If you could dance with any "famous" salsero/a

[Pacion]

Who would it be and why?

I am not going to be mean and say that you can only choose one :wink: As with similiar threads, they can be alive or have passed on.

Oh, and is there any famous dancer (another danceform) out there that you would love to try dancing salsa with, after they have had a few lessons of course :wink: because you think it would be an incredible experience?

[peachexploration]

Back in October, I had a chance to dance with LA Salsero Jesus Morales. Yay! Alex Da Silva also comes to mind. Pretty much any NY Salsero would be awesome to dance with. As for famous non-salsa dancers? Hmm....Probably Alvin Ailey or Gregory Hines. :D

[Pacion]

I agree! I think Gregory Hines would be incredible. I remember seeing him in White Nights and although I think I have only seen that movie once, it left such an impression on me!

I wouldn't mind giving Valentino a "dance test" :wink: I have heard mixed things about his tango dancing ability :roll: and Jerome Robbins, of West Side Story fame (I heard he was very temperamental, a perfectionist, which could be interesting :D ).

[salsachinita]

Ok, last night I danced with Luis Vasquez :D ! Eventhough the style they teach (and the people follow their style) sometimes intimidate the heck out of me, the man himself was very down to earth......I was immediatly at ease (I am an old-school/Cuban girl, L.A. style still feels relatively foreign to me :oops: ).

I found that the greatest salseros are more interested in dancing WITH me, during that song, whatever styles/timing/levels I am :D ! Now I am just looking forward to dancing with some of the NY big names (ok, maybe not right NOW) as I am totally unfamiliar with NY styles/timing.

Let's see: I've danced with Gupson Pierre based in Singapore (he's great), Robert Charlemagne (I didn't really follow well back then :oops:) from UK. Leon Rose came to Melbourne, but I didn't get a chance to dance with him.

Then there were the musicians I've danced with: Oscar D'Leon, Johnny Rivero, Alfredo de la Fe, a few from Plena Libre, and most of Sonora la Calle/Lady Salsa.

I would LOVE to dance with Robby Rosa (my dream since teenage :wink: ) from movie Salsa!

You know what...? I'd be more interested in dancing with some of our own DF ledgends such as Boriken, Salsarhythms, SD, Sabor, Brujo plus many others :wink: !

[Pacion]

Ok, last night I danced with Luis Vasquez :D ! Eventhough the style they teach (and the people follow their style) sometimes intimidate the heck out of me, the man himself was very down to earth......I was immediatly at ease (I am an old-school/Cuban girl, L.A. style still feels relatively foreign to me :oops: ).

Luis, IMO, is one of those few teachers/dancers who truly dances according to the ability of the girl and takes her to another level. How do I know? Because I experienced it :banana: I danced with him on some of their visits to London and people came up to me and said "Wow! You looked great. Didn't know you could dance like that" :shock: The funny thing was, neither did I :lol: Seeing him and Joby dancing together is also something quite special.

[MacMoto]

You know what...? I'd be more interested in dancing with some of our own DF ledgends such as Boriken, Salsarhythms, SD, Sabor, Brujo plus many others :wink: !

Same here! :D

[Pacion]

You know what...? I'd be more interested in dancing with some of our own DF ledgends such as Boriken, Salsarhythms, SD, Sabor, Brujo plus many others :wink: !

Same here! :D

Ehmm peoples, I thought this was "understood" :wink: :lol:

[pygmalion]

I've danced with a couple big name salsa guys, and it didn't feel all that different from dancing with a teacher. So give me SD any day. 8) :D

[Pacion]

I've danced with a couple big name salsa guys, and it didn't feel all that different from dancing with a teacher. So give me SD any day. 8) :D

:shock: Pygmalion, I know that you are a member of the "Royal Family" and all that but, as all is fair in "lurve and war" or in this case, "salsa vs ballroom" :wink: , take a number and join the queue :twisted: :lol:

[pygmalion]

Fine. Fine. Evil one. LOL. I'll take a number and stand in queue. LOL.

[Jack]

The hottest babe in the place.......

[salsachinita]

Seeing him (Luis) and Joby dancing together is also something quite special.

We ain't gonna be able to see that easily any more. This trip downunder is their last tour together, and I believe they will do one more show in L.A. Salsa Congress in May. They are going through divorce :cry: .

