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Annual India International Salsa Congress from August 14 to 17
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Sizzle and shimmy and swivel. Get set to throw your mid-week professional propriety out of the window, while you burn up the dance floor. This Wednesday is the Chennai’s induction into the colourful world of the annual India International Salsa
Congress 2008. And this year, it’s bigger than ever.
The annual salsa congress — an alluring display of athletics, skill and flamboyancy — brings together some of India’s most prominent salsa dancers and famous salseros from around the world. Organised by the Lourd Vijay Dance Studio and held in Bangalore (for the fourth consecutive year) the event runs from August 14 to 17. This year’s congress features the ESPN World Salsa Championship Qualifiers, besides exhaustive workshops on the different aspects of dance. And of course — parties.
So, it’s appropriate that the congress begins with some serious partying, at Chennai’s most popular salsa venue, Havana at The Raintree Hotel on August 6. The party will be preceded by a workshop by Lourd Vijay, the festival director.
Lourd, who is based in Bangalore but comes to Chennai on weekends to teach salsa classes at Talwalkars (Anna Nagar), is a dancer, choreographer and instructor. He has travelled around the world, to places such as the United States, Israel, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Singapore to train under renowned dance instructors such as Eddie Torres, Frankie Martinez, Alex Da Silva and Liz Lira. He also conducts International salsa workshops, including one at the World Salsa Congress, in Italy and, recently, at the salsa Festival in Hong Kong.
The Chennai leg of the congress, beginning at Havana, opens with a Bachata workshop at 7 p.m., followed by a session on salsa shines.
On August 10, workshops begin at 2 p.m. at Dublin (The Park Sheraton) with a class on Zouk Lambada. Between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. learn how to look groovy on any dance floor with Afro-Cuban Funk and Body Isolation techniques. This will be followed by men’s styling, women’s styling and — of course — a salsa party, with performances and plenty of smooth moves.
For more details call 98842 72572 or log on to http://indiainternationalsalsacongress.com/
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