Salsa festivals and congresses

Salsa is a syncretic dance genre from Cuba, as the meeting point of European and African popular culture. It later spread to Puerto Rico and the rest of the Caribbean Isles. Salsa is essentially Cuban with deep Afro-Cuban beats, and additional musical influences from Son, Guaguancó, Rumba. Salsa was later improvised to regional rhythms such as Boogaloo, Pachanga, Guaracha, and Bomba.

Johnny Pacheco, creator of the Fania All-Stars, who "brought salsa to New York", with members including Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Larry Harlow, Johnny Pacheco, Roberto Roena and Bobby ValentÃn, says "Bueno, la Salsa es y siempre ha sido la Música Cubana", meaning "Well, salsa is and has always been Cuban music."

Salsa is normally a partner dance, although there are recognized solo forms, line dancing (suelta), and Rueda de Casino where groups of couples exchange partners in a circle. Salsa can be improvised or performed with a set routine.

Salsa is popular throughout Latin America, and also in the United States, Spain, Japan, Portugal, France, Eastern Europe and Italy.

The name "salsa" is the Spanish word for sauce, connoting, in American Spanish, a spicy flavor. Salsa also suggests a "mixture" of ingredients, though this meaning is not found in most stories of the term's origin.

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

Salsa featured artists

Salsa events in May 2013

20 - 26 May Turkish International Salsa Festival (Antalya, Turkey)
24 - 26 May Algeciras Baila (Algeciras, Spain)
24 - 26 May Festival International Bordeaux Open Salsa (Bordeaux, France)
24 - 26 May Connecticut Salsa Fest (Stamford, CT, United States)
24 - 26 May DouDoule Latin Dance Camp (Burleigh Heads, Australia)
26 May - 2 Jun Que Viva la Salsa (Vieste, Italy)
28 May - 1 Jun Fujairah Latin Festival (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
30 May - 2 Jun Explosion de ritmo (Barcelona, Spain)
31 May - 2 Jun Paris UBUNTU Salsa Congress (Paris, France)

Salsa events in June 2013

1 - 8 Jun SalSensual Costa Brava (Roses, Spain)
6 - 9 Jun MurciaFusion & Bachata Open (Murcia, Spain)
7 - 9 Jun Clave Latina Festival (London, United Kingdom)
7 - 9 Jun Lady Salsa Festival (Stuttgart, Germany)
7 - 9 Jun Somos Cuba Festval 2eme Edition (Lille, France)
7 - 9 Jun Morocco Salsa Contest "4ème édition" (Casablanca, Morocco)
14 - 16 Jun Latino Festival Urbano (Prague, Czech Republic)
14 - 16 Jun 6. International Bachata Weekender (Oslo, Norway)
14 - 17 Jun Portland Salsa Congress (Portland, OR, United States)
15 - 16 Jun A lo Cubano! Cuban salsa weekend in Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe, Germany)
20 - 23 Jun Salsafestival Dresden (Dresden, Germany)
25 Jun - 1 Jul Croatian Summer Salsa Festival (Rovinj, Croatia)
26 - 29 Jun Congreso y Campeonato Internacional Salsa (Puebla, Mexico)
27 Jun - 1 Jul White Nights Salsa Fest (St. Petersburg, Russia)
27 - 30 Jun Sweden Dance (Västervik, Sweden)
28 - 30 Jun Bizkaisalsa (Bilbao, Spain)
28 - 30 Jun Salsa Stras' Festival (Strasbourg, France)

Salsa events in July 2013

4 - 8 Jul 4th Summer Fresa Dance Festival (Solenice, Czech Republic)
4 - 13 Jul 5th Warsaw Summer Salsa & Kizomba Festival (Warsaw, Poland)
4 - 7 Jul Warsaw Summer Salsa & Kizomba Festival (Warsaw, Poland)
5 - 7 Jul Mambo (On2) Festival Munich (Munich, Germany)
5 - 7 Jul 1st Festival Salsadura (New York City, NY, United States)
5 - 8 Jul Salsa y Punto Dance Festival (Valencia, Spain)
5 - 7 Jul Salsa Festival Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
7 - 20 Jul Nordic Salsa Camp (Brandbjerg, Denmark)
10 - 14 Jul Benidorm Salsa Festival (Benidorm, Spain)
11 - 15 Jul International Salsafestival in Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
11 - 14 Jul Youth Dance Festival (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)
12 - 14 Jul Thessaloniki Afro Cuban Salsafest (Thessalonika, Greece)
12 - 14 Jul Tropical Afrocuban Salsafest (Chalcidice, Greece)
12 - 14 Jul India International Dance Congress (Bangalore, India)
16 - 22 Jul Salsa Beach Splash Festival (Šibenik, Croatia)
18 - 21 Jul Salsa Dance Summer Festival (Portorož, Slovenia)
18 - 21 Jul Freiburg Salsa Festival (Freiburg, Germany)
18 - 21 Jul Salsa Dance Festival (Portschach, Austria)
18 - 21 Jul Freiburg Salsa Festival (Freiburg, Germany)
19 - 21 Jul Tampere Salsa Festival (Tampere, Finland)
19 - 21 Jul 3. Salseros Weekend (St. Petersburg, Russia)
19 - 21 Jul Festival "Step in Dance" (Biarritz, France)
21 Jul - 3 Aug Tanzfestival Bielefeld (Bielefeld, Germany)
25 - 28 Jul Tempo Latino Festival (Vic-Fezensac, France)

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

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