Thursday 25 March 2010

Zouk .......Everywhere basically http://twitter.com/ZoukWorldwide2 follow us

Montreal Zouk meets Konpa




Barreiro - Special Party




Sun Bailantes Konga de Cuba





Salsa, Timba, Reggaeton, Zouk, Kuduro and Soukous

NEUZA @BABALOU London



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Kreyol Vybz White Dress Party

More details here:

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ALi Angel show Mass Club London


Two Rooms until 5 am!


Unrivalled top DJs line-up



                                                   FREE Kizomba & Salsa Classes
                                                    Massive Wooden Dance Floors & Air Con
                                       Showcases by international acts every month


                        Kizomba UK resident DJ Marito + DJ Honorato on decks playing:
    Kizomba / Zouk / Cabo-Love / Semba / Funana / Kuduro / Coupe-Decale / Soukous / N'Dombolo   & more Afro-Latin, Caribbean and Urban Beats

Extra Salsa Room next door with Salsa Republic Team. Saturday 3 April special guests include Miguel De Porto Rico & Mayana (voted 2010 UK Salsa teachers of the year) as well as Bar Salsa DJ Julian M'!
Doors open @ 9.00 pm
Classes from 9.30 pm
Club from 10.30 pm
Finish 5 am
£10 B4 midnight / £12 after midnight
£10 all night for NUS card holders
more info @ http://www.kizombauk.com/-saturdays--mass.html


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SALVADOR - BA
Zouk-se o máximo!!!

AfricaDancar Tropical Paradise




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AfricaDancar 17 Abril 2010


Baile Open Bar este fim de semana
Data: 26/03 a partir das 21h


Entrada R$ 15,00 (12,00 congressitas - Levar comprovante)


Open Bar: Cerveja, Refri, água e pipoca.

Academia Dance & Cia

W3 Norte - Qd. 712 - Bloco C - Sobreloja

(Atrás Restaurante Carne de Sol / Em cima restaurante Pilão)

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Espaço Cultural Dance & Cia

http://www.dancecia.com.br/
8151-8237 / 


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We also would like to introduce you to a new venue in Johannesburg:

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and yes, some of their parties feature Zouk and Kizomba on the menu.              

As you can see there are things happening everywhere all the time, in fact I get so many messages relating to Events and Activities all over the world I can't keep up with it all mostly, so we just do what we can, but if you'd like to help out sharing information just get in touch on
dancezouk@yahoo.co.uk the help would be appreciated.


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Checkout Dj Brunos hot Zouk Mix:

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Friday 19 March 2010

PROGRAMAÇÃO DE ANIVERSÁRIO TROPPO !!!


PROGRAMAÇÃO DE ANIVERSÁRIO TROPPO !!!


Troppo Aniversario



Quatro anos de Successo Forro e Zouk



Zouk, Salsa, Merengue e Gafieira com Dj Mane


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Thursday 18 March 2010

Lambateria Zouk BA, Brazil + NJ ♥♥♥♥



Lambateria Zouk - Buenos Aires



Jueves 18 de Marzo 23hs


Musica, Magia, Calor, Energia, Baile , zouk, presentaciones y



sorpresas!!!!
Este jueves....

CHARLY BOIGUES Y Cia

Veni

a disfrutar esta noche con nosotros!!!!

Te esperamos!!!

La

Salsera: Yatay 961 C.A.B.A - Argentina

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Caribeno - Reggaeton Session - Zouk, Salsa Merengue, Black Music, Forro, House

  





Zouk Magia - Moema

Zouk Magia


Palacio Europa presents Bostons Hottest Djs

New Jersey



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Monday 15 March 2010

Congreso de Zoukenasturias

Saturday 13 March 2010

KIZOMBA LOVERS VEM AÍ ESTE DOM O 5º ENCONTRO DA KIZOMBA ... LISBOA

NÃO PERCA !!! 2 super Eventos Afro e latinos este final de semana...

Sábado, 13 Março no TEATRO DA LUZ as 23horas

Grande FESTA AFRO LATINA a 3 salas com 3 DJ´s

Sala Principal KIZOMBA PARTY com Best Dj Riky Tools ( Mussulo-Ondeando)
Aula Aberta as 23horas de Dança Africana
Outras salas com SALSA com Mister Ferrero e
Tango com Dj Nuno Freitas

Ambiente Selecto Estacionamento Grátis (junto à Igreja da Luz e perto do Colombo)
Teatro Dom Filipe, Largo da Luz,2

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E no domingo... kizomba lovers é mesmo mais um imperdível