*another salsa romance gone sour :roll: .........*

[Sabor]

You know what...? I'd be more interested in dancing with some of our own DF ledgends such as Boriken, Salsarhythms, SD, Sabor, Brujo plus many others :wink: !

thank u bonita.. it would certainly be a pleasure of pleasures for me! :P

[salsera_alemana]

That's a good question. First of all I would love to learn to dance Cha Cha Cha like Stacey Lopez does. And then I would love to dance with him! But first I need to improve my Cha Cha Cha skills considerably, otherwise he will not even consider to dance with me :cry:

And on the list of the real famous people it has always been Patrick Swayze. He was the one who actually brought me to salsa via the Dirty Dancing movie and sound track. He is not one of the famous salseros but he is a wonderful dancer!

[Pacion]

Patrick Swayze can mambo :wink: The thing is, I suspect a lot of women would love to dance with Patrick Swayze. This means there would be a huge queue :cry: and I don't like this "take a number and join the queue" business, so I will dance with someone else and when the queue has hopefully died down, I would then slip in for my dance :wink: :banana:

[SDsalsaguy]

:oops: :oops: :oops: Thank you ladies :oops: :oops: :oops:

[looyenyeo]

A famous salsera: Sandra Bullock (Okay, I admit that she might not necessarily be famous for her salsa).

Another would be Karen Hardy.

Why? I reckon they'd be fun.

Loo

[SDsalsaguy]

Another would be Karen Hardy.
Have you ever seen her do salsa? I'm curious as it's always interesting to me which ballroom people can actually do salsa and which really "can't" -- i.e. can be technically proficient but don't quite have the salsa "feel."

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

Joby Vasquez, Edie and Josie Neglia.

I would also like to dance with one of Johnny Vasquez´s partners (I forget her name). I almost asked her a week ago here at the salsa congress. I was waiting for a slow salsa to come on and it never did! :cry: The DJ´s were only playing 15 minute turbo salsas that night... NO!!!!

Oh yeah, I´d like to dance with Michelle Pheiffer also. I know she can´t dance salsa but who cares... :wink:

[Vince A]

I let my wife anwer this, and she replied, "SDsalsaguy."

[SDsalsaguy]

I let my wife anwer this, and she replied, "SDsalsaguy."
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Tell her she's got open dibs on my dance card for this weekend Vince!

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[danceguy]

SD - You go guy! :D

For me, it would be Salsachinita! So if I ever make it to the land down under, please save me a dance! :P

[salsachinita]

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
thanks......
:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

[youngsta]

We ain't gonna be able to see that easily any more. This trip downunder is their last tour together, and I believe they will do one more show in L.A. Salsa Congress in May. They are going through divorce :cry: .

*another salsa romance gone sour :roll: .........*
WHAAATTT! :shock: I hate hearing things like that :cry:

But back on topic, Joby is at the top of my list along with Liz Lira and Edie.

[salsarhythms]

Hey guys...we really need to come up with a DF salsa dancing tour...

I mean down-under would be a great place to go and we've already
got dance partners... :D

[SDsalsaguy]

Hey guys...we really need to come up with a DF salsa dancing tour...

I mean down-under would be a great place to go and we've already
got dance partners... :D
Count me in, count me in, count me in!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:



(Think we can get Bacardi to sponsor us like they do the salsa congresses? :wink:)

[youngsta]

Oh man, I'm in like Flynn! :lol:

[salsarhythms]

It seriously does not sound like a bad idea...

The thing is to get organized and show the sponsors it's worth it
for them... ;-)

[SDsalsaguy]

It seriously does not sound like a bad idea...

The thing is to get organized and show the sponsors it's worth it
for them... ;-)
OK, we know that the DF has a HUGE volume right now... so why don't we start by saying that we could start a seperate Forum for the DF dance tour... and that we'd have a thread dedicated to the "X" sponsored tour which we'd regularly post in during our travels?

[salsachinita]

It seriously does not sound like a bad idea...

The thing is to get organized and show the sponsors it's worth it
for them... ;-)
OK, we know that the DF has a HUGE volume right now... so why don't we start by saying that we could start a seperate Forum for the DF dance tour... and that we'd have a thread dedicated to the "X" sponsored tour which we'd regularly post in during our travels?
:bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy: YAY! :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy:

What can I do to help....? Seriously, guys, let's do it!
You guys are meeting up in Reno this weekend...? Can those of you who are interested have a brainstorming session & get something started...?

