Program
Workshop Timetable – NOTE This is the 2023 Timetable – Please Stay Tuned for Updates to the 2024 Program
***All Workshops cater for ALL levels of experience with our esteemed Cuban Dance & Music Masters
***ALL Afro-Cuban dances are the roots of Salsa and help you embody the rhythm and give context to the movements. If you are a professional dancer this will benefit your movement style and give you more fluidity. If you are a novice dancer, you will be amazed how your body will move more gracefully than what you had imagined.
SATURDAY
Workshops
9.30AM -Registrations Open
10AM – 10.30AM -Introduction to the weekend with artists and facilitators
10.30AM – 12PM – Son* – the father of Salsa includes live musicality, styling and footwork patterns
12.10AM – 1.10PM -Afro-Cuban Rumba – Styling for men & women
1.10-2.10PM – Lunchtime – Lunch-time sessions (TBA)
2.20PM – 3.20PM – Rumba Application – how to apply Afro-Cuban Rumba to Casino/ Cuban Salsa & Son
(Bata Drumming Masterclass 1 in Function Room)
3.30PM – 4.30PM – Cuban Salsaton – Learn some individual footwork and styling to express your individuality
(Bata Drumming Masterclass 2 in Function Room)
4.40PM – 5.40PM – Rueda de Casino* – Progressive Cuban Salsa ‘in the Wheel’ at its best with the latest moves from ALL the masters (*different levels available)
5.40PM
CLOSE of WORKSHOPS
(Cuban Dinner 7pm/ Hot Havana Night 8.30pm – late)
SUNDAY
Workshops
9.30AM – Registrations Open
10AM – 11AM – Arara dance – Asojano/ Afrekete – the tribal dances honouring the earth & the ocean originating from Dahomey region (Benin/ Nigeria)
11.10AM – 12.10PM – Bantu dance – Palo tribal dance from the Central & West Africa
12.20-1.20PM – Franco-Haitiano – the influence of the revolution in Haiti brought over to the east coast of Cuba
1.20PM – 2.20PM – Lunchtime – Lunch-time conference sessions (TBA)
2.25PM – 3.25PM – Yoruba chants – the ancient songs of the Yoruba tradition to live drumming (South-west Nigeria, Togo, Benin)
3.30PM – 5PM – Yoruba dance – Orisha dance of the Yoruba tradition
5PM – CLOSE OF WORKSHOPS
5.30PM Official Closing Ceremony