! just kidding, Thank you x

Cuban Salsa Congress Bournemouth

Three nights of the best Cuban Parties and two days of works shops with so much choice that decisions had to be made. The quality of the teaching was as good as it gets and looking at the list of artists it’s easy to see why. The band Cuban Combination played Sunday night and kept the dance floor of this great venue full.

Thank you Enrique and Rob you certainly know what we all want from a Cuban weekender. I will look forward to the next one.

The picture below shows a 14 year old Italian lad that has Cuban dance in his soul. Trained by the best his first time in the Uk and everyone was blown away by his incredable skill. For everyone that saw him words fail to sum up what this lad has !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!              I kid you not watch this space.

Bournemouth Cuban Salsa Congress August 2009

Run by Salsa Explosion’s Enrique and Rob

Born and raised in Pinar Del Rio and Havana in Cuba, Enrique has been teaching and dancing salsa for over 25 years. He was a finalist in the 1999 British Salsa Championships and was awarded a Diploma from the United Kingdom Alliance for Dance, Drama and Exercise. In recognition of his work to promote Salsa in the UK, Enrique was presented with a Salsa UK Lifetime Achievement Award at the UK International Salsa Congress in 2007.

Leandro Charanga

Leandro Charanga the king of the Reggaeton coming to DanceCuban 28th Aug

U Tribe provided some great shows and brilliant workshops.

Lazaro & Paola Lopez, if you want to see Rumba in all it’s forms you must watch Lazaro.

Yanet the art of the dancer take any picture at any point in time and the body shape says it all !!

So over all any bad points, Yes we had to come home.

Cuba - Pictures from 2009

Havana Street

Salsa Mayor

Rumba in Callejon de Hamel

Malecon

Hat making - a very rural industry

Turkey Vultures - you will see them very where in Cuba even in the City’s

The Sign on the Matanzas - Havana road

Hotel Savilla - Havana

The Capital building from the roof of the Parque Central Hotel

Oscar D’Leon

Played at the Barbican (2009) in place of a Los Van Van that had an injured drummer.

Oscar in a real showman and his Cuban set had the whole place on it’s feet from start to finish and not just the first few rows, the whole place !

The concert was the celabrate Cuba 50 and another high light was a talk by Che’s daughter. This really bought history alive and a reminder that Cuba’s revolution was only a short time ago.

Born in Caracas Venezuela in 1943.

http://www.oscardleon.com/ 

Cuban Class and Club Night Thur 6th Aug

Sutton Staithe Hotel near Stalham, about 20 mins from Norwich. Starts at 8pm teaching at three levels Cuban Salsa and Styling. Plus tonight we also have Rueda.

After the Class we have the latest Cuban music, wooden dance floors and lighting with a great PA System.

Despues de todo

Juan Formell y Los Van Van

This beautiful song is about Juan Formel being unfaithful to his wife and her not forgiving him.

This is sung by Yenisel Valdes on the Album Chapeando and the brilliant live version on the album Aqui el que baila Gana el Concierto. Plus you get a great DVD of Los Van Van live in Cuba.

 Yenisel’s voice is the perfect partner to this song. You will find that you don’t even have to know Spanish to understand what the words are saying. I can’t imagine anyone doing it better. Add in the magic sound of Los Van Van and what more could you want ?

Cuban Party at Sutton Staithe

If you came to the Charity Night at Sutton Staithe Hotel,  Norfolk. UK

28th Aug 2009

Then remember not to miss our next Party this time with Leandro Charanga from Cuban

and with help from DJ Sasha to fill the night full of Cuban Music. 

Please pass the word on

Don’t forget 17th Dec book your seat for the Christmas Party + Meal again at Sutton Staithe