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1. NEWS FLASH
Scoop of the Month:
New Jersey Dancin Dreams: Grace has been announced as the lead instructor for the 2009 New Jersey Dancin Dreams and is a partner of the 2010 New Jersey International Salsa Congress in April.
What is New Jersey Dancin' Dreams?
 It is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing opportunities for fun, cost-effective therapeutic interventions, and youth development programs for vulnerable populations including children with disabilities and special populations such as inner-city kids and orphans. The New Jersey Dancin' Dreams will launch a series of projects, with the very first one to be held between April 22 to 25, 2010. Grace Badillo, co-founder with husband Hugo of Dancing with Grace Productions, Inc. and recipient of the 2008 President's Volunteer Service Award, will be the lead volunteer instructor for the dance workshops for children with autism. The NJ Dancin' Dreams will also seek to provide fun and development opportunities for other special populations (children with other types of disabilities, inner-city kids, and orphans).
Studio Closings
For those of us in the dance world things are changing and changing fast. Dance studios everywhere are closing their doors due to the weakened economy. Sounds depressing right? Not necessarily. People are downsizing and getting rid of large leases and the high monthly overhead costs associated with having a dance studio. They are merging with other studios to help one-another. This is creating new bonds, friendships and dance teams with several talented members on staff. The closing of studios is getting rid of high costs for owners and helping them focus on promotion, instruction, & performance.
Salsa Mania Relocates
Salsamania Dance Studio directed by Janette Roque and Leo Florin has recently moved to Jackies Dance Studio at 3040 West Cypress Street,
Tampa, FL 33609-1618,
(813) 874-1400. For more information email Janette@salsamaniaonline.com
Island Touch Moves
Island Touch Dance Studio directed by Ataca Jorgie & La Alamana has recently moved to a new location. They are now located at Island Touch Dance Academy,
11733 N. Dale Mabry Hwy,
Tampa, FL 33618 in the Party City Plaza. For more information call: 813-528-6244
Salsa Magazine Release Party
 Salsa Magazine Release Party "The Scene Magazine" Will be Publishing Their Next Issue in January of 2009! Due to a snow delay The Scene will be releasing their next issue in January. For each issue there will have a release party and a fundraiser event aimed to help offset printing expenses.
Grace writes an ettiquette column for this magazine. Check it out! www.thescenemagdc.com To support the Magazine get yourself a subscription!
New Article! Dancing With Your Face
Read this article (written by Grace) by clicking here.
Belly Dance National Championships and Ms. Florida Nationals Photos Are In!
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The 2009 Belly Dance National Championships was held in Baltimore on November 21st. It was awesome! To checkout the photos, click here.
Photos of the Ms. Florida Pageant are in click here to see them!
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2. Group DWG Salsa Lessons Tampa: January and February of 2010
**** January Scheduled Lessons ****
DWG Free New Years Customer Appreciation Party at Rizing Starz Dance Studio
When: January 16, 2010
Provided: Free Zumba, Salsa & Rueda Lessons, snacks & light refreshments. Feel like contributing? Bring an appetizer or dessert!
Dress Code/Age Limit: Casual wear. If you are taking the lesson please wear smooth bottomed shoes or jazz slippers. No partner necessary!
RSVP: The first 20 to RSVP at grace@dancingwithgrace.com will be entered into a drawing for a free private class and/or free instructional salsa videos! If you are the only one to RSVP, You WIN EVERYTHING!
Schedule: 7 pm Zumba Family Class (exercise for all), 7:30 pm Introduction To Salsa Lesson (LA Style on 1/NY Style), 8:00 pm Introduction To Rueda (circular form of Cuban Salsa)
Where: 4244 Waters Avenue, Tampa Florida (white building with blue awnings across the street from Subway)
Parking: Plenty of Parking; 2 lots!
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**** February Scheduled Lessons ****
February Beginner I-III Salsa Lessons At Rizing Starz Dance Studio
Come to a non-threatening, non-ego maniac, no drama location to learn your salsa from a certified salsa instructor!
Come Check Her Out Every Wednesday in February: No partner necessary!
Time: 7:30-8:30 pm
Cost: $10 per lesson (pay cash or check at the lesson)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Where: 4244 Waters Avenue, Tampa Florida (white building with blue awnings across the street from Subway)
Parking: Plenty of Parking; 2 lots!
