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MAMBO HOUSE EDITORS

Editor in ChiefAraceli Villanueva

Editor AssociateVidal Cantu

CONTRIBUTORS:

Reporter:Vanessa Baldwin

Listings:Susi Brenk

Dance Fashion:Marcela Corbellini Duarte

Graphic Design:Higinia Recinos

Advertising/ Sales:Yesika Cortes

Tel: (954) 638-7126

[email protected]

Tel. (305) 206-5144

Letter from the EditorThis first month that the Mambo House Magazine has been released, I have noted a change in the Community... start-ing with the Miami Salsa Congress. Mambo House Magazine was part of this amazing event, we promoted the event, we were part of the event (Rene Gueits, the MSC Founder invited me to talk about the Magazine on stage right after Johnny’s Pacheco Awards on Saturday Night)and we were able to see first hand the unity forming in the community and that was an incredible sign of the times! Mambo House Magazine is a part of this shift in our community, we are committed to our plead of catering and supporting all styles as well in our Magazine.

There were many Salsa Schools together at this great event from all the different styles mentioned above; MSC 2012 happened to be catering all styles, yes!, we saw Casino, LA Style, On2 and Colombian styles were all part of the shows and the workshops were diverse as well. Bachata was a big part of the weekend line up of shows and workshops, ev-eryone had a little bit to enjoy what they like, thanks Rene for one of the best MSC I have attended, keep it up this way and thanks in behalf of the Mambo On2 community.

Unity is going to make a difference in our community, in our growth. If we all support each other, it means we are lifting each other on our way up! Mambo House Magazine came to compliment the scene, all the different schools, styles, events, performers, bands, Dj’s instructors, etc and help everyone in the community to just do that, lets all be part of this change.

Once again, August 12th 2012 I went to mass to ask God for guidance to write this letter, and the 2nd reading was just perfect and with this I leave you to meditate on it, for the sake of our community, this is what we all should do. “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as God has forgiven you in Christ”.- Ephesians 4:31-32

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Dancer(s) of The MonthKaren: Dancing has always been a joy for me. I had a great start when very young by standing on my abuelo's feet to learn the merengue. While Ballroom dancing and Salsa dancing, I have met many wonderful people. William and I met in 2009 dancing salsa and the dancing adventures continue!

William: has been dancing most of his life. His family is from Puerto Rico and salsa runs thru his blood. He lived in San Antonio, TX for 24 years before moving to Florida. Currently he is involved with the Dancing with the PALs (Police Athletic League) in St. Lucie County. He served in the Army and was a Physical Education Teacher for 11 years at a school named Little Flower School.

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IN THIS ISSUEThe other 10 Best posses competing for the MAMBO HOUSE Cover Inside.....................4

Dance FashionFashion for Salsa Addicts..................... 7

Interview Tony Duarte ................. 10

Dancers Speak! 15 Rules about Dance Etiquette.............11

Mambo House EventsSection.............................9

FREE Listing will be in every issue!

Nite Life Miami Salsa Congress 2012.................8

Coming in September... STAY TUNE!

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Vanessa Baldwin

& Alexander Jaime

MAMBO HOUSE MAGAZINE COVER

Joby Brava & Danny Miranda

Shay Levi

& Marcela Corbellini

Nestaly Soto & Liz ChavieriSusi Brenk

& Dimitry Pierre-Louis

Nestaly Soto & Joby Brava

Susi Brenk & Lincoln Quinn

Vanessa Baldwin

& Steven King

Anna Pelypenko

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11 Best Posses competing for the MHM Cover

Vanessa Baldwin

& Cesar Rojas

Photos By: Isaac Sofy

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FREE Miami-Broward-WPBFREE Listing to Schools/ Socials/ Clubs/ Dj's/ Bands/ ShoesIf you are in any of this categories and your school/ social/ salsa club/ band/ DJ info or shoes company is not listed here, please send us your information in the format shown to: [email protected] put on the subject line: LISTING to add you to this FREE Listing!

LISTINGSchoolsWhere to learn Salsa in Miami-Dade?

