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and teachings bring you the basics on how to swiftly evolve into a highly professional Salsa
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various salsa instruments - fully * feeling* each of them~ to upgrade your Salsa skillset today and
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Cali, Colombia is known by most of the Latin America as the world's "Capital of Salsa", not simply
for the dancing but also for its richness in music. The "Feria de Cali" is the largest Salsa festival in
the world and is held every December, with the world's top dancers and salsa groups performing.
Cali, is also home of some of the largest collections of Salsa Music in the world, including
associated rhythms such as Son, Mambo, Bolero, Guaracha, Vallenato, Fox, Tango, Cumbia,
Pachanga and Boogaloo as well as a further 145 folkloric Colombian dance rhythm's and other
dances from Cuba/Latin America. It is unique in that many Salseros in Cali are able to dance all
the major styles of salsa: Cuban, Los Angeles/New York, Puerto Rican, Miami and of course Cali
Salsa.
The lack of popularity of Colombian Salsa in the UK and other countries used to be due to the fact
that that there were so few teachers outside of Cali that were able to teach this style (many were
not able to leave Colombia due to visa restrictions). Luckily this has changed due to many of the
Salsa Championships being won by Cali Style champions Swing Latino.
And now, Colombian style is back in the picture and Colombian Salsa Dance Schools like Swing
Latino, and SalsaRhythm, with their current five world titles (Cali, Miami & Las Vegas etc) are the
main reason why the Salsa world is taking cali style salsa so seriously. Swing Latino group
members learned their trade in the popular quarters of Cali where Salsa is a way of life, and are
responsible for the new Colombian style called CALI LA Style, where Colombian salsa has been
influenced by the LA Cross Body style.Â
Colombian Salsa is generally not danced to the Clave rhythm, or to the count 1,2,3 - 5,6,7 etc.
This style is danced to the instrumental rhythms, the beat and to the sound of the instruments
themselves, with steps that vary in speed and timing in accordance with the main instrument being
played. The advent of Cali LA style has made Cali style more accessible to the LA and NY salsa
dancers.
The development of Colombian style Salsa (and salsa in general) owes its roots to Pachanga and
Boogaloo which were its forerunners.

2. Pachanga is a rhythm that was developed by mixing Cha Cha Cha with Mambo in the early
1960's. It comprises of 7 original steps (in the pre Salsa era) and literally hundreds of new steps
(in the post Salsa era). Pachanga started to decline in the mid 1960's being overtaken by The
Beatles and Rock'n'roll.
By fusing Latin music (Mambo, Pachanga, Cha Cha Cha), The twist, rhythm'n'blues and
Rock'n'Roll a new dance called Boogaloo was born. This new music had a mix of English and
Spanish lyrics and was created to appeal to both the Black and Latin races in North America who
led a hard life in the 1960's. This original Boogaloo rhythm was fairly slow paced with only twelve
dance steps. One of the most famous Boogaloo songs of the era was "I like it like that" by Pete
Rodriguez, who was known at the time as the " King of Boogaloo ".
'Modern' Boogaloo was developed by speeded up many of the original Boogaloo tracks from
33rpm to 45rpm (or faster) and adding more percussion, instrumentals and a harder beat. (This is
why many of the older Boogaloo tracks have distorted high-pitched voices!). Two of the most
renowned musicians for Pachanga and Boogaloo were Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz; almost all of
their songs were hits. This new faster music traveled to Cali, where Boogaloo dance as we know it
today thrived and grew into 30 new steps that were faster and more complex, as well as the
original 12 steps.
Boogaloo reigned supreme until the 1970's before being overtaken by Salsa, which was
developed by mixing a number of rhythms including Boogaloo. Many of the Boogaloo and
Pachanga steps are used in Colombian style salsa (adapted for the change in rhythm). In fact
without these steps the salsa cannot be considered to be Colombian Salsa.
In addition many of the New York Style Shines are taken directly from Colombian style. The main
difference being: In NY style, shines are part of a choreographed routine of steps, generally
danced individually (and normally to a count); In Colombian salsa the steps are danced in unison
with a partner, incorporating spins dips and turns to the instrumental beats, speeding up and
slowing down as the music dictates.
Of the very few Colombian style Salsa teachers, Nadeem is the only teacher in the UK who
teaches regular classes in pure Colombian style salsa, Pachanga and Boogaloo. Nadeem has
travelled to Cali, Colombia on several occasion's to train and teach with the best teachers. He is
widely respected as one of the foremost teachers of Colombian Salsa outside of Colombia.
Nadeem and his team of instructors also teach regular weekly classes details of which can be
found on http://www.SalsaRhythm.com
Nadeem Malik
SalsaRhythm - Senior Instructor
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Learning Salsa from home or anywhere you want, when you want can drastically improve your
Salsa skills - this is why Joel Dominguez, a highly professional and well renowned world class
Salsa teacher wishes to bring you: "Dance with feeling" - Beside his training videos, his software
and teachings bring you the basics on how to swiftly evolve into a highly professional Salsa
dancer, including through helping you understand the deeper rythmic sience behind some core-
various salsa instruments - fully * feeling* each of them~ to upgrade your Salsa skillset today and
impress your audience! For more information, please click the following link:
http://youtu.be/YmVapkA0jc4 (more info) or alternatively, for a direct link to the product
http://bit.ly/QllnDA
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