[Pacion]

It seriously does not sound like a bad idea...

The thing is to get organized and show the sponsors it's worth it
for them... ;-)
OK, we know that the DF has a HUGE volume right now... so why don't we start by saying that we could start a seperate Forum for the DF dance tour... and that we'd have a thread dedicated to the "X" sponsored tour which we'd regularly post in during our travels?

Or start your own thread and stop hijacking mine :twisted: :cry: especially as I won't be on the tour :cry: :tongue:

[salsarhythms]

LOL Pacion...

Why won't you be on tour?!?!?

[borikensalsero]

Me wanna be on tour too!!! Imagine that I can get to dance with salsachinita finally! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[MacMoto]

Wow, Boriken, SD, Youngsta and Fernando all in one place? I've got to be there...

[youngsta]

I wanna be there too! Curious to see how different each of our styles is. :D

[dessaix]

i would like to have the opportunity to dance with an adult star and then get her number :wink:

[salsachinita]

Me wanna be on tour too!!! Imagine that I can get to dance with salsachinita finally! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth:

!Muchas gracias! The pleasure would be all mine...!

[MacMoto]

I wanna be there too! Curious to see how different each of our styles is. :D

So do we get to see the "SD vs Youngsta salsa duel" a la Dance fairytale (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=2727) thread for real then? :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Xtreme Salsa]

I want to dance with Melissa Fernandez from Salsa Brava, Josie Neglia and Dinora Barragan from Los Rumberos. The only "famous" salsera I've danced with is Miriam Castro (2002 Amateur, 2003 Pro Mayan Champion). Her following is incredible, its like your not even dancing anymore.

[squirrel]

Weeeeell, I think I would like to dance with Francisco Vazques, Luis Vazques, Super Mario, Leon... and the list can go on...
Non-salseros... don't know... maybe Joaquin Cortes... flamenco might help him dance salsa more easily... I wouldn't really like to try with a ballroom dancer... those I saw are too... ballroom-like...

[borikensalsero]

Me wanna be on tour too!!! Imagine that I can get to dance with salsachinita finally! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth:

!Muchas gracias! The pleasure would be all mine...!

The pleasure is like wise... :D

[Pacion]

LOL Pacion...

Why won't you be on tour?!?!?

Because :cry: have other commitments over the year just now, and not enough holidays :oops: :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

LOL Pacion...

Why won't you be on tour?!?!?

Because :cry: have other commitments over the year just now, and not enough holidays :oops: :lol:
Ah, but who's to say yours can't be one of our major tour stops? :wink:

[danceguy]

Anyone have a private jet? Hmm, Melbourne, England, and now Romania! We need to find one good meeting place for all the DF Salsa folks...hmm...must research! :D

Salsachinita - I think your dance card may already be filled! :shock:

SG

[Pacion]

LOL Pacion...

Why won't you be on tour?!?!?

Because :cry: have other commitments over the year just now, and not enough holidays :oops: :lol:
Ah, but who's to say yours can't be one of our major tour stops? :wink:

Okay, I can live with that :lol:

[salsachinita]

Hey....!

Me wanna go to London too.....! Havn't been in years!

[squirrel]

i love the idea of meeting all of you guys... and gals... :)))
would you like to come to romania? it'd be our first event of the kind - we've never had a congress or workshops... none of the really good dancers ever came here :((( - i refer to the famous ones
what about having this 'encounter' in a new and interesting place?!

[Pacion]

Squirrel, any connection to the chatter "salsero-Romania"?

[squirrel]

:))) yes pacion, he's my partner... he told me about this site... he's in IT and navigating more than I... :)))

why, is it a problem?

[Pacion]

why, is it a problem?

:shock: not at all! I was just getting confused that is all. I thought I was imagining things when I saw Budapest underneath your profile also and the lightbulb went on, to tell me that I saw Budapest somewhere else. I was just trying to make the link :oops:

:lol: Okay, confusion is over. Everyone can return to their seats now :lol:

[squirrel]

why, is it a problem?

