Edie the SALSAFREAK Workshops 2008!
September 20-21 , 2007
at Studio Viva! in Palatine, IL
41 E Northwest Highway, Palatine, IL 60067
Northwest of Chicago, easy access to I-90 and I-290, trains, etc.
9 am to 5 p.m. on BOTH days
SAVE $$$ - Buy a WEEKEND PASS
$65 in Advance, $95 at the door for EACH day
$120 full Weekend, $140 at the door
Questions? Call 847-757-7763
Saturday, September 20
All-day Beginner Salsa workshop
LEARN TO DANCE SALSA IN ONE DAY!!!
(The correct way!!)
Eight Hours of Beginning Salsa for:
The Absolute Novice, Beginner (both men and women!)
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Intermediate / Improvers looking to solidify their technique
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Advanced dancers who need to get back to basics due to various complaints from the opposite sex.
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Instructors looking for a solid syllabus to standardize their lessons
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Wanna-be instructors looking for solid instructional training and techniques
Learn SOLID foundational leading and following techniques from one of the top instructors in the world, Edie, The Salsa FREAK . Learn how to lead comfortably, without hurting her. Learn how to follow his lead without being a burden to him.
Sunday, September 21
Edie the Salsa FREAK's
8-Hour Men's and Ladies Musicality Bootcamp!
Featuring Master Musicalist Peter Fige from Germany
Musicality DVDs available at this bootcamp!
( Advance Registration ends at 5pm on Friday before camp)
The Explosion of Musicality
Taking Salsa to THE HIGHEST LEVEL
… Partner dancing “Musically” – Hitting the Breaks Within the Music !
“You guys don't realize how good you are…”
- Edie, The Salsa FREAK
“It's the type of MUSIC they're playing!! They have no clue how incredible their DJs are…
- Musicalist Peter Fige, Germany
~ Musicality ~
• The quality or condition of being musical.
• Musical sensitivity or talent.
• T uneful, dulcet, sweet, lyric.
• How the STORY of the music is INTERPRETED by the body or bodies in motion.
Musicalist (myoo'zi-ka l'ist) n.
• What Edie, The Salsa FREAK refers to as a dancer to interprets the story of the music by his/her body in motion while partner dancing.
• Awesome male lead who hits the breaks, and ends the song with an amazing dip or dramatic pose at the finale of the song, EXACTLY on time with how the artist of the music originally intended it.
• Awesome female follower who respects hitting the breaks and obeys his every command, even if he asks her to hijack a move in a certain section to compliment the drama of his choreography of the song.
• Bad-ass, amazing feeling Salsero who practices Musicality and takes her to places she's never been...
(on the dance floor)
Most women refer to him as "oh my god" after dancing with him.
I want to emphasize Style, Comfort, and Class.
Musicality is perfect for this.
~ Musicality ~
The ability to play with the hits and breaks within the music is where Salsa is now heading . Getting back to the “Music” is the hottest trend to hit Salsa. It's what's on fire and one of the most difficult of courses to take at congresses and festivals throughout the world.
It is very easy to interpret Salsa musically and lyrically dancing solo (Floor Shines) but EXTREMELY difficult while still holding your partner during social dancing. Eighty percent of the time, knowing the music is the easiest way, but there's that magical 20% of the time that takes more extensive training.
This type of “extensive” training involves meticulous ear training in Timing, finding musical patterns within the song, counting measures, typically knowing the artist, their characteristics, and ultimately tuning in subconsciously with your partner and reaching that trance-like state of Salsa Euphoria that only comes once in a Blue Moon. With proper Musicality Training, you “CAN” actually hit this trance at will, rather than by accident.
Musicality is a dance form in Salsa still at its budding stages. It is only just beginning to emerge worldwide. It is extremely difficult to master. There are only a handful of Salseros throughout the world whom I know are true Musicalists, and practice it often, but none who have truly mastered it and even fewer who can actually “teach” it. It is an extremely difficult artform. It is an on-going process of learning and growing – the sky is the limit with Musicality – that's what makes it so important in the world of Salsa. There are now no limits to growing your dancing – Musicality is BETTER than a bunch of new moves. It's the ULTIMATE. There are no limits to this!!
Questions? Call 847-757-7763 or email us .
See SalsaChicago.com's review of Edie's 2006 workshops in Chicago by Shirley Fastner here
Thank you for all who came out to dance, or take workshops! You are the reason we brought Edie here, and we hope to continue working with her and other amazing instructors to make Chicago a real salsational town!!!
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