Friday, 21 November 2008 |
 Azucena with Santo Rico dancers Learning how to dance, at any level, is like learning how to speak a new language: it takes patience, lots of practice, great instructors, someone to practice with, and then more patience...
Every now and then an aspiring dancer asks me for advice on how to really get good in Salsa.
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Sunday, 10 February 2008 |
 Left to right: Carmen, Azucena, Liz (Santo Rico) After what was truly an unprecedented Salsa fund raiser on my behalf with close to 200 people coming together to wish me farewell, I found myself in a hostel in New York City on a cold morning on September 5th, 2007. I hadn’t planned to be here exactly but circumstances had brought me to the Jazz in the Park hostel by Central Park. With fear and excitement bundled up in one package, I was to show up to my first practice with Santo Rico Dance Company later in the week....
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Wednesday, 25 July 2007 |
When we desire something in our lives and we hold a vision of the
future we want to create, extraordinary things will come our way to
help us achieve our goal
As with every journey that we take in life, we never know for sure
where we are headed. We may have an idea, a strong desire to go
somewhere, to achieve a particular goal, and yet life is so
deliciously unpredictable that we may be surprised where we end up.
My journey hasn't been easy, but it has been full of incredible
moments, amazing opportunities, and self-discovery. It all started when
I began dancing salsa while working as a software engineer a few years
back; 2003 to be exact...
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 |
Ever since we developed Salsa Grooves we have received many success stories from Salsa Grooves users from all over the World. Not only from instructors who want to effectively teach timing and rhythm, but also from students who use it to practice dancing on time as well as develop a clear understanding of salsa rhythms.
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
When we are able to recognize the different rhythms played in a song, there is no need to count 1,2,3...5,6,7. Instead, we can relax and allow ourselves to be guided by the music. This greatly improves our timing, makes our dancing more fluid and spontaneous, and allows us to enjoy every song even more...
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Thursday, 20 July 2006 |
Some of us would do the unthinkable to fulfill our dreams. Azucena Perez tells the editor of Austin's magazine "Ahora SÌ" how she did it in this interview...
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Sunday, 25 June 2006 |
This year the West Coast Salsa Congress was full of talent, great live
music, and camarederie. However, it would be the last time that Albert
Torres builds Salsa Land outdoors...
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Thursday, 22 June 2006 |
Whether you are just learning a new dance or are an experienced dancer, you will find that social dancing is one of the best ways to refine and reinforce what you’ve learned in class. The reason for this is simple, muscle memory. We all know that habits take time to form. And this is no different in dance. No one is born with a perfect lead or great spinning ability, but it is true that practice makes perfect.
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Monday, 13 March 2006 |
As some of you may know, at the beginning of this year I left my
full-time engineering job to fully devote my energy and time to my
dancing...
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Wednesday, 21 December 2005 |
 Las Vegas - Dec, 2005. Got up at 5:30am, prepared luggage and took a cab to airport… it turns
out that our plane was not allowed to take off due to a storm in
Houston.
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
Carlos and I were very proud to represent Austin in the Acapulco/Mexico salsa
congress this past weekend (http://www.mexicosalsacongress.com). The congress
was, in my opinion, a huge success for both Victor and Gaby who, in association
with Albert Torres, worked really hard to organize the first International salsa
congress in Mexico.
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