:shock: not at all! I was just getting confused that is all. I thought I was imagining things when I saw Budapest underneath your profile also and the lightbulb went on, to tell me that I saw Budapest somewhere else. I was just trying to make the link :oops:


What??? :twisted: Budapest is the capital of HUNGARY! I'm from Bucharest, Romania .....very different country and town....and people!

[Pacion]

:shock: :doh: Okay, shall I start all over again :roll: :lol:

I know that Budapest is the capital of Hungary and Bucharest is the capital of Romania. One of my colleagues was talking about something in Hungary all day and add that to no lunch, when I posted. I guess my mind AND stomach were on Hungary :lol:

sorry

This is me today => :kitty:

And you? :wink:

[Vince A]

I've danced with a couple big name salsa guys, and it didn't feel all that different from dancing with a teacher. So give me SD any day. 8) :D
DITTO . . . without a doubt, SD is the one I'd want to dance with . . .

[salsero-Romania]

What??? :twisted: Budapest is the capital of HUNGARY! I'm from Bucharest, Romania .....very different country and town....and people!

cool....:))) many people are confused about our capital.......we tend to be a little touchy about this.... :oops:

[Pacion]

No problem. I don't think you are any touchier than

- the Americans and the Canadians
- the South Africans, Australians and the New Zealanders
- English, Welsh, Scottish AND the Irish
- and anyone else you can think of

when it comes to national identity and accents etc :wink:

What would it take, for you to believe that I was an A grade student in geography and history in my teens :roll: :lol:

[salsero-Romania]

probably... BUT: I don't think anyone confused Wasghinton and Ottawa... (or was it Ney York and Montreal... can't really remember:)))...)... and anyway, to err is human...
still, gotta confess i'm impressed SOMEONE KNOWS the difference between Budapest and Bucharest... and this is not a joke! since Romania and Hungary share a border, their capitals are very often confused...

[Pacion]

Romania and Hungary share a border, their capitals are very often confused...

Yes, but not by me, unless I am hungry :lol:

[salsero-Romania]

:))) hope you're not hungry very often... and btw, Romanian food is VERY TASTY!

[SDsalsaguy]

DITTO . . . without a doubt, SD is the one I'd want to dance with . . .
Thanks Vince, and nothing personal, but I'd rather keep dancing with your wife! :tongue: (We'll make a full fledged salsera out of her yet!!! :twisted:)

Seriously though, I hope the few salsa pointers I gave you this past weekend were helpful.

[Pacion]

lol no, just a very busy day and didn't get to have lunch, which is when I try to eat my largest meal so, I am feeling it :wink:

Unfortunately, I am not consistent. What I mean is, if I have a busy day, I either don't "feel hungry" or, I feel so hungry, food is all I can think off :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

still, gotta confess i'm impressed SOMEONE KNOWS the difference between Budapest and Bucharest... and this is not a joke!
I'd hope I'd know the difference . . . especially seeing as I've been to one of them! (Budapest in 1995 for any enquiring minds [a.k.a. Pacion])

[salsero-Romania]

and how did you like it, SD?

[Pacion]

I'd hope I'd know the difference . . . especially seeing as I've been to one of them! (Budapest in 1995 for any enquiring minds [a.k.a. Pacion])

:bouncy: I love learning new things :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

and how did you like it, SD?
I really liked it SR. I'm sure it's changed a ton in the 9 years since I was there, but I really liked it! :D

[squirrel]

and at that time, did you find any salsa over there, in Budapest, SD?

[SDsalsaguy]

and at that time, did you find any salsa over there, in Budapest, SD?
Alas, that was still several years before I'd even heard of salsa dancing... :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

Anyone have a private jet? Hmm, Melbourne, England, and now Romania! We need to find one good meeting place for all the DF Salsa folks...hmm...must research! :D


Ah, how come Portugal isn´t on the tour list? :cry: It´s close to England... We can offer Port wine, sun and sandy beaches. :lol:

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

Romania and Hungary share a border, their capitals are very often confused...

Yes, but not by me, unless I am hungry :lol:

Not by me either salsero-Romania, this is common knowledge...

[Vince A]

DITTO . . . without a doubt, SD is the one I'd want to dance with . . .
Thanks Vince, and nothing personal, but I'd rather keep dancing with your wife! :tongue: (We'll make a full fledged salsera out of her yet!!! :twisted:)

Seriously though, I hope the few salsa pointers I gave you this past weekend were helpful.
I know, I know . . . my follow is just a bit weak!

