Wow all ready a month into 2009

The class on the 5th of March is going to be at Stalham Town Hall, not at Sutton Staithe. It’s found in the centre of Stalham High Street.            Same time, different place for one night only !    Sorry, there will be no bar.  Classes will be complete beginners and Rueda.

Thanks again for making it a great night on Thursday. The standard of dancing has seemed to have taken a leap forward in the last few weeks. We get quite a buzz out of seeing you all progress. As I have said before stick with it cos learning to dance Cuban Salsa doesnt happen over night. If you ever feel stuck come and see one of us after the class and we will try to give you a boost.

Richard and Sharon

Music is every where in Havana

Cuban Salsa Class 22nd Jan

One of the best attended classes to date gave the night a lovely feel. The beginners were on a roll and covered so much that they will be totally ready for the Rueda on the 5th Feb. ( first Thursday of  the month so it’s Rueda night.)  

What everyone must remember that to dance Cuban Salsa with ease takes time and the enjoyment comes from the learning and the eventual achievement and getting a certain move sorted. So there will be flat spots in your learning curve but don’t worry they will pass. If you feel really stuck just ask and we will go through it until it works. So please ask us.

Take care and see you next Thursday at Sutton Staithe Hotel Norwich Norfolk UK

Hi,

Thursday’s Class, if you missed it, sorry you couldnt make it and to those who came thank you for a great night. I just hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. More next week!

Beginners, Sharon was really impressed with how far you had come, for some of you in just a matter of 30 mins. Cuban Salsa is not the quickest dance to master and will take a while but be patient and with practice you will improve each week. Please ask other people and us to dance or just to practice your steps with. That’s what everyone is there for to learn and to enjoy Cuban Salsa. 

Don’t forget to check out your web site with all the lastest news, music, tips on dancing and loads loads more info at      www.dancecuban.net

La Cuba Ritmo

If you want to hear a real Cuban band try “La Cuba Ritmo” at the Talk, Oak Street, Norwich on the 7th Feb tickets are available from the Talk.  We have seen them three times and are certainly going again.

For something a bit bigger Los Van Van, see the deatils in the post below, the greatest Salsa, Timba, Cuban band on the plant by none.  

Los Van Van in London 

Firstly, may your 2009 be full of happiness and dance.

We all need something in our lives and learning to salsa is certainly a recipe for healthy living, both of the body and the mind.

For me, and I know Sharon, meeting and making new friends has been such a unexpected bonus from running our classes that it’s becoming an important factor and reason to keep them going. We started our classes at Sutton Staithe because the atmosphere we hoped would be far less sterile than a village hall. I must admit Sharon was 100% right in the choice of venue. I hope you have enjoyed the workshops drumming, Styling and Parties in 2008. We wanted to try to give you a taste of the world that has taken over our lives and that we have grown to love. We will make sure that that this will continue through 2009 ( Starting with Jose and his very Cuban band on March 21^st)

I started my adventure in leaning to dance with Sharon 6 years ago and I look back with amusement in wondering what I would think of myself now. To be found passionately talking to someone in the middle of Tesco’s about dance, Cuban Salsa and dancing trainers would have been a little unexpected ! !

Thank you for your support and looking forward to 2009.   

Richard and Sharon

Cuban Music comes to the UK

Just take a look at the Uk’s line up of top Cuban Bands for 2009. The best of the best and all on our door step.

7th March Los Van Van at the  Round House London

27-29 MARCH 2009
MANOLITO SIMONET, SU TRABUCO & HIS 20 PIECE CUBAN ORQUESTRA
LIVE AT THE OPERA HOUSE, BOURNEMOUTH-UK

5-8th June Calle Real +   La Cuba Ritmo + Osvaldo Chacon  at Cubanafest

Los Van Van, this is the standard that all Salsa/Timba groups are measured by.

Manolito, all those tracks that instantly fill the dance floor.

Calle Real, how can they better their first CD, totally brilliant.

La Cuba Ritmo, a live band to whom you can dance and will want to dance to every track.

Osvaldo Chacon, becoming a household name in the UK.

What’s on page

Dance Cuban Christmas Party

What a great night, thank you all for coming. Looks as if we must do it again, maybe a Cuban Salsa Summer Fest ? With over 70 of you the venue was just about the right size. I hope you all found the meal worth it, we wanted to keep the cost low as a thank you to all of you who have been coming to our classes for the last 6 months. 

The new Reggaeton routine “I like to Move it”.

