Monday 26 July 2010

The Afro-Latin Lounge

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LATIN PULSE @ FLORIDITA
Sunday 5th September 2010

6-8pm:Masterclasses with Element Dance Company, Cuban Salsa (6pm) & Samba (7pm)
Live Music by ''Orquesta Estelar'' Salsa & Samba Dance Shows by Element Dance Throughout the night. DJ's Flecha & Alex on Decks £10 Only with Welcome drink!
5pm to Midnight
Floridita Soho100 Wardour StreetLondon W1F OTN
Book a table: 020 7314 4000More: 078 8696 2791

Islington Arts Factory
2 Parkhurst Road, London N7 0SF / 0207 607 0561 /
info@islingtonartsf actory.org / www.islingtonartsfa ctory.org
presents
Summer Meltdown - Adult Dance Summer School 2010

Bring some focused attention into your life this summer and allow your body to receive a little self care, by simply
moving and dancing to the rhythm of the beat. Meltdown is an exciting programme of dance led by a team of dynamic
and experienced dance educators who will take you on an experiential journey that will teach you how to move with
freedom, flexibility and ease in a safe and supported environment while having fun to enhance your health and wellbeing.
26th to 29th July - Contemporary Flow / 2nd to 5th August - Ballet Zone / 9th to 12th August - Contemporary African Dance / 9th to 12th August - Street Jazz, Hip Hop Dance Explosion / 23rd to 26th August - Jump-Up Carnival Dance

To enrol call IAF on: 0207 607 0561 /
info@islingtonartsf actory.org / all courses £45
(Get 10% discount when booking 2 or more courses/participant


HERBIE HANCOCK Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 November Herbie Hancock's music has consistently crossed boundaries and challenged jazz orthodoxy since the heady days of the 1960s. He performs the live touring version of his latest groundbreaking album and film adventure The Imagine Project.Book tickets »

CELEBRATION OF LIFE CONCERTAswad, Courtney Pine, Lifeforce BandFriday 22 October The mighty Celebration of Life Concert returns with reggae legends Aswad with the Aswad Horns, saxophonist Courtney Pine and the sensational Lifeforce Band. Book tickets »

CORINNE BAILEY RAEMonday 18 October The February release of her acclaimed second album, The Sea, marked a musical transformation from Corinne Bailey Rae's debut worldwide hit album of 2006 – a transformation hailed in the music press.Book tickets »

MANU KATCHÉ+ Eric LegniniFriday 12 November A drummer with a sensitive and lyrical touch Manu Katché has made his mark as both a sideman to global stars like Peter Gabriel, Sting and Joni Mitchell and as a solo artist with three albums on ECM. Part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3.Book tickets »

Hello,
It's with a big pleasure that we invite you all to the next Pe-de-Jurema gigs in London.
For those who don't know us, we are a band from Brazil based in energetic roots Brazilian music such as forro (baiao & xote), maracatu (baque virado), samba de roda, ciranda, samba-coco and more. Their performance always involves the public who is always invited and motivated to dance creating a proper Brazilian atmosphere. The Pe-de-Jurema members teach workshops on roots Brazilian rhythms on percussion every Thursday from 6 to 8pm at Passing Clouds. 1, Richmond Road, E8 4AA, Dalston, London and everybody is welcome to join us, no matter how experienced you are. Vamos Juremar!!Read more:
http://www.myspace.com/pedejurema
GIGS ON (check flyers for more info):
Friday, 23/07: 9.30 to 10.45pm @ Ronnie Scott's
47 Frith Street ,London W1D 4HT
Free b4 8pm / £5 after 8pm / £8 after 11pm
Saturday, 24/07: 3.45 to 5pm @ Vortex
Gillet Square, Dalston, London
Free entry
Friday, 30/07: From 9pm @ Summer Nights
Adulis, 44-46 Brixton Rd, SW9 6BT
£7 (£5 if you send names to join guest list)
Hope to see you there!
Pe-de-Jurema Team
Alba Cabral
Alua do Nascimento
Otto Nascarella
Pedro Campolina
07780552176

For two weeks only a special Lambada Zouk class at Ruby & Sequoia, The class starts at 7.30pm for only 3 poundsRuby & Sequoia6-8 All Saints RoadLondonW11 1hh

Monday 19 July 2010

The Afro-Latin Lounge

For the next three weeks classes will be taking place at the classy Ruby & Sequoia club http://www.ruby.uk.com/sequoia/index.htm. Classes start as normal for beginners at 7.30pm, followed by the intermediate session before social dancing.

