Programme
“5Star Congress 2018 Programme”
Parties Nights
We will have parties running in 4 rooms
If you have purchased a party pass and not watching the shows, the Royal Room will be open from 8pm Sat/Sun and the Connaught/Newbury Room from 10pm where you will be able to dance until the shows are over.
See the timeline for parties below
Dress Code all Weekend Dress 2 Impress
Friday
16:00 til 19:00 Social Dance in Newbury Room from
19:00 Classes in Newbury 1 & 2 from
21:00 Dancing in Newbury 1 Salsa Romantica/Cuban
(Shows @23:00)
22:00 Newbury 2: Kizomba
22:00 Connaught: Bachata
22:30 County Room: Salsa/Mambo
(Live Band Salseology @Midnight)
Shows @23:00
☆ Marco Ferrigno’s “Bad Boys”
☆ Andrea Stewart & Meleydis
☆ Pexava Students Oxford Team
– Live Band “Salseology” @Midnight
– Parties until breakfast
Saturday
Workshops
From 11:00 to 18:00
Stargate Competition @13:00
Parties
22:00 Royal Room – Vinyl Salsa/Mambo Classics
22:00 Connaught Room – Bachata
22:00 Newbury Room – Kizomba
21:00 Commonwealth (after Shows) Mambo (Palladium/Fania/Romantica)
20:00 County Room Salsa/Salsa Cubano/Salsa Romantica
Shows @21:00
☆ Adolfo Indacochea & Latin Soul Dancers (NY/Italy)
☆ African Jet (Italy)
☆ Anne & Anichi
☆ Azael & Jomante (Mexico/Lithuania)
☆ Charlie Garcia & Tania Cannarsa
☆ Damarys Farres & Juan Carlos Pacheco
☆ Franklin Diaz
☆ Gil & Shelley (Mexico/UK)
☆ Grupo Alafia (Italy)
☆ Jose Diaz & Euphoria
☆ Johnny & Gina
☆ Miguel & Rianne Vivendi DC (Netherlands)
☆ Mistura Movement (Netherlands)
☆ Ovidijus & Viktorija (Lithuania)
☆ Poetic Motion (Netherland)
– Parties until breakfast
Sunday
Workshops
From 11:00 to 18:00
Jack & Jill Competition @14:00
Parties
22:00 Royal Room – Vinyl Salsa/Mambo Classics
22:00 Connaught Room – Bachata
22:00 Newbury Room – Kizomba
21:00 Commonwealth (after Shows) Mambo (Palladium/Fania/Romantica)
20:00 County Room Salsa/Salsa Cubano/Salsa Romantica
Shows @21:00
☆ Adolfo Indacochea & Latin Soul Dancers (NY/Italy)
☆ Alma de Pexava (UK)
☆ Anne & Anichi
☆ Azael & Jomante (Mexico/Estonia)
☆ Eddie & Kat (UK)
☆ Edwin Rodriguez Ovalle
☆ Grupo Alafia (Italy)
☆ Jose Diaz & Nerea Perez
☆ Miguel & Rianne Vivendi DC (Netherlands)
☆ Mambonito (UK)
☆ Osbanis & Anneta (Cuba/Poland)
☆ OTRADANZ (UK)
☆ Pexava Karel Flores Ladies Team (UK)
☆ Poetic Motion (Netherlands)
☆ South Coast Ladies
– Parties until breakfast
Party Nights, All three nights features 4 rooms of Music and Dance
Commonwealth Room – Salsa until 6am after shows with after party until Breakfast
Connaught Room – Starts 22:00 Bachata until 6am
Royal Room – Starts 20:00 Cuban & Salsa Romantica until 4am with after party until Breakfast
Newbury – Start 22:00 each night Kizomba, Semba, Zouk, Afro Beats until 4am
Daytime Social Dancing
Friday from 16:00 til 19:00 Newbury Room
Saturday from 15:00 til 19:00 Atrium
Sunday from 16:00 til 19:00 Edwardian Room
Workshops
Complete Beginners Course
Join our 2 Day intensive beginner course at the 5 Star London Salsa Congress, You will be taken through the fundamentals of Salsa and be given the opportunity to experience other dance forms, we will be running a course for complete beginners, so book now to reserve your place. Buy a weekend pass or stay for the entire weekend
Introduction to Dancing On2
This course will be aimed at Intermediate/Advance dancers, who should already be familiar with dancing On1 and understand basic timing structure. Students taking part will go through basics of dancing On2, learn about the rhythmic structure and beats that underlies Salsa Music. It is recommended that you do each part of the course in order to gain full understanding of Dancing On2, 2 Hours of Conversion Saturday plus 2 hours Improvers class on Sunday.
Progressive Workshops
We have included some progressive workshops, these workshops
will be 2 hours in duration and geared at providing
a more focused learning experience for those wishing
to take their dancing to another level.
Workshop Abbreviations
On1 = Crossbody On1 (1st Beat)
On2 = Crossbody On2 (2nd Beat)
T.P. = Turn patterns