According to the videos I saw, Salsa was dead. Sensual was king at that festival.
Which Salsa Congresses Or Major Events Do You Plan To Attend in 2020?
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According to the videos I saw, Salsa was dead. Sensual was king at that festival.
I meant the concept of a dance festival happening
Kudos for them to call it sensual and not associate bachata in the name.
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I am sure that never crossed their minds. It's shorter to say 'sensual' than 'bachata & kizomba festival'
Nice to see Yoandy there. Although if I'm going to be nitpicky, that's Casino. Hungarian festivals are usually Casino heavy with little Salsa.
Cuban style salsa
Debatable
Agree. Seemed like a hybrid. 75% salsa and 25% casino.
Do people differentiate Cuban Salsa from Casino.. Is that a thing?
I think now it's Timba hype, but for MCC people will go with Casino. And those who go to salsa parties will use Cuban salsa.
Alright, so then Casino doesn't exist around here since MCC is rare in Europe. It's Cuban styling danced to Timba music. So.. Salsa or not?
I club casino and cuban in the same bucket. They are synonymous and interchangeable labels. They both predominantly dance to Timba. As a non-casino and non-cuban dancer/expert they both look same to me (differences if any is splitting hair). Aren’t they build on the same elements like DNQ, similar basics, non-slot rounded, etc. But the defining characteristic is the music they choose to dance to Timba, reggaeton, salsaton, etc.
P.S. - I bet great majority of dancers don’t know about MCC so that is irrelevant.
In sweden if someone says they dance casino, i'd assume they're MCC dancers. They seem to have a separate scene while salsa dancers, "cuban salsa" dancers and bachata dancers to some extent share venues. But i'd guess the other "cuban salsa" schools are at the core, also teaching casino, just with varying degrees of linear/circular movement.
I've noticed some MCC dancers tend to look down on what's labeled as "cuban salsa" and say that there is no cuban salsa. At the same time, they say that the dance is not real casino. So depending on who you ask, it's neither salsa nor casino
Me i'm just a guy who likes salsa, but i borrowed some moves from casino into my dancing
I've noticed some MCC dancers tend to look down on what's labeled as "cuban salsa" and say that there is no cuban salsa. At the same time, they say that the dance is not real casino. So depending on who you ask, it's neither salsa nor casino
Me i'm just a guy who likes salsa, but i borrowed some moves from casino into my dancing
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I've noticed some MCC dancers tend to look down on what's labeled as "cuban salsa" and say that there is no cuban salsa. At the same time, they say that the dance is not real casino. So depending on who you ask, it's neither salsa nor casino
Me i'm just a guy who likes salsa, but i borrowed some moves from casino into my dancing
MCC dancers are in Casino/Cuban Salsa what are the on2 snobs in linear. Since the name is metodo cuadro de casino (for those who are still wondering what everyone is writing about), the aficionados portend that it is the only true way to dance casino. Of course it isn't just like on2 isn't the only 'good' way to dance linear.
That said, the video looked like cuban salsa with some casino moves mixed in. He was definitely not MCC. He was dancing too many break steps for that.
But the real question is: did they get any increase in covid after this event or is it all good in Hungary now ?
This is what I was thinking. The defining characteristic should be the music. So at that festival, from what I was told, very little Salsa was played.
I heard about MCC first here on SF. I don't know anyone outside of SF mentioning MCC. Not once. Ever.
Because MCC dancers tend to isolate themselves from salsa scene. They have their own events. But they do exist in many countries.
So on2 zealots are a tiny bit better.
More friendly and forgiving to sinners.(In reality though all people whom I've met and who do MCC are very nice and dance with me all styles I dance.)
Same here. But everything I know about casino/cuban is from SF. I don’t know if MCC had a franchise model and so much time is spent discussing it. As I said most casino or cuban dancers would have never heard of it.
Perhaps MCC is a way to codify the technique and teaching of Casino much like ET succeeded with on2. It certainly doesn’t appear that MCC is remotely close to achieving what ET managed to achieve.
Does MCC calls it style casino or cuban or neither?
So on2 zealots are a tiny bit better.
By very definition ‘zealots’ are usually very few. There are ‘zealots’ at everything in life.
I was going to say original analogy and comparison between on2 and MCC is way off the mark. You can’t compare a popular decades old traditional style with one person’s or school approach. Now someone could argue that ETon2 is also one person’s and school’s approach. That could be a fair comparison except ET doesn’t talk down other styles or invalidates them and that style is mainstream danced by overwhelming majority.