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Quiero darles la bienvenida y agradecerles por suscribirse para recibir la edición mensual de International Salsa Magazine. El proceso de impresión ha evolucionado mucho desde que Johannes Gutenberg inventó por primera vez la impresión. Creemos que la impresión digital es la nueva corriente del futuro y estamos orgullosos de seguir esta nueva corriente. Además, es muy conveniente poder recibir una revista sin demoras y a una pequeña fracción de lo que normalmente costaría.

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Publicamos artículos que sean de interés para los músicos, bailarines, promotores y lugares dónde se lleven a cabo eventos de música latina. Publicamos artículos en inglés y en español que nos envían nuestros corresponsales y lectores. Las puertas para recibir nuevos corresponsales de todo el mundo están constantemente abiertas. Nuestros corresponsales mantienen actualizados a nuestros lectores sobre lo que sucede en sus respectivas áreas. En algunas ocasiones los corresponsales asisten a conciertos y entrevistan a los artistas que se presentan en su área. También nos mantienen al tanto de los lugares más visitados para ir a bailar o asistir a un concierto.

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We try to print articles that may be of interest to musicians, dancers, promoters, and establishments that host Latin music events. We publish articles sent to us by our readers, and correspondents in both English and Spanish. We actively accept correspondents throughout the world. Our correspondents are the link to all the other members about what is happening in their respective areas. At times correspondents attend events and interview artists performing in their areas. They also tell us the hot spots for people to go dancing and special concerts. The magazine also tries to inform on all webpages about salsa. We do not feel that others are our competition, but that they are our brothers in this effort to keep our art alive. There are also a great deal of free music available on line and we try to tell our readers about those stations.

Nuestra revista es diferente a una página Web, porque al ser una publicación mensual, lo que se lee son eventos actuales que acontecen en el mundo de la salsa. Es por eso que deseamos que toda aquel que este relacionado a nuestra revista este orgullo de ser parte de International Salsa Magazine. Maria Ferrara, Romina Maraschini, y Diego Solovitas, todos trabajan arduamente cada mes para hacer posible nuestra revista. Los invitamos a que nos manden correos con sus opiniones sobre como podemos mejorar, nos pueden comentar sobre bandas que conozcan, si grabaron un CD y quieren una opinión, o si saben de algún evento o lugar que quieran compartir con nosotros. Nos pueden mandar la información, estaremos felices de compartir esta información con nuestros Salseros.

This magazine is different from a webpage, because since it is a monthly publication, you know that what you are reading is current events in the salsa world. We hope to make everyone associated with us proud to be a part of International Salsa Magazine. Maria Ferrara, Romina Maraschini, and Diego Solovitas all work very hard every month to make this magazine available to you. We hope to get your emails and feed back about how we can improve, bands you know about, if they recorded a CD and want to be reviewed, or if there is an event, or place that you want to tell us about. Let us know and we will be happy to share this information with all our other Salseros.

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Nuestra revista también provee información de otras Web salseras. No sentimos que sean competencia, los consideramos nuestros hermanos, unidos por el esfuerzo de mantener este arte en vigencia. También existe mucha música gratuita que se puede escuchar online, tratamos de comunicarle a nuestros lectores sobre las estaciones de radio.

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Fina Torres by Eduardo Guilarte

EDUARDO GUILARTE: Today is November 6th, 2010. I’m interviewing Film Director, Fina Torres, at the Sofitel Hotel, Redwood City, California. Fina, first let me ask you, as a film director what attracted you to present your film in the Latino Film Festival in Redwood City? FINA TORRES: I think the nature for this movie, for “Habana Eva,” is the Latino audiences. This particular one, the Redwood City Latino Film Festival had the generosity to invite the movie for the opening night, it is a very big privilege. So, I got this phone call from Sylvia Perel and she invited me and I immediately said yes. I thought it was important, you know, as a director, the most important thing is to show the movie, that the movie is seen, to communicate to an audience, so any occasion that you can communicate with an audience, you can show the movie to an audience and most if it is a Latino audience, it is very important for all of us. EDUARDO GUILARTE: Now, you won a very big award at the Cannes Film Festival with your previous film “Oriana”

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FINA TORRES: Yes.

EDUARDO GUILARTE: And are you planning to take this film to Cannes? FINA TORRES: No, Oriana was a dramatic movie, not a Comedy; it was a very independent author movie, with a very strange treatment, with particular cinematographic language, a serious movie, it was good for those festivals like Cannes, Venice or Berlin, but “Habana Eva” is a comedy and comedies normally don’t apply to certain kinds of…you know, many people in the intelligentsia of the cinema consider that comedies are not serious enough. Remember the famous book of Aristotle that got lost, the book of the comedy, in that sense it is a very popular genre, so they consider it very commercial, but they don’t consider it as a serious genre.

EDUARDO GUILARTE: As I was watching your movie last night, I immediately went to Rómulo Gallegos, Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and I felt that you’ve captured that richness, to me that seems very rich, you know… FINA TORRES: Oh yes, of course, what nationality are you? You’re what? You’re a… EDUARDO GUILARTE: Latino-Gringo FINA TORRES: So, of course, this is the thing that we Latinos… we have all the keys, the knowledge, the instruments, the tools to decipher, to understand between the lines what is said, but many people who don’t have that reference, just see only one dimension of the story. All the romantic stories, with the girl that is in love with the boy…It’s a very thin line, so you can understand like the iceberg what is below the level of the water or you can just take the piece outside. EDUARDO GUILARTE: So another way of saying it is that it’s not that it’s not serious enough but you don’t think the international market has the capacity to comprehend the subtleties and the richness of it. FINA TORRES: The market is one thing, festivals are other. EDUARDO GUILARTE: Ok. FINA TORRES: Festivals and market sometimes they don’t go together. You see films that win in big festivals are not at all commercial successes. I think “Habana Eva” is a good film to market because it’s a comedy, that means entertainment, you know, people laugh, people cry, takes you on a ride. But this is why I think maybe for some kind of festivals they don’t see what is behind…maybe they take it literally to the first degree. I’m not sure if I’m being clear. EDUARDO GUILARTE: Yes. When did you finish shooting and do your post-production for “Habana Eva”?

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EDUARDO GUILARTE: So, right now you’re the promotional trail. FINA TORRES: I’m in the promotional trail, absolutely! But I’m not going to stay long in the promotional trail because I’ve learned after four movies…like a child, you want to nurse it, then you want to take care of it until the end, but sometimes it takes more than a year and that is precious time to develop other projects.

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FINA TORRES: We finished it on June, so like five months ago. Yeah! it is very recent…

You have to make a choice, or continue to nurse it until a grownup or to start to build up a baby. And I said to myself that I’m going to do this until the end of the year, until December. The last festival I’m going to go is the Habana Cuban Festival and that’s it. I’m not going to go to more festivals! EDUARDO GUILARTE: When Batista was overthrown on January 1st, 1959, with three large migrations out of Cuba, Miami, Puerto Rico and Venezuela… FINA TORRES: Yes, absolutely… EDUARDO GUILARTE: One of your leading characters is a Venezolano-Cubano, it’s always been recognized by a lot of people that Cuba led the way of entertainment in Latin America because it was the Las Vegas of the time. FINA TORRES: Absolutely… EDUARDO GUILARTE: And so when these Cubans who left who had been involved in the entertainment industry, they took that talent with them. One of them was Cisneros, he is a Venezolano-Cubano, and one of your leading characters is a Venezolano-Cubano. FINA TORRES: Yes! Absolutely… EDUARDO GUILARTE: Is that part of that tradition? FINA TORRES: It’s a reference to the…many rich families in Europe. High-middle class and rich families immigrated immediately after the revolution, they exiled, and they went away. And as you said, the majority went to Miami, a considerable part to Puerto Rico, and a lot to Venezuela. These Cubans that came to Venezuela and immediately integrated in the country, and they became Cuban-Venezuelan, and they build up very close ties to the Venezuelan society and they integrated and they are part, you know. I know Cisneros…for us they are Venezuelan, of course, with their Cuban origins. But I know that when Fidel withdrew from the power, as I said, a very strong wind of hope, a change started to blow, not only in the island, over the island, but also all the exiles around thinking “Ok, this is going to change, maybe this is the time we can recover our properties that we lost when we left.”

EDUARDO GUILARTE: The American Civil War did a lot of changes to the south as well and the ability or the thought that you can turn around and have your land titles respected. So, if I’m understanding you correctly part of what you present in the film is the whole concept and idea that there’s a lot of people who still hold on to the ideas that these worlds are homes, these worlds are lands, and we have a little title to them. FINA TORRES: Exactly, that’s a nature issue in the movie, but in a very subtle way and it starts at the beginning when she

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So, this is why one of the subjects very parallel to the movie is this Venezuelan-Cuban family who seeing the changes send the boy to make an inventory, to see in what state their properties are, so they can plan already ahead what they are going to do with them once they recover their properties.

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INTERVIEWS ENTREVISTAS finds the stone, and he comes to her and she says “That stone is mine because I saw it first,” and then she says to him, “But to whom does it belong? To the one who saw it first or to the one who needs it more?” So that is the big, big, moral question. There are people living in those properties for fifty years, three generations, these people went away, they are coming back, this house is mine. The people who are living there say “this house is mine, I have been living here for fifty years, and this house was mine before.” To whom belongs the property morally? To the one who needs it or to the one who possessed it once upon a time? And yet to both! So, how to decide? How to solve that equation?

so you can’t have private enterprise. This is why it is so funny, I think it was a little premonitory, the movie. EDUARDO GUILARTE: And then you deal with the issue of a lot of people who go and visit Cuba, come back fascinated with Cuba, and they say, “Well, you know, the only two places in Latin America where you don’t get kidnapped is Costa Rica and Cuba” FINA TORRES: Yeah, it is true. EDUARDO GUILARTE: They say there is literally no crime like all the other Latin American countries. FINA TORRES: That’s absolutely true. EDUARDO GUILARTE: And another topic is the “Jineteras” and your film has a way of introducing how the leading character, Eva, finds herself receiving money, you know, without intending to have that is the result. And also with the fact that a stranger comes from another land, and he is offering to take her out of the poor life style and then the other guy who is limited because he lives in a Cuban society and he can’t offer her anymore than that. FINA TORRES: Exactly, that’s very interesting! EDUARDO GUILARTE: I love the way you dealt with that.

EDUARDO GUILARTE: In Venezuela, Chavez has been expropriating haciendas, not by challenging the current ownership of somebody who just acquired it, but by going back to two or three generations and saying, “How did your grandfather get this?” “Did your grandfather steal it?” And they have been taking large haciendas in Venezuela on the basis. FINA TORRES: Yeah, they have two basis, they have that basis and the basis on the social needs, and that’s, you know, a very ambiguous territory because who determines if that hacienda was really productive or not? Who determines that? You know, it is very ambiguous, I think there is a lot of politics involved and when politics gets involved, it is very difficult to know the truth.

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EDUARDO GUILARTE: One of the strong images in your movie is a billboard of Fidel Castro with the writing, “No power in the world shall subjugate us.” Do you want to comment why you put that image?.

FINA TORRES: As slogan it was made and it is a real quote, it is not a quote that I invented, I found that quote in a billboard in Cuba and I took a picture. When Fidel gives that quote, he is talking about his revolution and the Cuban people as revolutionary people. When Eva is looking at it and she sees the phrase, she is taking it individually for her. So, what I’m trying to say is that one phrase, you can apply for one thing, and then you can apply it for exactly the opposite, it has the same strength. When she takes that phrase, she says “Ah, no power can subjugate me” so I’m going to do…but in that moment it was forbidden in Cuba. Now, is open since August 1st, the rules changed, the law changed and people now can open little businesses, private little businesses. But when I shot the movie two years ago it was totally forbidden, because it is a communist country,

FINA TORRES: There are two moments in the movie that still move me very much… that I have these strong feelings. One is when she sees the billboard with the quote and the way she takes it in and how she reacts to it…she starts making her own business, which was forbidden. And the other one is when she takes the money after having that night at the hotel that she doubts, she refuses at the beginning and then gets dressed and then she sees it and then she takes it. I loved those moments because they are real…meaning that normally in an American movie she would not have touched the money because she is not a whore. It is about dignity, you know. The reality in Cuba is that you have so many economical difficulties that… it’s gone, it’s there, it doesn’t put you better or not better, who is going to take it? The waitress! The one who is going to clean the room? You do not do that; it is like if someone is thirsty, you have water and you don’t touch it because it comes from whatever. That moment was very interesting and what is more interesting is the anecdote. When I wrote the script, she didn’t take the money, she saw the money and she left leaving the money there because she was not a whore. And when we were preparing the movie you make readings with all the crew, the Cuban crew, we were all there with all the Cuban crew complete reading scene by scene, when we got to that scene it was a revolt, all the Cubans, men and women said that is phony baloney, that never happened here, that is not believable, she would take the money whatever she is, she would take the money, that is not a Cuban character. And I said, “Wow, you’re so right, this is my stupid American moralist, Puritanism, you know. I am so used now to writing for Americans, but I changed it. I just adored them for that. I think that makes the character so much interesting. EDUARDO GUILARTE: A good movie is a movie that is written by a talented writer and that makes the movie good. However lousy acting can ruin the movie, the quality of the actors is superb! Tell me about how you got to these actors because she is very unique and I have never heard of her before. FINA TORRES: It’s her first movie, she is Venezuelan, she is not Cuban, she really managed to make believe she is Cuban, don’t you think so? EDUARDO GUILARTE: Yes, yes, she did.

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EDUARDO GUILARTE: She has this twisted lip. FINA TORRES: Yes, and she is a little bit clumsy sometimes, she is more girlish, but she has the potential to become this sexy, completely assumed young woman. EDUARDO GUILARTE: You incorporated a “muerto” Teresa into the movie. And yet you evaded “Santeria” (laughs) FINA TORRES: I have done two movies with “Santeria” already. This is why I don’t need to do them anymore.

demand, why would you pay to have this channel or that channel that is going to repeat the same movie the whole month? When you can turn around and have a whole database of movies…So, filmmaking as a business, you had an experience before with major films, how do you see film making as an investment? FINA TORRES: Well, it is changing so fast that it is hard to follow. I think it is a risky business because you sell ideas, you invest in an idea, but you really never know how that idea is going to come up. You can cover yourself as they do. Now for an instance any idea of script, any project, to approve it…first it goes to marketing, and if marketing says yes, we can manage to build up a promotional line. If it is easy to market, then it is easy to get green light, if not, no way!

In my second movie, I had a character who was a “brujo santero” very funny and salsero, by the way, he was a real salsero, a beautiful, black man, Venezuelan. And he played the role of a “brujo bantú” and he was great. He was very funny in that movie because it was not like a contest but a confrontation between the techniques of a “brujo bantú” and a psychoanalyst, and they exchanged methods, it was very funny, that’s in the second.

It is more and more a business, very calculated but you know what? You can calculate and make all your calculations…these actors…two movies that were very successful so this is…bla bla bla and it doesn’t guarantee it is going to work, and then a movie that is completely against all odds, no actors, a subject that when you read it is too strange, suddenly is a big hit, it is still like a poker, it is not that easy!

In the third movie, “Woman on top,” that was shot in Brazil was all about “Candomblé” because it was all about

EDUARDO GUILARTE: It’s like playing poker!

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FINA TORRES: It took a lot of prep, but I think the most important thing when I chose her is because she had the physical that I thought it was perfect for the character, very sweet, very innocent, very naïve, very young.

FINA TORRES: It’s like playing poker in a way, of course you can cover yourself up, there are very good poker players…I think that is what it makes it so passionate… EDUARDO GUILARTE: What about private investors from the investor’s perspective? FINA TORRES: Do you know a lot of private investors in cinema? I don’t, it is always state funding of course you have the big, big companies in United States, like the studios, but it is a whole different ball of games because they not only have the movie, but what they call the around the movie, the gadgets.

“Yemanjá” who was her goddess; “Yemanjá” was really a character of the movie. EDUARDO GUILARTE: So, you purposely evaded the “Santeria” subject. FINA TORRES: Not even purposely, I think that my mind didn’t even register it; it was not interesting for me anymore. EDUARDO GUILARTE: But you brought in the “muerta” (laughs)

In our every day culture we talked to the dead, even I had an uncle who visited my grandfather who was dead many years ago and talked to the phone with him, it is something that we have in our culture, and so for me that is why it was so natural for that to happen. EDUARDO GUILARTE: Netflix is changing film in many different ways to marketing, etc... Premiere channels are not as in

FINA TORRES: You see, it is amazing, and that is a big success of these days, it is complicated, but we are talking about cinema in that big industrial way. There are two types of cinema: there are the independent movies, like the ones we make, and then the big, big, big, very industrial business, when movies are like cars. It is a product, studied, and prospected as a product that you have to sell, and you have to invest this and take out this, all the crazy people like me that do independent movies, and many, many others that are just like kamikazes, that spend five years looking for some minimal funding, financing to get the project moving on, and then they do it like this and it takes here to put together, and thanks to festivals like yours, like this festival or the Latino Film Festival or many other festivals, they start coming out and they have the chance to suddenly come into the big… to the main stream that is a total risk. You do not have any guarantee, you work with actors who nobody knows, you work with strange stories that they don’t guarantee you people are going to like it or not, you have everything against what you can imagine.