- Aventura Dance Tel. (305) 944-3320 www.AventuraDance.com

- Coolam Dance Studio Tel. (818) 951-0001www.CoolamDanceStudios.com

- Hooked on 2 Tel. (786) 234-3776 www.Facebook.com/hookedon2

- Hotspot Dance Company Tel. (786)-242-4200 www.HotSpotDanceCompany.com

- Miami Salsa Driven Tel. (305)300-4400 www.MiamiSalsaDriven.com

- Salsa Karibe Tel. (305) 220-1505 www.SalsaKaribe.com

- Salsa Lovers Tel. (305) 220-7115 www.SalsaLovers.com

- Salsa Mia Tel.? www.SalsaMia.com

- Salsa Sabor Dance Studios Tel. (305) 323-4383

- VK Dance Tel. (305) 944-4725 www.VKDance.com

Where to learn Salsa in Broward?

- Casa Salsa Tel. (954) 588-8085 www.CasaSalsaOnline.com

- Elite Dance Co. Tel. 954-931-5903 www.EliteIntDance.com

- Mambo con Cache Tel. 754-244-7246 www.MamboConCache.com

- Nuevolution Tel. (954) 589-2362 www.NuevolutionSalsa.com

- Prestige Tel.(954) 719-0029 www.PrestigeDancers.net

- Salsabor Tropical Tel. (786) 290-0376 www.SalsaborTropical.com

Where to learn Salsa in West Palm Beach?

- Salsa Essence Dance Academy Tel. (561) 585-2679 www.SalsaEssence.com

SocialsWhere to go Social Dancing in Miami-Dade?

- Mambo House (1st/ 3rd Saturday of the Month) Best Mambo/ Salsa/ Bachata/ Zouk all Night! www.MamboHouse.com

- Salsa Karibe Social (3rd Saturday of the Month) Salsa/ Bachata www.SalsaKaribe.com

Where to go Social Dancing in Broward?

- Born To Salsa (2nd/4th Saturday of the Month) Mambo/ Salsa/ Bachata www.BornToSalsa.com

- Gold Coast Ballroom (Sundays 5-8 pm) Salsa/ Bachata/ Merengue www.GoldCoastBallroom.com

- Step N Dance Social (3rd Saturday of the Month) Salsa/ Mambo/ Bachata www.SalsaborTropical.com

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Salsa Bands - David Lucca & his Salzon Jazz www.SalzonJazz.com

- Edwin Bonilla www.EdwinBonilla.com

- Harry Anton's Band Tel. (954) 257-0250 www.Facebook.com/Harry.Anton.10

- Tony Succar www.Facebook.com/TonySugar

- Orquesta Nostalgia Tel. (954)667-5256www.Facebook.com/OrquestaNostalgia

Dance ShoesWhere to Buy Dance Shoes in South Florida?

- Poupee Dance Shoes Tel. 305-632-4178www.Facebook.com/PoupeeDanceShoes

- VK Dance Shoes Tel. (877) VK DANZE

www.VKDance.com

Restrictions:(All Listings must be found in Miami/ Broward/ West Palm Beach)

Listings for other counties/cities in Florida, they will be added as we get at least 2 in the listing category. Schools It has to be a physical studio

Socials Must happent at least once a month.

Club Must play Salsa/ Mambo/ Bachata

DJ's Must be active playing at a school social, salsa club or congress

Bands Must be a local and must play salsa or bachata

Shoes Must be a local distributor or company

DJ’sSpinning the Best Salsa/ Mambo/ Bachata/ Zouk in South Florida

- Joey Gonzales (Joey G) Tel. 561-352-1027 www.Facebook.com/DJJoeyG

- Jorge Charun (Negro Chulo) Tel. 703-568-8171 www.DjJorgeCharun.com

- Mike Calderon (Pelito Lagro) Tel. 305-342-5433 www.Facebook.com/Mike.Calderon1

- Pete Gonzales (Puerto Rican Pete) Tel. (954) 415-9397 www.Facebook.com/DjPrPete

- Fabiano Nyx Trofino (Zouk DJ) Tel. (305) 924-1745 www.Facebook.com/Fabiano.Trofino

Club/ BarWhere to go dancing during the week in Miami-Dade?

