Dance Cuban

Christmas and New Year sorted !!!!

I Know, I know  but lets get it sorted and the dates booked !!!!

Salsa for Christmas and the New Year

Christmas Party and Dinner     Thursday 17th Dec  Including Meal, Balloons, etc etc just as last year and great music + guest.           Everyone invited and all at Sutton Staithe Hotel but limited numbers and Ticket ONLY.  let us know you are coming

Check out the last one

New Years Eve          Lets Mix it up at the Keir, a Night for everyone DJ Nad with the Mix and DJ Richard (me) with the Cuban. See the new year in with friends and every possible Latin dance that we have the Music for !

Cuban Salsa, NY Salsa, Megengue, Cuban Conga, Bachata, Lamba Zork, Cha Cha Cha, Reggaeton. Rumba, Orisha, Kizomba. Rueda and lots of other Nad stuff that I haven’t a clue about but will promise to give it a go !!!!!

September 2009

Mundesley Afro-Cuban weekender has come and now passed leaving a whole new generation with their first taste of a Cuban weekend. So what next most of them from Dance Cuban classes are on there way to the Havana Nights Cuban Congress in Wales. It’s only 300 miles but with again three nights of parties and two full days of the best workshops it’s just has got to be done.

The Keir Hardie in Norwich has a plan and a big plan at that to bring up the best teachers and DJ’s to Norfolk on a regular basis. This has been done in the past but now even on a larger scale so lets hope it works and work it will if the people turn up.

At Dance Cuban we have Jose coming to do a drumming workshop, details soon.

Mark your diary for the Thursday 17th Dec for the Christmas Party including meal and all the things from last year and more.  

There will be more and we will let you know soon.

Ariel at Mundesley Afro-Cuban weekender

One to One lessons in Cuban Salsa

Just a reminder that we are doing half price one to one lessons for all those guys that come to our classes that feel they need a little help to push themselves in the right direction. We all know its difficult for a beginner who has to lead the dance, keep the timing, as well as structuring the dance. Not to mention looking good while he does it.

So help is at hand for September we will give you 1hrs tuition for £ 10.00 this will include Sharon to dance with and me to pick up on the areas that need the work.

This also applies to guys that need a boost in confidence as they feel they have hit a flat spot in there learning and don’t know how to go forward.

We want you guys to improve and the girls need you to dance with.

Call us on 07711286047 or let us know at the next class

The normal cost for one to one tuition is £ 20/hr for a single person or couple.

This can include Cuban Salsa, Styling, Reggaeton etc

Keir Hardie Hall the Dates 2009

DJ Flecha

The new dates are out for the Keir Hardie Hall in Norwich and the line up is looking very good even by London standards. Lets hope the int/adv Cuban dancers turn up and don’t miss out on this opportunity to move their dancing forward. This is an expensive gamble for the Friday night at the Keir if it works it will start bringing up the standards of Cuban Salsa in Norwich by leaps and bounds. By any standards these are some of the best teachers of Cuban dance and styling in the World and they are coming to Norwich.

This night is now run by Chilli con Salsa and Salsa Viva of Norwich. We don’t know what the music will be like on the nights that the teachers come to Norfolk but time will tell.

September 
18th - Dj Fadi
25th - Damaris Farres & Rafael del Busto ( intermd./adv. partners workshop)
 
October 
 2nd - Dj Flecha
 9th - Damarys Farres & Rafael del Busto (Intermd/adv partners workshop)
16th - Tbc - don’t worries some one  good is coming!
23rd - Damarys Farres & Rafael del Busto (intermd/adv partners workshop)
30th - Iris de Brito (intermd/adv styling)
 
November
 6th - A warm up for Saturday’s black tie night
 7th-  Black tie night @ the talk with Palanke Latino & Dj flecha + Guests
14th - Tbc
20th - Moe Flex - Reggaeton
27th - Iris de Brito - (intermd/adv styling)
 
December
 4th - Dj Flecha
11th - Iris de Brito (intermd/adv styling)
18th- Christmas special with Dj & entertainer Rohan Brown

Getting Men to Dance

I have just been looking at the pictures in past posts and have noticed that men feature almost as much as the ladies. The involvment in taking part in say Reggaeton class and line ups is equal if not more than the ladies in terms of percentage of men present. I all comes down to encouraging a little pushing and most of all giving the night the right atmosphere.

At our class at Acle last week we had too many men this has happened about 10% of the time.

At Sutton it has happened three times so far this year.

We all know that the man has a tough time of starting to dance as it’s lead by him the lady looks to him for the timing and he has to structure the dance and think of the moves. On top of this he has to learn to move. A lot to ask any beginner. On top of this he has to come through the British ethos that dancing is for girls, sic.

We find that when they do get to one of our classes they are as just as likely to stay as the girls. It’s just we are not getting the numbers of men thought the door in the first place.

One thing we have been doing is offering half price one to one classes for the men to help them get started.

£ 10/hr for both of us, Sharon to dance with and me to try to pick up on what is going right and what is going wrong.  This is seems to be working. The cost if they come as a couple or normally one to one is £ 20/hr.

We also unashamedly targeting males with flyer’s.

Men at Sharon's Reggaeton Class

Mundesley weekender

is upon us and it’s time to give up the rest of the world for 4 days and three nights. Afro-Cuban have been working hard to give us the opportunity to go to that place. Where the bar is always open, everyone is there for the same reason and you don’t have to work at having a great time. You know the band will be good the dancing and DJ’s excellent.

Obanis, Rumba workshop

You just have to take the opportunity to go to the classes, remember they are being taken by the best of the best and you have already paid for them. Even thou you don’t get it right in the class take it home with you and practice. Classes such as body isolations rely on moving bits we maybe have never moved before so take it easy and practice, practice, practice at home other wise you will have wasted your time even going to the class in the first place.

Above all remember no one will manage breakfast, all the classes, out at 9pm and dancing till 5am three nights and two days in a row. Even if you go out at one in the morning it will still all be there for the next 4 to 5 hours !!

Keep Fit

So you would like to keep fit, lose weight, improve your health, clear your mind, meet people and walk about with a slight sparkle in your eye. You would also like to do all this and enjoy yourself while doing it.

Then Learn to Dance

For Just £5.00 you get all of the above and more.

This is not just a opportunity to get out of the house this is a life style change that is so easy to that you just get drawn into it.

You will soon find your self making that extra effort to look and dress good.

From 8pm until 11pm on a Thursday at Sutton Staithe Hotel which is near Stalham in Norfolk the night draws people from Wroxham, North Walsham, Norwich, Acle, Great Yarmouth and most of the surrounding Villages.

If you can’t make a Thursday try Acle Social Centre on a Tuesday, this is close for Brundell, Lingwood, Caistor and even closer for Gt Yarmouth.

We teach Cuban Salsa which is a couples dance but one in which the men have a very masculine roll and look (i.e. jeans and a tee shirt are not out of place). The Ladies will learn very soft and flowing body movements that will totally compliment the men.

You don’t need a partner but if you have got one then this will give your dancing even more attitude and connection.

Info please call us  07711286047

So dump the “keep fit classes”, “watching your weight nights” . Come and see us and enjoy yourself at the same time.