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The Addicted2Salsa video podcast is back

Posted on February 27th, 2008 by Allan Tabilas

The extremely popular Addicted2Salsa podcast is back! Anthony Persaud has teamed up with Julie Merrill to bring some salsa lessons to the masses. Anthony first started the incredibly popular podcast as a series of instructional videos of various salsa patterns. Almost 20 video episodes are online on youtube, and those episodes together have over three million views! This number excludes the numerous subscriptions to the iTunes Podcast. Salsa Dance Episode 17 has over one million views by itself, which is probably among the most viewed salsa videos ever. Salsa Episode 19 switched the podcast to a audio only radio show, where Anthony and Karlos discussed topics such as classic salsa music (think Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon, Sonora Ponceña, and El Gran Combo), to cha-cha, to finding the beat in salsa, to salsa/latin versions of regular songs, and more. I learned quite a bit about the different artists and their history through the podcast.

After a six month hiatus, the podcast has returned in high-definition, starting from episode 30 on. Episode 32 is a slick complex salsa turn pattern, where Anthony and Julie mix a bunch of small pieces together.

In addition to the podcast, Addicted2Salsa.com hosts an active forum and wordpress blog, making it a complete salsa community portal. I subscribe to it using Google Reader (subscribe to this blog to with any RSS reader). Check out the site, and tell ‘em that Nuevotec Productions sent you!

For more about Anthony Persaud, check out our interviews with San Diego’s Majesty in Motion (conducted by Anthony himself), and our interview with Anthony and Karlos (conducted by Pauline)

Addicted2Salsa podcast episode 32

Majesty in Motion interview by Anthony Persaud

Majesty in Motion interview with Anthony Persaud

Anthony Persaud and Karlos of Addicted2salsa.com interview by Pauline

Anthony Persaud and Dr. Karlos Oregel interview with Pauline

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Salsa Stardom - a Salsadynasty article

Posted on February 26th, 2008 by Allan Tabilas

Salsadynasty.com, a salsa media organization based in Orlando, posted an interesting article entitled “Salsa Stardom”. It asks the question (of what are) the next steps for the salsa community. Here’s a snippet from the post:

In a perfect world, salsa dancing would have its own TV channel. A channel that airs on public television, filled with salsa documentaries, travel segments, interviews, competitions, etc. In a perfect world, salsa dancers get paid thousands of dollars to do a show and salsa congresses make millions of dollars in tickets, advertisements and sponsors. Salsa competitions become part of the Olympics. Commercial singers would collaborate more in the salsa dancing community. New movies would come out every 5 months. Brand names such as Nike and Bebe Sport would make ad campaigns related to salsa all around the world. Leaders such as congress men, book writers, and doctors would use salsa dancing as part of their social life therefore promoting it, and last but not least, everyone would actually purchase salsa music and never pirate it.

Can you imagine a salsa tv channel, where dancers are sponsored by a Nike or an Adidas? In addition to several thought provoking articles, Millo Aldea and the staff at Salsadynasty.com have worked hard on building a community at the site, a social network for salsa dancers and salseros. Their main content (dubbed Salsadynasty TV) features interviews with salsa’s most influential personalities such as Albert Torres, Eddie Torres, and the Santo Rico Dance Company. Similar to Nuevotec, they capture the perspectives of both salsa performers, musicians, and social dancers.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention some of their completely original intellectual property. They are stepping up the media game with some unique personalities and content that’s homegrown, including “Social Dancing with Pepe” (my favorite social dance video of all time from the 2007 World Salsa Championships, it’s that good), “Car Confessions”, the White Gold persona, and “Salsa Vibrance”. The site also features an active community, who are able to upload their own videos and content, post on the global forum and chat room, and post their favorite schools. Can you imagine that the current site is only in beta form? We are excited for the future of SalsaDynasty.

Oh and one more thing (ok, we’re not Steve Jobs), Millo and Ximea Aldea produced the first Salsa Dancing Reality show, available as an iTunes Podcast. They documented the journey of a student performance group from the Orlando, Florida based Salsa Heat Dance School. Inspired by other reality shows, where nothing is scripted, Millo and Aldea taped students of Andres Echevarria and Julissa Cruz. Watch the high and low moments of the students, who persevere (along with the artistic directors / choreographers) though different obstacles to be very good dance team. Highly recommended.

Millo and Ximena Aldea, and Benjamin Cartagena (Salsadynasty.com) interview with Dimas Mero

Millo, Ximena, and Ben interview

Eddie Torres with Ximena Aldea of Salsadynasty.com

Eddie Torres interview with Ximena Aldea

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Flava Invasion 3 with Gordon Neil and Magna Gopal

Posted on February 21st, 2008 by Allan Tabilas

Gordon Neil interview

Gordon Neil and iMambo.tv are hosting one of the biggest salsa events of the year, Flava Invasion 3, from February 22-24 in Atlanta. Among the headliners are Juan Matos & Candy Mena from Fogarete Dance Company and Leon Rose.

In this excerpt of the video (full interview forthcoming), Zeke Ruvalcaba from Chicago’s Estilo Dancers asks Gordon and Magna Gopal whether he’s allowed to perform. Watch Gordon and Magna dance Colombian style salsa!

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2nd annual Philly Jam 2008

Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Allan Tabilas

Art in Motion and Plan B Dancer Nick Padin is throwing his second annual Philly Jam party in guess what, Philly! The event is planned for the first Saturday in April. We had a great time at the 2007 event, and are looking for big things this year. In addition to the local Philly talent Art in Motion and Estilo Dance teams, Nick has signed on Enixe Dancers from Brooklyn and Descarga Caribe from Chicago, who placed 6th in the 2006 World Salsa Championships.