The Conga track lead by Jackie was

Añoranza Por La Conga by Ricardo Leyva Y Sur Caribe

1) Name one of the  Hotels in dirty dancing      Kellermans  Shelldrake

2) Who is the female star in the 2004 film “ Shall we dance”   Jennifer lopes

3) What are the colours of Shango                             Red White

4)What was the main dance Salsa originate from                Son

5) What film did the song “singing in the rain” come from     Singin in the rain

6) What ballet was featured in the film Billy Elliot          Swan Lake

7) What film did “you are no longer my fellow DJ” come from Kevin and Perry go large

What dance has the same name as a make of car            Morris

9) What dance did a blind Al Pacino dance                 Tango

10) Who is the Orisha of the sweet waters                   Oshun

11) Who was the first person to leave strictly this series  Phil Daniels

12) What is a Bata                                         Drum

13) What year was Saturday night fever  released            1977

14) How many basic position are there in Ballet             5

15) What year did Glen Miller die.                          1944

16) What was Irene Cara’s name in the film Fame             Coco

17) What nationality is Shakira                             Colombian

18) What England footballer was on strictly                 John Barns

19) Cuba born Alicia Alonso obtained the ultimate position in what prima ballerina assolute

20) “You’re in the mood for a dance” comes from what song  Dancing Queen

21) Which of Santa’s reindeer would be happiest hear tonight   Dancer    

22) What year was Cuba’s revolution                           1959

23) Bachata came from which country                    Dominican Republic

24) What dance is unique to the Hawaiian Islands             Hula

25) How many gifts would you get in the song twelve days of Xmas   364

26) What was Top of the Pops No1 Christmas 1984  Band Aid, Do they Know its Christmas

27) Who won the FA Cup in 1934                     Manchester City 2-1 Portsmouth

Sharon from Dance Cuban. Mojito in hand.

Happy Christmas and a very merry New Year. 

Ralph and Jo

Salsa Classes at the Staithe Hotel, Sutton near Norwich

Hi

What a great night, and as for the Reggaeton I am totally blown away to see the whole floor doing the routine and jumping a quarter of a turn and all on the same beat. Lets see what a few Mojito’s can do to that at the Party next week. Sharon didn’t stop talking about it when we got home.  

The progress and the improvement in Cuban Salsa is getting very noticeable on the dance floor. I just love watching you all dance its gives me such a buzz that I’m bringing a little of what I love about Cuban Salsa to you.

A few more pages on the web site. They are listed on the home page.

To all of you that have tickets see you next week for the Party, Cuban Style.

Needless to say No more Classes until  8^th Jan 2009.

Remember, la Cuban Ritmo are at the Talk in Norwich on Feb 7^th 2009.

Very, Very, VERY recommended.

Richard and Sharon  

Check it out   www.dancecuban.net it there for you. Any thing you would like to see on it or changes you think would improve it just let me know.

Cuban Salsa Night at Sutton Staithe Hotel, Norwich.

The  Christmas party is getting close so remember no classes on the 18^th Dec just Party, Party, Party, but you do need a ticket. Beginners and non dancers come along as you really mustn’t miss out as this will be a very good night.

11th Dec  Salsa Classes  8pm-11pm

18th Dec  Party night 7.30-midnight, get your ticket

8th Jan     restart classes at Sutton Staithe

I have just looked back to last week and have realized that during the night we danced a staggering six dances styles — Meringue, Rueda, Reggaeton, Bachata, Son and Cuban Salsa !  Wow that is neat. Shame we didn’t do some Orishas. We really must add the Conga to the list and don’t worry this is not the UK version (good job there are not high cliffs to jump off near here).

As for the Rueda class last week I am so impressed with the progress. To be able to say lets have a Rueda during the evening and to have every one and I mean everyone join in makes it all worth while. Then at the end of the night to dance a rueda to Los Van Van’s Tin Pop and keep it neat and fun WOW WOW this is what it is all about.

Roll on this week, we are going to go through some do’s and don’t and get a little more Cuba blood flowing through those veins.

The Beginners will be getting there normal individual attention as well.

Didn’t the room look nice ???

Look out for la Cuba Ritmo at the Talk, Oak Street, Norwich on the 7th Feb.

This is a 110% Cuban Band that you will want and need to dance to.

Richard n Sharon   Besotes

End of an era.

Jackie has been teaching Rueda in Gorleston near Gt Yarmouth for years now. In a very pretty and charismatic loft over looking the harbour and the North Sea.

No that's not the North Sea!

On my and my wife’s first visit to the loft we found a circle of all the good dancers of the area doing the move Classico. Very impressive for us as we had only been dancing Salsa a few months and here we were in amongst the elite of Norfolk’s Salsa World. All we knew about Rueda was that it seemed fun and a move called fly.