5º ENCONTRO DE KIZOMBA Domingo, 14 de Março

15h00 – 20h30 no Ateneu Comercial Lx


O 5º ENCONTRO DA KIZOMBA ... LISBOA 14 de Marco



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Brazilian Dance Congress Holland: http://ping.fm/UCq7P 

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A Weekend of culture http://ping.fm/X9rzF  @ http://ping.fm/nn6W2  


IVth International Zouk-Lambada Dance Congress - Porto Seguro Brazil

IVth International Zouk-Lambada Dance Congress - Porto Seguro Brazil

Bergs Congress


International Zouk-Lambada Dance Congress - Porto Seguro Brazil


New Years Eve and Dance Competition




Party nights and location Porto Seguro Praia de Itaperapuan

Checkout one of our Favourite Tracks on You Tube:
Tentação - by Kizomba singer GAMA
http://www.youtube.com/user/zoukdude8#p/f/11/EtrVjdxEH-U

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Friday 12 March 2010

A Weekend of Culture

A Weekend of Culture
Starting tonight........

Mega Show com Calinha Preta e Banda Calypso

Clacinha Preta and Banda Calypso (Brazilian Calypso) look them up on You Tube


Cabo Verde Show - Manu Lima,Rene Cabral e Boy Ge Mendes

Legends of Cabo Verdean Music


Vamos divulgar o nosso Gumbe


Gumbe - Music of Guinea Bissau



Section Zouk - La Pointe des Antilles

Antilles Zouk (France)


Afro Zouk Party



Quatro Fim de Semanas ao estilo Afro Zouk


Quatro fim de Semanas


the Carnaval PArty - Peterborough

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Diverta-se, Dance, Traga Amigos e Faca Amigos!!!!

Iniciação descontraída e divertida, para pés de chumbo e pés leves de TODAS AS IDADES
Abordaremos os ritmos que se seguem:

5 LATINAS, 5 CLÁSSICAS & RÍTMOS VARIADOS
Cha Cha Cha, Tango, Merengue, Salsa, Jive, Quick Step, Kizomba, Bolero, Samba, Valsa, Vienense, Bachata, Tradicionais Europeias, Paso Doble, Valsa Inglesa, Sevilhanas, Outras, Rumba, Slow Fox,

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As aulas ficam um pouco à frente e desse lado, antes do campo de ténis Nova Morada)

TRÓPICO DE DANÇA .: Associação sem fins lucrativos


MAPA de AULAS e FESTAS.:





And thats that.......for now



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Wednesday 10 March 2010

Brazil Salsa Congress


BRAZIL SALSA CONGRESS

01 a 04 de Abril de 2010

São Paulo


Competição oficial para selecionar o representante do Brasil no World Salsa Championship

"O World Salsa Championship, maior evento de salsa do mundo chega agora ao Brasil, junto com o Brazil Salsa Congress, que será realizado nos dias 1, 2, 3 e 4 de abril de 2010.

A Academia das Artes tem a honra de trazer este acontecimento para São Paulo sob a liderança da maior celebridade da Salsa no mundo, Albert Torres.

Os dias 02/03 e 04 de abril as tardes serão de Workshops com os grandes profissionais internacionais e nacionais.

Na noite do dia 01/04 a grande Festa baile de abertura do evento.

Dia 02/04 primeira fase da competição Brazil Salsa Championships, apresentações e em seguida baile.

Dia 03/04 a grande final da competição Brazil Salsa Championships e Festa baile de encerramento.

Dia 04/04 “Intercambio cultural” com os grandes artistas internacionais e comemoração dos Campeões com shows de Samba e Salsa.

Local dos Workshops: Academia de Dança Pulsart (considerada a melhor academia da America Latina)


Também realizará pela primeira vez a eliminatória do Brasil, que levará os melhores casais para representar o Brasil no maior campeonato de salsa do mundo World Salsa Championship, realizado nos Estados Unidos

No Brazil Salsa Congress
você terá a oportunidade de aprender com os melhores e mais importantes instrutores do mundo e do Brasil."


