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Where to dance
Paris’s can’t-miss clubs - Updated !
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Jack "El Oso"
Looking down at the Barrio.
This article was last updated on July 16, 2010 and is complete to the best of our knowledge. However, organisation of salsa parties is a delicate and daunting task and information is subject to change...Please note also that on the rare occasions that the sun decides to come out again, you might be lucky to find salsa dancers spinning away on the Seine banks, by the Institut du Monde Arabe, if you’re lucky...
For the most recent information in French, (...)(... lire la suite)
Interview : Susan Sparks
An American in Paris
From la Coupole to Le Marais, LA style has an ambassador in Paris
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Tell me who you are, and where you come from ?
My name is Susan Sparks and I come from Los Angeles, California. I’ve been teaching salsa in Paris at my own school since 1992.
Why did you leave California ?
I left California because I was going to do a dance workshop. That was my first trip to Paris. I fell in love with it at that time and I said, I’m going to try to succeed, I’m going to try to come back, and I did, then I met the man of my dreams, and the rest is (...)(... lire la suite)
SalsAventura : Morry Krispijn
Learning the old-school Dutch moves
Teaching techniques captured after a visit to Bretagne
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On November 30, 2005 Morry has just returned to Holland after a weekend salsa workshop with Los Loquitos de la Salsa in Rennes, France. Around midnight, he’s just finished teaching four hours of classes, his voice raspy from fatigue ; we begin the phone interview by talking about cold remedies.
Writing down the steps for a shine in progress. November 2005.
He laughs : You notice how important your voice is when you’re about to lose it ; and tonight, now that it’s (...)(... lire la suite)
Maurice of Les Etoiles
Echoes from Parisian salsa’s past
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Maurice was interviewed on November 5, 2005, on a Saturday afternoon following a busy Friday night salsa party at Les Etoiles, one of the oldest homes of salsa in Paris.
Maurice, the man behind Les Etoiles.
Please start by telling me your name.
It’s not important, I am Maurice of Les Etoiles.
How long have you owned Les Etoiles ?
Since 1984. Before I worked in clothing. For several generations in my family we’ve worked in clothes and I became the black sheep of my (...)(... lire la suite)
Roberto el Cubano
The long arm of Parisian salsa
Getting down to Cuban sounds
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Roberto el Cubano was interviewed on October 14, 2005 in his apartment in Paris, accompanied by Rikke, his Danish girlfriend, and Carla, their daughter. Over a great lunch and the sounds of Pablo Milanes and an auditory sampling of reggaeton, he talked about his experience of Parisian salsa.
Roberto El Cubano.
Describe the context in which you grew up ?
I was born in Havana. My father was an intellectual who worked as an engineer, and also was a professor at the University, but he (...)(... lire la suite)
Cliford and Valérie of Salsabor
Exploring the soul of salsa
Talking with the most-seasoned mamberos in Paris
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Cliford was interviewed at the première of Le Privé on Saturday, September 3, 2005. It was 2 a.m. on a métro grating, outside the club where he and Valérie and their first students brought ’portorican’ salsa to Paris ten years ago. Valérie was interviewed by phone the next day, and their words are excerpted and intertwined for you, here.
Valérie, before going on-stage in the première of Salsamor Fever, June 8, 2005. Cliford leads students at Le Privé, stepping back into (...)(... lire la suite)
Orville Small
Razor-sharp and switchblade smooth...
Coming at you live from the Mondial de la Salsa de Paris, 2005
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Orville Small and his partner Sabrina Buis have been making waves on both sides of the Atlantic for their explosive, original dance style. The Mondial de la Salsa will bring them to Paris in June, 2005 : read on to learn the goods on Orville, the creative force behind the Blade choreography. (... lire la suite)
Where to learn salsa
Dance and drum like a Parisian latino
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This is a partial list of some of the top schools and instructors in Paris. In the city of Paris alone there is an instructor for every style, and nuance of style, in salsa and its sister dances… With this caveat in mind, please realize that this list doesn’t contain all of them, but is just a listing for where you might want to start if you would like to take a class or two to dance like we do in the City of Light. (... lire la suite)
How to get there
Addresses
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Jack "El Oso"
Where to find the schools and clubs to make your Parisian salsa experience complete. The postal code is the key to the arrondissement : the last two characters contain the number of the arrondissement, or section of town. (... lire la suite)
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