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FINA TORRES: “La muerte” is not “Santeria.” “La muerte” is a very typical traditional Latin American idiosyncrasy; you see that in Juan Rulfo, Garcia Marquez, you see that in many writers.

EDUARDO GUILARTE: I sold a series to Venezuela, Mazinger Z, I took it down there and I thought it was “Oh, a cartoon series,” and I had a cousin who was working for “Radio Caracas Televisión” He set up the interview, so the executives could see it, and it was the first time that I understood that TV box is a cash register. And it wasn’t the TV series that was worth anything, it was the merchandising around it.

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In thirty years I have done four movies, I have developed like thirty projects, and I only made four movies…you can see how hard it is! And the most fascinating story about this is you make a movie. For example, my first movie “Oriana” got twelve international awards, starting with the Golden Camera in Cannes…everybody could think, “Well, ok she is done, she will do like this…” To do my second movie it took me seven years! EDUARDO GUILARTE: After all those awards? FINA TORRES: After all those awards…when I started the second movie it was like starting from scratch again! EDUARDO GUILARTE: Let me ask you this, doesn’t it have to do also with the ability? Because you can be a terrific director but maybe you are a lousy saleswoman! FINA TORRES: Yes, I am (laughs) EDUARDO GUILARTE: I mean a good salesman can sell ice cubs to the Eskimos. FINA TORRES: Absolutely, you’re right! I am not a career woman and I have very little social skills. I am a terrible salesman, I hate to talk about myself, I hate to go and sell myself. I see people do it and it sounds so natural, they come and they say, “Yes, you know they gave me this award and that award…” It sounds so natural! And I say, “Wow, I can do that.” At the moment I do that, I feel they are going to say, “Oh, she is so pretentious and so…” I have this very low profile and this doesn’t help in the movie business. But to tell you the truth, in spite of that I am not a good saleswoman; it is very, very hard! EDUARDO GUILARTE: I found you very humble yesterday with all your success and everything. FINA TORRES: I’m very humble, it’s true. EDUARDO GUILARTE: Yeah, I picked that up immediately. FINA TORRES: I was brought like that. My family and my grandfather… he was a great man, extremely humble, so that’s the way we were brought up. We were told that people who boast, there is a phrase we say in Spanish, my mother always said it to me “Dime de lo que hablas y te dire de lo que careces” “Tell me what you boast about and I will tell you what you lack of.”

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So that’s an education, and maybe it is not good in this society of capitalism because here everything is about selling, selling, selling, selling, so you repeat, repeat, repeat and people start to believe it! EDUARDO GUILARTE: Fina, I look at the necessity for the film industry to provide new product every week. Here in all these theaters across the country in every single community and they need fresh product and the prices that they charge, I say to myself, “How can someone afford to send the kids to the movies?” I mean at an average price of ten dollars a ticket, and then the popcorn being incredibly high, you have to give your kid a one hundred dollar bill to go to the movies, but yet there is this big demand so it is seen as a very lucrative business. Look at what Disney did, I heard it say that Antonio Banderas made more as the voice of Puss in Boots than he did in all of his 60 plus films that he made. FINA TORRES: Amazing! EDUARDO GUILARTE: And the movie has like a growth close to a billion dollars!

FINA TORRES: It’s pure capitalism, now they prefer to invest 10 many millions of dollars in a movie, two hundred million, three

hundred million, and guarantee completely all the marketing with another hundred million dollars and collect a billion dollar, than to do smaller movies, like twenty million, thirty million. The effort to do, let’s say five, twenty million dollars movie, it’s a hundred million, they can collect maybe thirty million, maybe forty million, if it is a success maybe eighty million, you make five movies with all the risk that represents and you can get back maybe a growth of three hundred million. If you do one big movie like Shrek or Avatar or whatever, it costs two hundred million; you invest one hundred million in marketing and then you get a billion, only with one product, you triple it, so the tendency now is making less movies but bigger movies. So, the industry shrinks, shrinks, shrinks, instead of having two thousand people working or five thousand people working, you only have…everything gets very reduced and you can’t compete with that kind of marketing! EDUARDO GUILARTE: I know, but then it is like saying that you’re going to reduce the menu to two or three items on the menu, as supposed to giving a wide variety of choices! FINA TORRES: Yeah, that’s the way it is, that´s pure capitalism, bigger capital, bigger investment, makes bigger growth so the little ones get squeezed. EDUARDO GUILARTE: Everyone who is a film fanatic, etc, goes and looks up IMBD, the internet movie database, etc. to see how much money a movie made or lost…your films have made money? Have they lost money? FINA TORRES: None of them has lost money! EDUARDO GUILARTE: Good. FINA TORRES: But they have not made gorgeous either. In “Oriana”, the investment was four hundred thousand dollars

EDUARDO GUILARTE: A loss… FINA TORRES: None of them! EDUARDO GUILARTE: Good for you! What did it cost to make “Habana Eva”? FINA TORRES: A million and a half. EDUARDO GUILARTE: Wow! Terrific! Was this because it was a cheaper budget doing it in Cuba? FINA TORRES: Yes, because it was made in Venezuela and Cuba. If you pay in “bolivares” to the official change, you can say “Oh, it may cost like two million dollars.” But if it is what they call the fluent change or the black, is like one million five so between one million five and two million. We shot eleven weeks, it was a long shot! EDUARDO GUILARTE: Where did you do most of your shooting? Habana? FINA TORRES: Yeah! Habana, we only shot two scenes in Venezuela. EDUARDO GUILARTE: What were those? FINA TORRES: The scene when the Venezuelan man was with the family, that was in Caracas, and the hotel room, that is in Cuba, but we shot it in Caracas, when she wakes up. EDUARDO GUILARTE: What about the music of the movie? You had a lot of Charanga. FINA TORRES: I wanted to use… EDUARDO GUILARTE: Not the old traditional salsa. FINA TORRES: No, I wanted to use really very contemporary… what young people listen in Cuba now, that is a lot of reggaeton, cubaton…so I thought it was really interesting because I really wanted to portray the youth as it is today. EDUARDO GUILARTE: The music was there I could hear it all the way through, very well done, written very beautifully, but you didn’t bring out any bands or anything, who were the people you chose? Why did you choose them? FINA TORRES: The one who was most in the movie was Descemer Bueno, he is a Cuban, he had this famous group called “Yerba Buena” then they separated. I have one song from “Yerba Buena” and several of Descemer, he is a fantastic musician.

EDUARDO GUILARTE: But you didn’t go with the traditional guys like “Maracas,” like “Isaac Delgado” in a way is kind of American’s ordering Chinese food, American’s ordering Chinese food know how to order the fried rice (laughs). FINA TORRES: That was something I didn’t really want to do. I didn’t want any salsa on the movie. I love salsa, I adore salsa, I love to dance salsa, but it was like too on the nose, like Cuba equals Salsa, there have been so many movies about

This is a new wave in Cuba with these new rhythms and some fusions; I really wanted to explore that. EDUARDO GUILARTE: I think you did a fantastic job with the music, it moves with the new times. FINA TORRES: I wanted to give a very strong image on Contemporary Cuba like a kind of “avant-garde” something that we don’t know that it is moving so fast. We think Cuba is traditional, when you meet a social club…that image is part of their history and culture, but there is an incredible new wave of musicians, and young people that are completely out there in another mood. I thought that was fascinating! EDUARDO GUILARTE: When you wanted to film in Cuba as a Venezuelan filmmaker, I imagine it was a lot easier than if you were American. FINA TORRES: That question is difficult because I am not an American, so I do not know how Americans film in Cuba; the Americans that go to Cuba are Americans who like Cuba…were accepted in Cuba, so they have a lot of support and are welcomed! And an American who does not like Cuba would never go to Cuba, and if he goes I do not think he won’t be well received, but I am Venezuelan, and you know that now Venezuela and Cuba have a very close relationship, and the cinema has special arrangements, it was absolutely very easy for me, was not problem at all and I did not suffer any kind of censorship. EDUARDO GUILARTE: So you were well received in Cuba? FINA TORRES: Not well received, normally received, naturally, they are very professional, the people who work in cinema in Cuba is truly professional, they have a great tradition of cinema. EDUARDO GUILARTE: When I was in St. Petersburg, I went to take pictures at the Hermitage and there you pay something extra in order to be able to photograph, all of the three million pieces of art that are there, and you had a scene where the Venezuelan is taking photographs of the architecture, this man jumps in front of him and says “No Fotos” And then she comes back and says “Que clase de impresión se va a llevar de nosotros”

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And then I had a lot of reggeaton, one of them is Eddie K and “La Charanga” they made a song, when they are in the party, they are singing, not “La Charanga” but Eddie K. I had some very, very simple groups of reggeaton that I found on the streets, you know, young boys…I have some very classic songs of Carlos Varela, who is fantastic…there are like 24 songs in the movie, a lot. Of course I don’t remember all of them now.

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FINA TORRES: It is the same story, one of the entries of money in Cuba is tourism, and some people have a lot of difficulties so when they see tourists taking pictures, they try to take advantage, that’s a joke, “You can’t take a picture, and you have to pay” He doesn’t have the right to do that, it is just a building, maybe nobody lives there, but he sees the tourist and he says “I’m going to take advantage.” EDUARDO GUILARTE: And it is the old fight the photographer has about who owns the image or what I am free to photograph. FINA TORRES: Absolutely! That happened to me once in Cuba and in other places, in Mexico, you’re going to take a picture, they say “No, no, you have to pay to take a picture.” I know it is phony baloney, but you know, you just pay!

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EDUARDO GUILARTE: We develop ideas as we grow and our ideas change along the way, at this point in your life, how do you see what you have done?

FINA TORRES: That’s a difficult question, in one hand I think I have been lucky at least to have done four movies, because it is not simple. And in the other hand, I would like to have done at least eight! EDUARDO GUILARTE: Frank Sinatra said it in his song “I did it my way.” What about Fina? FINA TORRES: I would like Frank Sinatra to teach me what was his way that he was very successful. EDUARDO GUILARTE: Are you happy with yourself? FINA TORRES: Yes, I only regret what I did not do, but I am

very happy with what I have done. TONi MENDOZA: One of the scenes that called my attention was when she decided to be with Jorge and the other guy, is this something new amongst young people in Cuba? Is it part of the new culture? FINA TORRES: It is a metaphor; it is not like if in Cuba today people can do that because this is not a realistic movie, it is a fiction, it is a metaphor, it means there are two systems that seem completely opposite. That is socialism and capitalism, but we have to consider that each proposal has great politics and awful defects, so why can’t we invent a third way and get the best of the socialism proposal and the best of the capitalism proposal, the liberalism proposal... have sense of community, social commitments, education guarantee and health care for everyone. That is a very socialist way! Having responsibility for the community, but at the same time have liberty to choose, liberty to choose your way, have space as individual and progress and choice, have all your human rights respected, and have some competition that is good. Both systems when they get to the extreme are terrible, but both of them have very interesting proposals, why cannot we build a society with the best of both? EDUARDO GUILARTE: I think your line was, “No, I’m not going to be manipulated” It is either both or none. FINA TORRES: Yeah! It was very funny because at the beginning it was like “It is impossible, you can’t say that…It is not going to work.” And I said, “I know it is daring, I know it is wild, but it is the way it has to be.”

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EDUARDO GUILARTE: They are primarily Cuban actors? FINA TORRES: Yeah! There are only four Venezuelan actors EDUARDO GUILARTE: When you went to find your cast, what did you do? Fly to Cuba? Find actors? FINA TORRES: It is very simple…there were two companies producing one of them acts as a normal production company, which is universal, you get there, they start to prepare, they hire a casting director, you work with the casting director, you give the indications, then they go all around the island. There are many actors, there are theaters, there are many film televisions, they convoke and they start choosing, and then they make a proposal, “Ok, we have eight people to propose for this role,” “You see them, Mmm yes, no, I like these three…or none, this is not at all” It is exactly as here! EDUARDO GUILARTE: Villa del Cine is like a Venezuelan studio right?

FINA TORRES: No, I have lived in Paris for 28 years, and then I went to Los Angeles, and lived in Mexico for about two years, then I came back to Los Angeles. TONI MENDOZA: Do you have plans to shoot in Mexico? FINA TORRES: Yes, I would love to; I would really like to shoot in Mexico, I love Mexico, I think it is a beautiful country. EDUARDO GUILARTE: My thought was that if you were in Mexico, it would have been easier to get to Cuba, back and forth while you were filming. FINA TORRES: It is very easy to get to Cuba from Venezuela, back and forth. We have three hours and we have this very tied relationship so it is easy to go from Venezuela to Cuba and from Mexico to Cuba too. EDUARDO GUILARTE: Fina, I want to thank you for this interview and your time, and I hope it has been a good interview for you.

The Villa del Cine is a production company. They are near Caracas, in Guarenas. They have two or three studios, they have machines, they have cameras, and they have the entire post-production infrastructure.

FINA TORRES: It has been a great interview, very good. Are you a journalist?

Now, many first type directors are developing and working with the Villa, but this year there was an incredible boom at the Venezuelan cinema, four films got very successful with the audiences, four Venezuelan films, they won awards, so everybody is very excited because before in Venezuela audiences didn’t like so much Venezuelan movies, so they were not very successful!

FINA TORRES: Oh! That’s very good; I think journalists should study that, private investigation.

EDUARDO GUILARTE: I am a private investigator.

EDUARDO GUILARTE: Thank you very much. FINA TORRES: Oh! Thanks to you.

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FINA TORRES: It is like a Venezuelan Studio, it is state owned, they have infrastructure, and they have everything, so they take a movie from beginning to end.

EDUARDO GUILARTE: You first lived in Mexico?

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My first memories of David Calzado y La Charanga Habanera are from the year 2000, the last time they came to the San Francisco Bay Area. I saw them in San Jose, Berkeley and Santa Cruz. One local musician complained, “They’re eliminating melody!’ The irony was that when he said it, he was in line to see the band for the second time. Their impact on the Bay Area music scene was palpable.

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Of course La Charanga did not entirely eliminate melody, but they did chant lyrics instead of singing, something akin to rap-

ping. What I liked in those shows was La Charanga’s dance moves on stage. I had been raised on James Brown, Sly Stone and Tower of Power, and always loved the physical aspect of their shows. La Charanga Habanera is not a charanga band—there’s no flute or violins, and they don’t play the charanga rhythms. Their timing and structure is Timba, the music that young, well-educated Cuban musicians put together in the 1990s and continue to play today. La Charanga gained notoriety in 1998, when they played a youth festival in Havana with their sexy

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act, broadcast by Cuban state TV. They offended the people in charge of the show, and halfway through their signal was cut. They were then suspended from performing or recording for six months. Members of the band formed their own bands, and after the suspension the leader of La Charanga, David Calzado, put together another version of the group which was also phenomenally good, and successful by Cuban standards. Their latest album is La Carátula, and one of the songs, with the lyric “You’re grooving in Miami

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while I’m grooving in Havana” is now heard everywhere in Cuba. They came to San Francisco twice this summer and I photographed them on August 21 at Yoshi’s San Francisco. A producer I know complained that most of the Timba bands that came around the Bay Area in the recent period were “boy bands,” but as Jon Pareles pointed out in an excellent review in The New York Times, the band around Calzado consists of young men of real musical ability, not just cuteness. If you get a chance, see this band, they’re not likely to disappoint.

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INTERVIEWS ENTREVISTAS ¿Formaste parte de alguna otra orquesta antes de empezar con tu propia orquesta? Si, si, claro muchas, mis inicios fueron en bandas como CALI SABOR, SOL NACIENTE, ORQUESTA DE UNILBRE, ORQUESTA DE LA POLICIA, en el año 1997, después paso a “LOS GOMELOS” bajo el sello SONY MUSIC, The Merengue Band, y la última con la que participe fue MATECANA, hasta el 2001, antes de viajar a Europa.

- Empecemos por el principio, ¿dónde naciste? Soy nacido en Cali.

- ¿A qué edad comienzas a darte cuenta de la pasión que sientes por la música? Desde muy temprana edad comienzo a dar muestras de mi inclinación por la música, a la edad de 15 años participo en el programa “SONEROS 4” que para la época daba oportunidad a cantantes aficionados de mostrar su talento en TV, en la región del Valle Del Cauca.

- ¿Cómo tomaron tus padres la idea que te conviertas en músico? (Risas) Con un grito en el aire, pues para mi mala suerte en mi familia no había músicos, a pesar de ser muy buenos para escuchar música, siempre mi madre trato de desviarme en otras cosas, pero siempre he dicho que el que nace para la música nace y punto.

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- Cuéntame, ¿Cómo fue la primera vez que estuviste frente a un público? ¿Cómo viviste esa experiencia?

