Saturday, October 14, 2006

Are Dancers Better Lovers?

Beth Neil from the Daily Mail finds out if Dancers make better lovers when she goes on a "date" with UK's Strictly Come Dancing's Brendan Cole.

HE'S an egotistical, serial womanising love rat - at least that's what we've been led to believe. So it was with some trepidation that I went on a date with Strictly Come Dancing's quick-stepping Casanova Brendan Cole. We arrange to meet for lunch at the posh Oxo Tower restaurant overlooking the Thames. Advertisement Falk AdSolution Dressed in my new swirly frock and killer heels, I order

Mirror.co.uk - News - Top Stories - ARE DANCERS BETTER IN BED? YOU TELL ME..

World Salsa Championships in Las Vegas in December.

The best of the world's salsa dancers will be at the annual World Salsa Championships in Las Vegas this December. From December 13th to 16th, thousands of competitors will battle it out for the title. For the second year dancers from countries as far a field as Australia and Colombia will compete for prizes worth up to $20,000 in each category.

Seminars, show cases and other events led by leading salsa experts will be providing something for keen salsa fans.

World Salsa Champion Ships website

Celebrity Strictly Ballroom Star Spice Girl Emma Seeks Band Re-union

Baby Spice, currently staring in Celebrity Strictly Ballroom on the BBC in the UK, has ask her ex-band members to sing at her wedding to Jade Jones.

Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton, also known as Baby Spice, wants to ask her mates in the former British pop group to sing at her wedding, a report says. The Mirror said Bunton, 30, wants to ask the girls to sing their 1997 hit '2 Become 1' at the celebration, which takes place next March...

Read more at Baby Spice to ask for Spice Girls wedding reunion

Real Salsa Radio in London

SalsaFM is London's one and only live Salsa radio show, broadcasted on 89.8FM weekly. Presented by Salsa club DJ/Presenter Del Salereo. The station can be as it happens in the capital every Wednesday 10AM till Noon (mid morning Salsa breakfast show) and Saturday afternoons from Noon till 2PM.

Visit Salsa FM London Radio :: Salsa Events London :: Salsa Music

Friday, October 13, 2006

Salsology Radio - Salsa Music on the Web

Fancy some energetic salsa music playing from your pc. Salsology Radio is live with a monthly very professional recording. Hosted by Salsologist - Emma Moore who provides a soothing voice to melt away the time spent listening. You can even request tracks to be used in the future months.

Salsology is only every month and we thought in the meantime you'd like a little Latin soundtrack to get you through the day. Listen to the very best in Salsa music, typical of what you'll hear at a Salsology night and hand picked by our resident DJs and guests. Find out what's going on in your salsa back yard and tune in for the live show warm-up on Salsology nights to find out what's in store for your evening!

See Salsology Radio

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Professional Salsa Photos from Russia with Love

Anjelika Danyushina is a Photographer who tries very hard to capture the energy and atmosphere of Salsa Dancing. The pictures are split into two galleries red and blue. You take the red gallery to find yourself in the coloured half daylight of the salsa clubs. You take the blue gallery to find the world of street dancers.

Worth spending a very minutes here.

Salsa in Russia and salsa in Rostov

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Salsa Help and Advice Online

If you want to hang out online with other salsa fantics - ask and answer questions then I have the place to visit. Dance Forums is a website to discuss all types of dance but it includes a very active area on Salsa along with a photo gallery.

Lots of interesting topics being discussed today including 'Men correcting women', 'Salsa Styles ... what is yours?' and 'Salsa is better than sleep'.

Worth a visit. I will certainly be returning... Dave

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Salsa for Weight Loss

Interesting article on salsa for weight loss another benefit to a salsa dance life. Did you know in a one hour class you could burn 400-700 calories which is the same amount as a spinning class. I know which I prefer.

In physical exercise, aerobic exercise is literally means "withoxygen", and refers to the use of oxygen in muscles' energy-generatingprocess. Aerobic exercise, which is also referred to as Cardio,includes any type of exercise, typically those performed at moderatelevels of intensity for extended periods of time, that maintains anincreased heart rate. In such exercise, oxygen is used to "burn" fatsand glucose.

"But why do people think they have to get on a tredmill or bike at thegym to do their Cardio?" says Rafael Moret,CSCS, President of Results 4Sure Personal Training. "After a while walking on the treadmill orriding the bike at the gym is boring, and we ....

Read the rest of the article here.

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Salsa with Dad!

The power of salsa, Jessica from derby, uk explains why salsa classes have worked wonders for her and her dad!

"When Jessica started Salsa dancing she was quite shy and only wanted to dance with her dad. Now she's happy to Suzie-Q and Mambo with all the fellas. "
To see the video visit...
BBC - Video Nation - SALSA WITH DAD by Jessica Bright

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

With Strictly Come Dancing back on UK TV ...

With Strictly Come Dancing back on UK TV the role of judges and audience involvement in competitions comes to mind again. It is always interesting to see the judges struggle with the need to be popular. Some manage to be judges first better than others.

Today I found an article from 2004 which echo this and look in general at What Dance Competitions should be all about and the preparation involved ...

Competitions should really be about recognition. From the competitor's perspective, the main reason to enter a competition is to get recognition for the effort that goes into training. Some people do not know what it takes to prepare for a competition.

First a choreography...

Read rest of TOsalsa.com Article !

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secret history of salsa dancing document

Not sure you should be able to see this but it is a nice document on the history of salsa dancing and music. The document is a transcript of an interview between Evan Margolin of Salsacrazy.com and Rita Hargrave of SalsaRoots.com. It covers some interesting ground of its 17 pages. Enjoy...

Secret Salsa Document The document was found on www.salsadancedvd.com

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