She really likes Salsa now . . . thanks to you! And thanks to you, I have to learn more of it!!!! :wink:

She is already looking up places where she can take more and more lessons . . . not sure if she needs them as she does follow well, but I think she needs the styling stuff, maybe? Suggestions???

Those pointers you gave me? We've worked on them twice now so I wouldn't forget them, and we plan on dancing the weekend away practicing the stuff you gave and the stuff I got at my privates with Robert Campos and those new "Troy Dean" moves. Those moves are so hot! No one around here does them . . . we'll be the first, along with Robert!

[Gregorio]

I don't know ladies, I've seen Alex di Silva dance, and with what's her name liz lira, a pro is not necessarily the best dancer, the best dancer is the one that makes you feel good about dancing and dances with you not with everyone who's watching. the music tells you what to do, the dancer who can transfer the music into body movement and make you feel it and have it enter inside you is the best dancer, and for all I care, that could be a, heaven forbid, beginner or inetrmediate!!!

[Sabor]

well, for one or two, i would definetely cherish a salsa-romantica with Pacion and Salsachinita :D

[Pacion]

:oops: Sabor



=> me :ladiesma: <= me again, after I have run round to the other side :lol: and I guess that is you in the middle, with a big grin on your face :lol:

[Sabor]

:lol: .. wow! u could be in 2 places at the same time huh :lol: .. now thats faaast!.. i bet u do some wicked shines aye :wink:

[salsachinita]

well, for one or two, i would definetely cherish a salsa-romantica with Pacion and Salsachinita :D

:oops: :oops: :oops:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

....yeeees...!

[Pacion]

Anyone else? :banana: :lol:

[tj]

I don't know ladies, I've seen Alex di Silva dance, and with what's her name liz lira, a pro is not necessarily the best dancer, the best dancer is the one that makes you feel good about dancing and dances with you not with everyone who's watching. the music tells you what to do, the dancer who can transfer the music into body movement and make you feel it and have it enter inside you is the best dancer, and for all I care, that could be a, heaven forbid, beginner or inetrmediate!!!

Welcome to DF, Gregorio.

I totally agree with the sentiment of what you're saying - I find connection to be so much more enjoyable and fulfilling versus how "big of a name" dancer, one's partner is.

And on a side note, as someone who has met and danced with Liz Lira, I do want to say that she's one of the nicest, most down-to-earth "salsa celebrities" that I've ever met.

[tj]

Anyone have a private jet? Hmm, Melbourne, England, and now Romania! We need to find one good meeting place for all the DF Salsa folks...hmm...must research! :D


Ah, how come Portugal isn´t on the tour list? :cry: It´s close to England... We can offer Port wine, sun and sandy beaches. :lol:

As soon as we get the private jet, I'll be there!
:wink:

[Twilight_Elena]

Since I'm a modest sort of girl ( :P ), I'd never dare to dance with someone well known or anything. I am very, very tiny.
So I'd have to say... my salsa teacher :D , who is such an amazing lead I don't really understand how I'm doing the steps I'm doing; they sort of... happen! He doesn't dance with students very often outside lessons, but we danced a merengue once and it was one of the best dances tiny little me has ever danced.
Feels like dirt on dancing shoe heel here... :)

Twilight_Elena

[tj]

Since I'm a modest sort of girl ( :P ), I'd never dare to dance with someone well known or anything. I am very, very tiny.
So I'd have to say... my salsa teacher :D , who is such an amazing lead I don't really understand how I'm doing the steps I'm doing; they sort of... happen! He doesn't dance with students very often outside lessons, but we danced a merengue once and it was one of the best dances tiny little me has ever danced.
Feels like dirt on dancing shoe heel here... :)

Twilight_Elena

Welcome to DF, Twilight_Elena!

It's *******ing to hear you say things like this, since I've heard the opposite so very often.

