Bailamos

Discount Card Details

2010-01-28T00:44:00.001+08:00

Hey guys!

Along with the goody bag you're getting comes an awesome Dance Class Discount Card! We basically have 8 participating studios, with differing class discounts. The card is good for one use at any one studio of your choice (:

The studio details are:
LA Dance Connection: Dance Arts Funan Digitalife Mall #05-39, 109 North Bridge Rd

Louis and Catherine Dance Studio: 176 Tyrwhitt Road, #02-176

Groove: 28A Seah Street and #02-29 Waterloo Centre, Waterloo Street

Dancespot de Allan: Block 70A Geylang Bahru #02-2721

Dance En Motion: 88B Tanjong Pagar Rd, #03-01

DansFlava Studios: UP Studios, 79B Tanjong Pagar Road (3rd Floor)

JJ Salsa Rengue: 76A Peck Seah Street, 2nd Floor

Attitude Dance Studio: 70, Palmer Road #02-01

Hope you guys are inspired by Bailamos and put the card to good use!

radio gaga

2010-01-25T23:08:00.001+08:00

Check out the interview Kenny and Jean (President and Events Director respectively) did for SMU's Campus Radio!

OHMIGOSH GUYS!

2010-01-24T17:12:00.002+08:00

4 days more!!

spotlight: Choreographers of Caderas

2010-01-19T18:12:00.000+08:00

In 2003 Lionel Araya, from Los Angeles, USA, together with Alicia Foo from Singapore, co-founded L.A. Dance Connection (LADC) with a vision and passion to develop a dynamic dance scene in

Singapore

based on the popular LA dance styles. Lionel, the Artistic Director of LADC, has more than 15 years of experience in Hip Hop/Funk, Street Jazz, Lyrical Jazz and Salsa.

He has performed and choreographed for CBS and Warner Bros. in Hollywood, and his choreography was voted among the best in the annual West Coast Salsa Congress, Los Angeles (1999 - 2002) – one of the biggest and the most prestigious international Salsa events in the world. Internationally, Lionel has organized numerous dance conventions in his native country of Costa Rica, and conducted popular dance workshops in Manila, Bali, Chennai, Hong Kong and the Maldives.

Since his arrival in Singapore, he has been invited to choreograph for several prestigious events such as the Chingay Parade, the Asian Tourism Awards and the Singapore Radio Hit Music Awards, among others. In his 10 years here, he has trained young aspiring dancers in the Music and Drama Company (Singapore Armed Forces), Singapore American School, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts as well as at his own studio, LADC. He has been grooming the young and talented dancers from the SMU Caderas Latinas Salsa Performance Team since the team’s founding in 2004.

Louis Ng - Latin Ballroom Team

Trained in London from 1991 to 1996, Louis quickly took the Latin dance scene by storm, emerging as the 5 times Singapore Open Acrobatic Rock & Roll champions and 10 Times South East Asia Amateur Latin Champions from Dec 1990 to Nov 1992. As Louis turned professional in 1993, he continued his glory by emerging as the 5 Times South East Asia Professional Latin Champions from 1993 to 1994, and was even invited to represent

Singapore

in the world professional Latin American dance championship in 1994.

To share his passion for Latin dance, Louis, together with his wife Catherine, opened their very own dance studio in 1993 and have since groomed many Latin dance enthusiasts. They have also been organizing the annual Stardust Dancesport Grand Prix for 9 years, with the latest one being held in June this year and it was a huge success.

Besides teaching at his studio, Louis is currently a World Dance Licensed Adjudicator and is also part of the executive committee of the Singapore Ballroom Dance Teachers Association.

spotlight: Republic Polytechnic

2010-01-13T13:17:00.002+08:00

Republic Polytechnic's Social Dance IG comprises of two wings, Salsa Performance team and Latin Performance Team. Members are exposed to both Salsa and Latin dances, which offers them a chance to build a strong dance foundation. Those with the passion to take dancing to another level can find themselves training with renowned instructors.

Since the birth of the IG in 2004, their dancers have been to many events such as Singapore Muse II 2009, Bailamos SMU Performance, Momentum 2009, River Hong Bao 2008, and reached out to the community, such as performing for the elderly at Christalite Methodist Home.

Social Dance IG hopes to engage students and the community in building a healthy, entertaining and social form of building lifetime fitness through dance.

Catch them performing a cool Rock & Roll number at Bailamos Sin Limites!

spotlight: guest performers

2010-01-12T16:39:00.001+08:00

SIM Salsa En Soul's objective is to spread the flavors, passion and awareness of Street Latin and Salsa dances to our campus. Their Mission is to bring forth the spirit of Salsa dance to their school's population, enabling them to discover their artistic potential and passion for Salsa and other Street Latin social dances.