- The Well (Thursdays) Salsa/ Mambo/ Bachata/ Zouk www.TheWell.com

- Yuca Lounge (Fridays) Salsa/ Casino/ Bachata www.SalsaMia.com

Where to go dancing during the week in Broward?

- Legends (Tuesdays) Salsa/ Mambo/ Bachata www.LegendsCafeNightClub.com

- Paladium (Wednesdays & Saturdays) Salsa/ Mambo/ Bachata www.PaladiumNightClub.com

- Spice (Thursdays & Sundays) Salsa/ Bachata & mix Latin format www.SpiceRestoLounge.com

- El Beny More (Fridays) Salsa/ Mambo/ Bachata www.Facebook.com/ElBenyRestaurant

Where to go dancing during the week in West Palm Beach?

- Rumbass (Fridays) Salsa/ Bachata www.Rumbass.com

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Wardrobe? Yes, dancers need clothes. A lot of clothes… Most ladies, like to dress up, look good, and fashion! However, it is a mission to find something that it will not flesh anything, not so hot, pretty, and that it will look good no matter how many dances we have and how sweaty we will get along the night. When it comes to salsa, a hot outfit such as tube dress-es, skirts, back open shirts, strapless tops become an issue. However, as blessed as women are, we always have a solution for everything.

For our own safety: shorts under dresses, strapless bras, straps, and tighter shirts make those outfits useful again. In addition, when going for a casual jeans: shorts or pants; cute regular shirt, accessories can be the “it” to complement those outfits. Anyway, salsa is all about feeling good about

yourself and feeling comfortable in the South Florida heat, creativ-ity and improvisation can be the key to amplify any wardrobe. The most important part is to be your-self and follow your own style. It is not about what you wear, it is about how you wear it.

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I had the pleasure to interview Tony Duarte, the Mambo Pioneer in South Florida, at his studio in Davie. He is a great instructor who loves salsa, but most importantly he is a fa-mily man. Here is a little bit about him.

Tony DuarteBy: Vanessa Baldwin

How long have you been teaching and?I have been teaching for over 25 years. The company that I started is called Salsabor Tropical, now the name is Step n Dance home of Salsabor Tropical. Before this I was an instructor at Arthur Murray for 10 years. What is your dancing background?My background is a little bit of everything, ballet, jazz, hip hop, ballroom. I have been dancing since I was 9. I got into ballroom dancing when I was 15 and the rest is his-tory.

What made you choose salsa over the other styles?That’s a very good question, when I was at Arthur Murray; the customers that came wanted to learn how to dance salsa. At the studio we would teach all the 12 ballroom dances and we would create packages for the students, but most of them wanted to only learn salsa. The program was bene-ficial in a way because the students would learn more than one style, but on the other hand some other students would leave be-cause they wanted to only learn salsa and not necessarily the rest of the styles. I do sal-sa because salsa is popular, and you can use it when you go out dancing. You go to a night club, nobody dances ballroom, but everyone dances salsa.

How did you start the Salsa On2 movement here in Florida?I started Salsa On2 here in Florida along with Jamie Josephson, Tony Pinero and my-self. Tony left for Puerto Rico, Jamie went back to NY and I stayed here in Florida and started the movement. Back then Casino style was huge; this was probably 12 years ago. You would go to Miami and all the clubs were dancing Casino style. I started

On2 to do something different. I also tried LA style On1 but at that time LA style was all about tricks, drops, flips. I started teaching it and I heard that somebody gut hurt at Pal-ladium so I stop teaching LA style, I didn’t want to be responsible or liable for injuries.

What are the main differences that you see between the different styles that we have in South Florida?Whether you are dancing salsa On1, On2 On3, the step is the same, it is the same basic. The basic salsa rhythm is 123, 567, whether you are dancing On1 or On2. The difference is where you break and where you rock. If people dance On1 you rock on 1 and 5, if you are dancing salsa On2 you would break on the 2 and the 6. There are people who break on 3 and 7 too. In Ca-sino you can sometimes break on 1 or on 3. The main difference for example LA style is flashier, more open, and showier. That is the style, it is more opened. The On2 style is more compact, you danced closer, and there is more body movement. The On2 dancer has the powerful beat in the middle and it feels like you have more time and it feels like you are dancing through the whole mu-sic. The music is the most important thing, if you don’t understand the music steps don’t mean anything.

