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Sydney Salsa Congress in two Weeks! Jan 2010

January 18th 2010 10:02
Sydney Salsa Congress 2010
Workshops at The Sydney Salsa Congress 2009

You cannot miss the Sydney Salsa Congress. From the same organizers of the Australian Dance Festival comes the event of the year for Latin and Brazilian dance styles.

One of the best and biggest in the world: it is fun and technique guaranteed!
The event is composed of workshops, shows & performances and the biggest latin dance parties in Australia. The fun is spread throughout 4 nights and 3 days from the 28th to 31st Jan 2010.
You can buy full passes, day passes or tickets for the shows and parties.
It is the 6th Congress and what started as a Salsa event now includes a great variaty of latin styles: Salsa, Bachata, Cha-Cha, Zouk, Forro, Gafieira, Tango, West Coast Swing, etc.
If you can only come one night I would suggest you get the first night, this way you can still decide to get the full event. You cannot imagine the kind of adventure is in store for you.
To give you a taste imagine the State Sport Centre absolutely full of dancers…
Either than one room the parties have now two rooms, one with Brazililan Dancing and the tradicional one with the Latin Styles.
If you intend to buy tickets for Friday and Saturday nights do it on line now as they are quickly booked out.
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The Scenario - Hip Hop and Funk club night in Sydney's Kings Cross

October 26th 2009 01:17
The Scenario November 6 2009


Sydney's regular funk, hip hop and dance convention, held on the first Friday night of every month at Melt, 12 Kellet St Kings Cross

Showcasing the world's top party music and live performance from the best hip hop talent, DJs, dance crews, MCs and funk bands, The Scenario @ Melt Kings Cross is the place to go to shed your work skin and step into a world of funk and entertainment.


The party and the dancefloor are the core of The Scenario. Presented by hatonrack in partnership with D2MG hip hop academy and in collaboration with Dancekool and Xposure, hatonrack supports musicians and bboy, hip hop, popping and all other styles of dance through its flagship event.

Thinking of visiting The Scenario? Expect dance showcases and battles, live freestyle MCing and Australia's best DJs and producers on any given night.

Next event Friday 6th November

The Scenario is Sydney's number one party spot. Come and keep the Melt dancefloor hot with the world's best funk and hip hop and party hosts hatonrack, D2MG, Dancekool and:

* Headline Selector DJ Floskel (Germany) - one of Europe's top funk, hip hop, club and battle specialists
* Sydney selectors DJ Naiki, Dave Silva and JPlatnum
* Deja - Sydney hottest ladies of hip hop dance
* MCs Nick Knowledge and Adikkal

Melt, 12 Kellet St, Kings Cross, from 9pm - view google map
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Brazilian Music, Dance and Acrobatics

August 28th 2009 02:29
Gianne Abbot at Brazilian Festival Flyer
Gianne Abbot at Brazilian Festival Flyer


RITMO Brazilian Festival 2009 is the perfect place for you to experience new dancing exposure. “Ritmo” means “rhythm” and it is the name for this celebration, an initiative of BraCCA, Brazilian Community Council of Australia. Ritmo is scheduled for the 20th September 2009 at Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour.
Attendees are entertained with the range of activities, involving music, dance and food. Starting at 11 am RITMO is a major showcase of Brazilian culture.
The expectation is for 27,000 participants this year, the big success of this festival is due to the charismatic ways of the Brazilian people and the diversity of presentations such as Capoeira, Samba, Axé, Pagode, other traditional dances from Northeast and Brazilian popular music performances.
Great artists are confirmed with the special participation of Gianne Abbott, Brazilian dancer among the top 10 on “So You Think You Can Dance 2009” TV Series from Channel 10; also Latin Dance Australia; Umbela Brasil and Brazilian Latin Dance Company will shine uppon Ritmo’s stage. The bands Samba Austrália; Pisa na Fulo; Ziggy & Wild Drums and Performing Brazil will bring great music.
This is an opportunity to try the best of the Brazilian food and drinks, a mixture of exotic ingredients with a hint of passion.
People can learn the true meaning of the word Ginga with the amazing display of acrobatic movements from Capoeira, an African-Brazilian style of martial arts. See Capoeira Brazil; Capoeira Abada and Capoeira Aruanda.
It is a day to join the nation that introduced Samba to the world for a time filled with its joys and colours, live music and dancing.
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Brisbane Salsa and Brazilian Dance Congresses 2009

