Salsa Holidays with Al "Liquid Silver" Espinoza & Karla (Los Angeles) and
Mimo & Nina (Munich) at Villa La Rogaia in Umbria, Italy
April 22 – 29, 2006
Come to Italy for a great fun holiday:
Two of the hippest Salsa couples
Al “Liquid Silver” Espinoza & Karla
Mimo (Mahmoud Aourane) & Nina
will teach this week at La Rogaia. A very special experience with intensive
lessons in a small group (maximum 8 couples) and an entire week with the
stars in a relaxed atmosphere. Lots of fun, dancing, eating, talking or just
sun bathing.
About the teachers:
Al “Liquid Silver” Spinoza combines salsa with his 20 years of pop locking,
break dancing and hip hop to create what is known today as millenium salsa (read below Al’s philosophy on Salsa). Al has been teaching and performing in more than 40 countries all over the world, together with the famous Edie Salsa Freak and now with his new talented partner Karla Siorella Palomina. In their classes they will demonstrate what to do if you are off beat, what to do when the woman is turning, cross body lead and open break styling as well as special partnering techniques.
Mimo is a brillant show dancer and choreographer, famous for his creativity and innovative style. With great success he has performed at numerous international festivals and is running his own Salsa school in
Munich,Germany. In his teaching he and his partner Nina focus on body
technique and rhythm. Their repertoire of spectacular figures is almost
unlimited. Learn with them how to grasp the soul of the Salsa...
This is what Al says about his Millenium Style:
“Millenium Style means abandoning the 1, dancing on your 1-2-3, and your 5-6-7. When you learn you should learn your basics, stepping forward, stepping backward, and learning the right steps, but after you get comfortable and you get to know where those are, then you can be honest on your 1 or 2, whatever you’re dancing on, and you can dance the rest of it while just being honest on 1. Honest means, in other words, if you’re dancing on 1, it doesn’t matter what you do in between or after as long as you come back to 1. You just want to keep a consistency on beat. I mean, everybody falls off the beat, just come back to your timing. So it gives the girls some kind of consistency to rely on. When you’re dancing, you’re incorporating a lot of boogaloos and use a lot of body waves. When you take
the basic steps, then you’re allowed to incorporate your hip-hop, your jazz or your ballet, and your tango. This just opens the door for more people who have a tango background or a jazz background. You should not abandon the pure salsa because that’s the whole root of this all. But I think you should mix a little bit. Let’s just spice it up a little bit. I would say do half and half. Half salsa with half locking, half tango, half jazz, whatever. But don’t abandon the salsa period because salsa was a dance created for man and woman, it keeps that alive, and you know it’s a passionate dance.” (courtesy of www.salsaspot. com, Salsa at Toronto).
Level: intermediate/ advanced
Teaching languages: English, German
Fee: EUR 695
Price includes 18 hours of teaching, lodging in doubleroom and food
(breakfast and dinner, all beverages inculded) for the entire week of the
course, including the booking charge. There is an extra charge for single
rooms of an additional EUR 110 per week. Please contact us about details of instruction, lodging and food.
About the location "La Rogaia":
· Come to Italy for a combination of Dance, Arts, Culture, Food, Wine and
more...
· Profit from individual teaching: our classes are limited to 8
participating couples. There is enough space to practice and of course
dancing every night. And if your feet or your back hurt: we offer wellness
massages and beauty treatment.
· Spend a relaxing week at Villa La Rogaia, an old country house with a
large garden. It is situated in the hills above Lake Trasimeno between Rome
and Florence. Participants stay in individually crafted double or single
rooms (shared bathroom for two bedrooms) or in holiday apartments (for two
persons), partly in a house at 2.5 km distance from La Rogaia.
· Get inspired by Italy's wealth of culture and history: visit historical
towns like Arezzo, Assisi, Perugia and many others.
· Combine your Dance vacation with cooking classes, olive harvest or learn
how to paint or sculpt marble.
· Our dance instructors work on your body language, to enhance the quality
of movement and your feeling of balance and grace. Classes will be held for
approximately three hours a day (18 hours a week), allowing for plenty of
time to enjoy the surroundings of the villa and to go for trips to the
nearby lake or towns. During the week we will check out the local Salsa
clubs and at the end there will be a Salsa party at Villa La Rogaia.
For further information please visit our website...
