Rueda de Casino festivals and congresses

Rueda de Casino (Rueda, Casino Rueda, Salsa Rueda) is a particular type of round dancing of Salsa. It was developed in Havana, Cuba in the late 1950s and early 1960s by the group Guaracheros de Regla and one of its main choreographers and creators was Jorge Alfaro from San Miguel del Padrón, a soloist of a comparsa.

Pairs of dancers form a circle, with dance moves called out by one person, a caller (or 'LÃder' or 'cantante' in Spanish). Many moves have hand signs to complement the calls; these are useful in noisy venues, where spoken calls might not be easily heard. Many moves involve the swapping of partners.

The names of the moves are mostly in Spanish, some in English (or Spanglish; e.g., "un fly"). Some names are known in slightly different versions, easily recognizable by Spanish-speaking dancers, but may be confusing to the rest.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rueda_de_casino

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Rueda de Casino events in February 2012

24 - 26 Feb Timbaleros Salsa Festival (Murcia, Spain)

Rueda de Casino events in March 2012

01 - 03 Mar 2nd Oman International Salsa and Dance Festival (Muscat, Oman)
03 - 04 Mar Ahora Cuba (Lyon, France)
08 - 10 Mar International Salsa congress in St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Russia)
09 - 11 Mar Euskalsalsa (Vitoria, Spain)
09 - 11 Mar 7. SalsaCongress (Maribor, Slovenia)
16 - 18 Mar Congreso Afro-Latino (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
16 - 18 Mar Ulm Salsa Festival (Ulm, Germany)
16 - 17 Mar Latino Festival Urbano (spring edition) (Prague, Czech Republic)
23 - 25 Mar Festival International Salsamonaco (Monaco, Monaco)
30 Mar - 2 Apr 3rd International St. Patrick's Salsa Festival (Dublin, Ireland)
31 Mar - 1 Apr Teesside Latin Dance Festival IV (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom)

Rueda de Casino events in April 2012

06 - 08 Apr Melbourne Latin Festival (Melbourne, Australia)
13 - 15 Apr Amigo Fest (Samara, Russia)
27 - 29 Apr Münster Salsa Deluxe Int. Festival (Munster, Germany)
27 - 29 Apr The Cuban Salsa Feeling Festival (Oslo, Norway)

Rueda de Casino events in May 2012

03 - 06 May Festival Cubano (Bielsko-Biała, Poland)
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 Timbachata - Festival Internacional de Timba y Bachata (Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
18 - 20 May DouDoule Latin Dance Camp (Burleigh Heads, Australia)
25 - 27 May Connecticut Salsa Fest (Stamford, CT, United States)

Rueda de Casino events in June 2012

01 - 03 Jun NZ Pacific Salsa Congress (Wellington, New Zealand)
08 - 10 Jun Dublin Afro-Cuban Salsa Congress (Waterford, Ireland)
08 - 10 Jun Cubalunya - St. Cyprien Salsa Festival (Saint-Cyprien, France)
12 - 18 Jun MamboCity Salsa Splash Spain (Alicante, Spain)
15 - 17 Jun Salsa Clubbing Salzburg (Salzburg, Austria)
19 - 25 Jun Croatian Summer Salsa Festival (Rovinj, Croatia)
22 - 25 Jun UK Salsa Central Weekend (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
22 - 24 Jun Salsa School Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)

Rueda de Casino events in July 2012

06 - 08 Jul Summer Salsa Weekender (Wigan, United Kingdom)
12 - 16 Jul International Salsafestival in Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
26 - 29 Jul Salsa Dance Summer Festival (Portorož, Slovenia)
27 - 29 Jul Ruedafestival Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)
27 - 31 Jul Pune International Dance Congress (Pune, India)

Rueda de Casino events in August 2012

03 - 05 Aug 5th CdB Gone Wild Salsa Camp (Tallinn, Estonia)
24 - 26 Aug Baltic Latino Congress (Riga, Latvia)
24 - 26 Aug Summer Salsa Congress Holland (Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands)
29 Aug - 3 Sep New York International Salsa Congress (New York City, NY, United States)

Rueda de Casino events in September 2012

06 - 09 Sep Norwegian Rueda Congress (Aarhus, Denmark)
07 - 09 Sep Lyon Salsa Congress (Lyon, France)
21 - 23 Sep Salsa Convention St. Gallen (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
27 Sep - 1 Oct Salsa Festival International de Marrakech (Marrakech, Morocco)
28 - 30 Sep Angoulême Salsa Festival (Angoulême, France)

Rueda de Casino events in October 2012

05 - 07 Oct Essex Latin Festival 2012 (Essex, United Kingdom)
12 - 14 Oct Tumbao Festival (Lille, France)
12 - 14 Oct Freestyle Salsa Fest (St. Petersburg, Russia)

* The highlighted events in this list are dedicated to Rueda de Casino, others feature it as an additional style.

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