June 3rd 2009 05:42
Brisbane Salsa and Brazilian Dance Congresses 2009
Brisbane Salsa and Brazilian Dance Congresses 2009


Here is another great chance to Latin dance until you drop! I’m flying on Friday to the Brisbane Salsa and Brazilian Dance Congress, an event that will bring some of the best national and international artists, Luda and Luke from Dancing with the Stars, great workshops and ZOUK. Salsa is the mainstream but my heart goes to the Brazilian Dancing; Zouk and Forró are among my favourite styles.
I was at the event last year and had a lot of fun, this year will be even better as it will be at the Mercury hotel right at the CBD.
I can’t wait to be there... The congress runs from 5th to 8th of June.
Hope you can come too! See you there!
Website: www.danceartproductions.net
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Sydney Bachata Festival

April 16th 2009 06:49

Sydney Bachata Festival 2009

If you are a dancer of any kind and never experienced Bachata there is definitely a big gap in your curriculum. This dance is an expression of sensuality, a cry of love for lovers. The perfect event is coming up to supply plenty of bachata to all dance lovers.
It is the second International Sydney Bachata Festival from the 24th to 26th of April, next week. For more information their website is: bachatafestival.com.au
Its one of those hectic weekends of dancing non-stop from Friday to early Monday... performances and parties every night, all night and workshops all day.
The band 4Ever from Orlando, USA will be performing on Sunday.
Bachata is a couple latin dance originated at Dominican Republic and I can’t wait for the chance to dance it to my hearts content.
I’ll be performing with Tony Lara’s LDA BACHATA TEAM on Friday night.
No dancer can be immune to this, come and try!
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Australian Dance Festival

February 16th 2009 03:44
Australian Dance Festival
Australian Dance Festival

If you haven’t heard about the Australian Dance Festival (ADF) you are missing some important dance news. It’s going to be a major milestone in the Australian Dance World and it’s from the same organisers as the Sydney Salsa Congress which is considered to be among the three best salsa congresses in the world.
The ADF will be about all types of dancing and will be divided in 3 days and themes:
Friday 12th June: “It Takes Two” - “Couple Dances".
Saturday 13th June: “All Things Contemporary” : Hip Hop, Jazz, Funk, Break, Popping & Locking, Contemporary Ballet and Broadway!
Sunday 14th June: “A Celebration of Cultures”
The event will have shows, performances and workshops. Any dancer has a chance to perform in the event, training is starting soon and they have all these famous choreographers opening courses.
As a dancer and writer I will make sure I’m there.

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Glen E. Friedman and the Early Days of Hip Hop

February 5th 2009 22:17
Young skinny Ice-T old school hiphop
Pictured above, Ice-T, back in the days when he was skinny and it was fashionable, apparently, to tuck in your Adidas tank tops into your pants.

The picture is from an exhibit by Glen E. Friedman, who was there from the beginning of the early days of hip hop.

Read the Wikipedia page on Glen E. Friedman

Boingboing TV interviewed Friedman at his exhibit, talking about his good times with the early movers of the genre: Ice-T, Public Enemy -even the Beastie Boys.

It must have been heavy times, with all these acts growing in popularity through word of mouth and, at the same time, the negative press surrounding hip hop, especially concerning groups like Public Enemy and NWA.

Well, whatever. NWA is in full effect.

Boingboing TV took their cameras to have a little chat about the hip hop times, when the Beastie Boys were a hardcore group, and Friedman introduced them to Rubin. The makings of a vast sum of money:



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Glen E. Friedman Google Image Search - loads of great photos by Friedman on Google, from his punk and hip hop days, to interesting self portraits.


