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hen I CaIne to Boston 13 11'S ago, popular Latin lsic was perforlued ~lusively in Latin clubs. w there are Latin nights ppening in alInost every Ib in the city.' ex Alvear Ical rn:us'ician, prod:uce'r 'Usually out of a class of 10 students, will become excellent dancers, three be mediocre, and two will try and try never qUite get it," said Pabon. Lessons genel'ally start an hour before iug. After learning a few steps, you're oose to dance on your own. eachers rmml the dance floor through Ule night, answeting questions and oconally cutting in to help with moves. AU the insbllctors have very different s," said Suzanne Steele, who leads Ry- Latin night on TImrsdays. "It's good op arOlmd first for a style that's com ,able." he dance is based on eight beats, each e pausing on a different one. There are York salsa, Los Angeles salsa, and . ta Rican salsa, to name a few. Boston sn't have its own style, so the dance vary sharply among instructors. t Wepa Wednesday, Apl;1 Genovese · hes New York-style salsa. The val; II is more complex than niany versions e danc.e with fancy tuming patterns foot work, The iustl1lctors of Ell3embe h the intricate Costa Rican salsa. Club Juliana, a new Saturday night venn Chinatown, teaches a style of salsa eing called la nteda de casino, which featured in the film "Dance With Me." It's a game where couples dance in a le, spinning, making patterns and tradpartners while a caller shouts out th,e e. Typical calls include asking dancers reeze "en foto" (to pose like they're ght in a photograph) 01' to lean into the e and whisper. After la ntenda de casino lessons, Club ana offers a dance workshop that !.eachalsa, merellglle, and bachaul. Uve hands The IllUllher or area clubs adding lIighls wiLh Lalill D.ls is growing. H:ully. IJmL doesn'l holtllrlle ror live Latin IIIl1sic. "For ()uvi()us reasons or cost, Lhere if! a lelltlcncy ror clllhs i.n hring in a f). I iw;h'ad or II live band," said Alex Alvear, who plays ill several hands Imd leads lhe Lalin/jazz haml Mango Blue. "But the thing about lhis IIIw;ic is Llml ifyoll don'l have lhe live elelllenl, il relllly lakes nway lhe cs."ence or lhe whole lhing. It's ... a band inspil'ing dancers ali(I dancel's inspiring lhe hall"." Anolher IIIlvanlage lo hearing live nlllsic is lhe womlerrul cross-pollillaliun or slyles lhat taltes place. Mango Blue mixes AJ'ro-Lal.ill elelllellls illto jazz allli rock. A shle project of lhe band, called M:IIIguito, plays more lradilional Lalin music Friday lIighls III EI lJell1be allhe .Iorge Ilernalldez ClIlI.lmll C'~lIh'r. l~v(,11 lIIore :ulvent.llrolls is lIallaloo, a band lhat describes i\.
iWepalL By CHRISTOPHER MUTHER "" .HoI,. ......... ' ea ~.~' [!:': : V f.::~' ::. '" ,:.:_ ~,§:JJ~;~;~£I~w~~~~e like Mlli~hy e," ..:.. and Chances are if you stop by a club hosting salsa music and dancing, you'll rUn into Ann Murphy and Bren· . da Davis_ The pair are regulars at Latin clubs throughout the city and suburbs - and can't get enough .. ofthe Latin rhytluns and hip-shaking dancing. . . . "We went to Mexico a couple of years ago and tried salsa dancing," said Mw-phy, "and we loved it." It wasn't long before Murphy of Charlestown and Davis of the South End were sampling Boston's Latin scene. Now the two women go out nearly every weekend to one of the city's growing munberofLatin nights. sively in Latin clubs," said Ale."{ Alvear, a local musician and event producer. "Now there are Latin nights happening in almost every club in the city that draw a diverse passing fad. Those involved in the scene s~y it's here to stay, thanks to the burgeoning Latino commUnity and the popularity·of . music and dance among international students crowd of students and professionals. and young urban professionals. - There's more awareness and more openness now." At night spots like The Big'Easyand Avalon a truly international crowd S\\-ing Ricky Martin may be hotter tha~ a Mi- . . their hips as DJs spin hip-hop merengue ami August, but Latin 1nusic is not just a . and sensuous bachatas: Meanwhile, new- Da vis are flocking to salsa nights at smaller clubs like Ryles and Johnny D·s. ''The scene has definitely grO\\11 here oyer the past t\vo years," said April Genovese, who runs a weekly salsa night at the Hong Kong restaurant in Han'ard Square. "r started Wepa Wednesdaytw'o years ago because I couldn't find a place in the cit:: thit had the right mh: of music and dancing, but that's changing." And though local mUsicians bemoan the fact that live Latin music is not taking off as quickly as DJ-fueled.club night!':. ,,,ith a little searching you can hear everything from Brazilian samba to ,\ild mambo punk. Salsa has played the lead role in Latin dance's crosso,'er t~ mainstream fans. . Rooted in Cuba. salsa took off in New York during the ·60s. Musicians from Cuba rind Puerto Rico incorporated elements of 1 1 ·1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 "It's a very friendly atmosphere," Da"is said. "and it's great because the men actuaUy dance." The pair are part of a dance movement that's spreading far beyond the Latino neighborhood bars of Jamaica Plain, Lynn, La\\Tence. "When I came to Boston 13 years ago, popuiar Latin music W;lS performed exclujazz and rock. and this "NewYorican': phenomenon (as the style is often called) emerged . . "That's why they call it salsa." said local salsa pioneer Edwin Pabon. "It's just like the sauce. They took all kinds of musical ingred ients from Puerto Rico and Caribbean countries, put in some New York flavor, a little mambo, and you end up with a spicy, hot mix." Salsa-holics say you have to dance to gain the full Latin e..'
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