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Vancouver Rueda Festival, April 9 - 11, 2010
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Workshop
Learning the base body work of Cuban Cha-Cha-Cha will improve your technique in any Cuban dance. Besides that, traditional Cuban Cha-Cha-Ca is soft and beautiful with small body movements which will soften your dancing and make you a lot more toned. And who doesn’t want to get up and dance Cha-Cha-Cha when the music is on? The workshop will focus on foot work combined with body motion to make you dance with your whole body. The techniques are taken from programs taught to professionals in the National School of Art in Havana. Once you will gain the control, you will be able to apply it to the various Cha-Cha-Cha steps. It will give you that extra something that others lack on the dance floor. Everyone can dance fast but not everyone can slow down and express sentiment through their body!
In this workshop you will work on core body movements coming from the various Cuban dances such as Reggaeton, Rumba, Cha Cha Cha, Mambo and Salsa. These are exercises used to train professional dancers in the National School of Art in Havana. Professional Cuban dancers dance with their whole body, not just their feet. The control over their lower and upper body with subtle motion is what gives them the freedom to be self expressed. The core body movements make it easier for you to control different body parts and to perform complex moves with ease, which make you look and feel good. It allows you to focus on the core without having to worry about dance moves, steps, leading or following. The workshop is a constant flow from one type of movement to the other and is set up like a workout class. We start with simple movements and work our way to more complex ones.
Advanced moves that we learned during our studies in Santiago de Cuba. Fun group moves and figures that can be applied in the Rueda or as casino moves with a partner.
The technique of leading and following. The skills worked on in this class can be applied to the open dance floor as well as in the Rueda. This workshop will emphasize moving in conjunction with your partner, focusing on leaders body placement and follower's response and body motion to enhance connection. Learn to dance all night without the unnecessary pushing, pulling and yanking. We also work on styling tips for the followers that enhance their ability to follow.
We will teach a few fun and crazy, Casino turn combinations. We will cover techniques of good social dancing, leading/following and style.
We'll cover the beginner to intermedate Rueda de Casino moves that are fun, easy to add to any rueda. By teaching these fun moves, we'll also cover basic techniques and skills for all dancers to increase their ability to do both Rueda de Casino and Casino.
A session on the science of how to move your body to music. It covers drills and techniques to increase range of motion, control and fun on the dance floor. Open to both men and women.
This Intermediate-Advanced Rueda workshop will focus on both couple moves as well as Rueda de Casino moves.
The first part of the workshop will be dedicated to learning how to combine a few moves together in order to improve your own way to dance Cuban salsa as a couple.
In the second part of the workshop we will incorporate a few energetic moves in the Rueda de Casino format.
The Rumba is an Afro-Cuban folkloric dance encompassing a variety of historical dance forms from Cuba. The sugar cane plantations in Havanna and Mantanzas were the main centers of the evolution of the Rumba, and it quickly became popular in bars and taverns the early decades of the twentieth century. The songs often speak about the daily lives of people of color and the working class. Based on African tradition, the characteristic features of this open partner dance are the pelvic, shoulder and hip movement and, most importantly, the sensual and playful exchange between partners. The workshop will focus on these basic elements of Rumba, and how to incorporate the Cuban flavor into the language of your body expression allowing you to create your own style of seduction with or without your partner. I'm looking forward to having a lot of fun on the dance floor and sharing my passion for RUMBA CUBANA!
In this workshop we will work on connection with the music (Timba/Cuban Salsa) and with each other as well as developing our creativity while social dancing. The workshop will include listening, exercises/games and tips as well as a few specific moves that students can take with them into their social dancing. Appropriate for Intermediate - Advanced dancers.
Warning: You may never hear or dance salsa the same after this workshop!