Afro Cuban Dance

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Consuelo Hererra has worked as a professional dancer/ choreographer and dance instructor for over 20 years.

She trained extensively at the famous Casa Cultura in Old Habana with Cuba’s dance elite: Tomas Morales, Maestro Tato, Puntilla, and Juan de Dios Ramos.

For many years she has taught and performed in Toronto with Ballet Creole, Grupo Rumba Iyawo and others.  She has also performed at dance festivals in many different countries including Mexico, Nicaragua, Japan and throughout Europe.

Afro Cuban Dance with Consuelo Herrera
Saturdays at 1 p.m.
Drop in:  $ 20

8 week series:    $ 120

Beginners Welcome

For more information contact:Consuelo at 647-350-1753 orokantomi1@hotmail.com

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Ysidro … a.k.a. DJ YumaNiche.. advises us that he WILL BE IN THE HOUSE at the TO Salsa Ball.  Timba Cubana and Cuban reggaeton will be represented for your listening and dancing pleasure… at…

Toronto Salsa Ball – One Night. Dance in the New Year Right.
Join us New Year’s Eve 2011 for an evening of mystery, elegance, and dancing!

Date: December 31, 2011; Doors open at 8pm, Showcase starts at 9pm
Location: 918 Bathurst Culture, Arts, Media and Education Centre – 918 Bathurst Street (north of Bloor Street). Just steps from Bathurst Subway Station; street   parking and enforced parking lots all around.
Dress Code: Masquerade attire – Dress to impress.

There were 4 DJs and now there are 5.  Timba Cubana has been added to the roster…

• 5 DJs and 3 rooms to keep your feet dancing the best of Salsa, Timba, Bachata, Zouk, and Reggaeton in the main room.
• FREE swag bags for the first 60 guests to arrive
• Dance Showcase with some of Toronto’s hottest talent at 9 pm
• Complimentary hors d’oeurvres and sweets through the night to keep you energized!
• Dress in your best threads, masquerade style and win big in the “Best Dressed Competition”
• Complimentary champagne to toast in the new year
• Door prizes including 2 trips!
• Complimentary coat check
• Cash Bar
• Photo opportunities with professional photographer, Don Niemi
• A great and memorable night!

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If you get into salsa dance and music… and you gradually notice that the REAL stuff seems to all come from Cuba…

… then sooner or later you will want to see for yourself… what is this place about…

Several groups in Toronto organize vacations with music and dance in Cuba… you can go with the experience and company of well-informed … well-connected Torontonians!

The trips differ not only by date, but where they go in the country and what they focus on.

Havana is the focus of the modern dance music called timba, Santiago de Cuba is the place where Cuban music all starts.  Or if you feel like the dance teachers coming to you at a top resort in the more remote areas of Cuba, you can choose that too.

For the coming year, here’s what seems to be promoted so far by date:

February 4 – 11 `1 week

http://www.afrolatinodc.com/events.asp

AfroLatino Dance Company in Havana
Driving local force: Albena de Assis

March 27, 2012 1 week

http://www.damidance.com/2012-dance-scape-to-cuba.html

Damidance company at Cayo Coco resort
Driving local force: Damarys Aguirre

July 15-29 2 weeks

http://www.ritmacuba.thelivemusicreport.com/

RitmaCuba in Santiago de Cuba
Driving local force: Joyce Corbett

Soul drums arranges musical trips to Cuba some years.  These are focused on percussion obviously!   None are promoted yet for 2012, but if you are interested you could keep an eye on the site:
http://www.souldrums.com/retreats.asp

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From Lula newsletter:

LAST WEEKEND TO BUY SPECIALLY PRICED NEW YEAR’S EVE TICKETS! We’ve extended the deadline to purchase advance price tickets to Lula’s New Year’s Eve Dance Party featuring Hilario Duran and the Lula All Stars.

Tickets include a glass of bubbly at midnight and can be purchased at lula.ca for just $25 until December 20.

There are still tickets available for the New Year’s Eve Dinner and Dance Special but the best tables are going fast.

Purchase tickets today!

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The Red Zone Series

The Red Zone is a hip, intimate arts series where arts, culture, enterprise and ideas connect.  Anything can happen in the Red Zone.

