Programme

Clave Latina Fest kicks off with an All-Day event at Conway Hall
on Saturday 3rd of July, celebrating Big Dance in London

Please Note: Programme may be subject to change

 *Free Outdoor Events & Parties          *Lectures & Debates          *Films & Videos

*Free Music & Dance Workshops         *Live Music & Dance Showcases

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Saturday 3rd July
@ Conway Hall, Holborn WC1

CLAVE LATINA FEST LAUNCH EVENT
As part of Big Dance

An All-Day Event Celebrating Salsa Dance as part of Big Dance

For a full programme, please visit http://www.clavelatinafest.com/

Find us in the Big Dance website: http://www.bigdance2010.com/event.php?id=532&a=2

Please Note: due to unforseen reasons beyond our control, our international guests Ricardo & Viviana have been unable to attend the Festival, we apologise profusely for the disappointment and inconvenience this may cause, however, in the spirit of this new Festival we hope you understand our predicament and our own disappointment and that you are able to enjoy and take advantage of the many activities in offer.

Clave Latina Fest is organised as part of:

Thursday 8th July
@ The Scoop, next to City Hall, More London Riverside London SE1 2DB
 
Ola Latina presents
'Big Dance - The Latin Way'

As part of Clave Latina Fest, this year again we'll be organising a full day of activities at the Scoop
 
    'Put on your dancing shoes and celebrate Big Dance Week with Ola Latina bringing you the sounds and dance moves of Latin America'

Lunchtime 12.30pm: Matices Latinos
Captivating acoustic quartet that captures the rhythms of South America through its Folk and Popular music
www.myspace.com/maticeslatinos

Evening 6.30pm: Conjunto Sabroso
Top London Salsa band Conjunto Sabroso get everyone on their feet with their infectious rhythms, they will be accompanied
by some of London’s most popular Salsa dancers
http://www.conjuntosabroso.com/

A sunken oval amphitheatre made of grey limestone, the Scoop is a great outdoor area to the west of City Hall. The Scoop can seat 1,000 people, it's a popular space on a sunny day and home to a variety of events through the year.  It can be accessed from the riverside walkway by a curving ramp and by steps.

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Saturdayday 10th July - Film

Celia the Queen - 
2008 (Dir. J. Cardona & M. De Varona, 2008)
Tricycle Cinema
As part of the Kilburn Film Festival http://www.kilburnfilms.co.uk/
269 Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7QN - Box office 020 7328 1000
4pm, Admission: £6

  "Cruz is indisputably the best known and most influential female figure in the history of Cuban Music" (Celia Cobo, Billboard Magazine)

Erupting onto the Cuban music scene as the lead singer for La Sonora Matancera in 1950, to later become Salsa’s biggest star in New York and the Latin world, Celia Cruz broke down barriers of racism and sexism. With the powerful weapon of her voice and the warm tolerance of her heart, Celia soon became all things to all people. The documentary shows the diversity of the people whose lives she touched, from stars like Quincy Jones, Andy Garcia, and Wyclef Jean to ordinary people all over the world who loved not only her music but her incredible spirit.

"Its wealth of performance footage from various stages of Cruz's career provides both a rousing nostalgia trip for fans and a crash course in guarachera for neophytes." (Ronnie Schieb, www.variety.com)

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Sunday 11th July
FIESTA 2010!  -  Carnival Day  1pm – 7pm / Free
@ Kilburn Grange Park
As part of Kilburn Festival -
Kilburn High Road, London NW6 (next to the Black Lion Pub, opposite the Tricycle Theatre)
5 minutes walk from Kilburn Tube - Jubilee Line

This year Kilburn is joining in the worldwide celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the independence of many Latin American countries, with the help of Ola Latina and  Clave Latina Fest.

The park will be throbbing with the music of salsa bands including Conjunto Sabroso (Colombia & Venezuela) and Osvaldo Chacon y Su Timba (Cuba). Children can join in the percussion classes in the middle of the park with Wilmer Sifontes (Venezuela), people can watch Bolivian folk dancers in their traditional dress - Morenada Bloque Kantuta, the Salsa shows, or join the Salsa classes with Afro-Cuban dancer Lazaro Lopez, Mina 'Queen Salsa' and more dancers to be confirmed.

Other highlights include Afro-Colombian social Latin hip hop artist Jota Ramos (Villa Rica - Colombia), bachata artist July Julay (Dominican Republic), Latin fusion female artist Ria, plus djs.
The Salsa dance classes will be held on the Big Dance Bus:

‘Inspired by the prospect of driving dance to the corners of London and getting everyone dancing, Big Dance are converting London’s iconic double-decker into a venue, live and interactive for dance! The ‘pop-up ballroom bus’ will create thrilling dance experiences in unusual places. The bus will travel all over London, stopping and transforming itself into a highly visual stage and interactive area in one,’  

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Sunday 11th July - Evening

EL RUMBON CUBANO
FIESTA 2010! Carnival Day After-Party  7.30pm - 3am

  

El Rumbon Cubano – organised by Cubacheche www.cubacheche.co.uk
Nueva Costa Dorada  - 47-55 Hanway Street, London W1T 1UX (nearest tube Tottenham Court Rd)
Entrance £7 from Cubacheche’s website / £10 at the door

The FIESTA 2010 - Carnival Day After-Party will be held at El Rumbon Cubano  

A monthly event featuring Cuban and Afro-Cuban music and dance, live folkloric performances including bata drumming, Orisha dances, and rumba; salsa and folkloric dance classes; DJ playing the latest salsa, reggaeton from Havana... and much more!
A distinctive, yet very authentic taste of Cuba and for Cubans a long way from their mother country, an evocative reminder of home.