Profissionais confirmados, inéditos no Brasil:

- Albert Torres - Los Angeles - EUA

- Billy Fajardo & Katie Marlow (Head Judge Of WSC & Also World Champions) - Miami - EUA

- Cia Salsention - Canadá

- DJ Henry Knowles - Nova York - EUA

- Edwin Rivera - EUA

- Joyce Xavier & Rafi Vayani (Salsention Dance Company) - Amsterdã - Holanda

- Junior & Emily Alabi - managed by “Albert Torres” and company 'Amicitia' - Los Angeles - EUA

- Orville Small & Sabrina Buis (Salsention Dance Company) - Amsterdã - Holanda

- Ricardo Murillo & Viviana Vargas - (2005 World Cabaret Champions) - Cali - Colombia

Team Mangosta - Chile


Além dos melhores brasileiros:

- Alexei Ramos

- Anderson Mendes e Vanessa Jardim

- Fernando Schellenberg e Nayara Melo

- Gustavo Lilla

- Patrick Oliveira e Fabiana Terra

- Ricardo Mello e Kleire Tavares

- Rodrigo Oliveira e Karina Carvalho


Pacote de aulas do Congresso:

Mês de pagamentoTotal a prazo em R$Total a vista em R$
Março500500

O pacote por dia custa R$ 200

3 dias de workshop e palestras !

Informações:

Academia das Artes
Fone : (55 11) 2091-8677
Email: igs@igs.com

www.brazilsalsacongress.com.br/


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Tuesday 9 March 2010

BRAZILIAN DANCE CONGRESS 2010 IN HOLLAND!

BRAZILIAN DANCE CONGRESS 2010 IN HOLLAND!



From 27-29 August 2010, BraSaZouk will organize the 5th Brazilian Dance Congress &



the 5th Zouk/Lambada Dance Competiton in Amsterdam, Holland!


BraSa Events Amsterdam

The congress/dance competition will be held at the location of

Brasa Dance Studios.
BraSaZouk Dance Studios & Events
Willem Fenengastraat 12

1096 BN Amsterdam

06-44 96 22 55
 
LAST BRASAZOUK CONGRESS THIS YEAR!

This year will be the last BraSaZouk congress.


The reason why I started the congresses in Amsterdam was that there were just a few congresses held in the world.

The amount of congresses has changed tremendously in 5 years time.

Even almost every month this year!

In my opinion, too many congresses for not too many Zouk/Brazilian dancers…


Brazilian Dance Congress Holland
Because of that, I decided to organize our last congress in Holland this year.





But I am sure that somebody else will pick up this ‘task’ in Holland!
 
DANCE COMPETITION
Since this year will be our last congress, it will also be the last Zouk/Lambada Dance Competition in Amsterdam!

We will only allow a maximum of 7 couples for the Dance Competition, so register fast!
Of course you will be able to win wonderful prizes!

HOTEL

The Bastion Hotel is the best choice, since it is located very nearby the location (only a 7 to 10 minutes walk).

If you book a hotel room at the Bastion Hotel, you will also get a discount if you mention that you will come for the ‘Brasa Congress’.

If you don’t mention this, you will not get the discount!

Of course the rooms are limited, so book your room on time!

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COSTS OF THE CONGRESS AND/OR PARTY TICKETS, REGISTRATIONS

AND MORE WILL SOON FOLLOW! 

Monday 8 March 2010

What was that Song? Who sings it? nobody knows.....

On Saturday afternoon I opened this e-mail titled:

What was that Song? Who sings it? nobody knows...

from Edie some of you know her as Edide the Salsa Fresk
I thought this was a very important topic not only for Salsa dancers but fitted the topic for I would say most dance styles.
Notice to all Music Producers and Nightclub DJs:
Please announce the name of the song and artist AFTER each song.
By Edie, The Salsa FREAK!! http://www.salsafreak.com/

I am a dancer and instructor.
I represent dancers and can relate to dancers. Dancers dance to Music (duh). Without music, there would be no dancers, however without dancers, there would still be music.
I have heard over the year, via the grapevine, from countless promoters, that there is however a very wide “disconnect” between Dancers and Musicians. To put it bluntly, there is simply the Classic “Lack of Communication” between the two.
Allow me to explain.
Most Music Artists and band members do not take the time to learn to excel in dancing as dancers do. Most dancers do not take the time to research who the artist of every song is, much less the song name. Most don’t even care (sad but true), and most dancers just want the next song to start so they can keep dancing.

After taking Albert Torres' History of Music class for the second in Switzerland this year, and discussing this very subject with him, he continues to tell me how disappointed he is that the dancers don’t know the artists of the songs, nor the song names. He took a poll in the class and asked how many dancers knew who Tito Puente was…then Celia Cruz… then Eddie Palmieri… the results were astonishing. Less than 15% of the class raised their hands for every artist mentioned. I myself was shocked. The first time i took his class, was about five years ago in Sweden. Back then over 50% of the people raised their hands. Now only 15%?

The numbers are diminishing. As each year passes, less and less people / dancers remember who the greatest Salsa / Mambo artists of all of history were. This is truly a tragedy.

