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Our specialities are the Timing Products and our DVDs designed specifically for you to practice timing, footwork and even turn patterns, solo at home. We also have DVDs full of turn patterns, some of which are demonstrated and explained by over 40 dancers including some world famous stars. Finally don’t forget our Bachata DVDs, one of our best sellers.
We want to make sure you know what you buy. No other producers place so much information on-line about their products so that you can choose what best suits you. You can find a description of each DVD on their individual pages, a full description (word by word!) of their content (what we call scripts) and for some of them even a translation in French, Italian or Spanish. And if you like watching, you can check the trailers of our DVDs or check our YouTube pages.
If you like learning, there is plenty! First we have a full timing method, based on our Timing Products with a program to understand salsa and mambo rhythm, based on learning to clap to the music, understanding the rhythm of all different salsa instruments, executing the basic steps correctly on1, and on2, moving to more advanced footwork and learning how to execute all basic salsa and mambo moves on1, on2 and in Cha Cha Cha. Then there is our Salsa Method. This probably is not for everyone, but if you are not intimidated by some minor technicality we believe you will find something useful here: it consists of a method to understand and makeup salsa turn patterns, a way to write and memorise them and a full dictionary of the basic elements of salsa dancing.
If you like reading, oh well.. sit down, relax and get started, there is plenty for all tastes, including salsa DVD reviews, salsa and mambo music reviews and listings and salsa articles
Today's Salsa CD reviews
Son 14 - Fuego En La Maya :
How does Son sound with the addition of a large brass section? Like this CD. Indeed it contains very traditional Son melodies and feel, seasoned by a richly arrangement brass section. The result sounds a lot like Adalberto Alvarez music, which is not surprising given that Adalberto and Son 14 have collaborated for many years.
As a result, if you like Son, or Cuban music in general, you will most likely like this CD.. no surprises, exactly what you may expect. “Fuego En La Maya” and “Homenaje A Tata” are energetic and lively, fun to dance, in my opinion the best tracks of the CD. “Rompamos El Contrato” and “Desengafiado“ are slower and sadder, suitable for practises. “La Fiesta En La Casa De Juan” is a nice son montuno, slow enough to dance as Cha Cha Cha is so you wish. “Plena Para Tres Mujeres” like the word says, is a Plena, unusual for a Cuban band, quite pleasant, without driving crazy. “La Mulata Santiaguera” is another slow pace, very nice Son, here Adalberto Alvarez feel comes out fully. “No Es Tan Fácil”, in another country and with another band, would have probably ended up being a Salsa Romantica, definitely not my favourite. The CD finishes with a nice Bolero (“Volverás”) and a Cumbia ”Para Las Mujeres”. Surely a pleasant CD. 10--1-08
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Today's Salsa DVD reviews
SalsaIsGood - Advanced Figures in NY/LA/Cuban Salsa
Level: Adv
Style: NY-LA-Cuban
Content: Figures
General Comment: I have been dancing both LA and Cuban Style salsa for about seven years now
and have also attended classes regularly. The last year I have bought around 20 DVDs to get to see some new and fresh material. A common problem is that "advanced" usually means a much lower level than you would expect and hope
for if you really are an advanced dancer. Not so here! The figures on this
DVD are really challenging and I would not recommend them for anyone who has danced less than two years. Although there is material here on improver,
intermediate and advanced level it overall feels clearly targeted towards
the advanced user. If you have already bought well established UK and USA
DVDs I would recommend that you go for this (Australian) one now! You can
either learn the patterns in Cuban and LA style or settle for learning each
pattern in the style you feel it is most appropriate for. Do not be
intimidated by getting just four "patterns". The total length of each
pattern makes the total amount of the material richer than on normal DVSs
that offer 10 or 12 patterns.
Reviewed by Pierre Wanger
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Salsa articles
| On2? Which On2? I am writing this post to all experienced salsa dancers out there, and in particular to all salsa instructors. I have a question which hopefully will spark an e-mail exchange from which I may understand a few things which are unclear to me. In order to put this into context, first a few 'facts'.
Fact 1 . Roughly speaking, most people dance salsa either On1, or On2 Modern Mambo (NY style) or On2 Classic Mambo (Puerto Rican style also similar to Cuban contratiempo). Today Modern Mambo is used more frequently than Classic Mambo at congresses and salsa classes around the world.. more... |
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| The Salsa 10 Commandments: 1)You shall not dance out of time, 2) You shall not refuse a dance to a less advanced dancer , 3) You shall respect other dancers on the dance floor more...
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| Creativity, Style and Salsa: How can I be creative in my dancing? How does SuperMario come up with his incredible moves? Did Eddie Torres invent NY style? What is style? Who creates a style? What does it mean to be creative anyway?
There are no objective answers to the above questions. They all, one way or the other, depend on subjective views on the artistic expression we call salsa, on what we like, and on what we intend by salsa in the first place. But we can still say reasonable things about the matter and make the creative process clearer and possibly easier. What follows are some thoughts of mine, mostly borrowed from my maths background. I am sure all this must have been said already within the art or humanistic literature, and if you are aware of work in this area please let me know, so that I can learn more. |
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