Como te comentaba anteriormente mi primera vez frente a un público FUERTE, fue a los 15 años en “SONEROS 4”, fue tenaz pues no sólo era el público sino las cámaras y el público de la TV, y pues todos los participantes llevaban barras de amigos y yo estaba solo (risas) Eso se dio a raíz de que mi familia veía muy imposible mis logros como cantante y más para la época donde apenas empezaba. Sentí un nervio total, la garganta totalmente seca, un poco de inseguridad durante los primeros dos minutos pero al final del tema me agrande y saque mi talento, el cual logró que fuera llamado inmediatamente por orquestas locales de Cali a audicionar.

- Has dejado tu tierra natal para vivir en Inglaterra, ¿cuáles fueron las razones que te llevaron a tomar esta decisión? Bueno fue algo un poco repentino, sale una gira con una agrupación con la cual viajo a Italia, España e Inglaterra, y es finalmente dónde me decido a radicar, muy dura decisión en su momento, pero ahora siento que valió la pena, pues di nacimiento a un proyecto que ahora tiene mucha fuerza en el Reino Unido, ROBIN DEL CASTILLO.

- ¿Te gusta vivir en Londres? Si, es mi segundo hogar, vivo aquí y todo gira en torno a Londres de momento, aunque extraño y amo mucho mi bella Colombia, dónde deseo tener la oportunidad de mostrar mi trabajo musical, y dónde volveré a radicar en su momento.

- Has viajado por diferentes partes del mundo, diferentes países… ¿Cuál es el público que mejor te ha recibido? Sabemos que los latinos tienen un acercamiento más pasional, ¿Cómo es el público europeo? Gracias a Dios he tenido la oportunidad de viajar a muchos países, tales como DUBAI, CHINA, SUECIA, SUIZA, ITALIA, ESPAÑA, PORTUGAL, BRUSELAS, FRANCIA, HOLANDA, INGLATERRA, entre otros.

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Definitivamente Los latinos somos 100% pasionales en todo y más cuando estamos fuera de nuestro país, no importa de que parte seamos de sur, o Centroamérica, la pasión en general nos caracteriza y son un muy buen público a la hora de asistir a un concierto. El público europeo me sorprendió, pues aunque no parezca, son muy buenos analíticos de la salsa como tal, buenos bailarines, y tanto que existen muchos músicos europeos que se han metido en la movida de la salsa y que han cogido mucha ventaja de nuestra música.

- ¿Qué nos podes contar sobre tu álbum Pa’ Mi Tierra? ¿Dónde se puede conseguir este CD?

Cada uno de mis temas tiene una historia, en excepción de “SHE’S THE ONE” que es un tema de rumba total y sin tanta profundidad sentimental como los otros temas.

-¿Qué proyectos tienes a corto plazo? Te cuento…acabo de terminar dos videos más de mi álbum “Pa’ Mi Tierra”. “She’s the one” y “Muere de Pena”, “Aquella Mujer” y seguimos con dos más,”Ya no puedo amarte” y otro que aún no se decide cual es.

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La verdad es que todos los públicos son diferentes, unos muy abiertos, otros un poco retraídos, pero en general me siento muy agradecido por que donde he ido me han tratado súper bien y sobre todo han recibido mi música y mi show con gran entusiasmo.

Tengo planes de viajar a Colombia a promocionar fuertemente mi tema “Ya no puedo Amarte”, el cual empieza a sonar poco a poco en emisoras como la Kalle, Planeta, El Sol, y la Z, que abren puertas a mi producto. Una vez que termine el video “Ya no puedo Amarte” se enviará para reforzar bien el trabajo publicitario en Colombia. El 2011 será un año fuerte de promoción en Colombia si Dios lo permite!

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Bueno te cuento que mi bebe o mi álbum “Pa’ Mi Tierra” es un álbum muy personal, es mi primero como solista. Está compuesto por 10 temas, de los cuales 8 son de mi puño y letra. Es muy emotivo, pues para el que sabe escuchar, no solo encontrará un buen ritmo con diferentes géneros, como lo son la salsa, el salsaton, el bolero, el bolero chacha y el currulao, sino que también encontrarán letras con un buen contenido feliz y emotivo, que en algún momento tocará el corazón, mente y sentimientos generalizados de cualquier ser humano, sobre todo de muchos emigrantes como yo buscando un mejor futuro.

El CD se puede conseguir en ITUNES, AMAZON, y todos los puntos de venta en Internet, hasta en mi web www.robindelcastillo.com

- Como músico y compositor, ¿qué es lo que quieres transmitir a través de tus canciones? Dentro de mis letras siempre mi deseo es crear una identificación general para el público, ya sea basado en hechos reales o ejemplos.

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Lo titule PA’ MI TIERRA porque mi primera composición como tal fue ese tema PA’ MI TIERRA, que nació un 31 de diciembre en medio de una soledad única que me dio el placer de plasmar en esta letra la emotividad de mostrarle al mundo que mi Colombia es mucho más de lo que mucha gente en el exterior piensa.

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Ya son 25 años tocando salsa, como ha evolucionado Batisto Coco desde sus principios a nivel musical?

Los Batisto Coco han hecho un recorrido muy símil a otros grupos de salsa, es decir, antes, tocando las canciones de grandes artistas como Ruben Blades , Tito Puente, Fania, Machito, etcétera, después, empezando a escribir las primeras canciones originales en italiano y en dialecto veneciano.

Los integrantes han cambiado con los años o siguen siendo la misma familia? Durante la larga vida del grupo, muchos músicos han cambiado pero el núcleo historico de los fundadores ha siempre sido a la cabeza de los Batisto Coco. Empezamos con un cantante solo, enseguida añadimos otros 2 cantantes. Entonces el grupo era formado por 3 cantantes , piano, bajo, congas, timbales, bongos, sax tenor, sax barítono y 3 trompetas.

Porque decidieron tocar Salsa? Que los apasiona de este genero musical?

Lo que nos ha encantado más de la salsa fueron los instrumentos de percusión. En 1982 yo dirigía una escuela de música y la clase de percusión latino américana era frecuentada por muchos estudiantes; durante el carnaval tocábamos rumba, samba y conga al aire libre en las plazas (campi, campielli) de Venecia. A continuación fue algo natural ampliar el número de músicos del grupo, añadiendo un pianista, un bajista, y algunos instrumentistas de viento. Así fue que nacieron los Batisto Coco. Otro aspecto que me apasionó y que todavía me apasiona de esta música es l’alegría y l’atmosfera de fiesta que siempre se crea durante los conciertos donde se toca salsa.

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Son 8 discos, cada disco marca una etapa? Que inspiro a cada uno de ellos?

Ahora son nueve, puesto que ya ha salido el último disco por l’aniversario de los 25 años de actividad del grupo. Cada disco tiene un tema específico, una elaboración particolar y, a menudo, instrumentos clásicos como instrumentos de arco, clavicémbalo y oboe. Además, nosotros hemos siempre tenido mucho cuidado con la calidad de la grabación de todos nos discos. Aquí esta una descripción concisa de los 9 cds: • BATISTO COCO (1993) y CAMOMA (1996): canciónes originales en dialecto veneziano y en italiano; canciónes en español; • NOSTRANO MAMBO (1999): homenaje a la ciudad de Venecia y crítica divertida a l’uso del teléfono móvil. CUCADOR (2002): celébres canciónes de la tradición italiana arregladas en ritmo de salsa. • SALSA ’60: canciónes italianas de los años Sesenta en ritmo de salsa. • BATISTO COCO IN CONCERTO (2005): disco en directo de un espectáculo realizado durante el carneval 2005 al Palafenice de Venecia. Include lo mejor de la producción del grupo. • ACQUA ALTA (2007): las canciones de este disco se inspiran en celébres pasajes de música contemporánea de compositores como Boulez, Milhaud, Strawinsky, Satie, Cage, Schönberg, Debussy. Es un disco donde la

música super culta se hace divertida. Los textos bromean sobre los problemas de Venecia. • BAROCCOCOCO (2010): este disco es el fruto de la grande pasión de los Batisto Coco por la música latina en toda sus formas y ritmos: son, salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton, cumbias, mambo, etcétera ; las melodías se inspiran en la música barroca. • 25 ANNI DI MUSICA (2010): este disco ha sido realizado durante un grande concierto donde han participado todos los músicos que han colaborado col grupo en los 25 años de carrera. Es el gratest-hits de los Batisto Coco.

Como responde el publico italiano en sus presentaciones; son tan amantes de la Salsa como los latinos?

Seguro! al público italiano la salsa lo encanta y tambien los espectáculos de los Batisto Coco. Desgraciadamente no sé como es el público latino: nunca me fui en América Latina. Pero creo que los latinos son más abiertos y calídos, tambien bailan solos y incitan el grupo que toca en vivo. Una cosa curiosa que esta pasando frequentemente en Italia en los ultimos años es que, con la gran difusión de las escuelas de baile latino américano, los bailarínos prefieren bailar sobre la música grabada más bien que en vivo. Esto ha provocado una disminución de conciertos de los grupos de salsa y un aumento de actividad por los dj.

Han tocado fuera de italia?

Hemos tocado en Suiza, Austria y Slovenia. Pero nuestro sueño es de poder algun día tocar en America Latina para ver si nuestra salsa veneziana le gusta tambien allí.

En que ciudades han sido las presentaciones más memorables?

Un concierto que me acuerdo siempre con nostalgia fue lo que hicimos a Ginebra, en Suiza, en 2003: el público era tan entusiasta que bailó todo el tiempo y nada menos, cantó algunos pasajes de nuestras canciones en dialecto veneciano, sin comprender nada del significado!

Cual publico les da más energía, el latino o el europeo?

Como lo he ya dicho, el latino lo conozco poco, así que solo puedo decir algo sobre el público europeo que siempre ha apreciado nuestra música y nuestro dialecto.

Quien es su maestro de la salsa, su inspiración? Mi maestro fue Birger Sulsbrück un percusionista danés pero mi maestro “espiritual” y mi máximo inspirador fue Ruben Blades. Batisto Coco compone como grupo o hay un solo responsable?

Varios músicos del grupo son tambien compositores. Por los textos hemos algunos autores venecianos que colaboran col grupo. A veces el compositor escribe ya el arreglo musical, otras veces durante los ensayos es el grupo mismo que arregla la música. De l’organización del grupo se ocupan 3 integrantes del grupo.

En donde podemos ver a Batisto Coco próximamente? •Próximamente tocamos en Italia: a Mirano (Venecia) el 13 de Enero

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Orquesta Juvenil de Francia

Hola Fransua,

Te quiero agradecer de ante mano por esta nueva oportunidad… -Dinos, que te inspiro a formar una Orquesta Juvenil de Salsa en Francia? Debemos la creación de estos tipos de orquestas a Jean-Claude Decalonne, una figura muy importante de la música en Francia. Tuvo la idea cuando vio un documentario en la televisión francesa sobre las orquestas juveniles de Venezuela y el creador del Sistema: José Antonio Abreu. Jean-Claude Decalonne quiso desarrollar este tipos de orquestas en Francia…Al igual que en Venezuela, los comienzos fueron difíciles, tratando de convencer las autoridades para tener subvenciones, tratando de convencer a los directores de las escuelas que la música era una arma social. En Francia, cada años, más de 120 000 alumnos salen de la escuela sin diploma, y al mismo tiempo, apenas 3% de los niños tocan un instrumento. A fuerza de voluntad y mucha fé en su proyecto, 600 orquestas se crearon…pero el camino es todavía largo (en Francia hay 67 000 establecimientos escolares). Pero los resultados son muy positivos: los alumnos que hacen partes del programo tienen menos fracaso escolar, tienen menos problemas de comportamiento… -Como te organizaste para hacerlo, quienes colaboraron contigo? Hace 3 años, Anne Aubé, la directora del conservatorio de la cuidad de Champs-sur-Marne (cerquita de Paris), y aficionada de la musica latina (hizo proyectos musicales con la Banda de Santiago de Cuba, con mi grupo La Contrabanda tambien) me llamo para saber si queria dirijir una “Orquesta Escolares” (asi se llaman en Francia). Imediatamente le contesté que si !!!! era una idea tan loca, pero tan interesante.

-Que requisitos deben de reunir los jóvenes para formar parte de la Orquesta? La única condición es: NO saber tocar música y nunca haber tocado un istrumento de su vida !!! Es importante para que todos los alumnos estén al mismo nivel, que sean iguales. Muchos de los niños que hacen partes de las Orquesta Escolares están en fracaso esco-

lar, y con la música, ahora, son iguales. Y los mejores alumnos en la escuela no son siempre los mejores instrumentistas. -Cuéntanos un poco como funciona la Orquesta juvenil; cuantos integrantes son? Como son los ensayos? Como es el proceso de aprendizaje de un tema? Como se elije un tema? Cuanto tiempo les toma adaptar y dominar un tema? Ante todo quiero precisar que la orquesta que dirijo es la única en Francia que toca música latina. Los otros tienen un repertorio clásico… En mi orquesta somos 35. Cada semanas, a razón de 2 o 3 horas, tienen clases colectivas de instrumentos y de música, y des vez en cuando, cuando un tema esta listo, vengo para un ensayo en “tutti’ (todo el mundo). Los alumnos aprenden a leer la música, pero la traducción oral es importante. Tengo conmigo 6 profesores de instrumentos, y entre ellos, esta Ricardo Garatea que conoces bien (el percusionista y rapero de La Contrabanda) que enseña las percusiones, y es un desafio porqué como pueden ver en el video, los niños cambian de instrumentos en cada tema ! Cuando dirijo la orquesta, los alumnos aprenden a “obedecer” a los signos que hago para lanzar un mambo de metales, para lanzar un corito etc….como en las orquestas profesionales. La música latina es una música muy libre, un mismo tema puede durar 2 minutos como 10 !!! Elegir un tema es muy difícil, sobre todos los primeros que tienen que tocar, porque tienen un nivel instrumental

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-Hay algún limite de edad para formar parte de la Orquesta? El proyecto que dirijo se realiza en 3 años en el colegio (es decir, mas o menos entre las edades de 11 años y 14 años en Francia). Despues, los alumnos se van al instituto (liceo) ….pues, el sistema escolar Frances es un poquito complicado y diferente de America Latina.

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INTERVIEWS ENTREVISTAS muy limitado, pero eso es mi trabajo: buscar temas “fáciles”, ajustarlos, simplificarlos un poquito….Empezamos con Oye Como Va de Tito Puente…y poco después, Alegria Bomba E’ (una bomba de Puerto-Rico), y funcionó bien !!! El tiempo para dominar un tema es variable….el primero año es mas difícil, pero es mas o menos 2 meses. Pues, las Orquestas Escolares en Francia son un poquito diferentes que en Venezuela donde, por ejemplo, practican a razón de 4 horas por dia, pero el objetivo es igual. En el material disponible en HYPERLINK “http://www.youtube. com” www.youtube.com pudimos apreciar que interpretan varios estilos además de salsa propiamente dicha, que estilos les resultan didácticamente más atractivos? Si, tocamos muchos estilos…de eso estoy muy orgulloso, porqué tu sabes que soy un aficionado de los ritmos latinos. Tocamos bomba y plena de Puerto-Rico, Cumbia de Colombia, Merengue de Républica Dominicana, Bembe, guajira y son-montuno de Cuba, Salsa de Nueva-York. Los proximos años vamos a tocar otros ritmos como los ritmos de comparsa de La Habana o de Santiago de Cuba, y quizas ritmos venezolanos como Joropo (pero que dificil es este ritmo !!!) La plena y el merengue tienen muchos exitos, pero es normal, son ritmos donde los tiempos están bien marcados, y es mas fácil entenderlos para los niños franceses acostumbrados a ritmos de música popular (rock, pop, r&b…) -En sus presentaciones se combina música y baile, trabajan en combinación con alguna escuela de baile, o les gustaría? Cual seria? Vamos a desarrollar eso, porque es algo importante, sin hablar de “baile”, vamos a enseñar a los niños a “moverse” en el escenario, a sentirse bien en la escena. Es algo muy importante para mi. En el video, invite a mi novia Laura Isabel Ramirez(de Barranquilla), una especialista de los bailes folklóricos Colombiano (Cumbia, Mapale, bullerengue….). La música y el baile son hermanos, y no podemos separarlos.

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-A donde acuden los jóvenes que quieren formar parte de la Orquesta? Dirijo esta orquesta en el colegio Armand Lanoux de Champs-surMarne, y desgradaciamente, hay una sola clase que puede aprovechar de este proyecto, porqué no tenemos las ayudas financiales suficientes para crear otras clases. Cuando los alumnos llegan al colegio, al fin del primer año, organizamos un concierto con los alumnos que terminan el ciclo del proyecto, y como así, los alumnos pueden escuchar los instrumentos, probarlos, y el año después, elijimos 35 alumnos. Es crual, porqué tenemos muchas solicitudes, muchos alumnos quieren hacer partes del proyecto, pero como te decía, no tenemos suficiente dinero para crear otra clase.