Check out the most innovative warm up in the Lambada zouk scene in London, be a part of the toughest but ultimately rewarding class around. Dance to some of the sexiest zouk, kizomba around, socialize with a nice friendly crowd. Ruby & Sequoia Monday nights is where it's at.

Remember do buy drinks, that's the only way we can bring more activities like this on the scene.
cost of classes a recession busting three pounds.

see you there.

Lyrical Zouk; Because sometimes you just got to go for it.

LONDON MAYOR’S CULTURAL STRATEGY CONSULTATIONCarnival Village together with the Greater London Authority (GLA) is hosting an event as part of their consultation for the draft Mayor's Cultural Strategy. This event will provide an opportunity to hear in detail the Mayor's priorities and plans for supporting culture in London, and to respond to them. Munira Mirza, the Mayoral Advisor on Arts and Cultural will present the Strategy which will be followed by a question and answer session. This event will give London’s carnival community and others the opportunity to directly inform the final strategy.
The event will take place at 6.30pm on Monday 19 July 2010 at Carnival Village, The Tabernacle, Powis Square, London W11 2AY. A copy of the draft Strategy, “Cultural Metropolis”, can be viewed http://www.london. gov.uk/sites/ default/files/ 04%20Culture% 20Strategy% 20final1. pdf


Shabaka Thompson
CEO
Carnival Village
T: 020 7221 9700
M: 07515850709
W: www.CarnivalVillage .org.uk


Win a flight to Cuba at our scorching
Rumbon Cubano SUMMER SPECIAL!
�7 entry ALL NIGHT, with or without the dance class!

Sunday 8th August ~ 7pm-late

Dance the night away to the best Cuban music from DJ Green Papi
Sizzling salsaton dance class with David Martinez
The winner of our prize draw will be announced
And much more!

Don't miss your final chance to register your entry to win
a flight to Havana, Cuba courtesy of our sponsors Air Europa.

ONE FREE ENTRY to the prize draw when you
register your �7 Rumbon entry ticket
Plus extra raffle tickets for sale on the night

DANCE CLASS:
David Martinez, one of Cubana Danza's principal male dancers, will be back teaching you more hot Cuban moves!
7.30-8.30pm SALSATON - a blend of sizzling Cuban salsa with urban body moves and styling.
SUMMER SPECIAL - entry including dance class only �7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SPECIAL OFFERS AT THE BAR!!
Cuban cocktails - Mojito and Cuba Libre - only �5 - save �2!!
Beers - Corona �3.50 ~ San Miguel or Ambar �3!!
Non-alcoholic cocktails - Virgin mojito, pi馻 colada, watermelon punch, ibiza tropical - all only �4!!

RUMBON ENTRY PRICES:
�7 in advance via Cubacheche website registration
SUMMER SPECIAL: entry �7 ALL NIGHT, with or without dance class

Nueva Costa Dorada
47-55 Hanway Street
London W1T 1UX
(nearest tube Tottenham Court Rd)
Delicious Spanish & Cuban food available til late plus great cocktails and well priced bar

El Rumbon Cubano is sponsored by Hola Caribe and Air Europa

Uchenna Dance Company SUMMER SCHOOL! Urban

Contemporary, Waacking, House, and African Dance.

Vicki Igbokwe and her fabulous company are holding a week-long summer school. The school will take place at Kensington and Chelsea College (Wornington Campus), London, where several talented artists will deliver classes in different techniques and dance styles, including Urban Contemporary, Waacking, House, and African Dance.

The school is open to professionals, and semi-professionals and dance enthusiasts who can keep up with the best of them!

if you wish to attend and take advantage of this opportunity to take classes from some of the UK's hottest artists, then here's what you need to know:

Dates: Mon 16th to Fri 20th Aug.

