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The Sydney Salsa Congress becomes the Sydney Latin Festival

January 26th 2012 22:19
Sydney Latin Festival
Sydney Latin Festival Logo


For the last few years the organisers of the Sydney Salsa Congress had been feeling the name wasn’t being as wide as the actual event.
Every year there were more dancers and more styles of Latin dancing. The Zouk dancers were stealing part of the show, Bachata had been growing exponentially and so many other styles had been making sure they have their part of the congress.

Salsa will always keep its shining spot but Samba, Gafieira, Cha-cha, Latin Hip Hop and Bachatango are showing up every year with more and more fanatics signing up for them.
The World sensations in West Coast Swing, Jordan and Tatiana are back and I cannot wait to see their shows. Every year, without fail, they bring tears to my eyes. They are for me the perfect example of people living their dreams, their dancing together is magical, with a smoothness of movements unparallel. The level they achieve can only be shown through inspiration and passion.
All my favourite dancers from Sydney, of course, will be present, and my other preferred also: Kadu & Larissa and Tony Lara.
The great novelty this year is the Bachata Room at the Friday, Saturday and Sunday parties. Bachata lovers have been having trouble sleeping with excitement.
The Sydney Latin Festival is a Latin Dance experience that should not be missed. From the 2nd to 5th of February 2012, at the State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia. www.sydneylatinfestival.com.au


Sydney Latin Festival


I’ll see you there!
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Sydney Salsa Congress 2011 - A Latin Festival

January 11th 2011 23:28
Sydney Salsa Congress 2011
The Best Latin Dance Festival in Australia

I always make sure I let everyone know about the Sydney Salsa Congress. It is coming up soon from 27th to 30th Jan 2011 at Sydney Olympic Park – sports centre.
I hate when I meet a new dancer in February and have to say: Oh, you just missed the most amazing event! Honestly it breaks my heart.
For people that love dancing and couple dancing of any kind it is unforgivable not to have a look at this.
People can go for the performance & parties only or “the whole shebang”: 3 full days of workshops, 4 full nights of shows with parties. You wouldn’t believe what a BANG it makes.
The energy generate by thousands of dancers doing the same move in the workshops is to give goose bumps to a sensitive person like me.
I also love the variety, what started focused in Salsa, quite a few years ago now, has evolved to a Latin and Brazilian dance congress: Salsa, Zouk, Bachata and Samba and a few covering Reggaeton, West Coast Swing, Latin Hip Hop & Cha Cha.
The Sports Centre has a huge floor and to see it full, to the point of overflowing, with dancers at the party makes any latin dancer’s heart go BOOM BOOM BOOM.
Every year I get extremely inspired by the event. I am sure I will be writing about it at my new writer’s website when it is finished!
www.taniacreations.com
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My new projects: Ace Dance Studios and Hiphop.org.au

January 5th 2011 00:56
Since I started this blog about 5 or so years ago, I couldn't imagine how big it was going to get. I would post everyday for a year and then it would slow down until eventually I stopped completely about 2 years ago.

I just want to say thanks to everyone who has ever read an article, left a comment, gave me compliments and great feedback. I'm looking at picking up blogging again, this time with the original domain this blog was hosted on, which is hiphop.org.au.

Another huge passion project of mine is Ace Dance Studios. I founded this dance school with a friend after running D2MG City Studio and being kicked out of our building. Times were tough, and they still are, so I'm on that constant hustle.

It's been really good so far dancewise:

- we had a massive bboy event called Destructive Steps 2 to open our studio with; we brought down Bboy Beast, Bboy Mickey and luckily Bboy Blond was here to join their team (they entered and won).

- we held workshops with the legendary Mr Wiggles and Suga Pop at the end of 2010

- our open day with free classes and a battle was a great success

- our new event concept of a Mind Control battle was well received and we're looking at doing this on a larger scale.

Now 2011 will be even bigger.

Trina
mr wiggles, trina, ace dance, studios, hip hop, popping, boogaloo, hip hop dance, sydney, dance classes sydney
me, Mr Wiggles and Caramell
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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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