-Nos puedes nombrar alguno de los compositores/cantantes favoritos de los chicos? Pues, imagino que son muchos !!! Pues, como son franceses, no saben mucho de los artistas latinos….escuchan David Guetta, Rihanna o Nirvana….pero estoy orgulloso de haberles hecho conocer a los compositores como Tito Puentes, Mongo Santamaria, Rafael Cepeda etc… Y Sabes algo, cuando caminas por la calles de Champs-sur-Marne, de vez en cuando puedes cruzar alumnos cantando La Colegiala o El Bombon De Elena !!! Y sabes lo que me gusta lo mas: escuchar ritmos latinos el viernes en la tarde (día del ensayo o clases) en una escuela francesa ! eso me llena de orgullo totalmente. La música no tiene frontera, es algo que defiendo desde mucho tiempo en mi grupo La Contrabanda, y este proyecto es el mejor ejemplo que podemos tener !! -En donde se han presentado? Tocamos mucho y desde el primer año de pratica: por ejemplo

en el ministerio de la educación, frente al ministro !!! que estrés ;-) Tuvimos el honor de tocar en la sala Gaveau en Paris que es una de la sala de música clásica mas famosa de Francia, y lo que te puedo decir, es que las paredes de la salsa sigen vibrando de ritmos latinos !!! -Recibes ayuda de la comunidad o de el Gobierno? Si, recibimos ayudas del gobierno pero también de otros organismos ( marcas de instrumentos por ejemplo)…pero nunca es suficiente ! Es una batalla perpetual para “hacer vivir” estas orquestas…para que no se mueran !!! -Donde podemos encontrar mas información sobre la Orquesta? Hay 2 sitios internet, pero en Frances que se tratan de los proyectos de las Orquestas Escolares: http://orchestre-ecole.com/ http://www.drapos.org/ Maria, de parte de todos los alumnos y del equipo pedagógico, quería agradecerte de tomar de tu tiempo para hacer conocer nuestra orquesta y este proyecto. “Merci beaucoup” como se dice en Francia. Fransuá, Muchas gracias de nuevo por todo el apoyo que le das a nuestra revista y también por promover este tipo de actividades para los jóvenes de hoy.

POR: Maria Fernanda Ferrara

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Rebellious, quirky and vibrant, Lithuania (Lietuva) is Europe’s best-kept secret.

Rebellious, quirky and vibrant, Lithuania (Lietuva) is Europe’s best-kept secret. Rebellious, quirky and vibrant, Lithuania (Lietuva) is Europe’s best-kept secret. Shoved successively between Russian pillar and Nazi post, tenacious little Lithuania stunned the world when it played David and Goliath with the might of the Soviet Union - and won its independence just over a decade ago. Today the nation that vanished from the maps of Europe is back with a vengeance: it’s part of the EU, was the first of the 25 EU players to give the European Constitution a stamp of approval and is a fully fledged ‘n’ fighting partner of NATO - home no less to four F-16 military alliance jet fighters used to police Baltic skies. This is a country with a colourful history, once boasting an empire stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Its raw pagan roots fuse with Catholic fervour - the Polish inheritance that sets it apart from its Baltic brothers - to create a land where Catholics and Orthodox mingle happily in the forest to pick wild berries and mushrooms from nature’s altar. Its capital, Vilnius, is an incredibly small place (can this really be a capital city?) with astonishing contrasts - eerie shadowy courtyards, eccentric artist community, awesome arts and beautiful baroque. Its natural treasures - forests, lakes, the magical Curonian Spit in Western Lithuania - shimmer, while its oddities - the Hill of Crosses in and a Soviet sculpture park - add a flavour found nowhere else.

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urban city and a hotbed of post-Soviet mafia.

Kaunas has a reputation as a sprawling urban city and a hotbed of post-Soviet mafia. Think again. This vibrant city, the second largest in Lithuania, is a thriving cultural and industrial centre with an interesting Old Town. Legend has it that Kaunas, 100km west of Vilnius at the confluence of the Nemunas and Neris Rivers, was founded by the son of tragic young lovers. Beautiful maiden Milda let the Holy Eternal Flame go out while caring for her lover Daugerutis. They were sentenced to death by vengeful gods, thus they fled to a cave and gave birth to Kaunas. Archaeologists insist the city dates from the 13th century and until the 15th century was in the front line against the

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Today it is a town with a sizable student population, some fine architecture, plenty of museums and terrible food.

Introducing Klaipeda...

Sea port Klaipėda, 315km west of Vilnius, is the springboard to the natural beauty of the Curonian Spit.

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Teutonic Order in Lithuania’s west. Kaunas became a successful river-trading town in the 15th and 16th centuries. German merchants were influential here, and there was a Hanseatic League office. Its strategic position is the main reason it was destroyed 13 times before WWII - when it once again received a battering.

Sea port Klaipėda, 315km west of Vilnius, is the springboard to the natural beauty of the Curonian Spit. But as Lithuania’s third-largest city, it is worth a stop in its own right, notably for its Germanic flavour and architecture that reflects its fascinating past as Prussian capital Memel. The city was destroyed in WWII, during which it served as a Nazi submarine base, but a teeny weeny patch of its Old Town survived unscathed - as did one tower of its once magnificent red-brick castle.

Straddling the narrow strait where the Curonian Lagoon opens into the Baltic Sea, the city is Lithuania’s only port of call for Titanic-sized cruise ships, and a vital sea link for cargo and passenger ferries between Lithuania, Scandinavia and beyond. Klaipėda celebrates its rich nautical heritage each July with a flamboyant five-day Sea Festival (www.juros.svente.lt).

Introducing Vilnius... Bizarre, beautiful and bewitching,

Lithuania’s capital seduces visitors with its astonishing Old Town charm. Bizarre, beautiful and bewitching, Lithuania’s capital seduces visitors with its astonishing Old Town charm. Its chocolate-box baroque skyline littered with the spires of Orthodox and Catholic churches are intoxicating, decadent and fragile - so much so that Unesco has declared this, Europe’s largest baroque old town, a World Heritage site. But there’s more to this devilishly attractive capital than meets the eye. There is an underlying oddness that creates its soul.

Strange bars glow inside dark courtyards and medieval archways frame the life of the narrow, cobbled streets through which change has swept with panache. Using foreign cash and local vision, this stylish little city has big plans. But new business and infrastructure - even a skyscraper skyline won’t disguise the curious charm of eccentric, soulful Vilnius. Source:

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Where else could there be the world’s only statue of psychedelic musician and composer Frank Zappa? Or a self-proclaimed, unofficial, independent republic inhabited by artists and dreaming bohemians? Where else is there the spirit of freedom and resistance that existed during Soviet occupation? There are reminders of loss and pain everywhere, from the horror of the KGB’s torture cells to the ghetto in the centre of all this beauty where the Jewish community lived before their mass wartime slaughter.

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Lithuania is probably one of the last countries in Europe to be baptized by salsa virus, and it’s sad, but better late than never! Salsa is danced in three main cities: Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda. Main styles are on1 and Cuban salsa. People are also taught on2 style but it is usually for advanced dancers, and from my own experience not many are enthusiastic switching from on1 to on2 style.

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can turn their lives upside down.” In their classes you are going to have a chance to learn Cuban Rueda de Casino, Los Angeles style and New York style salsa, Cuban Rumba, Bachata, Reggaeton. In their classes you are going to be taught most stylish Eddie Torres, Los Rumberos, and other salsa stars combinations. Cuban rumba is going to be conveyed from profesional Cuban folkloric dancer Javier Monier’s lessons.

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“Salsakaunas“ is a young organization, bringing the enthusiasts of salsa together in Kaunas city. Their aim is to create and develop Kaunas salsa community, introduce the real spirit of salsa to Kaunas, create it in their classes, parties and concerts. Donatas Chlebinskas, the teacher of “SalsaKaunas,“ danced all his life. He was a ballroom dancer in his childhood, later he became a b-boy, hip hop, popping and locking dancer and instructor (won a solo hip hop Baltic cup in 2007). And finally discovered salsa. He started developing his LA salsa dancing skills in Portland, Oregon, where he danced in Viscount dance studio with incredible dancers and teachers Sara and Jorge. Later he lived in Madrid dancing with a performing group “Pombayira”, took part in salsa festivals in Spain and around, gave classes at II International Vilnius Salsa Festival. “Salsa really is the tastiest spice in my life and I want to share it with everyone who thinks that salsa

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As well as salsa classes, the sisters organize immensely popular salsa parties and many other events during the year, notably the Lithuanian Salsa Festival which they launched in 2007. The 4th Vilnius Salsa Festival in 2010 will see the best international teachers, who are invited to all biggest salsa events in the world, come to Vilnius for the SalsaSisters’ latest salsa extravaganza. SalsaSisters parties differ from other salsa parties in that only very well selected, pure salsa music is played by dj Weedska. SalsaSisters believe that salsa is all about the music as well as the dance. It’s the inseparable combination of the two that generates the all-consuming passion and the unbounded joy, as well as the elegance and the beauty, which are at the very heart of salsa. To learn salsa is a challenge which promises the greatest of rewards - the discovery of the perfect way to express yourself, without inhibitions. There is nothing that the two sisters love more than to help their students unlock their dancing talent, find their own passion for salsa and express themselves in way that they would never have believed possible. A love of salsa can bring almost limitless joy......and it is a love which lasts forever.

away (in Lithuanian units of measure) from other two cities, but they do held a dance contest “Baltic Salsa Show Cup” every February or March. And as I come from Kaunas, I can tell much more. L.A. (and sometimes brave attempts to convert us to on2) style salsa is taught by salsakaunas dance school managed by Donatas Chlebinskas. He is performing in some European salsa festivals under the title “Tiene Tumbao”. We have less occasions for socials dances than those salseros residing in Vilnius. In autumn, winter and spring there is definitely a social on Friday starting from 8 pm local time at ... school hall. Yes, you heard it right - at school! We can’t be very choose - it’s cheap to rent, the floor is perfect, good air flow and upgraded sound system and we always have a Russian poet Alexander Pushkin watching from this portrait on the wall. And other times which are not regular we have dance evenings in some bars or outside. We have an issue coming into long-term agreements with nicer places than school hall - it’s not like we cause problems, it’s just we don’t bring enough profit for them because most salseros in Kaunas are very young (students at school or university) and have shallow pockets. At least on Fridays socials are free. All short term occasions are listed in our facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/SalsaKaunas/243706220133?ref=ts It’s rarely noticed more than a month in advance, usually it’s less. But when we do have grand-events (by that I mean one day workshops with a foreign instructor and all night long social dance evening) - people are usually told month or two in advance. Lucky we in Kaunas do have an airport with Ryanair which has many great destinations with bigger salsa cities like Frankfurt, Main, Berlin, Paris, London etc. Of course, people from those cities may come to us too if they are not scared of school hall :) or for more special occasions. And for special occasions we do have an orchestra - Baltic Salsa Orchestra directed by Federico Manzanares. People are really passionate about salsa there in Kaunas but enough I guess. My dream is to make this passion burn in open fire!

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The biggest influence to Lithuanian salsa events is: from SalsaSisters - in year 2011 at the end of May the 5th Vilnius Salsa Festival will be held - a merit of two salsa-addicted sisters Elena and Ieva Dadurkaitės. Thanks to them, we have already seen such stars and great teachers as Anna and Joel Massacote, Jorjet Alcocer and Anthony Troy, Mouaze, Super Mario and many more. As those two great persons Ieva and Elena live in Vilnius - salsa social scene is pretty busy there powered by so far the best and only one known abroad DJ Weedska. I can tell very little about socials in Klaipėda as it’s pretty far

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SalsaSisters is Lithuania’s premier salsa dance school, created and run with passion, dedication and flair by sisters Elena and Ieva. The sisters fell madly in love with salsa in 2004. They tried all the different salsa dance styles, travelling around the world and learning from the best teachers from Europe and USA. Then in 2005 they decided to share what they had learned and spread their passion for this most sensual and beautiful of dances. So they launched SalsaSisters, the first and without doubt still the most progressive NY/LA-style salsa school in Lithuania. Feeding off each other as only two sisters can, they bring dynamism, intimacy, creativity and humor to their classes in a way that you simply have to experience for yourself in order to fully understand.

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FOR THOSE BACHATA LOVERS…

San Juan, Puerto Rico (18 de noviembre de 2010) - Luego que su primer sencillo ocupara la primera posición en el chart tropical de la prestigiosa revista Billboard, la agrupación 24 Horas presentó su nueva propuesta. “Mami dame un beso” es el tema que también forma parte de su producción discográfica “Los inolvidables” que ya está a la venta y goza del favor del público seguidor de la bachata.

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El lanzamiento del vídeo musical que fue filmado en la ciudad de Miami bajo la dirección de Rob García, se llevo a cabo el pasado viernes 19 de noviembre en el programa Qué Noche por PRTV (Canal 6).

24 Horas está compuesto por Mickey, Joell y Jiory, todos de raíces dominicanas pero criados en Washington Heights en la ciudad de Nueva York. Estos jóvenes dan a la bachata un toque diferente con un look moderno y urbano. “Los inolvidables” incluye 13 temas, otros son: “Me dejaste solito”, “Si un día me falta”, “Por amarte así”, el cual grabaron a dúo y en versión bachata con Ana Isabelle, “No voy a morir” y “Viajera”. 24 Horas es parte de una nueva generación musical que eleva este género tropical a otro nivel y lo posiciona entre los favoritos.

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ISSAC DELGADO, nominado con L-O-V-E AL PREMIO AL MEJOR ÁLBUM DE JAZZ LATINO EN LOS GRAMMY LATINOS 2010

Miami, Florida - Issac Delgado ha sido nominado con su disco L-O-V-E al premio al “Mejor Álbum de Jazz Latino” en los Grammy Latinos 2010, que se entregarán el próximo 11 de noviembre en una ceremonia que se celebrará en el Mandalay Bay Events Center de Las Vegas (Estados Unidos). “Me siento muy feliz de estar entre los nominados con este disco L-O-V-E. Es algo que le da un sentido interesante y diverso a mi carrera; es musica de toda la vida, respetando nuestra cultura y nuestro idioma”, comentó el artista.

Issac Delgado, artista capital de la escena latina, ha conseguido con L-O-V-E un disco excepcional en el que “la voz masculina más destacada que ha dado Cuba desde el inicio de la revolución” (según Nat Chediak) nos deleita recreando el repertorio de Nat King Cole. Entre 1958 y 1962, Nat King Cole publicó sus tres discos latinos. Cantados en un castellano aprendido fonéticamente y grabados en Cuba, Brasil y México, en ellos aparecían canciones como Perfidia; Quizás, quizás, quizás; Ay cosita linda; Piel canela; Aquellos ojos verdes; Yo vendo unos ojos negros... Aquellas canciones viajaron desde América Latina a España, pasando por Japón, Estados Unidos y medio mundo, incrustando en la memoria de millones de personas la voz adictiva y aterciopelada de Cole, sus particulares vers! iones de clásicos boleros (también de algunos cha-cha-cha, temas brasileños y rancheras) acompañados de grandes músicos como el pianista Bebo Valdés, de orquestaciones suaves y románticas, de percusiones latinas. Con esta historia como fuente de inspiración, Issac Delgado ha publicado a través del sello Calle 54 Records el álbum L-O-V-E. Producido por Nat Chediak y el propio Delgado, con Todd Barkan como productor asociado y Fernando Trueba y Chediak como productores ejecutivos, contiene 12 canciones, la mayoría del repertorio tradicional latino que en su día cantó Cole y que ahora recrea el gran cantante cubano acompañado de unos músicos de excepción y con la colaboración especial de Freddy Cole, hermano de Nat King Cole. Issac Delgado nació el 11 de abril de 1962. Su madre es la bailarina Lina Ramírez, quién integrara las célebres Mulatas de Fuego del cabaret Tropicana. El primer esposo de Lina es el compositor Ángel Díaz (Rosa mustia) en cuya

casa se fraguó el movimiento filin que dotó al bolero cubano la complejidad armónica de la balada norteamericana. Una de las principales influencias de esta corriente fué Nat King Cole e Issac creció escuchando sus canciones. Era de esperar que, una vez radicado en Estados Unidos, deseara rendirle homenaje a esta figura que tanto marcó la música latinoamericana en el mundo entero. La educación musical de Issac fué formal. A partir de los 10 años de edad estudia en los conservatorios Amadeo Roldán e Ignacio Cervantes y canto con Mariana de Gonish, maestra de las principales figuras de la canción cubana. A los 18 años de edad debuta con el Grupo Proyecto de Gonzalo Rubalcaba, para luego pasar a la Orquesta de Pacho Alonso y a NG La Banda, en cuya agrupación se establece como unos de los máximos exponentes de timba, la nueva sonoridad de la música afrocubana. En 1991 debuta en solitario bajo la dirección artística de Rubalcaba. Desde entonces, ha grabado una docena de discos y viajado por el mundo entero, dándose a conocer como “El Chévere de la Salsa”. El antiguo crítico del New York Times, Peter Watrous, lo denomina “uno de los grandes cantantes del Car! ibe, uno de los grandes cantantes del siglo veinte, el Frank Sinatra de la salsa”. Sus últimas grabaciones han sido nominadas a los Grammy, a las que ahora se une L-O-V-E, candidato al Grammy Latino 2010 en la categoría de Mejor Álbum de Jazz Latino.

