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Salsa Video Contest : Only a few days left for your entry!

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Anthony Persaud
2 days, 6 hours ago
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If you haven’t yet found out - we are hosting our first contest ever on the website in partnership with FOX and So You Think You Can Dance! You only have a few days left to submit your video. Remember, it just has to be a quick video with a dance pattern that you think people will like! You don’t need a fancy camera and you don’t need to explain the move. It’s that simple! It is something you can do at the end of a salsa dance class! Salsa, Cha Cha, Merengue, Salsaton.. anything goes. [Instructions]

Enter Salsa Contest Here

In a salsa galaxy, far, far away… let’s just call it Iowa.

To show you an example of a quick video you could take, I have dug up one of the many videos from the very old ‘Salsa History Archives’ of Salsa Anthony version 1.0. This is a video of when I first started to learn how to dance in Ames, IA in a Salsa dance club I started with a few friends called ‘Descarga Latin Dance‘. While I will let you laugh at my XL-clothing attire and ‘boots for dance shoes’ - I hope it shows everyone that with hard work, you can grow your dancing abilities little by little: ANYONE CAN DANCE SALSA. We all go through the same growing pains. Hopefully this serves as inspiration to a few of you out there.

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I expect a few funny commentaries or captions below. :-)

Mayan World Salsa Dance Competition 2008 - Finals

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Anthony Persaud
5 days, 10 hours ago
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For those who closely follow the Los Angeles salsa scene, the 13th Annual Mayan World Salsa Competition will be held on May 17th, 2008 with first prize being $5,000 dollars. That is still a good amount of dough even if the US dollar is falling…. (I wish we got paid in Euros or Pounds).

For those new in the salsa ‘world’, this is not a regular salsa congress competition - it is more about themes, costumes, lifts, tricks and basic dance choreography. Before the ESPN World Salsa Championships, this used to be the standard of salsa competitions when I first started dancing. They tend to be very liberal with the adding of random ‘rewind’ and ‘explosion’ effects in the soundtrack-features typical of LA style.  Check out LA salsa greats like Liz Lira, David Nieto, and Christian Oviedo- who you would recognize from the “A Weekend in Salsa” video  (the first couple dancing) that I shot at the last Los Angeles Salsa Congress.

Be sure to check it out if you are in the area. You can view Preliminary and Semi-Final round videos on the Mayan website.  Before the advent of YouTube, these videos were a gift to all salseros looking for free online videos to be able to watch what is going on in the salsa scene.  Enjoy…and wait to see who ends up winning the finals!

ESPN To Re-Run 2007 World Salsa Championships

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DanyJ-ScarletMambo
6 days, 15 hours ago
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Hello Salsa friends. This is Dany Joshua and I have great news! If you missed the 2007 World Salsa Championships, don’t worry because you can catch the competition on one of the ESPN networks. If you live in the USA, then you can watch the broadcast in Spanish on ‘ESPN Deportes’ or in English on ESPN2. If you live elsewhere, see the schedule below. No excuses now! Set your Tivo!

As a side note, the commentator for this competition is New Jersey’s instructor/performer, Jai Catalano. A few years ago when I started dancing Salsa, I took classes with him at his Belleview (New Jersey) location. It is great to see that ESPN picked a seasoned Salsa veteran to comment and offer insight.

ESPN Deportes (USA and Puerto Rico):
May 6 - 9:00 pm EST
May 10 - 9:00 pm EST

ESPN2 (USA):
May 27 - 9:00 pm EST
June 4 - 12:30 am EST
June 19 - 2:00 pm EST

ESPN Dos:
(Caribbean/Mexico Region)
May 4 - 10:00 pm EST
May 11 - 10:00 pm EST
May 18 - 10:00 pm EST
May 25 - 10:00 pm EST

All the times are New York Time
aka EST (Eastern Standard Time).
aka MST (Mecca of Salsa Time)
Just kidding…

 ESPN Latin (South America, Mexico, Caribbean and Central America):
May 3 - 5:00 pm EST
May 5 - 4:00 pm EST
May 6 - 4:00 pm EST
May 7 - 4:00 pm EST

ESPN Atlantic (Africa, Middle East):
May 8 - 2:00 pm EST
May 8 - 3:00 pm EST
May 15 - 2:00 pm EST
May 15 - 3:00 pm EST

ESPN Pacific-Rim (Australia, Pacific Islands, Japan, New Zealand):
May 4 - 2:00 am EST
May 4 - 3:00 am EST
May 11 - 2:00 am EST
May 11 - 3:00 am EST

Amicitia Salsa Dance Social - San Diego

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Anthony Persaud
1 week, 2 days ago
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Our friends at Amicitia Dance Co. (Junior & Emily) are throwing a social at the San Diego Convention Center! World-class performers from SF, LA, and San Diego (Mamboleo, Majesty in Motion, Alma Latina, Positive Energy, Juan & Susie, Salsa Divas) will be performing.  Come to dance or even just share the amazing shows with your friends/family!!!