Times: 9:30am-4pm.

Venue: Kensington and Chelsea
...College (Wornington Campus).

Age: 18+. Level: Training, semi pro and
professional. Price: £50 for the week

If you are interested
please email our ...company coordinator, tanya@uchennadance. com
for more information.
Uchenna Dance Company
www.uchennadance. com

Join Uchenna on Facebook

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Monday 12 July 2010

The Afro-Latin Lounge


From time to time we like to let you know of events we think you might like. We've just found out about an exciting weekend of Cuban and Afro-Cuban dance and music workshops in Ibiza coming up at the end of the month...


AN AFRO-CUBAN DANCE AND MUSIC WORKSHOP WITH YANET FUENTES & RAFAEL DEL BUSTOCHANGO IS BEWITCHED BY TANIT – THE GODDESS OF IBIZA

ENJOY A WONDERFUL WEEKEND OF CUBAN DANCE, PERCUSSION AND SINGING, RIGHT NEXT TO THE SEA IN GORGEOUS IBIZA

London based Spanish dance teacher Marian Duarte will be hosting a series of workshops with World Salsa champions Rafael Del Busto and Yanet Fuentes, accompanied by English singer Jo Howard.The weekend includes two days of dance workshops and an optional singing workshop.
Each day culminates in a performance by Rafael and Yanet and music sung by Jo.
The price includes 2 nights accommodation and breakfast on Friday and Saturday. You will be staying in a beautiful hostel right next to the sea in a perfect location.

We recommend booking early to ensure a room in the hostel. There are doubles, twins, triples and single rooms available.

*PLEASE NOTE FLIGHTS ARE NOT INCLUDED – SEE LINKS BELOW TO SOURCE WELL PRICED FLIGHTS DIRECT TO IBIZA

Date: Saturday 31st July and Sunday 1st August 2010Where: Santa Eulalia del Rio, IbizaPrice: £250 per person inclusive of all workshops, accommodation and breakfast.To book, or for more information, please call: 07798 610977
Or email: angela_taylor@dsl.pipex.com
PLEASE QUOTE BOOKING REFERENCE: CCML

WORKSHOPS ARE AS FOLLOWS (ALL CUBAN SALSA)Ladies Style Salsa - Beginners, Intermediate & AdvancedMen’s Style Salsa - Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced
Rueda de Casino - Beginners, Intermediate & AdvancedPartner Salsa - Intermediate OnlyRumba YambuRumba GuaguancoAfro Cuban - LadiesAfro Cuban - MenSon (traditional and modern)PercussionSinging for beginners (optional workshops)

The full workshop timetable is available and can be emailed on request.TRANSPORTFlights to Ibiza:
www.easyjet.com
www.ryanair.com
www.monarch.co.uk
www.ba.com
www.hostalsantaeulalia.com

Afro Brazilian & Cuban drum, song & dance in the countryside. Camp Iroko's early bird payment of £150 all inclusive of workshops, meals & accomodation finishes on the 1st August the price is then £170. Book now for reduced price!more info & bookings...
Come and enjoy a feast of drumming, singing and dancing located in the Hertfordshire countryside. Our base is an Activity Centre in Wymondley Woods and adjacent is a 20-acre conservation area with mature woods, stream, pond and grassland. There’s access and facilities for the disabled. Workshops will be held in the Activity Centre and in yurts.