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en tan corto tiempo y los exhorto continuar haciendo buena música sin olvidar sus inicios nunca. “Que tan lejos de tu país rindas tributo a un compatriota es algo bien especial. Todo lo que estamos viviendo en nuestra carrera es impresionante. A diario damos gracias a Dios por tantas bendiciones,” añadió Dyland. Esta participación surgió durante la tercera visita que realiza el dúo a Perú, donde gozan de gran éxito y una fiel fanaticada que los reciben con gritos y muestras de cariño a cada sitio donde se presentan. Precisamente el pasado fin de semana realizaron 3 exitosas presentaciones en la discoteca Oxigen de la ciudad de Ica, la discoteca Honey en Lima, y la explanada del Hotel La Villa en Huacho. Actualmente, Dyland y Lenny se encuentran promocionando el tema “Caliente”, que es el tercer corte promocional de su álbum debut “My World”.

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Lima, Perú (2 de noviembre de 2010) - El dúo de música urbana Dyland y Lenny formó parte de un homenaje a José Feliciano que realizó el reconocido programa peruano “Lima Limón” de America TV. Durante el programa de televisión varios artistas rindieron tributo al cantautor puertorriqueño por su aportación a la música latinoamericana interpretando algunos de sus temas más conocidos. “Para nosotros es un honor que nos hayan invitado a un homenaje de José Feliciano. Él es un gran artista y uno de los cantautores más importantes que ha dado nuestra Isla (Puerto Rico). Tener la oportunidad de interpretar uno de sus temas y que nos felicite es un gran honor”, expresó emocionado Lenny. El binomio recibió elogios de parte de José Feliciano por la interpretación de “Quiero que brindemos por ella”. El reconocido cantautor felicitó al dúo por el éxito que han tenido

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Rubén Blades y Gilberto Santa Rosa, “El Poeta y El Caballero de la Salsa”, respectivamente, han anunciado que irán de gira juntos en los Estados Unidos a principios del 2011, en un espectáculo acertadamente titulado “Una Sola Salsa”, en los que cantarán sus grandes éxitos. El tour, llevará a estas dos superestrellas de la salsa a toda América del Norte, a ciudades como Nueva York, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Ángeles y San Juan de Puerto Rico. Este año Blades y Santa Rosa realizó un dúo titulado “Me cambiaron las preguntas”, que aparece en Santa álbum Rosas nuevas, titulado “Irrepetible”. La canción marca un punto culminante de Gilberto en su carrera musical, desde su primera canción que los registros que se centran principalmente en una cuestión social.

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Blades dijo que la gira será una “oportunidad para agradecer a los fans que nunca abandonó el género por su apoyo y la creación de una razón para reunirse físicamente en la celebración de este tipo de música”.

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El centro sólo ha logrado incrementar de dos a ocho por ciento los donantes hispanos en la última década. Este año, se espera que sólo un cinco por ciento de los hispanos diagnosticados con la enfermedad puedan recibir un trasplante de médula ósea. La demanda de un trasplante, entre las poblaciones minoritarias, es altamente desproporcional, y la base de datos para estas minorías no es suficiente para cumplir con los lazos de coincidencias entre donantes y pacientes. Debido a que estos lazos o trazas son únicas para personas de una ascendencia específica, la mayoría de las coincidencias entre los donantes es con pacientes de la misma raza o grupo étnico. Por eso, City of Hope y la campaña “Únete a la gota de la vida” buscan concienciar a los latinos ya que “se requieren con urgencia donantes de diversas razas y grupos étnicos”. Fundada en 1914, City of Hope es una institución independiente de investigación biomédica, tratamiento y educación, en la lucha para derrotar el cáncer, diabetes, HIV/SIDA y otras enfermedades. Gracias a la campaña “Únete a la gota de la vida” se ha logrado reunir alrededor de 1,6 millones de dólares para dicha institución. “Esta organización y estos médicos realmente hacen milagros. Necesitaba colocar todo ese sentimiento, esa esperanza, esas posibilidades en mi piano y con una letra que lo dijera todo”, indicó el pianista que, además de participar en otros aspectos de la campaña, estrenará en diciembre cortes navideños acompañado de la mexicana Dulce María y el dúo venezolano Chino y Nacho. “La gota de la vida” está disponible a 99 centavos en tiendas online como iTunes y Amazon. Además el compositor invitó a la comunidad latina a hacerse la prueba para ser donante. Existen dos procedimientos para donar una médula ósea. El primero consiste en extraer la sangre para seleccionar las células progenitoras de sangre periférica (PBSC) y, el segundo, se extrae la médula con una aguja durante un procedimiento ambulatorio con anestesia. La médula ósea se repone entre cuatro y seis semanas por completo. Fuente: http://telemundoatlanta.com/ Para más información sobre Unete con La Gota de la Vida visita: http://www.uneteconlagotadelavida.com/

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Estrellas cantan “La gota de la vida” para incentivar la donación de médula ósea Miami, 27 oct (EFE).- El pianista Arthur Hanlon reúne a 46 reconocidos artistas para cantar su tema “La gota de la vida” con el que busca ayudar económicamente y promover el registro de la comunidad latina en el programa nacional de donantes de médula ósea. Aleks Syntek, Gloria Estefan, Plácido Domingo, Ricardo Montaner, Tito El Bambino, Marcos Witt, Marco Antonio Solís, Enrique Iglesias, Emmanuel, Franco D Vita, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Luis Fonsi, Jenni Rivera, Luis Enrique, Ana Isabell y Germán Montero son algunas de las estrellas que colaboran en el tema que se estrenó esta semana. “Como productor estaba pensando: muchos cantantes, muchos artistas. A veces hay egos, cómo hacemos para controlar eso”, dijo a Efe el pianista estadounidense. Su preocupación ante la posibilidad de algunos por brillar más que la canción se desvaneció completamente ante la respuesta de los artistas después de ver un vídeo con imágenes de niños pacientes del centro de investigaciones y hospital City of Hope en Los Ángeles, que organiza la campaña. “Lo que tú quieras (Arthur). Si tú quieres canto una sola palabra, no me importa”, fue la respuesta, dijo el artista. La grabación del tema y el vídeo dirigido por el colombiano Simon Brand se realizó en tres partes el año pasado: un día después de la premiación de los Grammy Latino en Las Vegas y posteriormente en Nueva York y Miami. También participaron el grupo Reik, Espinoza Paz, Diego Verdaguer, Dyland y Lenny, Dulce María, Los Rieleros, Noel Schajiris, David Bisbal, Luz Ríos y Oscar D’ León. Así, todos “en un gran acto de humildad y compañerismo” interpretan un tema que “es una celebración a la vida”. Hanlon escribió la canción como parte de la campaña “Únete a la gota de la vida” que desde hace diez años promueve el registro de latinos en las listas de donación de médula ósea. Según City of Hope, las investigaciones demuestran que los latinos son la tercera comunidad más propensa a sufrir cáncer de médula ósea y todavía son los menos dispuestos a participar en el programa de registro de donantes de este tejido que se encuentra el interior de los huesos largos, vértebras, costillas, esternón, huesos del cráneo, cintura escapular y pelvis.

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Located at the Oakland Marriott City Center the 2010 San Francisco Salsa Congress was held from November 18th through the 21st. On Thursday, November 18th the San Francisco Salsa Congress hosted a pre-congress party at Cafe Cocomo. Later on in the evening, Angel Lebron Y Su Sabor Latino played live Salsa music and local talent performed for the Bay area residents to kick off the event. From Friday until Sunday, students were able to take workshops from local and international instructors to learn basic and advanced techniques, enthusiasts could watch team, couple, and solo performances, and dancers could showcase their skills in amateur and professional division competitions. Additionally, Latin music lovers could listen to the famous bands of Johnny Polanco, Jose Alberto “El Canario”, Avance, Julio Bravo, and Angel Lebron y Su Sabor Latino along with local DJs until 3:00a.m. About PB&G Productions, Inc. Founded in 2001 by Ricardo Sanchez and Michelle Castro, PB&G’s mission is to promote and develop excellence in salsa dance. PB&G is a globally recognized force in high-level salsa dance and music entertainment, which culminates in the annual San Francisco Bay Area International Salsa Congress. They produce twice monthly socials and provide training via classes, workshops, semi-pro and professional dance development. PB&G is located at 1707 S. Bascom Ave., Campbell, CA 95008. http://www.ricardoandmichelle.com 2010 SF Salsa Congress Bands Best Bands from around the world!

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Angel Lebron y su Sabor Latino – Played on Thursday Nov. 18th (Cafe Cocomo)

Starting with the Pre Congress Party at Cafe Cocomo, this band consists of 13 members from different genre from rock to jazz and now playing NYC classic street salsa. The concept is to keep alive the Latin Music that originated in NYC and placed salsa on the map, with our Palldium style look you’ll feel you’re back in 1960s or 70s. Band Leader/ Director Angel Lebron on Congas is 3rd generation of latin musicians, born in the Bronx, NYC was exposed at a early age the big band sound and throughout his career played with Olatunji, Johnny Colon and his Latin Jazz Sextet, La India and many others. These musicians with that NYC Palladium look playing nothing more than the original NYC latin sound. Avance – Played on Friday Nov. 19th (AAH-VAAN-CEH)V. Ahead of contemporary thought: The act or process of moving forward. This is just one of many descriptions used to define this

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INTERNATIONAL SALSA CONGRESS 13 piece salsa ensemble people have come to know as AVANCE. AVANCE originates and consists of the hottest and newest talents the San Francisco Bay Area has come to know. Four electrifying bilingual singers, a sizzling horn section and one of the best rhythm sections on the West Coast. You put this all together and you get a new and unique sound that crosses the language barrier: Spanish and English. Rich vocals and an exhilarating dance show, these singers leave all audiences wanting more! AVANCEs’ musical productions combine and fuse all the different styles of salsa: Puerto Rican, Cuban, New York, and Colombian. When you see and hear AVANCE you’re guaranteed three things: Sizzle, Style and most of all SWING!!! Julio Bravo – Played on Friday Nov. 19th Julio Bravo y su Orquesta Salsabor has been together for over five years now. This group of dynamic musicians has created a flavor all its own. Beyond the talent of each individual member is a unique blend of vocal style unlike other salsa bands in the Bay Area. Performing contemporary salsa hits, Merengue, Boleros and traditional classics. Johnny Polanco – Played on Saturday Nov. 20th In his function as the fearless leader of the ultimate West Coast party band of Latin kind, the New York-born with Dominican and Puerto Rican roots, multi- instrumentalist, composer, arranger Johnny Polanco has earned over the years a reputation for creating what the local music writer Lina Lecaro categorized once as “the kind of infectious, rhythmic, multilayered Latin music that makes even the most timid wallflower abandon all restraint and give it a whirl on the dance floor.” Jose Alberto “El Canario” – Played on Saturday Nov. 20th José Alberto started his own band in 1983, and became a major Latin star after the release of his 1984 debut Noches Calientes . His 1991 album Dance With Me, which established a new style of salsa called salsa romántica. He has sung hit songs such as “Sueño Contigo” His voice was widely adored by his fans, and his exceptional whistling abilities (being able to improvise as if he was playing a traverse flute) led them to give him the nickname El Canario (The Canary).

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La fiebre latina en Suiza:

Batambo presenta su nuevo CD “Salsa con Timba”

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Desde Francia y Suiza, FAYC para ISM – Noviembre 2010.

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Pablo Aubia & BATAMBO, desde Ginebra/Suiza, propone su nuevo opus “Salsa con Timba”, un álbum 100% Salsa para bailar, donde se fusionan el son cubano y la salsa puertorriqueña, reuniendo en un mismo disco a algunos de los mejores cantantes de salsa de la actualidad (de Puerto Rico y de Cuba), y en esta nueva producción de José M. Lugo.

La buena energía musical y la palabra de buen sentimiento hoy se encuentran difundidas por la banda de Pablo Aubia (compositor mayor y director del grupo y del proyecto) y su Batambo, con algunos títulos cantados por José “Pepito” Gómez, Osvaldo Román, Bernie Pérez, Wichy Camacho, Gino Meléndez, y otros arreglados por José M. Lugo, ganador de 7 Latin Grammy Awards. Aquí podemos sentir con fuerza las influencias de Cuba y Puerto Rico mezcladas para subir en un mensaje al sonido actual pero con raíces profundas, dando como resultado una música para bailar, gozar,… y aliviarnos las presiones de la vida.

Desde temas llenos de sentimiento y lirica hasta descargas alborotándose, este segundo álbum de Pablo Aubia y su Batambo nos trae un éxito de la pasión salsera y timbera, hecho por esos virtuosos cubanos, puertorriqueños y latinoamericanos reunidos en Ginebra. Aquí le presentan la voz tanto enérgica como suave de la cultura latina y caribeña, que se destaca más alto a través de los años desde Suiza. Hay que decir que los instigadores y compositores de esta ‘’rica galleta’’ cuentan con ricos ingredientes de sus propios caminos artísticos, para servirnos una muy sabrosa comida: Pablo Aubia: Productor ejecutivo, composiciones y arreglos (1 hasta 8), dirección y bajista argentino, José M. Lugo: Productor del álbum, prestigioso pianista y arreglador puertorriqueño (9 y 10) José M. Lugo es ganador de 7 Latin Grammy Awards (y tres nominaciones en 2010). José es uno de los más grandes productores de la actualidad, ha producido y contribuido al gran éxito de artistas como: Gilberto Santa Rosa, Víctor Manuelle, Isaac Delgado y Puerto Rican Power entre otros. FAYC / Franck Al Yamine Cohendet Esa producción cuenta con la participación de famosos can-

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Salsa Mambo Cha cha cha En este disco BATAMBO interpreta a modo de homenaje, los grandes clásicos del son en un estilo personal y con sus propios arreglos. El disco obtuvo una excelente acogida por parte de los bailadores, DJ’s y amantes de la música latina en general. Radios de diversas partes del mundo y críticos especializados de la prensa escrita acordaron un sinnúmero de elogios a esta producción discográfica.

tantes que han formado parte de algunas de las más célebres orquestas de salsa: José “Pepito” Gómez (Pupy y Los Que Son Son) Osvaldo Román (Puerto Rican Power) Bernie Pérez (Tres con Kaché) Wichy Camacho (Orquesta Mulenze) Gino Meléndez (Truco & Zaperoko)

La Orquesta: La orquesta Batambo está formada por doce músicos, entre ellos: tres percusionistas,

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La nueva producción discográfica de BATAMBO es un cóctel de son cubano y de salsa puertorriqueña, con los mejores cantantes de Puerto Rico y de Cuba. Las composiciones de este disco nos llevan desde la salsa romántica hasta el mambo al estilo NY, pasando por el son y la guaracha, sin olvidar un delicioso bolero. Con la producción musical José M. Lugo, ganador de 7 Latin Grammy Awards, y la participación de prestigiosos cantantes que han formado parte de las más famosas orquestas de salsa.

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En ‘’SALSA CON TIMBA’’, las composiciones y arreglos integran diferentes ritmos y estilos para el gran placer de todos los bailadores y para los amantes de la música latina del mundo entero. Grabado en Suiza y en Puerto Rico por Rolando Alejandro (ganador de 5 Latin Grammy Awards), en sus propios estudios, donde fueron grabados algunos de los más grandes éxitos de la salsa de los últimos años. Las composiciones originales de Pablo Aubia & BATAMBO nos llevan desde la salsa romántica hasta el mambo al estilo NY, pasando por el son cubano y la guaracha, sin olvidar un delicioso bolero. Gracias a los arreglos musicales y a los excelentes músicos y cantantes que participaron en esta producción, la salsa y el son cubano se encuentran reunidos en un disco de gran riqueza musical, energía y sabor! ¿A dónde se lo puede comprar? http://www.batambo.com/

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piano, bajo, una sección de vientos y por supuesto sus cantantes y coristas. Creada en 1999 por Pablo Aubia, Batambo fue al principio una formación de latin-jazz. Seguidamente el repertorio se amplió y se incorporaron nuevos músicos, con el objetivo de interpretar la música tradicional a través de una búsqueda respetuosa y sin concesiones de su origen y su tradición. En el año 2001 se suman a la orquesta una cantante y dos coristas, de esta manera Batambo pasa del latinjazz a la música bailable, como consecuencia lógica de la dirección que la orquesta estaba tomando. Esta formación exploró el repertorio clásico del son, desde los años 30 hasta hoy.

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Con el aporte de la musicalidad y experiencia de cada uno de sus integrantes Batambo siguió evolucionando y explorando esta música con el desafío de interpretar lo tradicional, sin perder sus raíces y su identidad, pero en un estilo más actual.

un sinnúmero de elogios a esta producción discográfica. En “Salsa Mambo Cha cha cha” Batambo interpreta a modo de homenaje, los grandes clásicos del son cubano en un estilo personal y con sus propios arreglos. Durante los últimos años Batambo siguió enriqueciendo su experiencia musical participando en importantes festivales y al mismo tiempo madurando su estilo personal. La consecuencia lógica de esta evolución es la nueva etapa musical de la orquesta plasmada hoy en su reciente CD, “Salsa con timba”. En esta nueva producción discográfica, Pablo Aubia presenta sus propias composiciones. Un cóctel de son cubano y de salsa puertorriqueña, con los mejores cantantes de Puerto Rico y de Cuba. Las composiciones de este nuevo CD, nos llevan desde la salsa romántica hasta el mambo al estilo NY, pasando por el son y la guaracha, sin olvidar un delicioso bolero.