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**** Scheduled Workshops ****
Salsa Styling Workshop - Feb 27th
Where: Jackie's Jammin Studio 3040 W. Cypress Tampa, FL 33609
When: Febraury 27, 2010
Cost: $12 per workshop
- 1:00 - 2:00 pm Beginner LA/NY Style Workshop For Rueda Dancers & Beginners Alike
- 2:30 - 3:30 pm Spinning Technique, All Levels.
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm Ladies Styling Workshop All Levels
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Spinning & Balance Technique for All Dancers & Footwork & Styling Salsa Workshop - March 6th
Where: Dance America 4445 East Bay Drive, Clearwater FL
When: Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Cost: $15 per workshop or $30.00 for All Day Pass
Time: 3:00 - 6:30 pm
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm Spinning & Balance Technique: Whether you dance Latin or Smooth dances we all need better balance and spinning training. Hate to spot? This class is for you! Have vertigo? This class is for you! Recommended for all levels of dancers and all dance styles.
- 4:15 - 5:15 pm Salsa Footwork: Learn how to dance alone and have complete control of your steps. Learn to shine and take your salsa to the next level. This class is designed to work with the spinning lesson & will include turns. Grace will make it challenging for all levels present.
- 5:30 - 6:30 pm Arm Styling, All Levels: Arm styling can add grace and elegance to your dancing. Quit leaving your arms out of the equation! This class will focus on left turn arm styling & bringing confidence to this area of your dancing!
Online Pre Registration Rates:
$15.00 Per Workshop or
$30.00 Pass All Day
Note: We only accept Cash or Check Only at the day of the workshop.
Recommended: Wear dance shoes, hydrate & never dance with a wet nose. Note: Grace will be scheduling privates lessons on these workshops to be taught at the Dance America Studios; you can find packages of lessons on her website at www.dancingwithgrace.com. She has recently returned from teaching & judging at the National Belly Dance Championships, Miss Florida Nationals Pageant, The DC Bachata Congress and the Philadelphia Salsa Congress; she is a partner of the April 2010 New Jersey International Salsa Congress and sells, shoes, clothing, jewelry & salsa instructional DVDs! Check her out on 01/06!
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3. DWG Accomplishments inThe Mid-Atlantic
2009 DWG Clients/Accomplishments
- Nominated for Women of Salsa Award 2009, by Eileen Torres, Salsa Historian of www.salsacentro.com
- Winner of the National Presidental Volunteer Service Award
- Philadelphia Salsa Congress Instructor and Vendor
- Salsafest Vendor and Facilitator of "Dance Etiquette" Forum
- Bachata Salsa Congress Instructor and Vendor
- Belly Dance Nationals Judge, Instructor, & Vendor
- DC Salsa Congress Vendor
- Ms. Florida Nationals Competition Judge
- Made the Cover of Fiesta Magazine
- Columnist Writer for The Scene Magazine
- The opening of The Ark, 18,000 sq foot Salsa Night Club
- The release of our Spanish Instructional DVDs.
- Vending & Teaching at Congresses all over the east coast.
- Dance for the Cure Chair, Towson Cultural Arts Center
- Salsa For A Reason V to benefit Hands Across the Americas
- The Park School
- The Girl Scouts
- The Salsa Room
- The Promenade Dance Sport Facility
- Instructor For The Baltimore Salsa Meet Up
- Instructor For The DC Meet Up
- Instructor For The South Central PA Meet Up
- Instructor For the VA Salsa Meet Up
- Instructor For the Bachata Meet Up
- Prince Georges County Public School
- Writer for The Latin Opinion Newspaper
- Writer for www.dancingwithgrace.com
2008 DWG Clients/Accomplishments
- Art Scape 2008
- Dance For the Cure at Towson University
- Judge for World Salsa Championship Preliminaries, Philadelphia Salsa Congress
- The National Blacks In Wax Museum Release of Patty Labelle Statue (Latin Dance Opening Tribute Number )
- DC Salsa Congress & Philadelphia Salsa Congress Vendor
- Release of DWG T-Shirt Line
- The creation of Dancing w/Grace Non Profit Organization to fund orphanages & save children from being sold into sexual slavery!
- Dancing w/Grace Fun & Fitness Cruise to Puerto Rico November 1-9th, 2008.
- Salsa For A Reason Fundraiser I, II, III raising $ for the poor, needy and sick.