However, as a dancer, I find it difficult to accept the responsibility to research each and every artist – especially when all I want to do is dance - especially when I can get on Pandora radio (www.Pandora.com) and connect to a single Latin artist that I “do” know, and just listen to that and similar genres all day – getting educated at the same time if I like a particular song. Pandora has definitely done all of us a FANTASTIC educational service in that area.

Dancers don’t / can’t / won’t research the song because the majority of the time because they cannot remember “how it went”, sounded, much less the words. The majority of the time, all they know is that it was a cool song, and that’s all they can remember. They beg the DJ to play it, but time and time again, the DJ has no clue what they are talking about, as they struggle to hum the tune, and say its words… DJs will laugh at this as time and time again, night after night, they have to listen to horrible-sounding renditions of songs from dancers trying to hum their way through a tune they so desperately want to hear…

Here is a scenario that happens over and over again…
… “Oh! There’s that song again! I LOVE that song!!”
· “Who sings it?”
· “I have no idea. We’ll ask the DJ afterward.”
· “What’s the name of it?”
· “I don’t know…!!”

· “DJ booth is locked – he just told me doesn’t give away his songs (secrets) for fear “his music” will be copied by other DJs and he will not get hired anymore.”
· “So how do I find out the name and artist of the song?”
· “Bring your Iphone to the club next time, and we’ll download Shazam and find out.”
· “I tried that last time, and it didn’t work.”
· “So how do we find out the name of that song?”
· “…I don’t know. I can try singing it to the next DJ. Maybe he’ll recognize it.”

Dancers get tired of going through this on a weekly basis. So they just “stop” asking, and continue dancing.

DJs play the music, and don’t tell us the names of the artists nor the songs all night long, night after night, week after week, month after month, and year after year. Maybe they don’t know? And Musicians, Artists, Promoters, and Instructors WONDER why dancers are so ignorant of the music they dance to? Most dancers don’t even know that Musician Genius “Tito Puente” made over 100 CDs mostly for us dancers! Most of the songs we dance to were created by Tito Puente and his Orchestra – some of us don’t even know who Tito Puente is! Sometimes I am given music as a gift on a burned CD, that I don’t know where it came from, nor who the artist is, nor the name of the song, and Shazam (Iphone App) doesn’t tell me either. It’s a killer song, but “Gee, I wish I knew who the artist was… “

It would really help if the DJs at every nightclub would take less than four seconds to announce the name of the song that was played and the artist AFTER the song is over.

Simple.
What would be even COOLER is if the name of the song and artist were PLACED INSIDE the music of the ACTUAL CD before each song, as part of the track as it was being created. This way, the DJs don’t have to say a word if they don’t want to … the CD already tells the name of the song and the artist just a split second after it plays.

 
HHHhhhhmmmmm…. Now why hasn’t anyone thought of that? EVER?
IMPORTANT NOTE:

Making the song/artist announcement AFTER the song is over is more important /impressive than BEFORE the song plays because we can anticipate Who the Artist is AFTER we hear the song. If the announcement is BEFORE the song plays, and we don’t pay too much attention, we will miss out on the artist name and song name if we realize we really like the song afterward. (now THAT was a mouthful).

It would analogous to hearing the song “Hotel California” by the Eagles for the very first time, and the DJ made the song/artist announcement BEFORE the song played… then when you hear the end of the song, you realize you really like it, especially after the phrase, “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave…” and you forgot the artist name was announced Before and not After the song, you may NEVER REMEMBER who the artist was, and may never again hear that song until “by chance” they play it again…

Get it? Geez, I hope so!

Sometimes the simplest answers can solve the most complicated questions. Life would be so simple, and we would be so well-educated

if the DJs or the CD itself would let us know AFTER every song, the artist and the name of the song that was being played afterward.
WHAT A CONCEPT.

That’s it.
Bottom line.

What I “do” notice however, is DJs making other types of comments, singing to the songs, announcing their own names, other’s names, upcoming events, local radio stations … everything BUT the very music they are playing.

Another thing I’ve noticed also, is the names of the songs are only on the CD covers… but NOT within the music of the CD after each song is over. We all have to sit here are “guess” what track number, and then match the name of the song to the track number to figure out which one it is. Has anyone ever thought - through the LOGISTICS of this ridiculous pain-staking process?

If you really think about it… HOW RIDICULOUS IS THAT. And then you wonder why Artists and Musicians are UPSET because they are not getting paid for their work.

GUYS.
NOBODY KNOWS IT’S YOU.
So the big question is…
What are we / they / going to do about this?

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Off course I had to respond, What a great topic, offcourse as usual I went off topic, but bringing some other interesting information since thats usually my way and then went back on topic....
 
needless to say it would also be good to hear about other dancers experience with music to which the dancer have no idea of who the artist is.
 
and any ideas they might come up with......
 