El objetivo es hacer de cada concierto un momento único e inolvidable, en el que los músicos y cantantes de la orquesta dan lo mejor de sí mismo para compartirlo con los bailadores y con los aficionados de esta música.

Los diez temas que forman este CD son 100% para bailar. En la grabación participaron tanto músicos cubanos como puertorriqueños, lo que le confiere una gran riqueza musical y por supuesto mucho sabor, para todos los bailadores del mundo

En 2005 Batambo graba su primer CD, “Salsa Mambo Cha cha cha”, el cual obtuvo una excelente acogida por parte de los bailadores, DJ’s y amantes de la música latina en general. Radios de diversas partes del mundo y críticos especializados de la prensa escrita acordaron

Este disco cuenta con la producción musical de José M. Lugo, uno de los más grandes productores de música latina, ganador de 7 Latin Grammy Awards; como así también con la participación de reconocidos cantantes que han formado parte de orquestas de salsa muy prestigiosas.

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NOTAS Dirección y bajo: Pablo Aubia Piano y keyboards: José M. Lugo Cantantes: Pepito Gómez, Osvaldo Román, Bernie Pérez, Ondina Duany Trompeta: Tony Amouroux Saxofón: Ricardo Izquierdo Percusión: Herlán Sariol Coros: Wichy Camacho, Gino Meléndez, Bernie Perez

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Dirección, composiciones & arreglos Pablo Aubia Producción musical José M. Lugo Los Cantantes José “Pepito” Gómez Osvaldo Román Bernie Pérez Ondina Duany Los Coristas Wichy Camacho Gino Meléndez Bernie Pérez Participación especial Pablo Aubia, bajo José M. Lugo, piano Herlán Sariol, percusión Ricardo Izquierdo, saxofón Tony Amouroux, trompeta La Grabación Rolostudio Puerto Rico Ingeniero: Rolando Alejandro Estudio TPN Suiza Ingenieros: J.L. Asaresi & J.L. Musetti

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Pablo Aubia 6, Av des Libellules 1219 Châtelaine, Genève Suiza Tél.: +41 22 796 89 92

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Perter Maiden Here is Jose Alberto “El Canario” in 2002 in San Francisco. El Canario is a veteran Salsa singer and bandleader who was born in the Dominican Republic but raised in Puerto Rico. The venue was Roccapulco in the Mission District, a large club that was once Cesar’s Latin Palace. It is notable for, among other things, having the names of Salsa greats spelled out on the walls in neon lights. I was in the front row, as I often am, to avoid having people in the audience blocking my view of the artists. I was using an ultra-wide lens, a zoom at 17mm, which allowed me to include Canario’s outstretched arms and his backing singers. The distortion that the lens creates stretches his already long hands a little longer in the image. I like the way the coro is at his fingertips, literally.

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BURN THE FLOOR - the international dance sensation has toured the globe for ten years, thrilling audiences from London to Tokyo. It became a hit on Broadway in July 2009, breaking the box office records at the Longacre Theatre on 48th Street, New York. The New York Daily News gave it four stars and hailed its “four alarm sizzle”. “Hot, hot, hot!” declared New York 1, “a two-hour adrenaline rush featuring some of the best ballroom dancers in the world”. John Simon of Bloomberg.com called it, “dance theatre, utterly theatrical” and The New York Times said “it’s audience-dazzling!” And now, following its six month Broadway run, BURN THE FLOOR is opening its 2010 World Tour, with an exclusive 20 performance schedule! The producers of BURN THE FLOOR have announced that Robbie Kmetoni, Ashleigh Di Lello & Ryan Di Lello, Karen Hauer, and Janette Manrara will appear as featured dancers during the 2010-11 US tour of the Broadway smash hit.

All five have been seen on TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” in the US (Ashleigh & Ryan Di Lello, Karen Hauer and Janette Manrara) and Australia (Robbie Kmetoni). Karen Hauer and Robbie Kmetoni will appear with the show for the entire tour. Ashleigh and Ryan Di Lello will appear through January 2011 and Janette Manrara will appear in cities through the end of November 2010. Years before Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance turned ballroom dancing into must-see TV, one sizzling show was setting stages ablaze around the globe. BURN THE FLOOR, the electrifying Latin and Ballroom dance spectacular that has thrilled audiences in more than 30 countries, recently played in a record-breaking run on Broadway, garnering critical and popular acclaim, and extending its run twice.

Burn the Floor”started its 2010 World Tour!

This fall, the new Broadway production of BURN THE FLOOR embarks on a 40-week tour of the U.S. ROBBIE KMETONI, an 18-year-old dancer from Sydney, Australia, wowed judges and audiences alike on the third season of SYTYCD (Australia), taking top honors as the overall winner. As his prize, he elected to join the tour of BURN THE FLOOR. Kmetoni will make his professional theatrical debut this summer when the tour plays in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre. ASHLEIGH DI LELLO has performed and taught in 19 different countries and has most recently made it all the way to the 2009 finale on TV’s “SYTYCD” with her husband, Ryan. She was a DanceSport Junior Latin Champion and a United States Junior American Latin Finalist by the age of 12. A year later she became sick with a life-threatening illness that she would battle for many years. When Di Lello returned to ballroom dancing, she became a three-time DanceSport Amateur Latin Champion and a United States Amateur Latin Finalist.

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Current Cast: • Anya Garnis • Pasha Kovalev • Damon Sugden • Gary Wright • Jeremy Garner • Karen Hauer • Patrick Helm • Rebecca Sugden • Rebecca Tapia • Sarah Hives • Sasha Farber

Next Shows: • Louisville, KY, USA

Nov 2 - Nov 7, 2010 | Kentucky Center

• Williamsport, PA, USA

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• Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Jan 4 - Jan 9, 2011 | Civic Center Music Hall Call 800-869-1451 for tickets and info.

• Tulsa, OK, USA

Nov 12 - Nov 14, 2010 | Academy of Music

Jan 11 - Jan 16, 2011 | Tulsa Performing Arts Center Call 800-364-7111 for tickets and info

Nov 16 - Nov 28, 2010 | Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Jan 18 - Jan 30, 2011 | Aronoff Center for the Arts

Dec 14 - Dec 19, 2010 | The Hobby Center

Feb 1 - 13, 2011 | Broadway in Chicago

Dec 18 - January 2, 2011 |

Feb 15 - Feb 20, 2011 | Aronoff

• Philadelphia, PA, USA

• Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA • Houston, TX, USA

• Pittsburgh, PA, USA

• Cincinnati, OH, USA • Chicago, IL, USA • Norfolk, VA, USA

Center for the Arts

• Detroit, MI, USA

Feb 22 - Mar 6, 2011 | Fisher Theatre

• Boston, MA, USA

March 7 - March 11, 2011 | Colonial Theatre

• Fort Myers, FL, USA

March 15 - 20, 2011 | Barbara B.Mann Performing Arts Hall

• Atlanta, GA, USA

March 22 - March 27, 2011 | Atlanta Fox Theatre

• Fayetteville, NC, USA March 29, 2011 | Crown Theatre

• Huntsville, AL, USA

April 1 - April 42011 | Mark C. Smith Concert Hall

• Dallas, TX, USA

April 5 - April 17, 2011 | Music Hall at Fair Park

•Tucson, AZ, USA

April 19 - 24, 2011 | Tucson Music Hall

• Los Angeles, CA, USA

Apr 28 - May 8, 2011 | Pantages Theatre

• Modesto, CA, USA

May 17 - May 18, 2011 | Gallo Center for the Arts

• Riverside, CA, USA

May 20 - May 22, 2011 | Fox Performing Arts Center For more information visit:

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Nov 9 & 10, 2010 | Community Arts Center

• Sharna Burgess • Emma Slater • Hobbie Kmetoni • Joseph Malone • Jenna Grainger • Claudio Cartagena • Jessica Lingotti • Janette Manrara • Steven Rogers • Santo Costa • Ashleigh Di Lello • Ryan Di Lello • Andrea Zelinkova • Ash-Leigh Hunter • Tristan MacManus • Sarah Soriano • Peter Saul

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calendar of congresses november 2010 03-07 Istanbul Tango Ritual (Istanbul, Turkey) 04-07 Albuquerque Tango Festival (Albuquerque, USA) 04-07 Canada’s International Argentine Tango Congress

(Toronto, Canada) 04-07 Belgrade Tango Festival (Belgrade, Serbia) 04-07 Festival Aqui Cuba (Rennes, France) 04-07 China Annual Salsa Congress (Beijing, China) 05-07 Salsa Bangkok Fiesta (Bangkok, Thailand) 05-07 Salsa SPB Weekend (St Petersburg, Russia) 05-07 Culture Danse Swing Festival (Valbonne, France) 05-07 Salsa Sunrise International Fair (Brussels, Belgium) 05-07 Carthagosalsa (Los Alcázares, Spain) 05-07 1st Bachata Festival Munich (Munich, Germany) 05-07 Copa Loca Festival International de Salsa (Besancon, France) 05-07 D’Cuba (Aubagne, France) 05-07 Texeltango Winterweekend (Texel, Netherlands) 05-08 1st Paris Kizomba & Bachata Festival (Paris, France) 06-07 Amsterdam Salsa Weekend (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 06-07 Halloween Swing Camp (Stockholm, Sweden) 06-13 TangoconSharm (Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt) 09-14 Hong Kong TangoFest (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) 10-14 Hot Salsa Weekend (Stockholm, Sweden) 11-14 Sydney Swing Festival (Sydney, Australia) 11-15 Festival Swing de Paris (Paris, France) 11-14 Grenoble Swing Dance Festival (Grenoble, France) 11-14 Los Angeles de Tango Festival (Los Angeles, USA) 11-14 Dallas Salsa Congress (Dallas, USA) 12-13 Meeting Salsamania Guadeloupe (Deshaies, Guadeloupe) 12-14 Salsa And The City Saison 4 (Montpellier, France) 12-14 Munich Balboa & Shag Weekend (Munich, Germany) 12-14 International Warsaw Salsa Festival (Warsaw, Poland) 12-14 Singapore International Salsa Festival (Singapore, Singapore) 12-14 Prepod-Paty (Moscow, Russia) 12-14 Salsa Marathon (Bonn, Germany) 12-14 Siempre Tango Festival in Baden-Baden (BadenBaden, Germany) 12-14 CubaMiSalsa Budapest (Budapest, Hungary)

12-14 Catalina Jazz Dance Festival (Avalon, United States) 13 Salsa Gala Limburg (Limburg, Netherlands) 13-14 Fast Feet Fleadh (Dublin, Ireland) 14-21 Tango Sentido - Encuentro Experimental de Tango

(Esquel, Argentina) 17-21 Salsuri (Paramaribo, Suriname) 18-21 San Francisco Salsa Congress (San Francisco, USA) 18-21 West Coast Swing What’Else (Thiais, France) 18-21 Great British Salsa Experience III (Manchester, United Kingdom) 19-20 Leuven Salsa Festival 8 (Leuven, Belgium) 19-21 Russian Bachata Festival (St. Petersburg, Russia) 19-21 Bachata Festival Berlin (Berlin, Germany) 19-21 Roma Salsa Festival (Rome, Italy) 19-21 Nepal’s 1st International Salsa Festival (Kathmandu, Nepal) 19-21 Zouk Weekend in Berlin (Berlin, Germany) 19-21 Tallinn Salsafestival (Tallinn, Estonia) 19-22 London Swingvitational (London, United Kingdom) 21-26 Baila en Cuba (Havana, Cuba) 24-28 Fandango de Tango (Austin, United States) 25-28 Ashland Thanksgiving TurkeyTango (Ashland, USA) 25-28 Sunshine State Challenge (Ft. Lauderdale, USA) 25-28 Melbourne Lindy Exchange (Melbourne, Australia) 25-28 11. Latin-Chem & 3. Swingnitz (Chemnitz, Germany) 26-28 Winter Salsa Gala Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany) 26-28 Sundsvall Salsa Festival (Sundsvall, Sweden) 26-28 TodoBachata Congress (Sevilla, Spain) 26-28 Salsa Nights Woolacombe Weekender (Woolacombe, United Kingdom) 26-28 Festival Bachata & Kizomba Experience (Roche-surYon, France) 26-28 Festival des danses du monde (Contern, Luxembourg) 26-28 Seattle Salsa Congress (Seattle, United States) 26-28 Salsorro (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) 26-29 5th International Cuban Salsa Congress (Denbighshire, United Kingdom) 28 Nov-4 Dec Bailemos Tango Festival (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

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Tango lovers from all over the world are meeting in “Istanbul Tango Ritual” between 3-7 November 2010. We have been working for the development of tango in Turkey since 1997. We unified our experiences in order to welcome you, our tango friends in the best possible way in the amazing city of Istanbul. We take great care to provide you an easy access not only to the classes & milongas during this broadly participated organization but also to all of the beauties of Istanbul. For this reason the “Ritual” is situated in the historical peninsula. We are inviting you to live the “Ritual” in Istanbul...the city which has the youngest, the most dynamic and the most intriguing tango scene More info: http://www.istangoritual.org/ 04-07 Canada`s International Argentine Tango Congress (Toronto, Canada) Coming to Toronto November 4 - 7, 2010 Immerse yourself in the Culture of Argentine Tango... More info: http://www.wix.com/tangosoul/el-congreso 04-07 Albuquerque Tango Festival (Albuquerque, USA)

04-07 Belgrade Tango Festival (Belgrade, Servia) It is this wonderful time of the year again! The time when the soft murmur of Belgrade rivers

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turns into ocho steps and the stars over the ancient Kalemegdan fortress resemble the pearls on stiletto shoes. Tango is in the air and Belgrade is inviting you to breathe it together again! Our goal this year is to keep the heritage of tango alive so that it remains true to its origins: embrace, communication, movement and musicality. In order to preserve and breathe life into this culture, we would like to welcome our friends and teachers who have had great influence on the development of tango in Belgrade. More info: http://belgradetangofestival. com/

05-07 Culture Danse Swing Festival (Valbonne, France) The C.D.S.F is an international Swing dance course which will take place from Friday 5th to Sunday 7th November 2010 in Valbonne, SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS (on the French Riviera, less than 10 minutes from Cannes). This Swing festival is organised by Culture Dance, a renow-

05 - 07 Salsa Sunrise International Fair (Brussels, Belgium) In 2004 we created Salsa Sunrise Party which was an event that connected Belgium to the International Salsa scene. Salsa Sunrise Party has been the most visited Event in Belgium, with Salsa Freaks coming from more than 20 different countries. After the 15th Edition, Salsa Sunrise will change the outfit to become: SALSA SUNRISE INTERNATIONAL FAIR: + Salsa Freaks attend several congresses and festivals per

04-07 Festival Aquí Cuba (Rennes, France) More info: http://aquicuba.free.fr 04-07 China Annual Salsa Congress (Beijing, China) More Info: http://www.chinasalsacongress.com/en/ 05-07 Salsa Bangkok (Bangkok, Thailand) SALSABANGKOK 2010 (NOVEMBER 4-7) SEEYOU ALL SOON! More info: http://www.salsabangkok.com/ 05-07 Salsa SPB (St Petersburg, Russia) More info: http://vkontakte.ru/club19832423

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• 7 milongas (over 40 hours of dancing) • 22 classes (over 27 hours of classes) • A guerilla milonga •A guided practica with Alex Krebs • A tango apparel exchange • An absolute-beginner’s track & beginner’s milonga • Cake at every milonga! • An abundantly large, highquality dance floor • A host of free events including a performance by tang rapper Momo, a live-music tango jam, and more More info: http://www.albuquerquetangofestival.com/

ned dance school, located in Valbonne Sophia Antipolis for more than 20 years, welcoming 600 students each year. The course’s technical direction is undertaken by Stefan MICHEL, Culture Dance Director and Vice President of the F.F.D. Comité 06. More info: http://www.culture-danseswing-festival.fr/

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03-07 Istanbul Tango Ritual (Istanbul, Turkey)

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year, we would love to give them the possibility to buy all their passes cheaper in our event. So they can buy 3 Full or Party Passes instead of 1 or 2. + Some of the big Salsa Events are still not known by other new salsa dancers, it will be the opportunity for them to discover thanks to the low prices we’ll propose. +We negotiated the prices with the festival organizers until 50% cheaper than normal price. +The Organizers have the right to set a limit of the number of the passes they want to sell. +The organizers have all the rights to use their rented space in their limits and they can use all the material needed to promote their event respecting the safety and the comfort of our guests and other promoters. +we’re expecting as usual around 700 guests coming from more than 20 countries. +Guests will follow the workshops during the afternoon, but during the breaks they can walk between the Organizers stands to consult, discover talk and buy their Passes. +Guests who don’t follow the workshops in the afternoon can still have a drink or spend some cozy time in our BachaZook room that will be open from 14h00. +we will have only few shows (not more than 6 or 7 given by big names), cause we want our guests to enjoy more the social dancing than staying paralyzed in front of the shows during hours. Instead of that, we will give them more animations and fun. +Except the invited Promoters, no other event will be promoted or announced in the microphone. I hope you like the idea and I hope you would be one of the organizers or guests present in our new exciting event. It’s our pleasure to please you, Talal More info: http://www.salsasunrise. com/news.php 05-07 Carthagosalsa (Los Alcázares, Spain) More info: http://www.carthagosalsa. com/