Salsa Holidays with Al "Liquid Silver" Espinoza & Karla (Los Angeles) and
Mimo & Nina (Munich) at Villa La Rogaia in Umbria, Italy
April 22 – 29, 2006
www.rogaia.com
Mimo & Nina (Munich) at Villa La Rogaia in Umbria, Italy
April 22 – 29, 2006
Come to Italy for a great fun holiday:
Two of the hippest Salsa couples
Al “Liquid Silver” Espinoza & Karla
Mimo (Mahmoud Aourane) & Nina
will teach this week at La Rogaia. A very special experience with intensive
lessons in a small group (maximum 8 couples) and an entire week with the
stars in a relaxed atmosphere. Lots of fun, dancing, eating, talking or just
sun bathing.
About the teachers:
Al “Liquid Silver” Spinoza combines salsa with his 20 years of pop locking,
break dancing and hip hop to create what is known today as millenium salsa (read below Al’s philosophy on Salsa). Al has been teaching and performing in more than 40 countries all over the world, together with the famous Edie Salsa Freak and now with his new talented partner Karla Siorella Palomina. In their classes they will demonstrate what to do if you are off beat, what to do when the woman is turning, cross body lead and open break styling as well as special partnering techniques.
Mimo is a brillant show dancer and choreographer, famous for his creativity and innovative style. With great success he has performed at numerous international festivals and is running his own Salsa school in
Munich,Germany. In his teaching he and his partner Nina focus on body
technique and rhythm. Their repertoire of spectacular figures is almost
unlimited. Learn with them how to grasp the soul of the Salsa...
This is what Al says about his Millenium Style:
“Millenium Style means abandoning the 1, dancing on your 1-2-3, and your 5-6-7. When you learn you should learn your basics, stepping forward, stepping backward, and learning the right steps, but after you get comfortable and you get to know where those are, then you can be honest on your 1 or 2, whatever you’re dancing on, and you can dance the rest of it while just being honest on 1. Honest means, in other words, if you’re dancing on 1, it doesn’t matter what you do in between or after as long as you come back to 1. You just want to keep a consistency on beat. I mean, everybody falls off the beat, just come back to your timing. So it gives the girls some kind of consistency to rely on. When you’re dancing, you’re incorporating a lot of boogaloos and use a lot of body waves. When you take
the basic steps, then you’re allowed to incorporate your hip-hop, your jazz or your ballet, and your tango. This just opens the door for more people who have a tango background or a jazz background. You should not abandon the pure salsa because that’s the whole root of this all. But I think you should mix a little bit. Let’s just spice it up a little bit. I would say do half and half. Half salsa with half locking, half tango, half jazz, whatever. But don’t abandon the salsa period because salsa was a dance created for man and woman, it keeps that alive, and you know it’s a passionate dance.” (courtesy of www.salsaspot. com, Salsa at Toronto).
Level: intermediate/ advanced
Teaching languages: English, German
Fee: EUR 695
Price includes 18 hours of teaching, lodging in doubleroom and food
(breakfast and dinner, all beverages inculded) for the entire week of the
course, including the booking charge. There is an extra charge for single
rooms of an additional EUR 110 per week. Please contact us about details of instruction, lodging and food.
About the location "La Rogaia":
· Come to Italy for a combination of Dance, Arts, Culture, Food, Wine and
more...
· Profit from individual teaching: our classes are limited to 8
participating couples. There is enough space to practice and of course
dancing every night. And if your feet or your back hurt: we offer wellness
massages and beauty treatment.
· Spend a relaxing week at Villa La Rogaia, an old country house with a
large garden. It is situated in the hills above Lake Trasimeno between Rome
and Florence. Participants stay in individually crafted double or single
rooms (shared bathroom for two bedrooms) or in holiday apartments (for two
persons), partly in a house at 2.5 km distance from La Rogaia.
· Get inspired by Italy's wealth of culture and history: visit historical
towns like Arezzo, Assisi, Perugia and many others.
· Combine your Dance vacation with cooking classes, olive harvest or learn
how to paint or sculpt marble.
· Our dance instructors work on your body language, to enhance the quality
of movement and your feeling of balance and grace. Classes will be held for
approximately three hours a day (18 hours a week), allowing for plenty of
time to enjoy the surroundings of the villa and to go for trips to the
nearby lake or towns. During the week we will check out the local Salsa
clubs and at the end there will be a Salsa party at Villa La Rogaia.
For further information please visit our website...
Salsa Holidays with Al "Liquid Silver" Espinoza & Karla (Los Angeles) and
Mimo & Nina (Munich) at Villa La Rogaia in Umbria, Italy
April 22 – 29, 2006
www.rogaia.com
Das absolute Wissen führt zu Pessimismus; die Kunst ist das Heilmittel dagegen.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), dt. Philosoph
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), dt. Philosoph
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