Nick keeps the tradition of bringing world class talent to his event. Last year, Nick brought Plan B Dancers and 2007 World Salsa Championships Top 10 Finalist Salsa Heat from Orlando (Benjamin Cartagena, Andres Echevarria, and Julissa Cruz).

Nick Padin was also our featured interviewer at the 2007 Punta Cana Salsa Congress.

Nuevotec at the 2007 Philly Jam slideshow

Salsa Heat from Orlando, Top 10 Finalist, team division, 2007 World Salsa Championships

Descarga Caribe, 6th place team division at the 2006 World Salsa Championships


Enixe Dancers at the 2007 Broadway Dance Anniversary Event


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Salsamentary (a documentary)

Posted on February 8th, 2008 by Allan Tabilas

We are pleased to announce our first documentary, Salsamentary. The documentary is available through:

  • Video gallery on our website - click here
  • Subscribe to the Salsamentary Podcast (iTunes) Subscribe to the Salsamentary Podcast via iTunes. (preferred and easiest way of watching the documentary)

    • Since 2005, Salsa dancers from around the globe have competed for first place at the World Salsa Championships.

    In 2006, we followed two couples from Philadelphia, and one from the Netherlands in their attempt to be the world’s best from their respective divisions. The couples are:


    Darlin Garcia (on1 division)
    Dominican Republic    		 Kathleen Eccleston (on1 division)
    Cherry Hill, NJ    		 Taiti Walter (on2 division)
    Curacao and the Netherlands
    In his early twenties, Darlin is one of Philadelphia’s most talented and accomplished dancers. He’s competed in several competitions and as a cofounder of Art in Motion, been a veteran of national and international salsa congresses. A former gymnast, Kathleen started dancing salsa with Masacote’s Ana Massicot and the Atrium’s Barbara Capaldi. She soon gained experience with New Jersey’s Salseros Unidos, then joined Art in Motion. With salsa experience gained from the Netherlands based team Matanza, Taiti and partner Cristel have traveled Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. They are in demand for their salsa and zouk workshops.
    Cristel Beijkirch (on2 division)
    The Hague, Netherlands    		 Victor Colon (cabaret division)
    Puerto Rico & Philadelphia, Pa    		 Sonya Elmore (cabaret division)
    Russia & Bensalem, Pa
    A physical therapy graduate and a former gymnast, Cristel has roots from both Holland and Suriname. Along with partner Taiti, she was one of the first couples from Matanza. Her love of salsa has called her to countries such as China, India, Bulgaria, and the United States. A graduate of Penn State University with a degree in engineering, Victor has quickly built a name for himself in Philadelphia and South Jersey. Having teamed up with Sonya Elmore, the dance couple have competed both regionally and in Puerto Rico. As a longtime competitor in ballroom dance world, Sonya was bit by the salsa bug in her travels to Los Angeles. Sonya owns La Luna Dance Studio, one of the largest dance schools in the Philadelphia area. Her pro team is Luna Negra dancers.

    Currently at 13 chapters, with one more forthcoming, the documentary is over 1 hour and 40 minutes. The iTunes podcast allows you to download the files locally to your machine to watch at your leisure.The documentary also features interviews from 2005 on1 champions Abel Pena and Zulmara Torres, 2005 on2 champions Oliver Pineda and Luda Kroitor, 2005 on1 3rd place couple Roberto Arenas and Marie-Josee Strazzero, Salsa Seven Inc. members Albert Torres and Rob Beiner, Griselle Ponce (Taima), Yesenia Peralta and Ismael Otero (Caribbean Soul), Burju Perez (Hacha y Machete), Ana and Joel Massicot (Masacote). More information is forthcoming. Alternative images:

    iTunes Salsamentary podcast download instructions

    For Apple’s own instructions, please follow this link.

    1. Install the iTunes client on your Windows XP PC or Mac OS X machine. Launch iTunes.

    2. In the left pane, click the iTunes Store link.

    3. Once you are in the iTunes Store, go to the search bar in the upper right hand corner, type Salsamentary, and press enter.

    4. In the right corner where it says “Podcasts”, one result should come up with the Salsamentary podcast. Click on the podcast.

    5. Click the subscribe button to subscribe to the podcast. Your computer will download the first video of the podcast (Trailer 1). You must manually download the other chapters.

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Welcome to the Nuevotec Productions blog

Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Allan Tabilas

Welcome to the Nuevotec Productions blog. Why a blog, you ask? Well, our current website system isn’t the easiest to use in terms of publishing new articles and posts. Using wordpress as a blog makes it easy to create new posts related to our video galleries, as well as random content found on the web. There’s also the benefit of an easy commenting system, tagging, and social bookmarking.

We would also like this site to be a community blog. So we are reaching out to any authors who would like to write posts. The posts should be salsa related, whether its a review on a salsa event or music album, thoughts about dancing on the loaded on1/on2 question, an editorial on the dancing community in your area, etc. While we may not post everything we receive, we hope to have some great contributions from our readers and viewers. So if you are interested, please contact us.

Here’s our standard disclaimer for content not written by us (Allan, Harry, or Dimas) - The opinions, beliefs, and viewspoints express by the various authors and forum participants on this website do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Nuevotec Productions.

Also, the blog will most likely change in design or look, and in functionality as we get a hang of this thing. We are trying to test if the video gallery and the blog can use the same single account, without you registering twice. It’s a work in progress.

We hope that you enjoy your stay at this blog, and that you are entertained and informed as well.

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