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 February 2012

03 - 05 Feb Salsa Kingdom (cancelled) (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
17 - 20 Feb Afro Cuban Salsa Festival (Hayling Island, United Kingdom)
17 - 19 Feb Nordic Salsa Experience (Drammen, Norway)
17 - 19 Feb Cuba Weekend (Stuttgart, Germany)
17 - 19 Feb Timba 92 Festival Salsa des Hauts-de-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine, France)
17 - 19 Feb Casa de Baila Baila Fest (Tallinn, Estonia)
23 - 26 Feb Tennessee Salsa Congress (Knoxville, TN, United States)
24 - 26 Feb 1st International Salsa Festival Turku (Turku, Finland)

Cuban Salsa events in March 2012

02 - 04 Mar CubaMiSalsa Budapest (Budapest, Hungary)
03 - 04 Mar Ahora Cuba (Lyon, France)
08 - 10 Mar International Salsa congress in St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Russia)
09 - 11 Mar International Zouk Austria Congress (Vienna, Austria)
09 - 11 Mar Euskalsalsa (Vitoria, Spain)
16 - 18 Mar Congreso Afro-Latino (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
16 - 17 Mar Latino Festival Urbano (spring edition) (Prague, Czech Republic)
22 - 28 Mar Mediterranean Salsa Congress (Eilat, Israel)
22 - 25 Mar Salsa Festival Candela & Friends (Karlsruhe, Germany)
23 - 25 Mar Athens Salsa Spring Festival (Athens, Greece)
23 - 25 Mar Festival International Salsamonaco (Monaco, Monaco)
29 Mar - 1 Apr Scandinavian Salsa Congress (Gothenburg, Sweden)
30 Mar - 2 Apr 3rd International St. Patrick's Salsa Festival (Dublin, Ireland)
30 Mar - 1 Apr Kings of Bachata (Le Mans, France)
31 Mar - 1 Apr Teesside Latin Dance Festival IV (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom)

Cuban Salsa events in April 2012

05 - 09 Apr London International Cuban Congress (London, United Kingdom)
06 - 08 Apr 8th Annual Baila Baila Salsa Festival (Helsinki, Finland)
12 - 15 Apr Rose CIty Salsa Festival (Portland, OR, United States)
13 - 16 Apr Danube Salsa Connection (Bratislava, Slovakia)
27 - 29 Apr Münster Salsa Deluxe Int. Festival (Munster, Germany)
27 - 29 Apr The Cuban Salsa Feeling Festival (Oslo, Norway)

Cuban Salsa events in May 2012

04 - 06 May Dias Cubanos (Leiden, Netherlands)
04 - 07 May MamboCity's 5Star London Salsa Congress (London, United Kingdom)
04 - 06 May Stockholm-Tallinn Salsa Cruise (Tallinn, Estonia)
04 - 06 May Toulouse Salsa Festival (Toulouse, France)
11 - 13 May Salsa Dance Festival (Portschach, Austria)
11 - 13 May SalsaMayovka (Kiev, Ukraine)
17 - 20 May La Semana Cubana (Sosa, Germany)
24 - 27 May CubaDanza Festival (Oslo, Norway)
24 - 27 May Cubanero Salsa Festival (Novi Sad, Serbia)
25 - 27 May Connecticut Salsa Fest (Stamford, CT, United States)

Cuban Salsa events in June 2012

01 - 03 Jun SalsAtlanta (Atlanta, GA, United States)
01 - 03 Jun NZ Pacific Salsa Congress (Wellington, New Zealand)
07 - 10 Jun Riga Salsa Festival (Riga, Latvia)
08 - 10 Jun Dublin Afro-Cuban Salsa Congress (Waterford, Ireland)
08 - 10 Jun Symposium Internacional de Salsa, Bachata & Kizomba (Figueira da Foz, Portugal)
08 - 09 Jun Morocco Salsa Contest "4ème édition" (Casablanca, Morocco)
08 - 10 Jun Cubalunya - St. Cyprien Salsa Festival (Saint-Cyprien, France)
12 - 18 Jun MamboCity Salsa Splash Spain (Alicante, Spain)
15 - 17 Jun Latino Festival Urbano (Prague, Czech Republic)
15 - 17 Jun Salsa Clubbing Salzburg (Salzburg, Austria)
19 - 25 Jun Croatian Summer Salsa Festival (Rovinj, Croatia)

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

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