Cuban Salsa festivals and congresses

Original movements from Son and Rhumba, it is danced in Cuba, Miami and Nicaragua, but also popular in Europe and China; there are many dedicated small communities all over the world often organized to dance casino.

Cuban-style salsa (also called Casino) can be danced either on the down beat ("a tiempo") or the upbeat ("a contratiempo"). Beats 1, 3, 5 and 7 are downbeats and 2, 4, 6 and 8 are upbeats.

Cuban-style Salsa is danced in three points which makes up the circular motion as male and female dancers face each other in intricate patterns. This is disctinctive from the North American styles which is danced in a slot and linear positions.

An essential element is the "Cuba step" (also known as Guapea), where the leader does a backward basic on 1-2-3 and a forward basic on 5-6-7. Usually the fourth beat is not counted but is taken into consideration as the "Cuban Tap". The follower does the same, thereby mirroring the leader's movement. Another characteristic of this style is that in many patterns the leader and follower circle around each other.

The cross body lead is an essential step in this style and is referred to as Salida Cubana or as Dile que no in Rueda de Casino Dancing. This move becomes essential in the more complex caca derivative of Cuban Casino leading to the many moves of Rueda, or wheel dance. Here multiple couples exchange partners and carry out moves synchronized by a caller.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa_%28dance%29

Cuban Salsa featured artists

Cuban Salsa events in May 2013

24 - 26 May Eventopeople Festival (Scalea, Italy)
24 - 26 May Festival International Bordeaux Open Salsa (Bordeaux, France)
24 - 26 May Connecticut Salsa Fest (Stamford, CT, United States)
24 - 26 May Algeciras Baila (Algeciras, Spain)

Cuban Salsa events in June 2013

7 - 9 Jun Morocco Salsa Contest "4ème édition" (Casablanca, Morocco)
7 - 10 Jun Salsa Vitamina Latin Paradise (Sliač, Slovakia)
7 - 9 Jun Somos Cuba Festval 2eme Edition (Lille, France)
13 - 16 Jun Riga Salsa Festival (Riga, Latvia)
14 - 16 Jun Latino Festival Urbano (Prague, Czech Republic)
15 - 16 Jun A lo Cubano! Cuban salsa weekend in Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe, Germany)
21 - 24 Jun Cuban Salsa Festival Brighton (Brighton, United Kingdom)
25 Jun - 1 Jul Croatian Summer Salsa Festival (Rovinj, Croatia)
28 - 30 Jun Salsa Stras' Festival (Strasbourg, France)
28 - 30 Jun Bizkaisalsa (Bilbao, Spain)

Cuban Salsa events in July 2013

4 - 7 Jul Warsaw Summer Salsa & Kizomba Festival (Warsaw, Poland)
5 - 8 Jul Summer Salsa Weekender (Wigan, United Kingdom)
7 - 20 Jul Nordic Salsa Camp (Brandbjerg, Denmark)
11 - 15 Jul International Salsafestival in Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
12 - 14 Jul Thessaloniki Afro Cuban Salsafest (Thessalonika, Greece)
12 - 14 Jul Tropical Afrocuban Salsafest (Chalcidice, Greece)
12 - 14 Jul Salsafestival Thüringen (Bad Lobenstein, Germany)
18 - 21 Jul Freiburg Salsa Festival (Freiburg, Germany)
18 - 21 Jul Salsa Dance Summer Festival (Portorož, Slovenia)
18 - 21 Jul Salsa Dance Festival (Portschach, Austria)
19 - 21 Jul Festival "Step in Dance" (Biarritz, France)
19 - 21 Jul Tampere Salsa Festival (Tampere, Finland)

Cuban Salsa events in August 2013

2 - 4 Aug Estonian Salsa Summercamp (Tallinn, Estonia)
15 - 19 Aug Cuban Salsa Festival (Koper, Slovenia)
19 - 25 Aug Timbalaye Festival Internacional De Rumba Cubana (Rome, Italy)
23 Aug - 25 Sep International Bachata Festival Bachaturo (Warsaw, Poland)
23 - 25 Aug Baltic Latino Congress (Riga, Latvia)
24 Aug - 1 Sep Salsa West on Beach 2nd Mission (Rivedoux-Plage, France)

Cuban Salsa events in September 2013

5 - 8 Sep SalsaNor's Rueda Congress (Southampton, United Kingdom)
6 - 13 Sep Salsa festival Santiago de Cuba: Baila en Santiago (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba)
12 - 16 Sep Salsa Festival International de Marrakech (Marrakech, Morocco)
13 - 15 Sep Havanna an der Ruhr (Duisburg, Germany)
13 - 16 Sep Afro Cuban Salsa Fiesta (Mundesley, United Kingdom)
19 - 22 Sep Salsamemucho (Shanghai, China)
27 - 29 Sep Festival "Step in Dance" (Paris, France)
27 - 29 Sep Barbados Latin Festival (Bridgetown, Barbados)

Cuban Salsa events in October 2013

4 - 6 Oct Afro Cuban Dance Festival UNiDANZA (Hamburg, Germany)
11 - 12 Oct SALSA CLUBBING SALZBURG 2013 (Salzburg, Austria)
11 - 13 Oct Stockholm Salsa Festival "A lo Cubano" (Stockholm, Sweden)
18 - 20 Oct Bachata me mucho! (Munich, Germany)
25 - 27 Oct Australian Rueda de Casino Championship (postponed!) (Sydney, Australia)

Cuban Salsa events in November 2013

22 - 24 Nov 9th Tallinn Salsa Festival (Tallinn, Estonia)
24 - 29 Nov Baila en Cuba (Havana, Cuba)

Cuban Salsa events in December 2013

5 - 8 Dec II Festival Internacional de Bachata y Mambo de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
6 - 8 Dec Congreso Afro-Latino (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

Cuban Salsa events in March 2014

6 - 9 Mar Frankfurt Salsa Festival (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

* The highlighted events in this list are dedicated to Cuban Salsa, others feature it as an additional style.

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