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 February 2012

23 - 26 Feb Euro Dance Festival (Freiburg, Germany)
23 - 26 Feb Tennessee Salsa Congress (Knoxville, TN, United States)
24 - 27 Feb Muxima Connexion II (Porto, Portugal)
24 - 27 Feb Latinfest Weekender (Torquai, United Kingdom)
24 - 26 Feb Timbaleros Salsa Festival (Murcia, Spain)
24 - 26 Feb Salsafestival Switzerland (Zurich, Switzerland)
24 - 26 Feb 1st International Salsa Festival Turku (Turku, Finland)
24 - 26 Feb Oscasalsa (Huesca, Spain)
25 - 26 Feb BACHATATION - Germany's Bachata Festival (Karlsruhe, Germany)
25 Feb - 3 Mar Salsa Ski Val Thorens (Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, France)
27 Feb - 4 Mar Hong Kong Salsa Festival (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Salsa events in March 2012

01 - 06 Mar Salsa Addicted Festival (Timisoara, Romania)
01 - 03 Mar 2nd Oman International Salsa and Dance Festival (Muscat, Oman)
01 - 04 Mar Vancouver International Salsafestival (Vancouver, Canada)
02 - 04 Mar Free Croatian Salsa Latina Istriana (Pula, Croatia)
02 - 04 Mar Salsa Gala Casablanca (Casablanca, Morocco)
02 - 04 Mar II Afrolatin Dance Congress (Pamplona, Spain)
02 - 04 Mar CubaMiSalsa Budapest (Budapest, Hungary)
03 - 04 Mar Marathon Salsa (La Garde, France)
08 - 10 Mar International Salsa congress in St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Russia)
09 - 10 Mar Salsa Ardiente (Liege, Belgium)
09 - 11 Mar XII Murcia Baila (Murcia, Spain)
09 - 11 Mar Euskalsalsa (Vitoria, Spain)
09 - 11 Mar 7. SalsaCongress (Maribor, Slovenia)
09 - 11 Mar Texas Salsa Congress (Houston, TX, United States)
09 - 11 Mar International Zouk Austria Congress (Vienna, Austria)
10 - 17 Mar Salsa & Ski (St Moritz, Switzerland)
16 - 17 Mar Latino Festival Urbano (spring edition) (Prague, Czech Republic)
16 - 18 Mar Bologna Salsa Festival (Bologna, Italy)
16 - 18 Mar Ulm Salsa Festival (Ulm, Germany)
16 - 18 Mar On 2 salsa Congress (Milan, Italy)
16 - 18 Mar Festival Salsa Swing (Strasbourg, France)
22 - 28 Mar Mediterranean Salsa Congress (Eilat, Israel)
22 - 25 Mar Salsa Festival Candela & Friends (Karlsruhe, Germany)
23 - 25 Mar Bachata Energy with Inaki Fernandez (Kiev, Ukraine)
23 - 25 Mar Festival International Salsamonaco (Monaco, Monaco)
23 - 25 Mar Athens Salsa Spring Festival (Athens, Greece)
23 - 25 Mar Adelaide Salsa Festival (Adelaide, Australia)
23 - 25 Mar Costa Rica Salsa Congress (San José, Costa Rica)
29 Mar - 1 Apr Scandinavian Salsa Congress (Gothenburg, Sweden)
30 Mar - 1 Apr Antwerp Diamond Salsa Congress (Antwerp, Belgium)
30 Mar - 2 Apr Cyprus Salsa Congress (Ayia Napa, Cyprus)
30 Mar - 2 Apr 3rd International St. Patrick's Salsa Festival (Dublin, Ireland)
31 Mar - 1 Apr SalsaSirena, Power&Passion (Hoofddorp, Netherlands)
31 Mar - 1 Apr Salsa Spring Break (Warsaw, Poland)
31 Mar - 1 Apr Teesside Latin Dance Festival IV (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom)

Salsa events in April 2012

05 - 09 Apr London International Cuban Congress (London, United Kingdom)
05 - 08 Apr IHSC - International Hustle & Salsa Competition (Miami, FL, United States)
05 - 07 Apr 4th Annual San Francisco Salsa Festival (San Francisco, CA, United States)
06 - 08 Apr Melbourne Latin Festival (Melbourne, Australia)

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

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