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photo by David Alan Harvey, courtesy of The Digital Journalist See also his photo essay on Cuba w/ real audio at:
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CASINO VIDEOS Set in Australia and for beginners, but has 12 moves and a rhythm counter
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CASINO VIDEOS The real thing. Cuban professional dancers who are very good –site has video clips. Theseare really worth the price.
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CASINO VIDEOS Next in the series and VERY advanced. Lots of pretzel twists and combinations– site has video clips. Probably the only advanced videos out there.
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CASINO VIDEOS Watch again and again for the beautiful subtle details - site has video clips. This will be the first one I buy because the dancers are so elegant.
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CASINO VIDEOS Pleasing on the eye.
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http://www.salsatap.com/salsatap-videos/salsa-from-within/video-information.htm
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CASINO RUEDA VIDEOS Beginner, Intermediate, & Advanced Rueda – site does NOT have video clips. The videos are only a half hour each.
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CASINO RUEDA VIDEOS This is Rueda from Cuba, so you will see it being done in multiple grouping and in different settings – and not just in a stale dance space like the other Rueda videos.
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CASINO CALLS There are TONS of sites on-line with lists of Rueda calls. This one gives descriptions of the calls and has them grouped together by the parent original call then the child variations.
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CASINO CALLS This is an exhaustive list. It is grouped by beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
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CUBAN STYLE SALSA GLOSSARY
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http://www.mambofello.com/salsa_glossary/glossarypt.htm#shines
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CUBAN STYLE SALSA GLOSSARY
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DANCE INSTRUCTION List of Cuban dance instructors around the world, as registered with the UNESCO. This is the Conseil International de la Dance (CID) of UNESCO’s dance directory. Type in "Cuba" and you will get 56 links to instructors in Cuba and around the globe. This is a great resource of direct contact information for obscure instructors.
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CASINO RUEDA VIDEOS Beginner, Intermediate, & Advanced Rueda Also an "on 2"Mambo shines video – site does NOT have video clips. The videos are 55 minutes long each.
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TOSALSA Here's a huge salsa web-site from Toronto. Check out the Discussion boards, where you will find discussions with the following titles: North American vs. Cuban Style Salsa -- which is better? Cuban Music Discussion Why is Cuban Salsa not popular? Toronto is a city of around 10 million, so their salsa population is probably 30 times larger than ours. These people are PASSIONATE about their dancing, and those discussions have been going on for a couple years now. You'll find them very interesting...and yes, I am Seattle...
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PLANET SALSA NEW This site thinks of itself as very academic, and relative to most salsa sites it is. It's mission is to promote salsa roots and educate people about salsa and especially clave. A few interesting articles and another glossary. However, by ROOTS, they mean SALSA Roots: as in North American and Neuyorican roots, and by salsa EN CLAVE, they mean MAMBO en clave. However, it is an exceptionally good site as salsa sites go, and I love all that early mambo boogalu anyway!
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GENERAL FOLKLORIC VIDEOS This is a demonstration video of folkloric Cuban dance forms. Their description: Shot at the Mission Cultural Center in San Francisco in 1999, ANORAZA DE UNA EPOCA captures the excitement and passion of a variety of dance styles such as son, danzon, cha cha cha, mambo, rumba and casino rueda. The film is the work of Ramon Ramos, originally from Santiago, Cuba, a leading SF Bay area dancer, teacher and choreographer. Ramon and his troupe of dedicated dancers celebrate the richness of Cuban culture, music and dance in this one of a kind video. ANORAZA DE UNA EPOCA is a MUST HAVE for anyone who loves Salsa music and dance
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RUMBA VIDEOS This is an ethnomusicology treasure. Soooo many videos, mostly done ona camcorder and shot at private residences, parties, andceremonies. Excellent resource for those interested in Rumba, Santeria, and Afro-Cuban Percussion. Very raw and exciting. Site has video clips. Primarily demonstration and instruction for Afro-Cuban Percussion, but there is a lot of dancing as well.
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MAMBO VIDEOS Mostly an "on 2" New York Style Mambo instructor, but his video purports toteach you the following: - Understanding The Clave
- Recognize and Zero In On the Tumbao Rhythm of the Conga
- Begin Looking Natural On the Dance Floor By Using the Technique and Drill On This Video for Contra-Body Motion
- You'll Look Cool With Mambo Hands and Mambo Kick
- Never Lose Yourself Within The Music By Applying the Core Rhythm of Salsa and Mambo
- You'll Get Started Quickly With the Basic Time Step Pattern in Both Classic and Modern Mambo
- There is also a CD for recognizing and counting the rhythms.
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AFRO-CUBAN DANCE NEW This is the google translation of an excellent site outlining many of the sub-genres of Cuban dance that you may not know about, such as: Pilon, Paca-Paca, Dengue, and Comparsa
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