Salsa & Kizomba, Thursdays BR3 4PX

FOR THE BEST IN SALSA & KIZOMBA! WHERE THURSDAYS ARE THE NEW FRIDAYS! FOR THIS WEEK ONLY - SPECIAL GUEST TEACHER Kizomba with the AWESOME Nadia Giacomini! Cuban Salsa & Rueda de Casino with a twist of Costa Rican style Bolero, Cha Cha Cha, Salsa Musicality - Salsa Lee On the decks: DJ Afonso Latin Quarter Live / Kizomba Central / London School of Salsa Teams Join us every Thursday for your Salsa & Kizomba Fix!!! A warm and very friendly atmosphere. TIMES: Registration: 8.00pm 8.15pm - SALSA, RUEDA de CASINO 9.15pm - KIZOMBA SEMBA 10.15 - 11.30pm Freestyle Party Dancing PRICE: £7 per class £10 for both £3 club The Place: West Beckenham Conservative Club, 1 Sidney Road, Beckenham BR3 4PX BEGINNERS WELCOME, NO PARTNER NEEDED, NO NEED TO BOOK, JUST TURN UP & DANCE! Cheap drinks, Sprung wooden dance floor, Friendly atmosphere Directions: 1 minute from Clock House Mainline station, just turn left as you exit the station, Sidney Road is the 1st turning on the left, opposite Sainsburys local store. 2mins from Beckenham Road Tram stop, loads of buses: 227, 358, 354, 194. Free parking at the Club Call Salsa Lee 07979 280 283 www.londonschoolofsalsa.com [email protected] www.latinquarterlive.com www.kizombacentral.com [email protected] [email protected] TEACHERS: SALSA LEE, UKA, IDTA Dance Instructor; leading UK salsa musicality expert. Salsa Lee is co-author with Alex Wilson of "Find the Rhythm - The Dancers' Guide to Salsa Music", a unique practical resource for dancers, dubbed "The Salsa Dancers' Bible" by Robert Charlemagne & recommended as essential reading for all dancers by UKA Dance. Pioneer of NEW UKA Dance Rueda de Casino Medals Reviving UKA Dance Salsa Medals Creating Standards & Syllabus accessible to all dancers, Taking Your Salsa to Another Level with a Progressive Salsa Syllabus YES YOU CAN DO IT! Salsa in a Day Intensive Courses, Salsa in a Weekend Intensive Holidays Performer, Choreographer and Examiner with clients including: Sadlers Wells; BBC4, Barbican, Peacock Theatre, Greenwich Dance, Aldeburgh Festival, Harrogate Festival, Dance Holidays: Club Dance Holidays, Pontins Club Cubana, Afro Cuban Festivals, HF Holidays and more. Salsa Lee teaches Salsa, Rueda, Cha Cha Cha, Cuban Son, Merengue, Salsa Musicality & more. Salsa Lee specialises in wedding choreography, corporate team building, private parties and more. PRESS interview on Salsa Lee & the London's School of Salsa's breakthrough teaching methodology - Dance Today magazine article entitled: "Lose the Count & Feel the Rhythm". Call: 07979 280 283 [email protected] www.londonschoolofsalsa.com www.findtherhythm.com You Tube: Salsa Lee - Salsa Footwork Basics Course CHRISTIAN JEAN-FRANCOIS, from the French Caribbean, has had a long career in the music and dance industry having founded both the Latin Quarter and Kizomba Central. He teaches Salsa, Rueda de Casino, Kizomba and Semba de Roda. His popularity and innovative teaching methods were recognised as Christian is a Multi- Awards winner ” Kizomba Teacher of the Year” 2015 with Air Europa Latin UK Awards (LUKAS). ” Best Male Kizomba Teacher” 2011 with Kizomba Link. Runner up ” Kizomba Teacher of the Year” 2014 with Air Europa Latin UK Awards. Christian has worked with the United Kingdom Alliance (UKA) to establish International standards for the teaching of Kizomba. This enables Instructors to become qualified and students to achieve medals for Kizomba dance providing both incentives and rewards at all levels of ability.Christian also holds an Adjudicator License with The British Dance Council. Semba de Roda is a new style of dancing. Christian is responsible for putting this style of dance together and has written the syllabus for Kizomba De Roda. Through the UKA, this syllabus is now being used to teach this new exciting dance worldwide. As well as teaching, Christian is also an accomplished dance performer having competed in both the South East Salsa Championships and the King & Queen of Salsa Competitions. In addition to teaching dance, Christian is also a sought after Salsa and Kizomba DJ featuring under the name DJ Christiano. Latin Promoter: Christian is the founder of The Latin Quarter & joint founder of Kizomba Central which are event promoting companies and are currently promoting and running their own club nights, Equilibrio, The Union. He also works in association with other events where he promotes and also teaches with his own trained group of teachers. These include, Sabor, Gem Bar, El Grande, Scalalatina, Renaissance and more… Christian is also one of the main organisers for the UK Dance Congress 2015 International Workshops & Public Performances: Christian is known all over the World and has been involved in many congresses and festivals worldwide where he has taught and performed.These include Estonia Tallinn Salsa Congress, Malta Salsa Congress, Austria Vienna Sexy & Sensual Latin Festival, Afro Cuban Salsa Festival Norfolk,Teesside, Frankfurt Salsa Festival to name a few. Videos: Christian’s DVDs: -Introduction to Kizomba with Christian Jean-Francois Kizomba Act 1 – Beginners to Improver -Introduction to Kizomba with Christian Jean-Francois Kizomba Act 2 – Intermediate level Are two of the world’s bestselling Kizomba Tutorials which resulted in a full page write up in the Multimedia review section in Dance Today magazine. These bestselling DVD’s are also found in the top two selling spots on Amazon worldwide. Workshop: http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=plcp&v=r6LxJwOC1iE Email/Web-site: www.latinquarterlive.com / [email protected] www.kizombacentral.com / [email protected] Current Activities: - Founder & Managing director of The Latin Quarter which includes The Latin Quarter Live, The Latin Quarter Dance School - The joint founder & director of Kizomba Central - Member of the UKA ,ELCDA and the BRITISH DANCE COUNCIL - Organisers for the UK Dance Congress 2015 & 2016