 50 YEARS ON DVD
50 YEARS ON. AfroCuba de Matanzas has been produced to showcase the work of one of Cuba's most famous music and dance groups - Afrocuba de Matanzas.
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80 minutes
filmed in Matanzas, Cuba
genres presented: Congo, Lukumi, Carabali, Arara
The nine performance pieces on this DVD provide an overall view of the pantheon of Afro-Cuban cultures maintained in Matanzas province, located in the western end of the island of Cuba. These ritual dances, with their accompanying music and song, represent the cultural heritage of many of the vast numbers of African slaves who were brought to Cuba over the long and painful history of transatlantic slavery.
This DVD includes a twenty page booklet containing background information and details about the pieces.
DVD chapters
Palo (Congo) 13:39
Ochun with Oggun (Lukumi) 6:57
Abakua (Carabali) 11:40
San Lazaro (Arara) 11:21
Yemaya (Lukumi) 9:25
Oggun (Lukumi) 3:36
Bricamo (Carabali) 9:48
Chango (Lukumi) 5:09
Makuta (Congo) 8:07
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RUMBANDEO DVD
RUEDA COLLECTION. “Rueda de Buen Ache” features a group of dancers from Santiago de Cuba who demonstrate how they dance together at their own spirited house parties doing rueda de casino, one man dancing with 2 and 3 women
 TWO TITLES IN ONE DVD
video type: demonstration
dance level: intermediate - advanced
89 minutes
RUEDA DE BUEN ACHE - title #1
Rueda de Casino is a lively popular Cuban dance form in which couples partner dance in a circle and perform routines that are called by a leader.
special features
- original rueda turns created by the dancers
- scenes from the "Fiesta Santiaguera" dance party with a live band
- son dance styling
- suelta line dancing
- a slow motion section for learning complicated turns
- written notes to help track all the rueda moves
RUEDA FRESCA - title #2
Rueda Fresca (Fresh Wheel) features two amateur dance troupes of young people from Santiago de Cuba whose specialty is rueda de casino. These dancers are representative of a growing number of Cuban youth who are reconnecting with this dance tradition and making it their own by inventing new turns, moves, and stylings.
The performance style demonstrated in Rueda Fresca is highly inventive and complex. A single call represents not just two or three moves but an extended series of turns and dance maneuvers that often reflect a theme, as does the call "Festival de Jumping".
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MUEVE LA CINTURA DVD
MUEVE LA CINTURA. "Move Your Hips" DVD focuses on Cuban salsa dance styling as well as other Cuban dance forms that have been the inspiration.
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video type: demonstration & instruction
dance level: intermedi ate - advanced
66 Minutes
filmed in Havana, Cuba
dance genres: Cuban salsa casino in Spanish with English subtitles
part one - dance couples with live band Features seven remarkable Cuban dance couples, who dance together as a group, and who also dance as individual couples demonstrating their personal styles, at slow and fast dance tempos.
part two - the roots of salsa Cubana
Isaias Rojas, Director of the dance company "Ban Rara" demonstrates and explains the most popular Cuban dance forms in Cuba: rumba, danzon, son, cha cha cha, and mambo, and demonstrates how these older dance styles have influenced salsa.
part three - salsa Cubana basics (very brief)
Isaias demonstrates and explains the basic steps, turns, transitions, hand placement, and dancing to the clave or the melody.
part four - exercises
Isaias leads a series of exercises that help to loosen the body, giving that mobility for moving in the Cuban style - mueve la cintura !
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CASINO CUBANO DVD
CASINO CUBANO. Casino Cubano" is your introductory guide into the original Salsa from its roots or what is known in Cuba as “casino” the exciting popular dance style that draws heavily from Cuba's rich cultural traditions
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video type: instructional & demonstration
dance level: beginning - intermediate
45 minutes
filmed in Havana, Cuba
part one - casino dance instruction
Lazaro explains and demonstrates the basic steps, turns, and style of casino dancing accompanied by two members of his dance company, Ivan and Dayami.
part two - Cuban dance movement
These exercises, led by Dayami, are helpful in learning how to move and groove in the Cuban style.
part three - living Cuban dance traditions
The video concludes with a powerful performance of three traditional forms of Cuban dance that have significantly influenced contemporary casino dancing: orisha dance, rumba, and son. Ivan and Dayami end the video with an exciting casino solo.
"Casino Cubano" is in Spanish with printed notes in English explaining in detail all the dance instructions and content on the video
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RUMBANDEO DVD
RUMBAMBEO. “Rumbambeo” is an Afro-Cuban music and dance performance of a unique gathering of some of the most outstanding musicians, singers, and dancers in Cuba today.
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75 Minutes
filmed in Havana, Cuba
genres presented: rumba, makuta, palo, iyesa, rumba-bata, guarapachangui.
The project was inspired by the creative energy and leadership of Santiago "Chaguito" Garzon Rill, the former musical director of “Rumberos de Cuba”. For this project Chaguito invited a group of exceptional artist friends and rumba figures to perform what they passionately live for... cajon-bata-rumba.
part 1 - cajon de muertos "espiritismo sacred music"
1 - plegaria
2 - makuta
3 - palo
part 2 - wemilere "fiesta de Los Orishas"
4 - bata
5 - iyesa
part 3 - rumba
6 - yambu
7 - guarapachangui
8 - guaguanco I
9 - columbia
10 - guaguanco II
11 - rumba-bata
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CASINANDO DVD
CASINANDO. This latest DVD featuring salsa Cubana, better known in Cuba as "casino". This title has four parts focusing on demonstrations of salsa Cubana styling along with a section of dance instruction. Featuring Yanet Fuentes & Luis "Nichito"
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78 minutes
Filmed in Havana, Cuba
video type: demonstration & instruction
dance level: beginning - intermediate - advanced
part one - group dance
All the couples dance together in rueda de casino circle formation and then split off and dance separately as couples. Live music by "Chaguito Y Sus Timberos".
part two - individual couples styling
Nine professional dancers demonstrate their personal dance styles drawing from their own creativity as well as from traditional and modern influences. The dance demonstrations are done at medium and fast tempos.
part three - featured dance couple
Two professional Cuban dancer-choreographers, now living live in Europe, Luis "Nichito" Castillo (Paris) and Yanet Fuentes Torres (London), demonstrate their unique salsa-casino style at fast and slow tempos along with their interpretation of salsa-rumba.
part four - salsa-casino dance instruction
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