For those of you who have the dancing
traveling bug (with so many people sick after the SF Reuda festival, no pun intended), there are several dance festivals coming up this year. I brought back a stack of flyers for various
festivals around the west and east coast and learned of a few more this week. So here they are, I'm sure I am missing a few in the east coast:
Vancouver BC: March 7th-11th
Vancouver International Salsa-festival
(VIS) 2013 Goes Cuban
This is gonna be huge! I've been to the
Vancouver BC Cuban scene, it is awesome! Lovely people to dance with,
excellent teachers and the Northwest always goes to their event (Rum
banana, Portland Casineros, Eugene Casineros, Seattle Casineros,
Bellingham Casineros, Tri-city “Salsa con Rumba” Casineros from
Eastern WA, Portland Casineros, Boeing Casineros, Victoria Island
Casineros). That's a lot of fun people to dance with. There will be
four genres of dances taught and performed at this event. Salsa,
Bachata, Cuban & Kizombe(a dance from Angola, Africa looks like
tango and bachata combined). They are bringing the best artist from
NYC, Paris, Milan and Oregon to the festival for the Cuban piece. For
more info. Go to: http://salsafestival.ca/
Portland OR/Vancouver WA: April 11th-14th 2013
Rose City Salsa & Timba Festival
This festival brings both the LA On-1,
On-2 and On-Timba crowds together. Wilfredo will be one of the
highlighted guest instructors. For more info, go to
www.rosecitysalsafestival.com
Atlanta, GA: June 7th-9th 2013
SalsAtlanta 10.3 3-Day Cuban Party
3 full days of workshops, 4 nights of
party; 3 DJ Spinning non-stop Cuban music
Featuring band: Havana D'Primera
For more info go to
www.SalsAtlanta10.com
Las Vegas, NV: August 2nd-4th 2013
Las Vegas Salsa Rueda Festival
3 Days and nightsdance parties, Cuban
dance workshops, pool parties, mega-ruedas, performances, Vegas Strip
Flashmobs Featuring Timba band – Will Campa Y Su Orquestra
All-Star guest instructors: Yanek
Revilla and Karelia Despaign from Cuba
For More info, go to
www.salsaruedafestivalvegas.com
Palm Springs, CA: August 22nd-26th 2013
Palm Springs Salsa Casino Congress
Salsa, Bachata, Rueda and More!
This festival brings three dancing
commuities to one event. Pool parties, performances and live salsa
music. For more info, go to
http://www.peoplewhodance.net/summer/salsa/index.php
Cancun, Mexico: September 12th-15th,
2013
Salsa Casino Mayan Congress hosted by
CMV Con Ritmo
This is one event my casino friends all over the US
told me was the best by far, for location, the quality of Cuban dance
instructors and who they brought as the featured band. They had
Havana D'Primera their first congress! Last year, they had Elito Reve
Y Su Charangon! This year promises to be as exciting! For for info,
go to: http://www.cmvconritmo.com/
Lastly! Drum roll please!
Trrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Havana, Cuba: November 24th-29th, 2013
Baila En Cuba
Baila En Cuba
5
days intensive-workshops for beginners to advance and master class, 5
levels, 22 hours classes in 10 rooms with live percussion &
music, top instructors all from ISA (Instituto Superior de Arte), 6
nights with shows, parties and concerts of the top bands from Cuba,
personal Cuban dance-partners possible.
Check
out who they have for featured bands playing. This is gonna blow you
away: Los Van Van, Adalberto Álvarez, Manolito y su Trabuco,
Charanga Habanera, Elito Revé y su Charangón, Paulito FG, Pupy y
Los Que Son Son, NG la Banda, Bamboleo, Azucar Negra and many more. I
had a friend from Seattle who went to this last year. She said it was
incredible, awesome, fantastic...superlatives kept on describing her
experience. For more info, go to:
http://www.baila-en-cuba.de/en/index.html