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 June 2012

29 - 30 Jun Y Salsa Live Festival (Lyon, France)
29 Jun - 1 Jul Children-Teen Salsa Congress (Orlando, FL, United States)
29 Jun - 1 Jul Brighton Salsa Festival (Brighton, United Kingdom)

Salsa events in July 2012

3 - 8 Jul Balaton Salsa&Zumba Congress (Balatonföldvár, Hungary)
4 - 8 Jul Colombia Salsa Festival (Medellin, Colombia)
5 - 8 Jul Salsa del Mar (Les Sables d Olonne, France)
5 - 8 Jul Las Vegas Salsa Congress (Las Vegas, NV, United States)
5 - 8 Jul 4th Warsaw Summer Salsa & Kizomba Festival (Warsaw, Poland)
5 - 9 Jul Orlando Salsa Congress (Orlando, FL, United States)
6 - 8 Jul Cannes Salsa Festival (Cannes, France)
6 - 8 Jul Salsanement (Breda, Netherlands)
6 - 8 Jul Salsa Festival in Konstanz (Constance, Germany)
6 - 8 Jul Salsa & Zouk Beach Festival (Scheveningen, Netherlands)
6 - 8 Jul Greek Salsa Bootcamp (Agria, Greece)
6 - 8 Jul Salsalux12 (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
9 - 14 Jul Tanzfestival Bielefeld (Bielefeld, Germany)
12 - 15 Jul U.S. Salsa Open Championships (Oakland, CA, United States)
12 - 16 Jul International Salsafestival in Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
13 - 15 Jul Tropical Afrocuban Salsafest (Chalcidice, Greece)
14 - 21 Jul Salsa Sea Chilling (Trogir, Croatia)
19 - 21 Jul Youth Dance Festival (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)
20 - 22 Jul Freiburg Salsa Festival (Freiburg, Germany)
20 - 27 Jul Salsa y Latin Jazz Barcelona Festival (Barcelona, Spain)
21 - 28 Jul Puerto Rico Salsa Congress (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
21 Jul - 5 Aug Festival Cuba Baila (Freiburg, Germany)
24 - 30 Jul Salsa Beach Splash Festival (Šibenik, Croatia)
24 - 29 Jul 6th Salsa Summer Camp (Tønsberg, Norway)
26 - 30 Jul Salsa Mambo & Bachata Madness Festival (Palm Springs, CA, United States)
26 - 29 Jul Alaska Salsa Festival (Anchorage, AK, United States)
26 - 29 Jul Tempo Latino Festival (Vic-Fezensac, France)
26 - 29 Jul Salsa Dance Summer Festival (Portorož, Slovenia)
26 - 29 Jul Salsa Dance Summer Festival (Portorož, Slovenia)
27 - 29 Jul Summer Salsa Splash (Saulkrasti, Latvia)
27 - 29 Jul Kent Salsa Festival (Tonbridge, United Kingdom)
27 - 28 Jul Chim Pum Callao Congress (Niagara Falls, NY, United States)
27 - 29 Jul Tampere International Salsa Festival (Tampere, Finland)
27 - 29 Jul Pune International Dance Congress (Pune, India)
29 Jul - 12 Aug Salsaweek (Famagusta, Cyprus)

Salsa events in August 2012

1 - 5 Aug Miami Salsa Congress (Miami Beach, FL, United States)
2 - 5 Aug VI Lyon's Freestyle Festival (Alicante, Spain)
3 - 5 Aug Estonian Salsa Summercamp (Tallinn, Estonia)
3 - 4 Aug Venezuela es Latina (Caracas, Venezuela)
4 - 10 Aug 1st Dalmatia Summer Salsa Festival (Split, Croatia)
6 - 12 Aug Vama Veche Salsa Week (Cazare, Romania)
8 - 13 Aug DC Bachata Congress (Washington, DC, United States)
10 - 12 Aug Workshopfestival Düsseldorf (Dusseldorf, Germany)
11 - 13 Aug August Mambo Nights (Bermuda, Bermuda)
11 - 12 Aug Mini Mambo Festival (Munich, Germany)
17 - 19 Aug India International Salsa Congress (Bangalore, India)
17 - 19 Aug Salsa Festival Chemnitz - La Palma (Chemnitz, Germany)

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

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