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Batucada Sound Machine Hit Australia

January 24th 2009 03:06
Batucada Sound Machine

New Zealand's 13 piece hip hop, funk, samba mash-up group Batucada Sound Machine are bringing their crazy Brazilian percussion based performance to Australia for a week long tour this February. As they explain, "Loosely translated, ‘batucada’ means percussive samba jam, which aptly summarises BSM’s musical roots. BSM began in 2003 when five passionate drummers met once a month in the dimly lit lounge bar of Galatos nightclub in Auckland to experiment fusing 'batucada' with more local beats and influences. Before long, a talented group of diverse musicians had joined in and the band had grown to 13 members".

BSM 2
BSM 2

With the individual members of the band involved in various solo and group projects outside of BSM, you might recognise some of them from earlier works, most recognisably in upcoming MC Hazadus showing his own style of soul infused vocals after years of fame in Che-Fu and The Krates.

If your able to make one of these performances then your in for a sweet night, and from what i've heard and seen in their performances locally and in Europe, you might need to get your boogie shoes on for this one.

Batucada Sound Machine will play:

Feb 12 @ East Brunswick Club, Melbourne

Feb 13 @ The Factory Theatre, Sydney

Feb 14 @ Canival In The City, Canberra

Feb 15 @ Becks Music Box, Perth

Feb 28 @ Music Mountain Matakana, NZ

You can check out more of Batucada Sound Machine at:

www.batucadasoundmachine.com

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Zion I and the Grouch - 10 Fingers 10 Toes 10 lbs 10 oz

January 12th 2009 07:17
A few years back, I got tossed this album from an Oakland outfit called Zion I and the Grouch... I had seen a few of their tracks floating around, but had never taken a big, juicy bite.

My review of the album was glowing, especially since it appealed to an ol' grouch like me, surly and wrinkled after years of growing up with a style of hiphop now considered unfashionable.

And now, I'm weary of rappers trying to float an image that appeals to MTV and the pages of whatever novelty music mag is in fashion. Ice Cube is a children's entertainer and RZA is too tired to hold up the Wu-Tang Clan - I'm past my prime and I'm done trying.

That's why Zion I and the Grouch was so appealing, especially this track, "10 Fingers 10 Toes 10 lbs 10 oz", which is, essentially, about being glad to turn 30 and settle down and start a family.



To teenagers, this is explosive, scandalous stuff. Where are the drugs? The random killings? The brand identification? How are you supposed to know what to buy?

No, there's a sense of wise contemplation about this track, from the mention of the fact that he's glad to stick around, despite the fact that a lot of men in his community don't, to the simple, tranquil joy of the chorus, sung in Spanish.

It's because I, too, turned 30, this year, and it's with the same sense of contemplation that I'm looking forward to settling down... the same sense of exhaustion at the idea of going to a club and listening to music that no longer makes me feel like moving. Yes, it's time. Let's go, Grouchie.


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Trace the geneology of the Wu-Tang Clan

December 24th 2008 05:03
Wu-Tang Clan live 2007

It's a satirical piece from The Onion, but, like The Onion does best, there's an element of truth in the story:

Staten Island Historians Piece Together Wu-Tang Clan Geneology

"According to Wilburn, it took trained scholars hundreds of hours to parse out Wu-Tang's complex lineage, with experts in nearly every discipline studying the group's dope oral traditions, as well as its customary and often fresh style of dress. "

At one point, the Wu was so influential that they seemed omnipresent on the radio and MTV... hip hop kids were buying into the kung fu mythology so hard that the Clan even managed to put out a video game:



Of course, Wu-Tang delirium reached its apex when Ol' Dirty Bastard rushed the stage at the Grammys, announcing that Wu-Tang was 'for the children':



... he was one of a kind, a criminal poured into a business suit because of his insane skills on the mic. He wasn't built for this, and even though he wasn't the leader of the Clan, he was its most prized figure, the one that kept the attention on the Staten Island group.

When he died of a heart attack, after diving back into a huge pile of cocaine, that was probably the moment that the world turned the page on Wu-Tang. Let's go out on a Brooklyn Zoo:






*this image is from The Phoenix
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