Following and incredible live set from George Peguero and his 12 piece salsa band at the last Rumbon Cubano, we are delighted to bring you more live music from the multi-talented Rey Crespo & his Cuban Ensemble

Note: You won’t have to miss the world cup final, there will be tv screens available

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Thursday 15th July

 Thursday 15th July - Lecture + Film - Free Event
‘La Salsa en Discusion’ with Alejandro Ulloa, Universidad del Valle - Cali,  followed by
‘Beats of the Heart: Salsa’ documentary film by Jeremy Marre (1979) –
SOAS University 7pm – 9pm / Admission: FREE
Thornhaugh Street, Russel Square, London WC1H OXG

                                         

Anthropologist, linguist and Salsa specialist, Alejandro Ulloa from Cali, Colombia presents his new book 'La Salsa en Discusion'. Ulloa's new book constitutes a debate of the various academic theoretical studies of Salsa, written by authors of different countries: Leonardo Acosta in Cuba, Cesar Miguel Rondon in Venezuela, Angel Quintero Rivera in Puerto Rico, Vernon Boggs in New York, amongst others, as well as his own personal theoretical views about the subject. The lecture will be held in Spanish with an interpreter present.

Faced with the idea that Salsa was primarily a commercial phenomenon, promoted by a brand, the book looks in depth at the cultural history that contextualizes the genesis of Salsa in the Spanish Harlem, the South Bronx and Santurce (Puerto Rico); the fast way of life of the big city played a defining role in this process.

The evening concludes with the film ‘Beats of the heart: Salsa’, made in 1979 by Jeremy Marre producer of Latin Muisc USA and director of SALSA episode 2 in that series recently shown on the BBC; the fim looks at the music through the eyes of musicians like Tito Puente and Celia Cruz on the one hand and social activists on the other. Of course, the commercial pressures that produced Fania’s slickest productions are caught here on the turn as more conscious lyricists like Ruben Blades reclaim in words the spirit of resistance that the music has nurtured in its rhythms.

The film captures a moment in time, explored through different people’s eyes in a community united by a shared experience of marginalisation but fired by the crushing, pulsing, explosive rhythms what we now know as Salsa.

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Friday 16th July
El Grande! @ Club Colosseum -
The official Willie Colon After-Party!
1 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5NQ

London’s Biggest Salsa Monthly Event



4 Rooms – Salsa & Kizomba classes – Dance Shows & More!

‘El Grande’ at Club Colosseum has undoubtedly established itself as the biggest Salsa Monthly  event in London, possibly the UK, organized by Salsa Republic on the third Friday of every month, this night is a must go for all Salsa lovers regardless of their style of dance preference.

On Friday 16th July, we are thrilled to announce that Clave Latina Fest & Salsa Republic will be hosting the Official After-Party at El Grande! @ Club Colosseum, for the Willie Colon concert part of 'Blaze' produced by the Barbican in association with Como No. Upon presentation of the concert ticket stub,  concert goers will gain entry for the discounted price of £5

*Concert: Willie Colon + DJ Lubi at the Hackney Empire Friday 16th July 2010
Rare London show from the Nuyorican trombonist, singer, composer and allround Salsa legend Willie Colon.

Hackney Empire - 291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ
Tel: 020 8510 4500         Tickets: Standing & Seated £15/£20/£25
 
For more information, please visit the link below:

http://bit.ly/9OmLTB




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Salsa and Kizomba classes at 9.45pm, followed by music till 4am.

Times: 9.30pm – 4am / Entrance: £10

www.salsarepublic.co.uk 

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Saturday 17th July - Lecture + film Free Event
Voices of Latin Rock (Jim MacCarthy) - Book presentation followed by rare film of Santana on tour in 1971 in Europe
Conway Hall 7.30pm / Free Admission
25 Red Lion Square, Holborn WC1R 4RL
 
                                                                       

The author of 'Voices of Latin Rock' chronicles the development of Latin Rock in San Francisco, a style combining a fusion of Latin music, Salsa and Rock developed mainly by young Latino musicians in the late 60's and 70's and epitomised by Carlos Santana.

Directly from the Mission District in San Francisco, the explosive fusion of Latin, salsa and rock is chronicled from a writer who has followed the music and the musicians for over 30 years. The book covers the stories of prominent Latin rock bands including Santana and Malo, examining in detail the pioneering records and the ways in which both reflect a wide spectrum of Latin influences.

The book highlights the cast of characters and emerging period in the US during the late '60s, with all the cultural background events including the Summer of Love, Woodstock, political activism, and the record label expansion. Legendary figures such as Bill Graham, Clive Davis and the Escovedos family play crucial roles in the development of this sound.

The lecture will be accompanied by records and a Latin percussionist. 

The lecture will be followed by the rare and completely unseen film ‘Santana On Tour - Europe 1971’ (45 minutes)

The Lecture and film will be followed by a Party

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