ICONIC ARTISTS AND INSPIRING SOUNDS
MART'NÁLIA Saturday 10 July Hear the soul of the Rio de Janeiro samba scene.Buy tickets / More info »
MARIA BETHÂNIA Saturday 17 July A rare London performance by Brazil's most famous diva: sister of acclaimed singer Caetano Veloso, Bethânia has herself sold over 28 million copies of her albums to date.Buy tickets / More info »
OS MUTANTES Sunday 18 July Experience the psychedelic rock of Os Mutantes, the 1960s pioneers of Tropicália, a cultural and political movement which changed the country forever.Buy tickets / More info »
GILBERTO GIL Wednesday 21 July Gilberto Gil returns to Royal Festival Hall to perform music from his new album, inspired by the forro sounds of northeastern Brazil.Buy tickets / More info »
BRAZILIAN WORDS AT THE LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL
A WOMAN'S EYE ON BRAZIL Friday 9 July Novelist Ana Maria Gonçalves, novelist Patrícia Melo, and writer, activist and nun Maria Valéria Rezende.Buy tickets / More info »
JOÃO PAULO CUENCA AND TATIANA SALEM LEVYSaturday 10 July Two of Brazil's most dynamic new novelists.Buy tickets / More info »
BENJAMIN MOSER: THE LIFE OF CLARICE LISPECTORMonday 12 July Bringing to life Brazil's answer to Virginia Woolf.Buy tickets / More info »
ARNALDO ANTUNESThursday 15 July Musical and literary games with this genre-defying poet and musician.Buy tickets / More info »
THE BOYS AND GIRLS FROM BRAZILFriday 16 July Hear from the Brazilians who've added some Latin spirit to London's lesbian and gay scene.Buy tickets / More info »
MILTON HATOUMSaturday 17 July One of Brazil's greatest living writers, author of Ashes of the Amazon.Buy tickets / More info »
TALKING TROPLICÁLIASaturday 17 July Extracts from Paula Cosenza's film Tropicália, documenting the rise of the movement that changed Brazilian culture forever.Buy tickets / More info »
A SAFE HARBOUR FOR ELIZABETH BISHOPSunday 18 July UK premiere of a performance piece by Marta Góes, about the American poet Elizabeth Bishop, who was inspired by the colours and rhythms of her time in Brazil in the 1950s and 60s.Buy tickets / More info »
SÓCRATES: FUTEBOL AND BRAZILSunday 18 July Football legend Sócrates, best known as the captain of the great 1980s Brazilian football team, in conversation.Buy tickets / More info »
DEBATES: FORGING THE NEW BRAZIL
THE POINT OF CULTURE: IMAGINATION AT THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE Wednesday 21 July How have the rich participatory and celebratory cultural traditions of Brazil become part of the solution to its social crises and injustices? What can we learn and share with Brazilians about a vision for the arts in the UK today?Buy tickets / More info »
THE EDGE OF THE FUTURE – RENEGOTIATING POWER Friday 23 July Cultural reformers and policy makers discuss and debate the fundamental renegotiations in power – between rich and poor, women and men, black and white, indigenous and immigrant, and city and rural communities.Buy tickets / More info »
THE DRAMA OF VIOLENCE Saturday 24 July Is the image of modern Brazil – distinguished worldwide by its reputation for extreme street violence as much as for samba, accurate – or has the global media escalated a reputation that has led to a false identity? Luis Eduardo Soares, previously Secretary of Municipal Valuation of Life and Prevention of Violence in Nova Iguaçú, appears in conversation.Buy tickets / More info »
BRAZILIAN FOOD & DRINK

Across the whole site this summer, our restaurants, bars and cafes are celebrating the flavours and ingredients of Brazilian food and drink. Enjoy samba-sushi, traditional Brazilian bean and beef stew, caipirinha ice cream and more.More info »

DMAC UK (Dance Music Arts Colllective) PRESENTS:SIZZLING SENEGALESE SABAR DAY in BRISTOLon SUNDAY 1ST AUGUST 2010at DMAC STUDIOS, HAMILTON HOUSE (2nd floor)Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY (Entrance at Canteen West, opp. Jamaica Street)Join us for an exciting day of Sabar drum & dance workshops with some of the most talented professional Senegalese griot artists in the UK – you will not be disappointed! Taught by Amdi Ngom, Sabar drummer from Dakar, and female dancer Awa Goudiaby, from Ziguinchor, with support drumming from Karim Mbaye & Batch Gueye. Amdi & Awa toured the UK & Europe recently with the spectacular show AfrikaAfrika! Morning:10.30-12.30 SABAR DRUMMING WORKSHOP, LED BY AMDI NGOM – all levels welcome (please bring your own drum if you have one, otherwise a limited number of drums can be borrowed – booking & pre-payment is essential to secure your place)12.30-14.00 Lunch BreakAfternoon:14.00-17.00 SABAR DANCE WORKSHOP, LED BY AWA GOUDIABY, with live drumming – all levels welcome (booking & pre-payment not essential but preferred)Drum workshop: £15, Dance workshop: £20, or both: £30For more information & to book, please contact Sara Seydi: Tel: 07765 846875 Email: sarawatchet@ yahoo.co. ukVisit & join the facebook event `Sizzling Senegalese Sabar Day' DMAC UK website: http://www.dmacuk. com

