Roly maden biography of michael
Your top 10 role models?
These are often not the people who&#;ve taught you directly but the people you aspire to be like. They&#;re probably the people you&#;ve studied and watched video of most often.
Here&#;s my list. Yes, because I do quite a few styles I have rather a longer list than most people.
** LA Style **
Francisco Vasquez- Musicality, power-leading, sharp turns, spinning, Rumba, dips/lifts/tricks, attitude, sharp styling, using the floor.
Fernando Sosa- Smooth leading LA style, musicality, Rumba.
Luis Vasquez- Funky footwork, LA attitude, basic turn patterns.
Willy Narkorn- musicality, basic footwork, body movement.
Rogelio Moreno- Footwork.
Alex Da Silva- Basic footwork, flirty moves, hand tosses
Johnny Vasquez- Smooth dips, spinning, musicality.
Al Espinosa- Hand shines, playing with the girl.
Jimmy Rumba- CBL.
Cristian Oviedo- Posture, musicality.
** NY/other **
Frankie Martinez- Musicality, smooth leading, playing with the girl, turning, original footwork, Rumba in Salsa.
Milton Cobo- Smooth leading.
Felipe Polanco- Smooth leading.
Orville Small- Arm/hand tosses, Rumba, technique, style.
Andres Giraldo- Footwork, complex combinations.
Ismael Otero- spinning the girl.
Juan Matos- Body movement, style.
James Cobo- Body movement.
Mike (U-tribe)- Cuban body movement in LA style.
Oliver Pineda- Presentation.
** Cuban style **
Yanek Revilla- Mad mad dancing, footwork syncopations, musicality, cool moves, originality, improvisation
Roynet Perez- Footwork syncopations.
Osbanis Tejeda- Basics, Rumba.
Raphael Del Busto- Mixing Cuban & PR salsa, Rumba, Guapea&#;s.
Joel Hernandez- Making the girl feel special.
Jorge Camaguey- Body movement, musicality, footwork quality, basics, cool moves.
Juan Jose Ortiz- Complex pretzels, cool impossible looking moves, musica
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I have given up.
Despite years of trying to inform and educate people about the dance of casino, it is almost impossible for me to navigate social media now without seeing a post or a video about Cuban salsa (thanks, algorithm!). The term has caught on like wildfire and spread across the globe. And it makes sense. The moniker has a twofold effect: it draws people in by appealing to something they know (salsa dancing), and it ignites their desire to experience something exotic (Cuba). You put these two things together in a capitalist market that cares nothing for culture or authenticity (so long, bachata and kizomba!), and you have a winner.
I should have realized this was a losing battle from the beginning. There are more people who take up dancing because they want to have a good time, make friends or meet new people–heck, even get a cardio workout–than those who do it because they care about culture, and actually understand how their careless consumption of a foreign, cultural product can reshape it abroad. It’s the battle of the few against the many. It always has been. And we all know how those typically end.
So I have given up trying to fight the term “Cuban salsa”; trying to get people to call the dance by its given name: casino; trying to get people to not dance casino as if it were on1 or on2 salsa; trying to “fix” things.
The term is here to stay, whether I like it or not. So I have accepted it. That’s why I have given up trying to get people to not use it.
That, and another, more important reason.
Cuban salsa, as it is being taught and danced in many places around the world, has now become more than a synonym for casino. It might have been an interchangeable term at the beginning (and that is what I was personally fighting at first). With time, however, what is known as “Cuban salsa” has–as I argued it predictably would–morphed into something else.
In other words, I have given up on trying to fight the term
Cuban Salsa Dance Artists
If you love Cuban Salsa or even Salsa in general – here are the current top 10 artists who you have to know about, you are likely to come across them online or at Latin dance festivals. By learning about the dance and the masters who dance it, we deepen our connection, knowledge to the music and movements and overall dancing experience.
Maykel Fonts. Style, passion, skill, and charm combined to make this incredible dancer, and basically a Cuban Salsa celebrity and star in the dance world. He completed his studies in Cuba in ballet, modern and contemporary dance, jazz, hip hop, flamenco, acrobatics, as well as Cuban folklore dance, Afro and Rumba.
Living in Italy, Fonts teaches regularly at world festivals, and performs often, he also featured in the dance movie StreetDance 2 and Latin Dream! He is the life of the party, and you’ll never believe he is coming up to 47 years!
Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, Jimenez studied music and took up dance to compliment her artistic career. She then moved to Italy where she has been on the stage for many years performing and teaching around Europe and in festivals across the world.
She is an energetic, strong and charismatic dancer, famous for Cuban salsa, Afro-rumba, timba, and lady-styling, as well as reggaeton and hip hop, she often combines contemporary and modern dances in her choreography. Her signature move includes the twerk/ booty shake. If you get the chance to attend her classes, don’t miss it!
The only couple on our list for Cuban Salsa artists, Wilmer y Maria, super cool and creative pair who always have fun when they dance! Drawing from their ballet training which gives them those elegant lines they mix Afro-rumba and Cuban folkdance with contemporary dance styles.
Featured in many large festivals across Europe, Wilmer y Maria stand out as fantastic teachers with challenging routines and focus on Son, Afro-contemporary and Cuba
Bucks signs Baby Strange frontman Johnny Madden
Madden has worked with the likes of Spyres, Pretty Preachers Club, Pleasure Heads, Dogtooth, Sophie Wood and The Dunts
Bucks Music Group has signed Baby Strange frontman, producer and songwriter Johnny Madden to an exclusive, worldwide publishing deal.
Madden is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist and chief songwriter of Glaswegian punk sensations Baby Strange. He is also a highly sought-after songwriter outside of the band and has become established as a trailblazer within the Scottish music scene.
Achieving success with their album Want It, Need It and EP Land Of Nothing, Baby Strange have gained praise from tastemakers far and wide, including Annie Mac, Huw Stevens, Zane Lowe, and Steve Lamacq, as well as the legendary US-based DJ Nic Harcourt at KCSN in Los Angeles.
Having shared stages with the likes of Slaves, The Vaccines, and Jamie T, Madden's dynamic punk anthems have aligned Baby Strange alongside the UK's musical elite.
Alongside producer Chris Marshall (Gerry Cinnamon), Madden has co-produced some of the most exciting new artists in Glasgow, including Gallus, Spyres, The Dunts, Dead Pony, Pleasure Heads, and The Roly Mo, many of whom have been championed by Jack Saunders as 'Next Wave' artists with promising futures.
Furthermore, tracks written and co-produced by Madden have garnered immense TV support, including spots on FOX's Lucifer, E4's Made In Chelsea, Brassic & Tattoo Fixers, and BT Sport's The Champions League.
As a songwriter, Madden already has an impressive catalogue of works, and counts the likes of Spyres, Pretty Preachers Club, Pleasure Heads, Dogtooth, Sophie Wood and The Dunts among artists that he continues to work with.
Madden said: "I'm over the moon to have signed a publishing deal with Bucks. I've been an admirer of the company and the writers they work with for a long time, so it's very exciting to be part of their roster.