[peachexploration]

Hi Twilight_Elena! Welcome to Dance Forums. :D

[Sagitta]

Since I'm a modest sort of girl ( :P ), I'd never dare to dance with someone well known or anything. I am very, very tiny.
So I'd have to say... my salsa teacher :D , who is such an amazing lead I don't really understand how I'm doing the steps I'm doing; they sort of... happen! He doesn't dance with students very often outside lessons, but we danced a merengue once and it was one of the best dances tiny little me has ever danced.
Feels like dirt on dancing shoe heel here... :)

Twilight_Elena

Welcome. Nice avatar there with that AT pose. :) I think...

I'll dance with anyone. I don't want to dance with famous salsero/s or salsera/s. I want all my dances to be dances of connection and oneness. :)

[azzey]

I feel quite lucky. I've already had some of my dream dances.

I was at the UK congress in September (my first) and spent most of the time in the early hours dancing with the Tropical Gem girls (Sandy Ramos, Alyra Lennox and Daniela Marrella) every day. I didn't really know who they were until then! :lol:

Also had a couple of dances with Edie the Salsa Freak, Luda (Latin Motion Australia), Johnny Vasquez partner (forget her name, she was sooo hot), Mia Torres, Salsara and a few others.

Also got invited into a Rueda with the pro's. That was really cool!

I have to say that out of everyone Sandy was the best as her following, spins (4 spins every time) and body movement are amazing. She even made me look good. Which is saying something. :lol: I am only intermediate and thanks to her I got to dance with more pro's than anyone could reasonably expect. Probably had 30-40 dances over the weekend, the majority with Sandy. She was really nice.

A lot of the dancing was in the pro circle on the carpet which would have been scary if I had thought about it. When I got home I had to pinch myself. Just hope I have the bottle to do it again next year.

When I get to my next event I guess I'd most like to dance with Melissa Fernandez, Janet (Raphael's Cuban partner) and Joby Martinez.

[ReneeJoan]

I know this is HOPELESSLY parochial, particularly as I am not a salsa dancer and don't know any of the big names whatsoever. But I never tire of watching my teacher, Felix Chavez, dance salsa. He does it differently than anyone else I've ever seen, it's more subtle, less sloppy, and 10,000 times sexier than any salsero I've seen in a movie or a club. And dancing salsa with him, even with my fledgling skills, he's so flirtacious, so playful, so naughty, so fun, so abandoned. I'm not very good (I took salsa lessons from him for six months and I think I cried at every lesson trying to learn that Cuban hip action, to feel the rhythm, feel my body, get out of my head and just let go and be earthy and sexy and flirty), and I don't think dancing with me was all that fun for him, but I'd rather dance with Felix than any other man alive. As most of the tangueros in Los Angeles have learned (to their chagrin), when Felix Chavez walks into a milonga, other men simply cease to exist.

Renee

[tj]

I know this is HOPELESSLY parochial, particularly as I am not a salsa dancer and don't know any of the big names whatsoever. But I never tire of watching my teacher, Felix Chavez, dance salsa. He does it differently than anyone else I've ever seen, it's more subtle, less sloppy, and 10,000 times sexier than any salsero I've seen in a movie or a club. And dancing salsa with him, even with my fledgling skills, he's so flirtacious, so playful, so naughty, so fun, so abandoned. I'm not very good (I took salsa lessons from him for six months and I think I cried at every lesson trying to learn that Cuban hip action, to feel the rhythm, feel my body, get out of my head and just let go and be earthy and sexy and flirty), and I don't think dancing with me was all that fun for him, but I'd rather dance with Felix than any other man alive. As most of the tangueros in Los Angeles have learned (to their chagrin), when Felix Chavez walks into a milonga, other men simply cease to exist.

Renee

Sounds like someone's got a Tango version of a "salsa crush". :wink: 8)

[ReneeJoan]

Um, yeah. *blush, blush*[/img]

[youngsta]

And on a side note, as someone who has met and danced with Liz Lira, I do want to say that she's one of the nicest, most down-to-earth "salsa celebrities" that I've ever met.
Let me second that! And she is simply amazing to lead!!

[Twilight_Elena]

Welcome. Nice avatar there with that AT pose. :) I think...


It's "Salsa Dancers", by Bill Brauer. Here's a linky. (http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10100144/Salsa_Dancers.htm?ui=86FFB48EC5CF44469F5B13E364A6F 66A)
They do look sort of AT, don't they?
And thanks for everyone's welcome. You make it so easy for us newbies to adapt.