Cali the Salsa Fortress (film & lecture) - FREE EVENT Rescheduled for Sunday 18th July 6-9pmat Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 (nearest tube Holborn)

With Alejandro Ulloa - Colombian popular culture anthropologist and Salsa historian

Salsa is a Latin Pan-Caribbean music and dance expression, with its roots in Afro Cuban music. Traditionally Cuba, Puerto Rico, Latin New York and Latin Miami are considered the main centres for Salsa yet neither of these can rival Cali's fascination with Salsa music and its dance.

Although this two and a half million city is not in, nor near the Colombian Caribbean coast, the feel, mood and spirit of Cali is closer to the Caribbean than what a city at the foot of the Andes should be like.

This music style and its dance are closely related to the history and development of this Colombian city. This Caribbean music and dance genre is what ultimately gives a particular cultural identity to Cali and its inhabitants, the 'caleños'.

Ulloa's first book 'La Salsa en Cali' 1992, was a breakthrough study on popular culture's uses and practices, an almost unexplored topic in the country before the 1990's. In this book Alejandro Ulloa traces back the origins and development of Cali's obsession with Salsa music and dance.

+ Film 'Paso a Paso La Salsa en Cali', a documentary film (in Spanish) made by Alejandro Ulloa and Antonio Dorado in 2009, about renowned Salsa dancers from Cali, such as 5 x world champions Swing Latino dance school and their director Luis Eduardo Hernandez 'El Mulato'. (25 minutes)

Thursday 15th July - lecture and film
The Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University, Russell Square, WC1H OXG
7pm-9pmFREE EVENT
'La Salsa en Discusion'with Alejandro Ulloa followed by 'Beats of the Heart: Salsa' documentary film by Jeremy Marre (1979)

Anthropologist, linguist and Salsa specialist, Alejandro Ulloa from Cali, Colombia presents his new book 'La Salsa en Discusion'. Ulloa's new book constitutes a debate of the various academic theoretical studies of Salsa, written by authors of different countries: Leonardo Acosta in Cuba, Cesar Miguel Rondon in Venezuela, Angel Quintero Rivera in Puerto Rico, Vernon Boggs in New York, amongst others, as well as his own personal theoretical views about the subject. The lecture will be held in Spanish with an interpreter present.

Faced with the idea that Salsa was primarily a commercial phenomenon, promoted by a brand, the book looks in depth at the cultural history that contextualizes the genesis of Salsa in the Spanish Harlem, the South Bronx and Santurce (Puerto Rico); the fast way of life of the big city played a defining role in this process.
The evening concludes with the film 'Beats of the heart: Salsa', which looks at the music through the eyes of musicians like Tito Puente and Celia Cruz on the one hand and social activists on the other. Of course, the commercial pressures that produced Fania's slickest productions are caught here on the turn as more conscious lyricists like Ruben Blades reclaim in words
the spirit of resistance that the music has nurtured in its rhythms.

The film captures a moment in time, explored through different people's eyes in a community united by a shared experience of marginalisation but fired by the crushing, pulsing, explosive rhythms what we now know as Salsa.

Friday 16th July - El Grande! @ Club Colosseum, Vauxhall1 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5NQ
London's Biggest Salsa Monthly Event4 Rooms - Salsa & Kizomba classes - Dance Shows & More!

'El Grande' at Club Colosseum has undoubtedly established itself as the biggest Salsa Monthly event in London, possibly the UK, organized by Salsa Republic on the third Friday of every month, this night is a must go for all Salsa lovers regardless of their style of dance preference.

