The Afro-Latin Lounge

Jazzmo'thology @ The Bernie Grant Arts Centre presents The Dream Team GB (Jazz)

Tuesday 29 December 2009
Courtney Pine Band supported by Omar Puente Band
Virtuoso Courtney Pine with superb band showcasing new album
'Transition in Tradition'
7.00pm – 12 midnight
Tickets £25

Wednesday 30 December 2009
Soweto Kinch Band and YolanDa Brown Band
Charismatic Freestyle Hip Hop Jazz innovator shares the headline with Mobo
award-winning saxophonist, who is arguably the face of modern urban Jazz.
7.00pm – 12 midnight

Thursday 31 December - New Year's Eve,
Courtney Pine Band with Soweto Kinch, supported by The Omar Puente Band, DJ Kevin Legendre.
The ultimate New Year's Eve Celebration, The JazzMen Cometh!
7.00pm – 2.00am
Tickets £40
Tickets £25


At Christmas all roads lead home!
X-mas Offer for Beginners @ Latin Palace Tonight

Bring a copy of this email tonight and you can get a friend to join the beginner class for FREE

2 for the price of 1
Valid on Friday 4th Dec Only

Don't forget: Salsateca's Biggest Event This X-mas @ Latin Palace with:

Live Cuban Orchestra
Kizomba Classes from 8pm
Salsa Classes from 9pm

2 Dance Shows
(Kizomba & Salsa)

100 FREE Cds
FREE Drink

It's all happening next Friday 11th @ Latin Palace

Don't miss out!
Join Us for the Last Time
in 2009 at THE RISE

MONDAY 7th DECEMBER

This year's last class will take place
on a Monday. We will start back in
January 5th as usual on TUESDAYS Our last class this year will start with
Salsa Classes for All Levels @ 7.30pm
Club 9pm till late with DJ ' Julian the Duke '
We will have a spectacular
night to end 2009 at ' THE RISE ' with an electric showcase from 'Laith Sami's Student Group '
The Rise 49 Lavender Gardens SW11 1DJ
5 mins Clapham Junction Station07817481243

LATIN PULSE IS BACK!
SUNDAY 20th DECEMBER 2009
Remember last time?

Our first Latin Pulse was a dream party and now it's back with bigger performers & classes for everyone to have a remarkable night!

Enjoy an exclusive 2 hour class with Strictly Come Dancing's Andrew Cuerden & Hanna Haarala from 6pm backed by live music from Cuban band Sonarte.
Rumba (6pm to 7pm)
Cha Cha Cha (7pm to 8pm)
Also: Enjoy three World-class dance shows by ''Taste of Brasil Dance Company'' (Samba & Forro) & Andrew & Hanna
Dancing till midnight with Top Cuban Band Sonarte, top dj's Johnny ''G'' & Resident Dj Flecha
Entry: £10 (all night) includes classes, entertaiment & welcome drink

More room to dance with extended 2 dancefloors!!

Venue: Floridita Soho, 100 Wardour Street, London, W1F OTNDress Code: Funky/Glomorous/Dedicated to Dance

More: www.salsateca.co.uk 078 8696 2791
And finally, don't forget to visit our Regular Saturday Night Club:
FREE beginners Salsa class from 7pm to 8pm (Just turn up)

Bachata Classes from 8pm to 9pm for beginners & non-beginners (£8 Includes Club entry)

Club till late with Dj Alex (£5)

2 for 1 on selected beers & wine on the bar, food also available!Every Saturday @ Corks Bar
28 Binney Street, W1K 5BW (Off Oxford Street)
1 min away from Bond Street Tube Station

Finely selected tunes from the Motherland and wide across the Diaspora taking you on a musical journey from West, East, North and South Africa to the hot tunes of the Caribbean Island via the captivating sounds of Latin America, welcoming 2010 the Motherland-music wayDJs on the night will play the best Afro Beats, Kwaito, Kizomba, Coupe-Decale, Zouk, Soca, Soukouss, Semba, Dance Hall, Samba, Latin and much more of the old favourites and the new sounds.We'll have surpises lined up all night long for you, providing treats for your ears, feet and soul... Trust us it will be a night to remember...Tickets already on sale: £15 till 15 December/ £20 after & more on the door For tickets and infoMD Entertainment 0796 720 4891marie@mdentertainme nt.orgEddyVents 0790 091 3796 eddyvents@gmail. comMotherland Music: 07767 691 233motherlandmusic@ gmail.comBuy your ticket directly from us or atAdornment365 2nd floor Morley's department Store472 – 488 Brixton Road SW9 8EHTel 0207 737 55 33 for opening time

Feedback33 is a Professional Dancers' Mentoring Forum set up by Sheron Wray.

An opportunity to take part in various dance techniques with teachers from around the globe. It is a chance to gain insights into the passions, challenges, and experiences of various artists and teachers.

Venue: The London Studio Centre, 42-50 York Way, London N1 9AB

Time: 7pm – 9pm (registration: 7pm-7.30pm; class 7.30pm – 9pm)

Contemporary Caribbean Fusion with Oniel Pryce, Thursday 10th December 2009, 7.30-9.00pm.

Oniel’s classes are influenced by his passion of promoting intercultural understanding of dances from the Caribbean, coupled with his experience as a contemporary dancer/choreographe r. His class will focus on the principles of Caribbean traditional dances fused with contemporary dance styles.

The class will focus on:

Placement
Rhythmic sensibility
Performance skills
Speed
Endurance
Musicality
Strength
Choreography


The class promises to be fun, challenging and exciting.

Cost: £5/£3 concessions [Students; unemployed professional dancers. ID required]. To book a place at this workshop contact Paula Allen: p_j_allen@hotmail. com, 0779 2236583.


FEEDBACK33 TEACHER'S BIOGRAPHY
Oniel Pryce – is an experienced dance educator, administrator, performer and choreographer, who specialises in the theory and practice of Caribbean traditional dance forms, Jamaican Dancehall, Afro-Cuban technique, Caribbean jazz and Contemporary/ Caribbean Contemporary. A native of Jamaica, Oniel began his formal dance training at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts School of Dance before going on to gain a Bachelor of Fine Arts Diploma in Dance Education from The State University of New York, College of Brockport, and an MA in Choreography from Laban.

Oniel has shared his specialist knowledge in Caribbean traditional dance technique by lecturing at the Edna Manley College of the Visual of Performing Arts, conducting various workshops for dance teachers in the Caribbean, and via the role of adjudicator for the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) annual dance festival of the arts. Since moving to London he has worked as a freelance teacher/choreograph er with various organisations including: Irie! dance theatre, Caboodle Arts, Feeback33, Cornwall Youth Dance Company, Bridgewater College Dance Department, in Somerset, and Goldsmiths, University of London.

Feeding his passion for dance performance, Oniel has performed in Movment Angol Dance Company’s 2007 production Physically Masculine, BiggeThanme’s 2008 production Range and Breathe, at Resolutions 2008 in Cry Haiti, choreographed by Shelley Ann Maxwell and, most recently, in State of Emergency’s production Dads and Lads Move, which toured nationally earlier this year.


Feedback33 Dancers' Mentoring Forum: “Let's celebrate our differences by coming together"