My reponse to the e-mail was.
 
Hi Edie, I absolutely loved your article on music.
It really is a huge problem with students not knowing enough about music and also musicians in bands especially that don't realise the speed of their music (well at least most of their tracks) could be made for dancers and some for beginners (at a relative speed fro them)

I noticed for example with merengue that Elvis Crespo made a wonderful album years ago (Suavemente) and almost every single song on this album could be used for teaching anyone at any level. (for Merengue obviously) But somehow he was obviously clued in that his music needed to cater to as many people as possible.
I also think it's teachers responsibility to provide some musical education to students in some of the classes or to at least bring the subject up and talk a bit about music to their students in some of the early stages of their learning experience, otherwise students will continue to be ignorant as a result. and at the end of it all everyone suffers.

Since teachers are usually one of the first ports of call in a dancers lilfe, they too have a responsibility to share some of the knowledge on to their students.

There cannot be any community without dancers, djs, promotors, musicians, artists and bands.
We all have a role to play, but we could work a bit more towards a similar goal.

There is also the view that Djs should know or learn or made to learn how to dance or take classes to understand the most relevant tempos to their audiences. They would become better Djs if only they could see this and understand it. Unfortunately this information would only reach dancers / dance teachers.
So somehow it might be a good idea to instill the fact that a good Dj not only plays good music, but also dances, and as a result understands his audience in the best possible way.

Maybe oneday it will be resolved. It's not isolated just to the Salsa scene and I think it's an all round dance issue.

The point might be better understood if teachers or promotors contract Djs on the basis that they will either

a) already know how to dance
b) be prepared to learn how to dance as part of their role
and offcourse know how to Dj....
this might be what the scene needs to grow bigger and more importantly stronger.

Small adjustments like this can do a world of good for dancing, imagine how many people have stopped going to a club or venue because the Dj doesn't cater for most dancers?

Also imagine if you're a newcomer and you go out and discover people dancing, are you more likely to want to learn when you see everyone looking good on the dancefloor, and some occasionally stunning fast dancers, or a group of people falling over each other trying to catch the beats in a race against the fast music?

I'd have to agree if the client base is mostly beginners then play slower songs, everyone looks good, they feel confident (and they'll be better able to improve) and others that come into contact with the dance are more likely to want to learn. Or then for the dj to know and understand their audience, the dj might know what their clients look like, or their dance ability, but they may never know how the dancer feels when they are dancing, so only thing left is for the Dj to enter into the shoes of the dancer, become the dancer and then give them music from his soul.

Sure that may not be why they are contracted, but if this kind of idea could be utilised imagine how much more improved the scene would be.

Better Music
Better Dancers
Better Teachers

= Growth.

Djs need to be become dancers if they want to be able to fully relate to their clients the same like teachers, they can only teach people once they themselves have learned how to dance or have been taught, so I guess if you want people to dance to your music, you must know how to dance to your music also.

On Cd production, that I guess is done by using some of the points you used.

There again, musicians / record companies are oblivious to how their music is being used and how they could generate more interest in their music, the only way to do this is to contact artists, musicians, and bands directly and give them the ideas and see what they come up with.

Sure my answer may apear a bit off topic, but it's all part of the process of making the music and dance more accessible.

the other thing is to release an album of "Salsa Dance Hits" (catering for dancers) on a yearly basis. (the album could have any name, not necessarily this one it's just an idea)

That way the artist get recognition for their work as being a part of the dance scene, the student gets to learn more about music and culture. And there can also be series of commemorable albums relating deeper into the history of Salsa dancing.

I don't think it's that complicated to organise, the royalties go directly to the artist that gives their permission to use their song.
Dance schools can also suggest artist names on their websites, (this is also a useful tool, although not thorough it's good for students looking for artists or Cds to practise their steps to.)

It's a topic I will bring up on our blog, as these things can be resolved or at leats improved, people will always do what they want anyway.

Not sure if I touched on the topics you mentioned but there you go, maybe another can of worms was opened....
Enjoy the rest of your weekend

Adriano
 
 
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What I should also mention is that the same goes for Zouk Lambada, when it come to music, very few people on our scene actually know the difference between Zouk, Kizomba and Lambada music, or at least very few, let alone the artist names, and another blow for dancers is that this information has become somewhat precious.........
 
If there are any further comments or ideas anyone wishes to make regarding this then feel free to post on this on our blog, your coment can remain anonymous if you wish.
 
  This will an ongoing topic open for discussion kinda 24 hours, lol


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