What are the first things that you tell begin-ners when they want to start On2? First I show them the similarities and the dif-ferences of the On1 and On2 styles. I show them where the different styles break. On2 you are not breaking on the powerful beat, which is beat #1. It feels like you have more time during the whole song. The music is the heart of it; you have to start connect-ing with it right away. You have to let them know the differences and let them hear the different beats.

Do you encourage learning other styles?The more you know the better dancer you are, the more styles you know the better it is. I know that there are some On1 dancers that don’t have an interest in learning On2 because they feel like they would have to start from the beginning in this new style. But I think that the more you know the bet-ter because you can dance with anyone. If someone dances On1 I will dance with them, not one style is better that the other one.

What do you think about dancers discrimi-nating other dancers because of the style they dance?Number one, I think it is sad that this is hap-pening out there. Number two, let’s say that someone is learning how to dance, they are just coming into the salsa world, just imagine that experience, this could be traumatizing to them. This is sad because there are a lot of people like that in the salsa world that are not very welcoming. One of the things that I teach my students from the very be

ginning is to always remember that you were once a beginner. Be polite, dance with begin-ners, at least one song and make them feel good. You don’t know if that person will eventu-ally become a better dancer, even better than yourself. I tell all my male students to dance with all the beginners they can find, because that way they become better leaders.

How do you come up with your patterns?I thank God because I never repeated a pat-tern, it is a gift. The patterns just come and I challenge my advance students. I teach the ladies techniques on how to follow; I teach the guys how to lead. I am a ballroom dancer, so I bring the ballroom background and when you combine this with the street and the sabor that salsa brings you have a powerful combination.

Do you ever perform?I actually enjoy teaching more than performing. When I got into the salsa scene the only time I have performed is with live bands, but shows at congresses I never actually performed. I was asked to be in the first group of dancers for the first congresses and I asked myself if I wanted to do it, and I am glad I didn’t do it. To be able to do this you can’t have a family, how can you have a family and travel all the time. It’s too much going on. I wanted to stay local and not travel. The main reason I didn’t want to travel is because I wanted a family, I wanted to have a wife and kids and I do now. It’s just too hard to travel while you have a family. My priority was always family.

How many people have you taught and how many students to you have in a regular class?I have taught thousands of people, I have taught people from China, Russia, and all over the world who come looking for me. AT the studio, per class I have 20 to 30 people. I have three classes per day, plus we have private les-sons.

Who teaches at your studio?Now I do everything for the studio, I have like 10 jobs, from managing to marketing. I have two other instructors who help me teach. They were my students and have been with me for 7 years. They are like my clones. They teach exactly how I teach. I love teaching, I am very happy that I stayed local and that I am able to have a family. I love salsa with all my heart, but family comes first.

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First of all, let’s talk about the mean-ing of “etiquette” as it is apparent that many folks don’t know. The American College Dictionary defines “etiquette” as conventional requirements of so-cially correct behavior as established in any class or community for any occa-sion. “Etiquette” is a borrowed French phrase meaning required code of rules governing social behavior to safeguard against conflict in social interactions. To put it more simply, etiquette is just plan old-fashioned good manners!

Dance etiquette is nothing more than polite consideration of your dance part-ner and others around you as well as a concern for the safety of everyone in-volved. Good dance etiquette helps to avoid accidentally offending or harm-ing other dancers or people around you. When in doubt about a specific point of etiquette, just remember the Golden Rule and treat others as you would like to be treated and be kind, generous, courteous, and considerate of others.

After searching the web and borrow-ing from some other web sites, below is a summary of good social dancing and dance floor etiquette. Everything here applies to both males and females whether you think it does or not! And remember – they are just suggestions, not the gospel; however, it is good etiquette. Although some of this stuff may sound negative, most of the time it is never an issue when dancing – but there are always the “clueless”. Try not to be one of them and... Good luck on the dance floor!

