Archive for April, 2010
April 29th, 2010 | 
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A romantic comedy where a bored, overworked Estate Lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.
Duration : 0:6:23
Learning to dance freestyle requires combining anything movements that come from the heart with the rhythm of the music that is playing. Prepare for the basic rhythms of Latin music when dancing freestyle with advice from an experienced dance instructor in this free video on dancing.
Expert: Rosario Nene Ortega
Contact: www.goddessstore.com
Bio: Rosario Nene Ortega is a ballroom dance instructor at The Goddess Store in Hollywood, Florida.
Filmmaker: Paul Muller
Duration : 0:1:8
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Tags: dance lessons, dancers, dances, Dancing, latin dances, mexican dances, venezuelan dances | 
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This Gold Latin American DVD collection is the series that follows our Silver Latin videos. It consists of four discs showing the International Style of Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba, and Jive. These are the only videos produced in Canada that show the ISTD Gold syllabus of International style Latin American dances. Each DVD features Andy & Wendy Wong, owners and instructors of the largest dance studio in North America, teaching and demonstrating the steps exactly the way they do it in their hugely popular classes. Learn from these professionals who have taught over 15,000 students in their world-renowned dance studio, The Grand Ballroom. See their whole catalogue of instructional DVDs by visiting their online store at www.grandballroom.com.
Duration : 0:5:0
Posted in latin ballroom dancing |
Tags: advance, american, Ballroom, Dancing, gold, Intermediate, international, latin, level, rumba, style |
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TALK820 Radio Host, Mike Nabuurs, interviews Robert Tang from danceScape who is being featured in a television commercial for ParticipACTION, the national voice for physical activity and sport participation in Canada. The organization’s goal is to inspire Canadians to increase their level of activity and to inspire society to make it easier to become more physically active. Robert’s story (Ballroom Dancing for Fun, Fitness & Romance) was one out of almost 2,000 stories collected through ParticipACTIONs Get Inspired. Get Moving. campaign and posted directly to their online Wall of Inspiration. Robert and Beverley are directors of danceScape, located in downtown Burlington, Ontario.
Robert and his wife, Beverley, are former 3-time Canadian and 2-time Undefeated North American Amateur Standard Ballroom Champions. They have appeared on CBC Television’s Dragons’ Den & Fortune Hunters, as well as VIVA Television’s “Healthy Gourmet”. Their 2-DVD set, “for absolute beginners only ballroom dancing” (covering the Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Cha Cha, Rumba, Salsa, and Jive/Swing) is available at http://www.shopdragonsden.com/product.php?id=7 (portion of proceeds go towards the danceScape Endowment Fund).
For more information, visit http://www.participaction.com, http://www.dancescape.com, http://www.dancescape.org, and http://www.robert-tang.com. Tune in to the Mike “Nabuurs & Friends” radio show online at http://www.talk820.com/shows/777732
For dance studios in your local area, visit http://www.globaldancedirectory.com.
For upcoming dance events such as the Burlington Sound of Music’s Streetfest & Affair at the Square, as well as “Celebrate the Brant Inn” at the Waterfront at downtown Burlington, visit http://www.dancescape.com/events.
[Editor's Note: Thank you to Ann & Fred Edwards - http://www.dancescape.org/ann&fred - and "Bobbie" 
who continue to inspire us.]
Duration : 0:9:39
Posted in ballroom dancing classes |
Tags: ballroom dance lessons, burlington ontario, danceScape, dragons' den, mike nabuurs, participaction, robert tang, talk820 |
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San Diego Experience came to the Champion Ballroom Academy to find out more about ballroom dance lessons as a romantic Valentine’s Day gift… also, to talk with Mary Murphy about FOX So You Think You Can Dance.
Duration : 0:4:43
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Tags: Ballroom, dance, diego, mary, murphy, san, valentine's |
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A romantic comedy where a bored, overworked Estate Lawyer, upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.
Duration : 0:8:36
Learn how to do an inside turn as a couple salsa dancing with expert Latin dancing instruction from a professional salsa dancer in this free online dance lesson and choreography video clip.
Expert: Erika Occhipinti
Bio: Erika Occhipinti has taught thousands of students at her own Salsa Caliente Dance Studio in Tampa, Fla.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz
Duration : 0:2:24
This is a documentary that my english group did about Purdue’s Latin and Ballroom Dancing club
Duration : 0:6:45
These are four moves that we have developed during the years we have been balroom dancing. We want to share these in case some other couples want to enhance their dancing experience. Two lifts and two dips.
Duration : 0:1:39
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Brazil, the fifth largest country in South America , is a land rich in history, mystique and exceptions to the rule. Founded as a Portuguese colony in 1500 that was later known as the Empire of Brazil, it became a republic in 1889 and is now known as the Federative Republic of Brazil. Its official language is Portuguese, which is spoken by nearly the entire population – and the only Portuguese-speaking nation in Latin America – making its natural and cultural identity very distinct from its Spanish-speaking neighbors. Brazilian Portuguese is also different from that spoken in Portugal . It is fitting that the Museum of the Portuguese Language in Brazil ’s capital São Paulo is the first language museum in the world.
One of the founding members of the United Nations, Brazil is the world’s tenth largest economy and boasts a natural environment of unparalleled diversity and breathtaking geographic beauty, making it a great draw for international tourists seeking sun and beach and adventure forays into the Amazon Rainforest. But where Brazil really stands out in terms of its natural resources and cultural contribution to the world is music, specifically jazz. Although it can claim many fine classical composers, Brazil is where the great rhythm-and-beat styles of the samba, bossa nova, pagoda, frevo and many others found life.
“Watercolor of Brazil” (known in most English-speaking countries as simply “Brazil”), written in 1939 by politically militant composer Ary Barroso, became one of the most popular songs of all times and was the birth of the samba. Since then it has enjoyed innumerable recordings from Brazilian native musical artists like Antonio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto, but internationally as well by such legends as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney to still more recent versions by Placido Domingo, Dionne Warwick and the Ritchie Family. With the ballroom dancing craze fuelled by popular TV shows like “Dancing With the Stars,” the song ” Brazil ” and the samba have found a fresh generation of eager fans.
Arguably one of the most beloved and respected musicians of the 20/21st century is Brazil’s João Gilberto who rose to fame in the late 1950s when he slowed down the samba to work with his syncopated acoustic guitar. His cool, hip way of whispering lyrics made him an idol of U.S. beatniks and jazz artists alike, and he continues to inspire a new generation of pop artists like Gilberto Gil,Caetano Veloso and his own daughter Bebel Gilberto, now a star in her own right. But Gilberto’s place on the world jazz map was firmly stamped when a collaboration with songwriter Jobim, a fellow Brazilian, led them to record “Chega de Saudade” and create the bossa nova.
The bossa nova quickly became a craze in the United States and spread through the world after American jazz saxophone legend Stan Getz discovered the sound and recorded, amongst others, “The Girl From Ipanema” with Gilberto and his wife Astrud. Bossa nova-style jazz remained Getz’s icon sound until he died. Gilberto remains a superstar in Brazil and one of its greatest natural resources.
For more information on Brazil, visit http://www.brazilmicroblog.com and http://www.latinamicroblog.com.
John Parks
http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/music-of-brazil-690096.html
Here's your chance to literally waltz your way to grace, style and confidence on the dance floor! You will learn the essential components of this great ballroom dance, including Rise and Fall, Sway, and Footwork, as well as exploring steps that will showcase your waltz dancing and help you gain the poise to shine on the dance floor! 