- Johns Hopkins University Dance Lessons
- University of Maryland Festival
- National Aquarium International Festival
- Multicultural Festival
- Salsapolkalooza Bilingual Festival
- Belly Dance Spinning Technique Workshops
- PA Salsa Meet Up Workshops
- Spinning Workshop, Salsabor Studio in Pennsylvania
- Andrews Air force Base Diversity Day
- Bolling Air force Base Diversity Day
- Columbia Senior Center Dance Sessions
- Bachata Workshops
- St. Vincent De Paul Dance Event
- YWCA Homeless Shelter Dance Christmas Party, Puppet Show & Lessons for Families at the shelter w/our students!
- Orphanage in Puerto Rico (Provided Christmas Tree, Gifts, Supplies for 1 year).
- Maryvale Preparatory School Choreography
- Baltimore Talent Development High School
- Diversity Day, Medicare/Medicaid
- Social Security Administration
- Chair for the Hispanic Youth Symposium 2008
- Countless Repeat Dance Clients from 2007/Private Dance Events.
- Writer for Expresión Magazine
- Writer for Latin Opinion Newspaper
- Writer for www.salsasabios.com, www.dancingwithgrace.com, www.salsawithgrace.com, & www.senbaltimore.com
Other DWG Accomplishments Throughout the Years
- January 9 Night Salsa/Dance Fitness Cruise to the Caribbean.
- Hosted the famous Orchestra Ocho y Mas at Gardels Supper Club.
- Spanish Salsa w/Grace Beginner & Intermediate Instructional Dance DVD Release December 2007.
- Chinquapin Middle School Recital (Underprivileged middle school students)
- WBAL-TV 11 Story on the Children of Chinquapin Middle School Dancing Salsa and Bachata (Two 3 MINUTE SEGMENTS)
- FOX 45 News Story on Dancing Salsa in Baltimore.
- OVER 1500 HOURS OF PRIVATE LESSONS
- OVER 1500 HOURS OF WEEKLY GROUP LESSONS AT THE PROMENADE DANCE SPORT FACILTY, GARDELS SUPPER CLUB, THE JETTY DOCKBAR, & WHISPERS & OTHER LOCATIONS
- Creative Alliance Festival
- Salsapolkalooza Event/Festival Bilingual Lessons
- Catonsville Community College Hispanic Heritage Event
- The National Aquarium Hispanic Heritage Celebration
- October 2007 Dance Cruise to Bermuda w/our students!Release of the Salsa With Grace English DVD Instructional Video
- Countless charitable dance services; fundraisers, helping feed orphans & the poor.
- Classes for underprivileged children who went from D’s & F’s to getting A’s after Dancing With Grace!
- Choreography Coaching for Champion Dancers.
- Mentoring of students to become performers & dance instructors.
- The blessing of teaching all of our students and filling their lives w/joy.
4. Is Dancing A Sin?
Have you ever wondered if dance is a sin? Many of us have been taught about God (the creator of Heaven & Earth). What does He say about Dance? To read Grace's article, "Is Dancing A Sin" click here:
Grace would love to know your opinion. Email her at grace@dancingwithgrace.com
Check out the last email I received about this article:
Hi Grace-
I loved your article on dancing. I grew up being told it was a sin…so I was prohibited from dancing. So guess what I wanted to do most of my life? Yep!
BTW…Is there a sinful form of dancing?…of course. And there is a sinful form of eating, driving cars, watching TV, recreating, etc.
I loved your take on the issue. Thanks for sharing what you’ve learned and experienced.
As a Baptist Minister, and Christian radio Talk show host I now enjoy dancing with my wife…and I DON’T CARE anymore what the legalists say.
Neil
PS I’m not much of a dancer…but it’s fun, and I hate the fact that the enemy tried to steal it from God’s people. Well, I am committed to taking it back!
5. Tampa Area Salsa Schools/Businesses: Try Us All Out!
Dancing With Grace will be listing all the salsa schools and companies in the Tampa/Clearwater area. DWG hasn't had the chance to met everyone yet! If you have a salsa school or company, please let us know and we will add your school or group to the list to inspire unity and promote everyone! All Salsa Is Beautiful!
B.A.I.L.E.