1. Show your appreciation. If dancing to a live band, applaud the band. If dancing to music played by a DJ, tell the DJ how much you appreciate him and they don’t mind applause when its appropriate either. They don’t just play for the money! The more you show your appreciation, the better they will play and feel. Also, don’t forget your wait-resses and bartenders! They work hard to accommodate you so show your ap-preciation and be kind!

2. Straight Line Dancing. Every dancer must adopt the philosophy of dancing in the "slot" or straight line, remaining in their own space, completely aware of who is around them and how much

space exists between them and the other couples. Guys, if the dance floor is crowded, dont try to dip your partner or to do fancy turn combinations be-cause it will put your partner in some-one else's space and put your partner at risk. Learn to dance in a "contained" manner. If the floor . Learn to dance in a "contained" manner. If the floor is really open and empty, only then can you get fancy. If the floor is crowded, contain yourself, stay in your space.Ladies, if you are dancing with some-one who is twirling you like a top, who has no control and who has you out of control - stop dancing! Let your part-ner know that he needs to work on his control. You do not want to be at risk because he hasn't the control to lead you.

3. The dance floor is for dancing. If you’re having a conversation or learn-ing something new, move off the dance floor. Dance space is a premi-um, so, if you’re not dancing, stay off the dance floor.

4. The dance floor should be treated with care. Beverages, food, lighted cigarettes, and chewing gum should never be brought on the dance floor.

5. Asking for a dance. It is equally per-missible for a woman to ask a man to dance as it is for a man to ask a woman. Take your partner’s hand onto the dance floor and at the end of the dance, thank your dance partner. Typically, it’s good etiquette to accept an invitation to dance, but if you don’t want to dance, say so politely by say-ing, “No thank you.” If someone turns you down, accept it graciously and ask someone else to dance. Don’t be persistent, take them at their word. It’s considered bad social etiquette to re-fuse a dance on the basis of preferring to dance with someone else. In addi-tion, declining a dance means sitting out the whole song. It is inconsiderate to dance a song with anyone after you have declined to dance it with some-one else. The choices are to dance with whoever asked first, or to sit out the dance.

6. Keep your opinions to yourself. It is not polite to correct your partner on the dance floor. Remember, this is social dancing! If someone does ask for help or instruction, kindly take them off to the side away from the other dancers.

7. Dance class instructors should do the teaching. If you are in a dance class, let the instructor teach. The instructor will ask for your help if needed.

8. Use Selective Floor Placement. Establish your slot and continue to dance in it. Usually the first couple on the dance floor will establish the slot.

9. Dance small. Don’t dance all over the floor as nobody likes to be pushed around the floor. Also, save the arm waving, long and wide foot steps, and wild leg movements for elsewhere. Aerials, drops, and slides are best left for jam ses-sions, competitions, and performances. These type patterns are not appropriate for the social dance floor. You are not the only one on the dance floor and you could hurt someone!

10. Leaders are responsible for looking out for the safety of their partners since they are direct-ing their movements. Keep them out of danger and be aware of the dancers around you.

11. Leaders, make your partner comfortable. If you are dancing with a less experienced danc-er, dance to their skill level. Work as a team, don’t showboat.

12. Leaders, keep it quiet. If you must count and give verbal leads, keep it low enough that just you and your partner can hear. It can confuse those around you.

13. Pay attention to the beat of the music. Just because you can count doesn’t mean you’re on beat.

14. Be aware of the dancers around you. Bump-ing into other dancers is inevitable. If you bump into someone, kick someone, step on someone’s foot, or if they bump into you, always apologize whether it was your fault or theirs. (Even a short non-verbal gesture will do in some situations.) Show concern that no serious injury occurred.

15. Take care of your personal hygiene. For your partner’s sake, avoid eating garlic, onions, or spicy foods, and always brush your teeth and shower before going out dancing. If you per-spire a lot, pace your dancing, or bring extra shirts, T-shirts, blouses, etc., and change sweaty clothing. Sometimes mints or deodorants will be the right choice!

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