05-07 1st Bachata Festival Munich (Munich, Germany) More info: http://www.bachatafest.de/ 05-07 Copa Local Festival International de Salsa (Besancon, France) Visit the 05-06-07 November 2010 for the 3rd International Festival of Salsa Besancon, the “Copa Loca”. New venue: The Palace of sports! Salsa 2 nights with 2 rooms for 2 atmospheres: Cuban and Puerto Rican! Hours of workshops! Shows with the biggest international stars! Promises a wacky early November! More info: http://www.copaloca.info/ 05-07 D´Cuba (Aubagne, France) More info: http://www.salsavariantes. com/

Distribution of the festival by a TV channel More info: http://www.kizombabachatafestival.com/ 06-07 Amsterdam Salsa Weekend (Amsterdam, Netherlands) We are happy to announce we are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Extremos Dance Company in Amsterdam. For 10 year now we’ve been part of the Amsterdam Salsa Scene and have introduced this great obsession to thousands of people over the years. Also we have flown in many upcoming salsa artists who are now salsa super stars. Mark your calendar and join us to celebrate 10 years of Salsa with Extremos. We have invited a phenomenal line-up of artists for phenomenal performances and great workshops More info: http://extremos.nl/Anniversary/ 06-07 Haloween Swing Camp (Stockholm, Sweden) More info: http://www. swedishswing.se/visa. lasso?ukat_ID=84500000000 001643&mall=standard.lasso

05-07 Texeltango Winterweekend (Texel, Netherlands) More info: http://www.texeltango.nl/ winterweekend.htm 05-08 1st Paris Kizomba & Bachata Festival (Paris, France) 2 Days of workshops and 3 evening dances Kizomba and Bachata Competition Price 300 Euros in cash for each category win Judges of the Congregation Profs Live music artist a surprise Caribbean

06-13 TangoSharm (Sharm elSheikh, Egypt) Tango holiday you were waiting for has arrived Coral Bay, Hotel, Resort SPA & Casino Red Sea 7 day holiday 6 Milonga nights - dj Gibo More info: http://www.tangoconsharm. com/ 09-14 Hong Kong TangoFest (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) This year’s festival theme – the Story of Tango – celebrates tango in history. Our programme explores tango’s development in aesthetics and evolution, emphaising tango as a rich culture of music, dance and social connection. Hong Kong TangoFest is also a work of labour and love. Presented by TangoTang, the Hong Kong Tango Club, it is a non-profit making festival run by volunteers. The event is only made possible with the support from members of the tango community and their friends. Now, have fun browsing around! More info: http://www.hktangofest.com/

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Welcome to Stockholm Salsa Congress • INTERNATIONAL INSTRUCTORS & PERFORMERS. • SPECIALLY INVITED DJÂ´s • SHOWS ON THURSDAY FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY NIGHT. • SALSA PARTIES ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY NIGHT. More info: http://www.hotsalsaweekend. com/ 11-14 Syden Swing Festival (Sydney, Australia)

More info: http://www.sydneyswingfestival.com.au/ 11-15 Festival Swing de Paris (Sydney, Australia)

More info: http://www.lesfousduswing. fr/festival.php 11-14 Grenoble Swing Dance Festival (Grenoble, France)

More info: http://grenobleswing.free.fr/ GSDF/ 11-14 Los Angeles de Tango Festival (Los Angeles, USA) CELEBRATING ITS 6th ANNIVERSARY 4 days of Milongas, workshops, exhibitions and Shows! More info: http://www.ladetango.com/ 11-14 Dallas Salsa Congress (Dallas, USA)

12-13 Meeting Salsamania Guadeloupe (Deshaues, Guadeloupe)

More info: http://www.salsamaniaguadeloupe.fr/ 12-14 Salsa and The City Saison 4 (Montpellier, France)

More info: http://www.salsaandthecity.fr/ 12-14 Salsa and The City Saison 4 (Montpellier, France)

More info: http://www.salsaandthecity.fr/ 12-14 Munich Balboa & Shag Weekend (Munich, Germany)

More info: http://www.worldofswing. com/E-Workshops.htm

12-14 International Warsaw Salsa Festival (Warsaw, Poland)

More info: http://www.salsafestival.pl/

12-14 Singapore International Salsa Festival (Singapore, Singapore)

12-14 Siempre Tango Festival in Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden, Germany)

More info: http://festivals.siempretango.de

12-14 CubaMiSalsa Budapest (Budapest, Hungary) CubaMiSalsa is bringing back to Budapest the magic of Cuban Culture - Art & Folklor combined, through music and dance with the profesionalism of the various international artists involved in the representation of this great project. 12 instructors of Cuban origin will visit us again, who are all authentic professors of all folkloric Cuban dances. There will be minimum 30 workshops held on Saturday and Sunday and these classes will cover salsa, rueda de casino, orishas, guagaunco, yambú, colombia, reggaeton, timba, Cuban show style, lady style, man style, chachacha and a lot more genres of authentic Cuban dances. The levels of the classes are separated: beginner, intermediate and advanced, so everyone will find the appropriate level for his or her knowledge and can learn from the best of the best! Beside learning, you can also dance and socialise with the instructors during the fantastic parties and on Saturday night you can experience some of their most fabulous shows! A grand opening party on Friday and a farewell party on Sunday make it all astonishing for you! More info: http://www.cubamisalsa.hu

12-14 Catalina Jazz Dance Festival (Avalon, USA)

IN ALL THE WORLD, NO EVENT LIKE THIS... Similar to the Balboa Rendezvous and the use of the Balboa Pavilion, 2PlySwing productions again offers a very special and unique dance experience. You will not find a more beautiful setting for a dance camp than the Casino Ballroom... More info: http://www.2plyswing. com/Z_CATALINA/CATALINA_HOME.htm#TOP 13 Salsa Gala Limburg (Limburg, Netherlands) More info: http://www.salsagala.nl/ index%20limburg.html 13-14 Fast Feet Fleadh (Dublin, Ireland) A weekend in Dublin dedicated to that cute, fast and stylish dance Balboa! Dan & Gemma and Chris & Janet will be helping you to develop your fast feet! There’ll be classes on both Saturday and Sunday, a dance party - The Vertical Rhythm Club - on the Saturday night and dancing to the live music of Dublin City Jazz Orchestra on Sunday night! More info: http://www.dublindy.com/ fast-feet-fleadh/

More info: http://www.sisf.com.sg/

12-14 Propod-Paty (Moscow, Russia) More Info: http://www.salsa.ru/forum/index.php/topic,6499.0.html 12-14 Salsa Marathon (Bonn, Germany) More info: http://www.salsa-marathon.de/

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Four days of Salsa Magic! Enjoy over 70 live showcases from USA, Europe and Latin America world class talent. Dance to Congress style Salsa and Mambo sounds, featuring world known DJs playing the hottest of West Coast and East Coast salsa, along with ChaChaCha, Bachata and more. Enjoy and learn from the best in our Dance Workshops.... from beginner to advanced. Help us celebrate our 5th Annual Dallas Salsa Congress. Created in 2006 to promote

and experience the Latin culture of music and dance under one roof, now a major Dallas event in the Salsa world open to everyone over 18. Families welcomed for Showcase portion of event. Join us as Dallas welcomes salsa music and dance lovers from the USA and as far as Europe, Asia and South America. More info: http://www.dallassalsacongress.com/

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10-14 Hot Salsa Weekend (Stockholm, Sweden)

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INTERNATIONAL SALSA CONGRESS 14-21 Tango Sentido Encuentro Experimental de Tango (Esquel, Argentina) More info: http://www.tangoesquel. blogspot.com 17-21 Salsuri (Paramaribo, Suriname) More info: http://www.salsuri.com/ 18-21 San Francisco Salsa Congress (San Francisco, USA) Greetings to Latin dance and music lovers from around the globe! Join PB&G Productions for the premiere Salsa event of the year, featuring 4 days and 5 nights of non-stop worldclass performers, competitors, music artists, DJs, instructors and much more. . . All dance levels are welcome. More info: http://sfsalsacongress. com/2010/ 18-21 West Coast Swing What´Else (Thiais, France) More info: http://www.wcs-whatelse. com/

18-21 Great British Salsa Experience III (Manchester, United Kingdom) Welcome to GBSEx 2010! The Great British Salsa Experience ‘09 salsa dance congress event in Manchester, UKGBSEx is back again for its third year! This 4-day international salsa festival wowed salsa dancers throughout the UK in its first 2 years with unprecedented feedback and press. With a UK Salsa Award and a World Record under its belt, GBSEx looks set to attract another 1000+ salsa fans to Manchester’s breathtaking Town Hall venue in 2010. Featuring 80 dance workshops, world class showcases, 3 all night parties and an atmosphere to die for, GBSEx is simply not to be missed... More info: http://www.thegreatbritishsalsaexperience.com/ 19-20 Leuven Salsa Festival 8 (Leuven, Belgium) Musicality, expressivity, styling! What is style? How and when to add it? How can I find the “1″? Is it very bad if i dance on the “5″ ;-) ? What should i look for in the music? And why should I care ;-) ?

How to connect more with the music? What is dancing ‘into the music’? How can I be more expressive on the dance floor? What’s the clave, what instruments are classically present in salsa music? All of this and more at this edition of LSF! More info: http://www.leuvensalsafestival.com/

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19-21 Russian Bachata Festival (St. Petersburg, Russia)

More info: http://www.salsaviva.ru/ news/id108/ 19-21 Bachata Festival Berlin (Berlin, Germany) More info: http://www.bachatafestivalberlin.de/ 19-21 Roma Salsa Festival (Rome, Italy) Every wanted to visit Rome? Here is your chance to blend Tourism with your passion and

more over the place where world class Salseros live. More info: http://www.romasalsaworldfestival.com/ 19-21 Nepal 1st International Salsa Festival (Kathmandu, Nepal) A weekend filled with dance workshop, parties & performances followed by a 5 day Holiday-trek in the GOREPANI More info: http://www.salsanepal.com/ salsa-festival-10.htm 19-21 Zouk Weekend in Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Zouk & Samba de Gafieira weekend workshops & party’s on November 19 to 21 2010th Please register in advance! Zouk & Samba de Gafieira intensive courses in a weekend for all enthusiasts who see the week not the time or cannot be in Berlin. AS A SPECIAL GUEST The renowned dance teacher Adilio Porto. Give you years of experience in the field of Zouk and Samba de Gafiera interna-

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19-21 Tallinn SalsaFestival (Tallinn, Estonia) TSF 2010 is a three day event with dance workshops during the day by international teachers and shows and lots of dancing all through the night. A lot to see and experience. The festival three day program includes workshops for different levels: beginners, improvers, intermediates. We would love to introduce you different styles in salsa: NY Style, LA Style, Cuban Style, Rueda de Casino; as well as bits of other dances such as bachata, chacha, afrocuban rumba, salsa hiphop and zouk. Workshops will include technical advice such asspinning, leading and following, staying on rhythm in partnerworkas well as how to be creative and fun and style yourself. More info: http://www.tallinnsalsafestival.org/ 19-22 London Swingvitational (London, United Kingdom)

21-26 Baila en Cuba (Havana, Cuba) 6 DAYS SALSA TOTAL IN HAVANA! The 5th international meeting of salseras and salseros from the whole world and Cuba in Havana. Baila en Cuba features: • 5 days intensive-workshops for beginners to advance and master class

25-28 Sunshine State Challenge (Ft. Laudance, USA) Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Swing, Hustle, Salsa, Ballroom 50 Dance Workshops Thursday Kick-off Party Pool Party and Beach Luau Saturday Dinner & Show

World Salsa Championships WSF DanceSport Championships Make-A-Wish Dance Fundraiser Four Separate Dance Floors More info: http://usaswingdc.com/sunshine/index.htm

24-28 Fandango de Tango (Austin, USA) We’re celebrating our 12th Annual Event Nov 24-28, 2010 in Austin, Tx. at the Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark. “An Immersion in the Art of Argentine Tango” Over 125 hours of Tango Dancing Fun! Including 35 hours of Social Dancing. **6 Levels of Classes **No Partners Required ** 6 Milongas Wednesday, Thanksgiving Brunch, Thursday, Friday, Saturday All-Night, Sunday More info: http://www.fandangodetango.com/1.html 25-28 Ashland Thanksgiving Turkey Tango (Ashland, USA) • Great instructors • Beginners through advanced level classes • Outstanding world-class DJs • Musician’s Tango Jam Session • Free Practicas • Instructor performances with musical treats by Korey & Momo • Afternoon alternative milongas • All-night milonga • Special mixer milongas More info: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/ATT10/index.shtml

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We are excited to invite you all to our second annual pure WCS event, focusing on sociality and lots of freestyle fun with some of the world’s most prolific social WCS dancers! Bringing the very best of a USA WCS Convention right here to your doorstep for a fraction of the cost! Don’t miss it! More info: http://www.londonswingvitational.co.uk/

• 5 levels, 22 hours classes in 10 rooms with live percussion & music • top instructors all from ISA (Instituto Superior de Arte) • 6 nights with shows, parties and concerts of the top bands from cuba * personal cuban dancepartners possible Workshop location and event centre is the 5* Melia Habana Hotel. The concerts will be open air and in selected venues in Habana. Performing bands like: Los Van Van, Adalberto Álvarez, Manolito y su Trabuco, Charanga Habanera, Elito Revé y su Charangón, Paulito FG, Pupy y los que son son, NG la Banda, Bamboleo, Azucar Negra and many more ... More info: http://baila-en-cuba.de/

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tionally as a dance teacher and performer! In just 3 days you get to Zouk & Samba de Gafieira figures and steps. Such workshop’s and Party’s are always a good opportunity to learn to dance focused - no matter at what dance it is. More info: http://www.artdanceas.de/

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25-28 Melbourne Lindy Exchange (Melbourne, Australia) More info: http://mjda.org.au/upcoming_events/ 25-28 11. Latin-Chem & 3 Swingnitz (Chemnitz, Germany) More info: http://www.latin-chem.de/ 26-28 Winter Salsa Gala Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany) More info: http://www. salsagala-hamburg.de/de/ index.php 26-28 Sundsvall Salsa Festivall (Sundsvall, Sweden) More info: http://www.baila.se/festival/ 26-28 TodoBachata Congress (Sevilla, Spain)

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26-28 Salsa Nights Woolacombre Weekender

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26-28 Salsa Nights Woolacombe Weekender

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This is a weekend with everything you need to get you into the Latin vibe. 2 party nights, workshops all day with fantastic teachers & all in the beautiful surroundings of Woolacombe Beach! More info: http://www.salsa-nights. co.uk/weekender.htm 26-28 Festival Bachata & Kizomba Experience (Roche-Sur-Yon, France) The first Bachata & Kizomba festival in all west of France, with the best teacher selected only for you! More info: http://www.facebook.com/event. php?eid=118129401577727 26-28 Seattle Salsa Congress (Seattle, USA) More info: http://www.seattlesalsacongress.com/ 26-28 Salsorro (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) More info: http://www.salsorro.com/salsorro2010/ 26-29 5th International Cuban Salsa Congress

(Denbighshire, United Kingdom)

This is a Cuban Salsa Congress in a class of itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own including - a stunning location,

a grade 2 listed castle, the best UK and international artists and an exhilarating programme of workshops and parties. ***The event is hosted in a beautiful castle and includes your accommodation, all your meals and our programme, all at the castle, for added convenience and to make your experience with us extra special. ***We have the most established track record, we hosted the 1st International Cuban Salsa Congress in the UK which means that we have learnt from our experience each year to create an congress in a class of its own.. ***We have raised standards and expectations each year by bringing the freshest and most talented Cuban artists to the UK, many for the first time, to inspire you. ***Guests travel to the Castle

from across Europe and from as far as Dubai, Venezuela and the USA to create the only international Cuban Salsa event in the UK. More info: http://www.havananights. co.uk/Congress%202010/ Home%202010.htm 28 nov - 4 dec Bailemos Tango Festival (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Come to live the real tango in its birthplace!!! More info: http://www.bailemostango.com/

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It was just yesterday when we opened our doors. If Yesterday was October of 1952. Steven’s is America’s premier traditional steakhouse. We are commited to providing you withotstanding hospitality and serving you the best steaks. Our acclaimed wine list, rich ambiance and personal waiter service are designed to provide you with a truly memorable steakhouse experience. We also have another side of personality. Our loungeis alive with the hottest sound of Salsa and many other Latin vibes. We also have Seven Private Dining roomsfor that perfect quiet evening.