With a special solo appearance by Latin Grammy winner Alex Cuba… plus a dance excerpt by New York City-based Javier Dzul.

TIFF Lightbox – Bell Blue Room, 350 King Street West (King & John)

PRICE $25.

December 8, 2011 from 6pm – 9pm

First come, first serve … Mix & mingle at 6pm, light refreshments

Showtime: 7pm

RED SKY: Internationally renowned for its artistry and innovation, Red Sky is Canada’s leading company of world Indigenous performance in dance, theatre and music.

ALEX CUBA: With a heart as big as his retro ‘fro’, Alex Cuba’s trademark sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks and rock chords cut through cultural barriers like a machete through sugarcane. He won a Latin Grammy Award in 2010 for Best New Artist and was nominated for Best Latin Pop album at the 2011 Grammy Awards.

JAVIER DZUL: New York City-based Javier Dzul fuses Indigenous pre-Hispanic ritual and mythology in dance with the undulant muscularity of a jaguar.

Listen to the music of Alex Cuba (Youtube link)

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For those who bought tickets to SHERBROOKE show ..they will be either reimbursed at source or the same ticket will be honored in QUEBEC CITY on SUNDAY DECEMBER 11th . The musicians are in Montreal and the full show will be happening in Montreal Friday december 9th .Doors 9pm show 11pm.

Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco are also performing in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Also performing:

Yulien Oviedo, La Pequeña Maquina de Talento

PRICE:
Advance: $35
At the door: $45

BUY TICKETS AT:
Chez Antojos Latinos
1360 Rue King Ouest
Sherbrooke

LOCATION:
Centre Communautaire de Loisir Sherbrooke
1010 Rue Faimount, Sherbrooke

Don’t miss it !!

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HAVANA NIGHTS SALSA PARTY HITS KING STREET!!

King Street Thursday night won’t know what hit them with the HOTTEST salsa in the city at LOKI LOUNGE! 577 King Street West.    Doors open at 8PM and dancing until 1:30AM!

- Toronto’s best, DJ BERNAL will be spinning all your favourite tracks including the best in salsa, timba, reggaeton and more.

- Corona, Havana Club mojito and Cuba Libre drink specials!

- Salsa lesson from 8-9pm.

$5 before 9PM. $10 cover after 9PM (includes coat check).

Info:
havananights.TO@gmail.com
facebook.com/havananights.TO
havananights-toronto.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/l/LAQGFKcyuAQHV5aGvj6NY_xvvvd6LeJTHH1zGskmN4EekUg/www.lokilounge.ca/

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In the DOWNSTAIRS section of El Rancho Nightclub… Canada’s lifeline to Cuba in person… DJ BERNAL… will be spinning the best Salsa, Timba and Reggueton in Toronto.

430 College St, Toronto, ON M5T1T3

$10 cover

Hope to see you all there!

Strength in numbers: SYNERGY, go to the Spanish Harlem Orchestra Salsa Christmas at Koerner Hall… then a few blocks to turn up the temperature ALL THE WAY with BERNAL.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 7:00pm

AT: Pearl Studios NYC, Shetler Studios NYC, Balmir Latin Dance Studio, Brooklyn NY., NYC & Brooklyn

Maykel Fonts returns to New York City for a limited engagement of Workshops and Performances.  For those of you famiiar with Maykel you know him as one of the premiere dancers /artists of our generation.  But if you have never seen him perform, or taken his classes, you are in for a singular experience!

Born and raised in Cuba, Maykel studied at Cuba’s prestigous Tropicana Dance School, where he trained in ballet, modern and contemporary dance, afro, rumba (Guaguanco, Yambù, Columbia).

In 2000 he moved to Italy with the group Ire Batà and studied with several teachers including Virgilio Pitzalis, Marco Macchetti, Steve LaChance, Gus Bemberry, Christopher Uggins, Chacalli, Paganini and many.Now, an acclaimed international dancer and instructor, Maykel will next be seen as a featured dancer in the movie Street Dance2.

MASTER WORKSHOP AND PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Read more…

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Photo by Sophie Giraud

L’Île de Cuba

PRESENTS:

Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco WITH Yulien Oviedo!  DECEMBER 9, 2011 in MONTREAL.

LOCATION:
Maison Roumaine
8060 Christophe-Colomb (coin Jarry)
Montréal, Qc

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