Volunteers are needed for the 10th American Lindy Hop Championships [3] in Stamford, CT, October 25th through the 28th. If you are interested in helping out in exchange for free admission, please contact: artspectrum@att.net [4]
Volunteers are needed for the 10th American Lindy Hop Championships [3] in Stamford, CT, October 25th through the 28th. If you are interested in helping out in exchange for free admission, please contact: artspectrum@att.net [4]
I'm re-posting this again. There is another Norma Miller event on October 7th, 2007. This time it's in Las Vegas, and it's free. The information is here: http://www.centralavedance.com/node/3198 [7] .
The event I describe below in Minnesota has come and gone. As I understand it, NO Steppers were in attendance, despite repeated attempts to contact Kevin Johnson (who sends me email every week about *his* events).
For those of you who aren't aware, technically, Salsa dancing originated as Mambo danced to Salsa music. Many folks today refer to Mambo as "dancing on '2'". But, in reality, Salsa is actually Mambo "danced on '1'".
This is an interesting historical take on the orgigins of Mambo, reproduced from the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/news/Winter95.txt [10]
The Arm Tone article [13] on this site has been updated to include links to videos which will hopefully better visualize the concept.
Interesting article re-posted from the New York Times about ERNIE ENSLEY. Don't know if you ever heard of him (I know I certainly hadn't), but back in the day (1940's, 50's and 60's) he was the one and original "Mambo King".
The post is here: http://www.dance-forums.com//showthread.php?t=5825 [16]
The R & B Web Site has been re-designed as a Salsa community website. It's new purpose is to create more interactivity between Salsa (and other) dancers to better know not just the hot places to go and cool patterns to execute, but also who we are and why we do what we do. And, if we can learn more about dance in general (techniques, etiquette, history, culture, etc...), that makes us not just better dancers, but better human beings.
May 2006
Links:
[1] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/3315
[2] http://www.centralavedance.com/taxonomy/term/293
[3] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/3314
[4] mailto:artspectrum@att.net
[5] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/3019
[6] http://www.centralavedance.com/taxonomy/term/293
[7] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/3198
[8] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/200
[9] http://www.centralavedance.com/taxonomy/term/293
[10] http://www.loc.gov/folklife/news/Winter95.txt
[11] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/183
[12] http://www.centralavedance.com/taxonomy/term/293
[13] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/76
[14] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/159
[15] http://www.centralavedance.com/taxonomy/term/293
[16] http://www.dance-forums.com//showthread.php?t=5825
[17] http://www.centralavedance.com/node/90
[18] http://www.centralavedance.com/taxonomy/term/293