From the Bay Area, Isidro & Sheila, from LA, Edwin Rivera, even Ashle from So You Think You Can Dance?!

Big elevated stage, two dance floors, and a cash bar too. Let’s all support the San Diego scene!

Pre-sale tickets are $12 or $15 at the door.
www.JuniorAndEmily.com to stay in touch!

Here is a video of one of their more recent performance:

Salsa Video Contest: So You Think You Can Dance (A2S Edition)

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Julie
1 week, 5 days ago
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Salsa Dance Contest - So You Think You Can Dance

We are happy to announce our first online dance contest!  Submit the best video, and you could win a $150 VISA gift card & merchandise from SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: 2 Hour Premiere Thursday May 22 - 8/7c on FOX!

In celebration of the fourth season of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE and Addicted2Salsa is giving you the chance to win a VISA Gift Card & merchandise from the show!
The summer hit SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, keeps viewers moving to a different beat as dancers skilled in everything from the “street” styles of Hip-Hop, Krumping and Popping to Ballroom’s Salsa, Quickstep and Jive compete to be named the nation’s favorite. Now, Addicted2Salsa in association with SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE are hosting a contest for the best salsa combination.

So You Think You Can Salsa Dance PrizesHow to enter:
1.    Make a video of yourself doing a salsa dance pattern- be CREATIVE! (other dance styles may be incorporated)
2.    Upload the video to YouTube and submit the YouTube URL on our contest page or by clicking ‘Enter Contest‘ below.: as many video entries as you wish between May 5th and May 19th.
3.    Addicted2Salsa staff will choose the top 10 videos, which will be posted on our website.  Then it’s your turn to choose the #1 video by casting your vote online!
4.    PRIZES:

  • 1st place- $150 VISA gift card and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE merchandise
  • 2nd place- $20 iTunes gift card (provided by addicted2salsa)
  • 3rd place- $10 iTunes gift card (provided by addicted2salsa)

    • This contest will be a fun way for members of the salsa community to share their passion with one another, get excited for the upcoming season of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, and the winner will take home a $150 VISA gift card plus merchandise from the show.  We are excited to see all of your entries!

    If you are ready, you can submit your video right now! Click the link below.

    Enter Salsa Contest Here

    Contest Rules : Terms and Conditions

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    Salsa Dance Club Reviews for San Francisco, CA

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    Anthony Persaud
    1 week, 5 days ago
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    San Francisco Review Map

    A user submitted us a quick link over at Yelp to some of his short reviews of different places to go dancing in the San Francisco area (California). The San Francisco and Oakland scene is jammed packed with great salsa dancers - and this is especially true for anyone that has attended the San Francisco Salsa Congress (usually in November).

    So if you are from the area - you might want to check out the reviews of the places he mentions. At least it gives any new dancers a place to start.

    San Francisco Salsa Club Reviews

    Ballet Hispanico - Palladium Nights - Theatre Musical

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    DanyJ-ScarletMambo
    2 weeks, 3 days ago
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    If you live near New York City (or if you will be in the Metropolitan area this weekend - May 3rd and 4th, 2008) then you cannot miss Ballet Hispanico’s musical, “Palladium Nights”. Unfortunately, there are only three shows left. 2pm and 8pm on Saturday, May 3rd and 3pm on Sunday May 4th 2008.

    Palladium Nights

    “… Palladium night club in New York City, where mambo was king, Tito led the band and the dancing was sensational! Located in the heart of New York’s vibrant 1950’s jazz scene, the Palladium gave rise to the popularity of the Mambo, the Cha Cha, and the Merengue, …”

    http://www.palladiumnights.com/

    I have bought my tickets already (1st row) and I will be posting a review next week (maybe even pictures and video too). There were still a few tickets left when I checked.

    My previous post featured a TV special about this musical about the 1950’s. I find it very remarkable that, 55 years later, we are still enjoying an art form that has changed in essence very little. 55 years guys! That is 5.5 decades ago. My grandfather was about 22 years old in 1955. Had my grandfather lived in New York City in 1955, he would probably say (raspy voice) ” When I was your age, sonny, I went to a place called Palladium to do the Mambo”.

    Actually, my grandfather lived in Cuernavaca, Mexico (near Mexico City). I wonder if you he ever danced the Mambo. Perez-Prado started his orchestra in Mexico City in the early 50’s. I vaguely remember my grandmother talking about the Mambo. That’s an idea for a future post.

    Anyway, “Palladium Nights” will be like taking a time machine back the 195o’s. Ironically, since Mambo dancing, now Salsa dancing, has changed little-if you get past the Mambo, Salsa On1 or Salsa On2 arguments-every time we go to a Salsa night club is like traveling back to the 1950’s.