Salsa and Kizomba classes at 9.45pm, followed by music till 4am.

Times: 9.30pm - 4am / Entrance: £10

Saturday 17th July, 7.30pm - Lecture & film & partyVoices of Latin RockConway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RLFREE EVENT
Voices of Latin Rock(Jim MacCarthy) - Book presentation followed by rare film of Santana on tour in 1971 in Europe

The author of 'Voices of Latin Rock' chronicles the development of Latin Rock in San Francisco, a style combining a fusion of Latin music, Salsa and Rock developed mainly by young Latino musicians in the late 60's and 70's and epitomised by Carlos Santana.
Directly from the Mission District in San Francisco, the explosive fusion of Latin, salsa and rock is chronicled from a writer who has followed the music and the musicians for over 30 years. The book covers the stories of prominent Latin rock bands including Santana and Malo, examining in detail the pioneering records and the ways in which both reflect a wide spectrum of Latin influences.

The book highlights the cast of characters and emerging period in the US during the late '60s, with all the cultural background events including the Summer of Love, Woodstock, political activism, and the record label expansion. Legendary figures such as Bill Graham, Clive Davis and the Escovedos family play crucial roles in the development of this sound.

The lecture will be accompanied by records and a Latin
percussionist.

The lecture will be followed by the rare and completely unseen film 'Santana On Tour - Europe 1971' (45 minutes)

The Lecture and film will be followed by a Partywith live music and DJs.

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RICE N PEAS FILMS WILL ALSO BE HOSTING A DOCUMENTARY DOUBLE BILL. ROARING LION - THE RISE OF RASTAFARI & WITH OR WITHOUT FIDEL. TWO DOCUMENTARIES THAT SHOULD NOT BE MISSED. (FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT THE TRAILERS ON OUR WEBSITE).

1. INTERVIEW: KEN O'KEEFE. ACTION NOT PROTEST
Former U.S. Marine turned activist Ken O'Keefe, talks to RNP about the recent Israeli raid on the Mavi Marmara, how he disarmed one of the Israeli soldiers on board and why he favours direct action to street protest.
2. WHO WILL STOP THE WAR? Is Karzai turning against his masters?
3. THE CONGO: NUMBERS MATTER, 5 million dead and still counting.
4. THE OBAMA/BUSH STRATEGY, Something new or more of the same?
5. LIES & CRIMES: FREEDOM FLOTILLA, Israel's crimes on the high seas.

Monday 5 July 2010

The Afro-Latin Lounge


Thursday 8th July - The Latin Way @ The Scoop(next to City Hall, The Queen's Walk, SE1 2AA)FREE EVENT
Put on your dancing shoes and celebrate Big Dance Week with Ola Latina bringing the sounds and dance moves of Latin America to the Scoop.
12.30pm - 2pm: Matices Latinos - Captivating acoustic quartet that captures the rhythms of South America through its Folk and Popular music

6:30pm to 9:30pm: Conjunto Sabroso - Top London Salsa band Conjunto Sabroso get everyone on their feet with their infectious rhythms, they will be accompanied by some of London's most popular Salsa dancers.

Saturday 10th July - FilmCelia the Queen (Dir. J. Cardona & M. De Varona, 2008)Tricycle Cinema, 269 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7QN4pm, Admission �6

"Cruz is indisputably the best known and most influential female figure in the history of Cuban Music" (Celia Cobo, Billboard Magazine)
Erupting onto the Cuban music scene as the lead singer for La Sonora Matancera in 1950, to later become Salsa's biggest star in New York and the Latin world, Celia Cruz broke down barriers of racism and sexism. With the powerful weapon of her voice and the warm tolerance of her heart, Celia soon became all things to all people. The documentary shows the diversity of the people whose lives she touched, from stars like Quincy Jones, Andy Garcia, and Wyclef Jean to ordinary people all over the world who loved not only her music but her incredible spirit.

