Today's Salsa CD reviews
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Vocal Sampling – De Vacaciones
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This CD builds mostly on the formula developed in their ‘Una forma mas’ CD (see…) and tries to timidly expand the territory covered by this ‘vocal sampling’ of full Latin bands. The harmonics and vocal intricacies are even more daring (‘Sueno Contigo’, ‘Eso Esta Bueno’) and the genres covered include a couple of Plenas (‘Pa' Puerto Rico’, ‘La Fiesta Ya Empezo’) as addition to the sons, boleros and Merengue already displayed in their previous CD. Somehow I feel this compilation lacks the sparkle of their first work, not because the novelty has gone, rather because I find the choice of the songs not as effective. Or maybe it is just because these songs seem to be better suited to listening than to dancing. I find that you could dance nicely to ‘De Vacaciones’, ‘Eso Esta Bueno’ (Merengue) and ‘Pa' Puerto Rico’ (Plena) but the other Sons are either too mellow of too fast. Still a good CD.. maybe I was expecting too much..
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Today's Salsa DVD reviews
Carl Pozo - Learn to Dance in Minutes
Level: Beginners Style: Ballroom Content: Basic Salsa Patterns General Comment: A Salsa volume from a famous series of ballroom videos. Quite aside from what is today's mainstream salsa. You will find some basic salsa patterns. Probably better suited for a more mature audience. Reviewed by: Fabio from SalsaIsGood Fair
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Salsa articles
| On2? Which On2? I am writing this post to all experienced salsa dancers out there, and in particular to all salsa instructors. I have a question which hopefully will spark ane-mailexchange from which I may understand a few things which are unclear to me. In order to put this into context, first a few 'facts'.
Fact 1 . Roughly speaking, most people dance salsa either On1, or On2 Modern Mambo (NY style) or On2 Classic Mambo (Puerto Rican style also similar to Cuban contratiempo). Today Modern Mambo is used more frequently than Classic Mambo at congresses and salsa classes around the world.. more... |
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| The Salsa 10 Commandments: 1)You shall not dance out of time, 2) You shall not refuse a dance to a less advanced dancer , 3) You shall respect other dancers on the dance floor more...
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| Creativity, Style and Salsa: How can I be creative in my dancing? How does SuperMario come up with his incredible moves? Did Eddie Torres invent NY style? What is style? Who creates a style? What does it mean to be creative anyway?
There are no objective answers to the above questions. They all, one way or the other, depend on subjective views on the artistic expression we call salsa, on what we like, and on what we intend by salsa in the first place. But we can still say reasonable things about the matter and make the creative process clearer and possibly easier. What follows are some thoughts of mine, mostly borrowed from my maths background. I am sure all this must have been said already within the art or humanistic literature, and if you are aware of work in this area please let me know, so that I can learn more. |
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