The club started in 2007 as a young and vibrant club by founding member, John Por. Since then, Salsa En Soul has been making massive waves throughout the campus in spreading the 'gospel' of Salsa to students in SIM, grooming students from 2 left feet dancers to elegant Salsa dancers. Salsa En Soul Performance Team has also brought glory to the club and school, impacting the crowd with their presence and stunning performances for numerous events and occasions. Till date, the club has grown to 100 over members and is still growing.

SIM Salsa En Soul is taught by Eddie Lim.

sneak peaks!

2010-01-10T23:11:00.001+08:00

First combined rehearsal is over! Phew! There's still work to be done, but after having seen all the items I can tell you quite confidently that this year's show will be a BLAST!

Here are some candid shots (:

Caderas Latinas Salsa Juniors

Latin Ballroom Juniors

Salsa seniors post-rehearsal!

Long rehearsals make the alumni go slightly crazy!

party planners

2010-01-09T18:38:00.002+08:00

The Bailamos Sin Limites Organising Committee!
(minus Shu Hua and Clement)

As you can see from the laptops and stuff strewn about the table, we're working real hard to make sure you guys have the Night Of Your Lives on the 28th of January!

Combined rehearsals are coming up soon, so we should have a few sneak peaks for you in the coming days (:

Early bird tickets end tomorrow!

So drop an email to caderaslatinas@sa.smu.edu.sg by tomorrow to reserve yours.

See you party people at Zirca on the 28th!

early bird tickets!

2010-01-04T12:24:00.006+08:00

LAST WEEK FOR EARLY BIRD TICKETS!

This is your last week to get Bailamos tickets at $18!

From next week onwards, tickets will be $20.

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

GRAB THEM NOW!

soundbites: the babes

2010-01-02T00:26:00.005+08:00

A new school term starts in 2 days...while this pretty much means DOOM, GLOOM and a return to the drudgery of school, Fear Not! The party season may be over, but in 4 weeks time, it'll be time to let your hair down once more with Caderas Latinas at Bailamos Sin Limites!

Let's see what some of the lovely ladies of Caderas Latinas have to say!

"Pump yourself up for a night of salsa like you've never seen before! - Costumes? BOLD. Choreographies? BRILLIANT. The Experience? PRICELESS."

- Jean Rozario, Event Director

Yup! That's right ladies and gentlemen. Right from the horses mouth! Jean's the overall in-charge of running this event, so who better to tell us what to expect? Get ready to be blown away by a sizzling night of Pure Latin HOTNESS!

In the words of Farah, our VP of Latin Ballroom:

"Groove the night away with Latin beats and gyrating hips, only at Bailamos 2010!"

person of the day!

2009-12-22T17:03:00.007+08:00

Today our attention turns to: GARY FOO!

image from ntu.edu.sg. no copyright infringement intended!

Gary teaches at Dance En Motion and he teaches 1 of the groups that will be performing at BAILAMOS SIN LIMITES.

NTU Salsa En Sync came into existence in 2006 with Gary Foo from En Motion Dance School as their instructor to introduce the fun, sensual and sexy dance to the students of NTU.
In a few short years and numerous dance classes, workshops and Salsa camps, they are very proud to have developed many people into passionate dancers who are confident both on and off stage. Salsa En Sync aims to bring Salsa dancing to more people so that everyone will learn to enjoy Salsa dancing as a social dance as well as a choreographed performance.

sexy seniors

2009-12-18T17:43:00.004+08:00

So our (relatively) new alumni team gave a really HOT performance at the Singapore International Salsa Festival in November...

Expect to see more sizzle from them at Bailamos Sin Limites!
(pssst! I hear they're doing partner work this time, so girls, we'll have some guys to look at too!)

Hello world!

2009-10-23T01:03:00.003+08:00

Hello world! Welcome to the Caderas Latinas Bailamos Sin Limites blog (: We're counting down to our HUGE Latin Dance Party Extravaganza - yes, EXTRAVAGANZA!

Expect youtube videos, sneak performance previews, photographs, gossip and MORE!

We're less than 2 months away people, so it's time to start getting REALLY EXCITED! If you have yet to purchase tickets to what's gonna be the hottest party of the year, you can do so by emailing caderaslatinas@sa.smu.edu.sg or by heading down to the Arts Fest booth in the SMU Councourse (opposite Studio Wu) when school reopens in January.

We have limited early bird discounts! So grab your tickets soon (:

Okay. I shall now attempt to insert a nifty countdown clock here...

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success!