"Its wealth of performance footage from various stages of Cruz's career provides both a rousing nostalgia trip for fans and a crash course in guarachera for neophytes." (Ronnie Schieb,
www.variety.com)

Sunday 11th July - FIESTA 2010! Carnival Day@ Kilburn Grange Park, 1pm-7pmFREE EVENT

This year Kilburn is joining in the worldwide celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the independence of many Latin American countries, with the help of Ola Latina and Clave Latina Fest.

The park will be throbbing with the music of salsa bands including Conjunto Sabroso (Colombia & Venezuela) and Osvaldo Chacon y Su Timba (Cuba). Children can join in the percussion classes in the middle of the park with Wilmer Sifontes (Venezuela), people can watch Bolivian folk dancers in their traditional dress - Morenada Bloque Kantuta, plus Salsa shows, or join the Salsa classes with Afro-Cuban dancer Lazaro Lopez, Mina 'Queen Salsa' and more dancers to be confirmed.

Other highlights include Afro-Colombian social Latin hip hop artist Jota Ramos (Villa Rica - Colombia), bachata artist July Julay (Dominican Republic), Latin fusion female artist Ria, plus djs.

The Salsa dance classes will be held on the Big Dance Bus:
'Inspired by the prospect of driving dance to the corners of London and getting everyone dancing, Big Dance are converting London's iconic double-decker into a venue, live and interactive for dance! The 'pop-up ballroom bus' will create thrilling dance experiences in unusual places. The bus will travel all over London, stopping and transforming itself into a highly visual stage and interactive area in one,'


Sunday 11th July - FIESTA 2010! Carnival Day After Party at
Join the after party at our very own Rumbon Cubano - with DJ Javier, live music from Rey Crespo & his Cuban Ensemble, tv screens available for those who want to watch the World Cup Final, plus your chance to win a flight to Havana, Cuba!At Nueva Costa Dorada, 47-55 Hanway Street, London W1t 1UX�7 in advance (
website registration) / �10 on the door

Tuesday 13th July, 7pm - Cali the Salsa Fortress (lecture, film & DJs)Rich Mix Bar, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LAFREE EVENT
With Alejandro Ulloa - Colombian popular culture anthropologist and Salsa historian

Salsa is a Latin Pan-Caribbean music and dance expression, with its roots in Afro Cuban music. Traditionally Cuba, Puerto Rico, Latin New York and Latin Miami are considered the main centres for Salsa yet neither of these can rival Cali's fascination with Salsa music and its dance.

Although this two and a half million city is not in, nor near the Colombian Caribbean coast, the feel, mood and spirit of Cali is closer to the Caribbean than what a city at the foot of the Andes should be like.

This music style and its dance are closely related to the history and development of this Colombian city. This Caribbean music and dance genre is what ultimately gives a particular cultural identity to Cali and its inhabitants, the 'cale�os'.

Ulloa's first book 'La Salsa en Cali' 1992, was a breakthrough study on popular culture's uses and practices, an almost unexplored topic in the country before the 1990's. In this book Alejandro Ulloa traces back the origins and development of Cali's obsession with Salsa music and dance.

+ Film 'Paso a Paso La Salsa en Cali', a documentary film (in Spanish) made by Alejandro Ulloa and Antonio Dorado in 2009, about renowned Salsa dancers from Cali, such as 5 x world champions Swing Latino dance school and their director Luis Eduardo Hernandez 'El Mulato'. (25 minutes)

+ 'Salsa en Vinilo' 9pm - 12am �3
The night will close with a 3 hour set by popular Colombian UK based Salsa DJ Johnny G, playing salsa from his large music collection of vynil.FREE for people attending lecture and film.

Thursday 15th July - lecture and film
The Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University, Russell Square, WC1H OXG
7pm-9pmFREE EVENT
'La Salsa en Discusion'with Alejandro Ulloa followed by 'Beats of the Heart: Salsa' documentary film by Jeremy Marre (1979)

Anthropologist, linguist and Salsa specialist, Alejandro Ulloa from Cali, Colombia presents his new book 'La Salsa en Discusion'. Ulloa's new book constitutes a debate of the various academic theoretical studies of Salsa, written by authors of different countries: Leonardo Acosta in Cuba, Cesar Miguel Rondon in Venezuela, Angel Quintero Rivera in Puerto Rico, Vernon Boggs in New York, amongst others, as well as his own personal theoretical views about the subject. The lecture will be held in Spanish with an interpreter present.