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MONDAYS: Salsa Dance Lessons @7:30PM Instructor: Rocky Corado, email: thesalsamachine@yahoo.com Jam Sessions with “Johnny Polanco y si Orquesta Amistad”. FRIDAYS Salsa Dance Lessons @ 7:30PM Instructor: Oscar Ramirez Jam Sessions with “Orquesta Charangoa” SATURDAYS: Special Guet Salsa Bands

The Granada Alhambra

The Granda hosts one of the hottest salsa and latin clubs in the entire Los Angeles area. We are open Friday and Saturday nights, and feature the best latin musicians anywhere. The Granada “SalsaCentral” is open to dancers of all ages! Three floors so you car dance inside ou outside! Open til 3 am on Saturday nigths. Free Beginners class on Saturday at 8:30 with admission.

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Doors open at 7:00 pm for dinner. Saturday Cover is $15, but current students of Lets Dance L.A.

Get a $3 discount with their class punchcard! The Granda is the brainchild of Enio Cordoba and Terryl Jones. Enio started Let´s Dance L.A. in 1998. Teaming with Terryl in 1993, they created not just a studio but a family of dancer, students and friends. Why the Granada? A little play in words. In Spain the palace of the Granada was called the Alhambra. Here the Granada in the “palace” of Alhambra.

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ARGENTINA

• MI SOLAR SALSA

• MARIANO AVILA

• CLARISSA Y FAMILIA LATINA

makumaguela@hotmail.com www.elrumbero.com.ar

AUSTRALIA

• WATUSSI

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AUSTRIA

• CHOCOMENTA

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CANADA

• MARLIN RAMAZZINI

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• GRUPO JAZZ TUMBAO www.jazztumbao.com

• RUMBA CALZADA

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• TANGA

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COLOMBIA

• ORQUESTA LA BOHEMIA

www.orqlabohemia.canalblog.com

- SALSA Y AZUCAR www.salsayazucar.de

- LA 33

www.la-33.com www.myspace.com/la33

- LA COSMICA CHARANGA www.myspace.com/cosmicacharanga

COSTA RICA

• SON DE TIKIZIA

www.reverbnation.com/sondetikizia www.myspace.com/sondetikiziacr

CUBA

• JUAN FORMELL Y LOS VAN VAN

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www.vanvandeformell.com

GERMANY

• MAKUMAGUELA

FRANCE

• LA CONTRA BANDA lacontrabanda.free.fr • MAMBOMANIA

www.mambomania.free.fr www.myspace.com/mambomaniafansite

• ORQUESTA OCHO Y MEDIA

www.ochoblog.canalblog.com

www.myspace.com/myochoymedia

www.misolar.de

www.familialatina.de

• SONIDO TRES

night clubs

UKRAINE

• DISLOCADOS

www.myspace.com/dislocados

• LA PACHANGA

www.sonidotres.com

www.lapachanga.co.uk LaPachangaBand@gmail.com

stefaan@gmx.de

www.cocoxpress.co.uk

• LATIN CARGO - SONRICOSON

www.sonricoson.de

ITALY

• BATISTO COCO www.batistococo.it

• MALAJENTE

www.malajente.com www.myspace.com/malajente1

JAMAICA

• SYNCONA www.syncona.com

JAPAN

• ORQUESTA DE LA LUZ www.laluz.jp/en

• SABROSURA DEL SONIDO info@sabrosura.jp

NETHERLANDS

• RUMBATA

www.rumbata.com

POLAND

• JOSE TORRES Y SALSA TROPICAL www.torres.com.pl

PUERTO RICO

• CHINO ESPINOZA

www.duenosdelson.com www.myspace.com/chinoespinoza

• ORQUESTA MIRAMAR alfredo@lamiramar.com

SENEGAL

• AFRICANDO

www.myspace.com/africandoallstars

SWITZERLAND

• PICASON

www.picason.ch/

• BATAMBO

• COCO XPRESS

www.havanadelalma.com

ARGENTINA CAPITAL FEDERAL • AZUCAR ABASTO www.azucarsalsa.com

•AZUCAR BELGRANO www.azucarbelgrado.com

• SALSA CELTICA

•LA SALSERA

www.salsaceltica.com

www.lasalsera.com

•MUNDO LATINO

USA

www.mundolatinosalsodromo.com

•EVELYN SALSA

• BIO RITMO

Av. Rivadavia 7425 Cel: (15)4189-2476

www.bioritmo.com www.myspace.com/bioritmo

•BAIRES CLUB SALSA

• ROGER DANILO PÁIZ

Hipólito Yrigoyen 968 Cel: (15)4189-2476

www.danilo-y-universal.com

• SI*SE

•BRUJAS

www.sisenyc.com

Borges 1640

• SON Y CLAVE

•CHATEAU:

www.myspace.com/sonyclave

Av. Monroe 1613

• SF JAZZ BAND

•SALSA DEL AYER

tregaro@danzon.com

Av. Cabildo 3240

• ORQUESTA YARE

•SUDACA SALSA

www.orquestayare.com

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• ORQUESTA D’SOUL www.odslive.com

• PEPE Y SU ORQUESTA

QUILMES

www.pepeysuorquesta.com

• ELSIELAND

• STEVE GUASH

Av. Calchaqui 3085

www.salsaneo.com

• ORQUESTA ALTO MAIZ

LA PLATA

www.salsaband.com

•LA CLAVE

• SON Y NO SON

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Calle 50 N°504 e/5 y 6 Cel: (15) 525-1024

• ORQUESTA LA MODERNA TRADICIÓN

-MAR DEL PLATA

• ORQUESTA TABACO Y RON

•AFRO

www.danzon.com

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www.mazacote.com

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borinquensalsa.com

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Av. Constitución

• LOUIE ROMERO Y SU GRUPO MAZACOTE • ORQUESTA BORINQUEN

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•LIVING SOUL

VENEZUELA

Rivadavia 3756

• ENSAMBLE GURRUFÍO ensamblegurrufio.com.ve

ROSARIO

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www.batambo-salsa.com

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SOUTH AMERICA

•CARIBE & SON

Tel: (0341)457-6102

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DIRECTORY DIRECTORIO

www.cafecocomo.com

•WILLIE DIXON

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•SANDUNGUERA

LOS ANGELES

Ovidio Lagos 1571 Suipacha y Güemes

Jockey Club, Ovidio Lagos 1571

CORDOBA

•EL FLORIDITA

www.elfloridita.com

•THE MAYAN

www.clubmayan.com

•CIRSE

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•CONGA ROOM

La Rioja 352

www.stevenssteakhouse.com

Tel: (0351)15613-4681

www.thegranadaalhambra.com

Av. Sabattini 1465

www.congaroom.com

SAN NICOLAS

NEW YORK

Guardias Nacionales 87 Tel: (03400) 15666349

www.elmorocconyc.com

•LA MULATA

SAN JUAN •RAN

KAN KAN

Tucumán 1220 - Sur Tel: (15)5011453

SANTA FE

•RUMBA CABANA (LOBBY BAR) 25 de Mayo 3228 Tel: (0342)4525444

PERU MIRAFLORES

•COCODRILO VERDE www.cocodriloverde.com

•SON DE CUBA

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LIMA

•EL NUEVO TIMBALERO www.timbalero.com.pe

NORTH AMERICA USA •MACONDO

•HORUS LOUNGE www.horuscafe.com

•SOB´S www.sobs.com

CHICAGO •ARAGON

www.Aragon.com

•CLUB BABALU

www.club-babalu.tripod.com www.Rumba351.com

BOSTON

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www.roccapulco.com

•LA PACHANGA

www.clublapachanga.co.uk

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www.odeon.ie

•ODESSA

www.odessaclub.ie

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•BARRIO LATINO www.IlBarrioLatino.it

•BUENA VISTA

www.Buana-Vista.it

SPAIN

•RAMDALL

www.HavanaClubSalsa.com

•CATS

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•SALSA HARBOR CRUISES www.SalsaBoston.com

WASHINGTON DC •LUCKY BAR

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•HABANA VILLAGE

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•BA-BA-LUU

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www.LatinPalace-Chango.de

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www.ElBenny.se

•CLUB SALSA

www.ClubSalsa.se

SWITZERLAND ZURICH

•LOUNGE @ MAAG www.SalsaRica.ch •X-TRA www.X-Tra.ch

ASIA RUSSIA MOSCOW

•KARMA BAR

www.KarmaBar.ru

•PANCHO VILLA

www.PanchoVilla.ru

TURKEY

www.Vincentsnightclub.com

•VINCENT’S

www.acrobatlounge.com

SAN FRANCISCO

www.buddhabar.com

www.MojitosLounge.com

www.LaCovacha.com

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• BARRIO LATINO

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TORONTO

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•RUMBA

www.MacondoVip.com

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FRANCE

•LATIN PALACE, CHANGO

www.LaSiestaMadrid.com www.SalsaRamdall.com www.CatsMadrid.com

AUSTRIA VIENNA

•FLORIDITA

www.Floridita.at

•CLUB HABANA

www.ClubHabana.at

GERMANY

BERLIN

•SODA CLUB

www.Soda-Berlin.de

•MI SALSA

www.MiSalsa.de

•HAVANNA

www.Havanna-Berlin.de

FRANKFURT

ISTANBUL

•DANSORIUM

www.Dansorium.com

•MACKOLIC COMPLEX: www.Mackolicomplex.com

SINGAPORE SINGAPORE •LUMBIA

www.xenbar.com

CHINA HONG KONG •CLUB 1997

www.Ninetysevengroup.com F

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•EL MOROCCO

EUROPA

www.internationalsalsa.com

•LA TROPICAL

•CAFE COCOMO

www.internationalsalsa.com

DIRECTORY DIRECTORIO

radio ARGENTINA

•ZONA RUMBERA FM LASER 89.5

www.zonarumbera.com.ar

TURKEY

• RADYO 5

www.radyo5.com.tr

SPAIN

• RADIO GLADYS PALMERA

www.masreggaetonflow.com/

• SALSA Y CONTROL NY www.tropicalisima.fm/

• PANA JR SOUND

www.panajrsound.com/

• REGGAE NONSTOP www.newfunkradio.com/ • LAUT FM 1

stream.laut.fm/1-radio-latino

• LAUT FM ONDA LATINA stream.laut.fm/ondalatina

HUNGARY

www.lastfm.es

• LATINO FM 99.5 www.latinofm.es/

AUSTRALIA

• 92.7 FRESH FM

www.fresh927.com.au

PUERTO RICO

• SALSOUL

www.salsoul.com

CADANA

• TROPICAL 100

www.tropical100.com/

• LA FIESTA LATINA FM www.lafiestalatinafm.com/

FRANCE

• FUSION

www.radiofusionfm.com/

• MKM RADIO

www.mkmradio.com/

• CARAIBEAN RADIO

www.caraibeanradio.com/

• RTA RADIO

TROPIKALAMBIANCE www.tropikalambiance.net/

• WESTINZIK RADIO www.westinzik.com/

• EKLA FM

IRELAND

• PALSONERO palsonero.com/

ITALY

• RADIO MAMBO www.mambo.it/

• RADIOMUSIC SALSA4T www.radiosalsa4te.it/

NETHERLANDS

• PLR RADIO

www.paralosrumberos.nl/

• NOS RADIO

www.nos-radio.com/

• SOUNDCLICK

www.soundclick.com

• REMOTE DJ

www.remotedj.com/

USA

• PANDORA

www.pandora.com

• LA BRISA RADIO ONLINE OKLAHOMA www.brisatropical.com

• LA X ESTEREO NEW YORK www.laxestereo.com

• WMNF 88.5 FM TAMPA, FLORIDA www.wmnf.org

• WDNA-FM 88.9 SOUTH FLORIDA

• RMJ TROPICAL

• LIVE 365 NYC

www.tropic84.fr/

www.rmjtropical.fr/

• RADIO GALAXXY www.radiogalaxxy.fr/

• LATINA BEAT

www.radionomy.com/

• FIESTA LATINA HD RADIO NEW YORK LONG ISLAND www.elsalvadorforever.com/

• PANDASHOWRADIO.COM www.pandashowradio.com/

• VALLENATO INTERNACIONAL 100% DESDE MIAMI www.vallenatointernacional. com/

• IMPACTO LATINO RADIO

• TROPIC 84

www.eklafm.com

INDUMENTARIA, CALZADO, VARIOS

www.lodeaqui.net/

salsaradio.hu/

• SALSARADIO.HU

• LAST FM

• HD LODEAQUI.NET RADIO

www.powerfm.hu/

www.picadillo.info

www.radiotropical.fm

webs

www.kpfa.org

• LA X2 LIVE – SALSA P´AL QUE SABE

www.gladyspalmera.com

• RADIO TROPICAL BILBAO

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• MRFMUSIC

• POWER CARIB FM

• PICADILLO

GERMANY

www.wdna.org

www.live365.com

• RADIO EL SOL, HOUSTON – TEXAS www.radioelsol.com

• LUIS MEDINA – CON SABOR KPFA 94.1 FM

www.salsapalquesabe.com/

www.impactolatinoradio.com/

• TOMA RADIO

www.tomaradio.com/

• RADIO.REGGAE.COM.PA radio.reggae.com.pa/

• TROPICALISIMA.FM SALSA www.tropicalisima.fm/

• SANSHA ON STAGE WORLDWIDE www.sansha.com • SHOWTIME DANCE SHOES www.showtimedanceshoes. com • CAPEZIO DANCE www.capeziodance.com • DANCE STORE www.dancestore.com • ZAPPOS www.zappos.com • DSOL www.danceshoesonline. com • DANCE SHOES STORE www.danceshoesstore.com • BAILA BRAND www.bailabrand.com • MAMBO FATEEGZ www.mambofateegz.com

• CYBER-FM LATINO

cyber-fm.com/cmps_index.php

• LA PODEROSA RADIO ONLINE COLOMBIA

BY COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL

lapoderosaradioonline.jimdo. com/

www.americasalsa.com www.salsapower.com

• RADIO PUERTO SALSA ONLINE

ARGENTINA

puertosalsa.blogspot.com/

• DJ MAMBOLOGO

www.lacatedraldelasalsa.com www.lasalsera.com http://clubsalsa.com.ar/ www.danzasdelcaribe.com.ar

www.golpeybembe.com/

• MARIO EN TU RADIO

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• DJ KIKES

CUBA

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BERMUDA

www.sonerostv.com/

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VENEZUELA

www.saboryrumba.com/

www.academiaog.com

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USA

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DIRECTORY DIRECTORIO

CANADA

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MEXICO

www.jazzydanceco.com www.salsazulyoro.com

ITALY

www.salsaverde.it www.bandalatina.it www.salsaconexion.com www.salsasicilia.it

SPAIN

www.salsorro.com www.noti-salsa.com www.clubdesalsa.com www.antillasalsa.com www.salsatenerife.com www.donantesderumba.com www.radioelsondelsonero.com

FRANCE

www.salsafrance.com www.alatica.com www.freesalsa.fr www.cothidance.fr

GERMANY

UNITED KINGDOM

www.londonsalsascene.co.uk www.ido-online.org www.redhotred.co.uk www.MamboCity.co.uk www.salsacd.com www.mrbongosalsa.com www.londonsalsascene.co.uk www.salsafeeltheheat.com www.northernsalsa.com

IRELAND

www.salsaeverybody.com www.salsaireland.com

BELGIUM

www.sabortropical.be

NETHERLANDS

www.salsamotion.nl

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www.salsastudio.ch www.salsadancers.ch www.salsa.ch

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www.hksalsafestival.com

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JAPAN

www.ryoko-ryu.com

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INDIA

cds/dvds

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www.salsa-india.com

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TURKEY

www.mundolatinodance.com

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books

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SOUTH AFRICA

www.quepasa.co.za www.salsacapetown.com www.afromambo.co.za

AUSTRALIA

www.thelatinvoice.com.au www.labomba.com.au www.brisbanesalsa.com.au

THE PHILIPPINES

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TROPICALIA CARAQUEÑA FEDERICO PACANINS

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TODAS LA VOCES DE AMERICA RAFEL SALAZAR

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Esta suma de textos de valor fundamental para la historia de la música urbana venezolana, recoge el fervor sistemático de Federico Pacanins durante casi treinta años de investigación. Tropicalia Caraqueña comprende ensayos, reportajes, entrevistas, crónicas, cronologías, algunos de ellos fueron publicados en las revistas y periódicos de los que Pacanins es colaborador, y otros muchos han permanecido inéditos. Los éditos, por otra parte, han sido trabajados desde sus versiones originales en tal magnitud que la mayoría son sustancialmente distintos.

Agudeza, penetración, información de primera mano a través de entrevistas memorables, asistencia a muchos ensayos y conciertos, viajes iluminadores, adquisición de una montaña de discos y de allí un buen gusto para escoger con criterio la música más elaborada , los textos más originales y representativos y los personajes perdurables, todo un cúmulo precioso de datos que nos brindó en una síntesis agradable y apasionada, en la cual plasmó más de tres decenios misteriosos e inquietantes, que ya son parte de esa realización histórica y musical que logró proyectarse, colocarse e influir a nivel planetario con toda su contundencia.

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El merenguero puertorriqueño aseguró que para su nuevo disco, ‘El Indestructible‘, que sale a la venta el próximo 30 de noviembre, tomó “riesgos” en busca de ritmos que cautiven a las nuevas generaciones.

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