Jackie and John

In the first class we got a shock 11 moves to remember and the next week I had to call them all. I spent the next 4+ years driving around at work going through Rueda moves in my head so I had them sorted before the next Wednesdays Rueda.

Jackie has a natural rhythm and a very easy way of teaching.

So any weekender organizers out there should snap her up for teaching beginners Rueda.

Carnival de Cuban London 2008

All this has finally come to an end with Jackie wanting to spend time on other things such as her Samba and Afro-Cuban drumming.

So for all the Guy’s and Girl’s that have passed up the stairs to the loft “ Thanks Jackie”.

She was the one that taught us that if you dance Cuban you must soak up the ethos of Cuba to do it properly. 

Salsa, Rueda and Merengue

What a Great night Thursday, at Sutton Staithe Hotel, Norwich.

It’s so good to see so many new people as well as some many dancing after the Salsa classes.

The Cuban move in the improvers and the intermediate class was to give you something a little different to put into your Salsa and to give the ladies a chance to move the hips and arms but still under control of the guy. Its also a move where the guy can calm things down a little.

The Rueda’s were fast, if you can dance a Rueda to Los Van Van’s – Tim Pop you can do anything !!   Talk about exercise !! More this week.

Los Van Van ( Cuba’s best band ) are in London in March and Sharon is thinking of a mini bus for 16 of us if you are interested in going let us know.

Don’t forget to get your Christmas Party ticket it’s only £ 8.50 including a meal. Again see us

Take care and see you Thurs at Sutton Staithe.

Richard  www.dancecuban.net 

Los Van Van in London 7th March 2009

It doesn’t get any better than this Los Van Van comes to London.+ DJs Dr Jim and Javier La Rosa
Cuba’s biggest and best Salsa and Timba band comes to London again. Out of all the Cuban bands this is the one at the top of the list of not to be missed. With DJ’s Javier and Jim the music will continue into the night making it one to remember.

One thing with Los Van Van is that if you are new to Cuban Salsa there will lots of tracks you know from your local Salsa club. If not, I think its best you change your Salsa Club/Class because you have been missing out  !!!!

Check out more picture’s and a Video of the track Tim Pop  Los Van Van

Ticket info The Round House. NW1 

Christmas is coming !

This Thursday for the first 30mins Sharon will be concentrating on hips and torso movement. This is the all important class that once you have it, you will have that Cuban look to go with all those moves. 

 I will be taking the beginners

Don’t forget the Christmas Party 18th Dec, its only £ 8.50 for the night including a meal and coffee at 8pm ! Then Music till midnight. See us to get your ticket as we have to book the meals.

The web site has a few more pages and a few more features, such as a play list from DJ Rich so you you listen to some of the latest tracks he uses  This can be found at http://www.dancecuban.net/section/2/albums-cuban/index.html

Rueda moves and calls page is slowly taking shape http://www.dancecuban.net/section/2/rueda-moves/index.html

For other dances that you will find on your travels and Check out the Conga Video you will need it at the Party http://www.dancecuban.net/section/2/cuban_dance/index.html

See you all Thursday     Richard   www.dancecuban.net  

Dance Cuban Salsa Classes

(Salsa at Sutton Staithe, Norwich, Norfolk, UK) just in case any of you from Norwich USA try looking for us !!!
This week for the first 30mins Sharon will give you a lovely short Bachata move for you. Later in the night will show you how to put this into your Cuban Salsa. The beginners will get individual attention in Cuban Salsa for those 30mins in the very basics movements and footwork.
Then on to 50mins of improvers/beginners and Intermediates.

The following week 20th Nov the guys get that first 30mins off because Sharon is going through the girls hip movement to nail that figure of 8.
Don’t forget your ticket for the Christmas Party. Crackers, Meal,special Guest and great Music for just £ 8.50 18th Dec Sutton Staithe Hotel. Bring a friend and your dancing shoe’s. Oh and the Cuban Conga not to be missed
Añoranza Por La Conga by Ricardo Leyva Y Sur Caribe

Dance Cuban Christmas Party

+ Special Guest

Thur 18th Dec at 7.30pm – midnight at Sutton Staithe Hotel, Sutton near Stalham Norwich UK.

Find Us at Sutton Staithe

Including two course meal at 8pm choice of veggy, turkey, Lamb, Pork and Beef depending on availablity. Choice of dessert and coffee.

Games, Conga, Rueda and Dancing until midnight all this for only £ 8.50. Get your ticket Now. Bring friends and family.

It’s party time !!!!    

 See us to get your Ticket

Check out the Conga and see what you are missing