Bay Area International Latin Events
Salsa For Families In St. Petersburg
WWW.BAILEONLINE.COM
727-515-1086 |
DWG
DANCING WITH GRACE PRODUCTIONS
WWW.DANCINGWITHGRACE.COM
WWW.SALSAWITHGRACE.COM
WWW.THESCENEMAGDC.COM
CERTIFIED IN LA STYLE, NY STYLE, MAMBO, PUERTO RICAN STYLE & AFRICAN ELEMENTS CERTIFIED BY THE UNIVERSITY DE LA SALSA IN PUERTO RICO
(CERTIFIED BY EDDIE TORRES, JOBY FROM SALSA BRAVA, TITO ORTOS, JORGE SANTANA AND ANGEL QUINTERO) TEACHING SALSA, CHA-CHA-CHA, BACHATA, AND MERENGUE ALL LEVELS AND CHOREOGRAPHY, LATIN AEROBICS AND SPECIALIZING IN INSTRUCTOR TRAINING. CHRISTIAN ATMOSPHERE
410-903-0648 |
SALSA SIMONE
WWW.SIMONESALSA.COM
TEACHING SALSA, ARGENTINE TANGO, MERENGUE, BACHATA, GUAJIRA, BREAK DANCING/POP&LOCK, KIDS CLASSES, ZUMBA, FITNESS CAMP, BELLYDANCE, SALSA ON 2, BRAZILIAN ZUMBA
(813) 391-1056 |
ISLAND TOUCH DANCE ACADEMY
WWW.ISLANDTOUCHDANCE.COM
TEACHING NY SALSA/LA ON 1, SALSA ON 2, BACHATA AND CRUNKCHATA & RUEDA CASINO
813-528-6244 |
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SALSA CALIENTE DANCE STUDIO
www.tampasalsa.com
TEACHING SALSA, BACHATA, MERENGUE AND CHA-CHA.
(813) 792-8244
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SALSA POWER
www.salsapower.com
A list of salsa clubs, salsa schools and salsa events
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6. Baltimore Salsa Fest - March 2010
When: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Location: Towson Dance Studio 9486 Deereco Rd, Timonium, MD, 21093
Schedule:
3:00 pm Registration Opens
4:00 pm Workshops
8:00 pm Rehearsal for Evening Performers
9:30 pm Doors Open
9:45 pm Evening Shows
10:30 pm Dancing Starts
3:00 am Good Night!
For more information, go to: http://www.baltimoresalsafest.com
7. New Jersey Salsa Congress
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This is what you've been waiting for!
The Garden State's First, Official and Premier Salsa and Latin Dance Event!
The countdown is on to 3 days and 4 nights of exciting dancing, instruction and music! Truly an experience to prep you up for a hot summer of dancing!
Indeed, the New Jersey International Salsa Congress 2010 (NJISC2010)promises to deliver a dancing experience unlike any other event!
A star-studded event, we bring you...
Eddie Torres (NY), Magna Gopal (Toronto/NJ), Junior & Emily Alabi (LA), Juan Calderón & Christina Piedra (NJ), Mario B!, Andy Cruz (Chicago) & Kimberly Rivera (NY), Marcus Nieves (NJ), Angel Ortiz (NY), Lazaro Izquierdo Gomez & Anne Kvaale (Norway), Monika Stoyanova (Bulgaria), Atsuko Murakami (Japan), Carlos León & Azucena Pérez (Austin) and for the first time in 6 years, we bring back to the U.S. Super Mario (UK)!
We also bring back the Seventies with legendary bands, including...
Orquesta Dee Jay and Orlando Marín!
We'll keep you on the dance floor with world-class salsa dee jays, including... DJ Rodrigo-Nishi (Kyoto-Japan), DJ Babaloo (NY), DJ Lobo (LA), DJ Robby (LA), DJ Montuno (Montreal), DJ Steve Greene (VA/DC), DJ Sugar Ruiz (Philadelphia) DJ Dany J (NJ) and DJ Toño La Conga (NY)! And more artists to be confirmed!
NJISC2010: The Ultimate Salsa Vacation!
With pool parties, latin music, karaoke bar, outdoor BBQs, workshops from renowned instructors, and world-class performances, the NJISC2010 is slated to be a most unique event.
For those from outside the New Jersey/New York area, the "city" is next door for your daytime enjoyment : NYC/NJ tours, Broadway shows, restaurants and shopping! It will be a salsa vacation like no other!
No Code Needed, No Hassle!
Just buy and that's it! But you must buy your full congress pass TODAY!
Dancing With Grace is a proud partner of the New Jersey Salsa Congress.
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