Faced with the idea that Salsa was primarily a commercial phenomenon, promoted by a brand, the book looks in depth at the cultural history that contextualizes the genesis of Salsa in the Spanish Harlem, the South Bronx and Santurce (Puerto Rico); the fast way of life of the big city played a defining role in this process.
The evening concludes with the film 'Beats of the heart: Salsa', which looks at the music through the eyes of musicians like Tito Puente and Celia Cruz on the one hand and social activists on the other. Of course, the commercial pressures that produced Fania's slickest productions are caught here on the turn as more conscious lyricists like Ruben Blades reclaim in words
the spirit of resistance that the music has nurtured in its rhythms.

The film captures a moment in time, explored through different people's eyes in a community united by a shared experience of marginalisation but fired by the crushing, pulsing, explosive rhythms what we now know as Salsa.

Friday 16th July - El Grande! @ Club Colosseum, Vauxhall1 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5NQ
London's Biggest Salsa Monthly Event4 Rooms - Salsa & Kizomba classes - Dance Shows & More!

'El Grande' at Club Colosseum has undoubtedly established itself as the biggest Salsa Monthly event in London, possibly the UK, organized by Salsa Republic on the third Friday of every month, this night is a must go for all Salsa lovers regardless of their style of dance preference.

Salsa and Kizomba classes at 9.45pm, followed by music till 4am.

Times: 9.30pm - 4am / Entrance: �10


Saturday 17th July, 7.30pm - Lecture & film & partyVoices of Latin RockConway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RLFREE EVENT
Voices of Latin Rock(Jim MacCarthy) - Book presentation followed by rare film of Santana on tour in 1971 in Europe

The author of 'Voices of Latin Rock' chronicles the development of Latin Rock in San Francisco, a style combining a fusion of Latin music, Salsa and Rock developed mainly by young Latino musicians in the late 60's and 70's and epitomised by Carlos Santana.
Directly from the Mission District in San Francisco, the explosive fusion of Latin, salsa and rock is chronicled from a writer who has followed the music and the musicians for over 30 years. The book covers the stories of prominent Latin rock bands including Santana and Malo, examining in detail the pioneering records and the ways in which both reflect a wide spectrum of Latin influences.

The book highlights the cast of characters and emerging period in the US during the late '60s, with all the cultural background events including the Summer of Love, Woodstock, political activism, and the record label expansion. Legendary figures such as Bill Graham, Clive Davis and the Escovedos family play crucial roles in the development of this sound.

The lecture will be accompanied by records and a Latin
percussionist.

The lecture will be followed by the rare and completely unseen film 'Santana On Tour - Europe 1971' (45 minutes)

The Lecture and film will be followed by a Partywith live music and DJs.

Cuban beats and theatrical treats at Rich Mix...
Direct from Havana, Cuba,
Asere come to Rich Mix to share their sound this Thu 1 July. Emerging at the same time as the Buena Vista Social Club over 10 years ago, Asere have been an integral part of the re-emergence of Cuba in the global music scene. They are joined by DJ AfroRomanzo (AfroRomanzo World Music) and guests for what's set to be a night of great music for your dancing and listening pleasure! We also have a range of theatre shows coming soon to Rich Mix, including Improvisation Improved by Upstage London on Wed 30 June, swiftly followed by Monologueslam on Mon 5 July to flex its improv chops. Lotus Productions present their new production Justin Fashanu In Extra Time from Thu 8 - Sat 10 July, examining the life of Britain's first openly gay black million pound footballer.We also have two great shows for families. Renowned theatre company Tall Stories presents Twinkle Twonkle this Sat 26 June, and Peut-être Theatre Company present The Bug and the Butterfly on Sat 3 July, inspired by the Poems of Federico García Lorca. To book for these events call the Rich Mix Box Office on 020 7613 7498 or visit www.richmix.org.uk/bookings.