Twilight Elena

[meagalita]

first of all, hi everyone, i haven't posted here in a long time but it's great to be back. i just got back from nyc and took a class with mr. eddie torres and got to "dance" with him as he lead me through the pattern -- whoohoo! my dream lead would be fernando sosa of tropical gem, but i'd like a few more skills under my belt first. all of the tropical gem people are amazing, and nice too. anyone going to the rome salsa congress in may?
oh yes, i wanted to meet boriken salsero in nyc but wasn't able to reach him, maybe next time.

[peachexploration]

Hi meagalita, good to hear from you! :D

[SDsalsaguy]

oh yes, i wanted to meet boriken salsero in nyc but wasn't able to reach him, maybe next time.
He's been in PR. :wink:

[youngsta]

first of all, hi everyone, i haven't posted here in a long time but it's great to be back. i just got back from nyc and took a class with mr. eddie torres and got to "dance" with him as he lead me through the pattern -- whoohoo! my dream lead would be fernando sosa of tropical gem, but i'd like a few more skills under my belt first. all of the tropical gem people are amazing, and nice too. anyone going to the rome salsa congress in may?
oh yes, i wanted to meet boriken salsero in nyc but wasn't able to reach him, maybe next time.
Awesome Meaganne! I hope to get a chance to go to NY and take a few classes this year too.

[msjanemas]

For Mambo, it would have to be Polanco! He exemplifies dancing Mambo as I have always understood it to be.

And if I could only Bolero with Barishnikov I would die a happy woman! :lol:

[peachexploration]

.....And if I could only Bolero with Barishnikov I would die a happy woman! :lol:

:D :D :D

[youngsta]

anyone going to the rome salsa congress in may?
Rome in May? Haven't seen any info on it, do you have a link? I was looking at Belgium around that time, but Rome sounds pretty nice.

[Sabor]

anyone going to the rome salsa congress in may?
Rome in May? Haven't seen any info on it, do you have a link? I was looking at Belgium around that time, but Rome sounds pretty nice.

i thought it by end of March,, 24 - 27 or so.. i know this because i'm hoping i could go..

we're trying to go as a group from here .. it'd be very cool if it works out and even cooler if some u folk are gona be there! well.. fingers crossed!

[peachexploration]

There are events listed here :arrow: Annual Salsa Congresses & Events (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?p=60121#60121) There is one scheduled in March for Rome. :)

[meagalita]

yeah, let's go to rome! let's see, that gives me a few more months to improve my skills enough to ask fernando or one of the tropical gem guys for a dance :).
http://www.salsamemphis.com/tropicalgem.wmv
check them out! jaw-dropping..

[youngsta]

Oh March...uggg, can't do that. Already going to the Texas Congress in Houston. :(

[MacMoto]

Did someone mention Fernando Sosa? :bouncy:
:roll: :lol: :lol:

I can't go to Rome either (too soon after Zurich congress), but I hope you'll get a chance to dance with him, Meagalita! :D

[squirrel]

I also want to dance with him!

[phillysalsera]

Back in August Tropical Gem came to philadelphia and performed and taught a workshop at my studio. I got to dance with 3 of the guys :lol: including Fernando. They are all amazing.

[salsachinita]

We are off to Sydney Congress flying off in the morning :D !

Soooooo tired now, but I can't wait to meet all the top names!

[tj]

We are off to Sydney Congress flying off in the morning :D !

Soooooo tired now, but I can't wait to meet all the top names!


Ooo, have fun!

[SalseraLaura]

ummm...ive had many a famous salsero/a dance, its really exhillirating because you get so nervous that when i dance ok, i always ask for a 2nd dance so that my nerves have calmed slightly and i can dance better, but if it goes really badly or i get a bad vibe off the lead i usually run away after the first dance. heres my dances if i can remember them all, Edie the Salsa Freak, Al Espinosa, Terry Lewis, Sai Lee, Renee, Henry Knowles, Frankie Martinez, Patrick Mussendijk, Brian Van Der Kust, Geraldo & Magdalena, Orville Small and Mel C. If there are more that i cant remember right now; ill add them when i do.

[Estella]

- Frankie Martinez
- Al Espinoza
- Fernando Sosa
My favourite dancers!
8) Always a lot of fun! :wink: without making too much show!