Seb's Hong Kong Salsa Blog

Archive for the ‘performances’ Category

Caribbean Soul is a performance team based out of New Jersey, led by the amazing Ismael Otero, who is sometimes nicknamed the million-moves-man. Most of their choreographies display a unique musicality that incorporates irreverent playfulness with external influences (often hip-hop) and creative accenting. Although they are not the most synchronized performance team in the circuit, their performances are always entrancing and inventive.
Read the rest of this entry »

For years now, I had been trying to find the name of a couple I recalled seeing in a performance that I had found extremely memorable. I finally found out that I had it myself, in a long-forgotten dvd. And I am sharing it with you.

To give you some context: the couple is performing to Celia Cruz’s song “Salsa de Tomate” which translates to “Tomato Sauce” (not a reference to dancing, but to the sauce). The theme of the song is about cooking a turkey (for the holidays, I presume) and the chorus is “put more tomato sauce on the turkey”. It’s a fast, up-beat and fun song, one of my favorites by Celia Cruz.
Read the rest of this entry »