OUR TV SHOW
"YOU
CAN DANCE! with DANCEMATES!"
(Last
Update 6/3/2010)
Selected footages from the “You Can Dance with DanceMates” TV
show is now on http://youtube.com/dancemates Check it out for your
viewing pleasure! Remember, with DanceMates, just real people doing real dances
and really having fun!
Upcoming Show Highlights on
Chicago Access Network TV 19:
6/4/2010
– Cumbia dance
lessons with Norm and Fran including dance testimonials; Merengue, Salsa
and Cumbia dancing by DanceMates dance students; What ladies say about men who
dances; “I love to dance” in several languages; Norell (current Assistant
DanceMates Dance Instructor) dancing Cha Cha Cha, Bachata and East-Coast Swing
with the dance students; and Norm and Fran Salsa demo
6/11/2010
and 6/18/2010 – Tango
dance lessons with Norm and Fran; Bachata, Merengue, East-Coast Swing,
Rumba, and Tango dancing by DanceMates dance students; What ladies say about
men who dances; “I love to dance” in several languages; Norell (current
Assistant DanceMates Dance Instructor) dancing Slow Foxtrot/Ballad, Salsa,
Tango, Cumbia, and Merengue with the dance students; and Norm and Fran Salsa
demo
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Popular video segments from the “You Can
Dance with DanceMates” TV show series:
Salsa
Dip Instruction & Testimonials
2 women 1 guy Salsa dance lesson by Norm
DanceMates
Youth & Teen Annual Fundraiser -- CarpachoSupercombo band
Wade and Nancy
is the dancing couple! Watch what they have to say
Cupid Shuffle Line Dance Lesson & Dancing with Fran
Norm
and Fran’s Cha Cha Cha Lessons Part 1 at Chicago Summerdance. Norm and Fran are
the best kept secret and the best Master Social Dance Instructors in the
nation: www.dancemates.org/chachachalessons.wmv
or to download to your ipod: www.dancemates.org/chachachalessons.mp4
Bachata
Dance Instruction & Testimonials
Pretty Woman line
dance lesson & more with Fran
What does
a loyal DanceMate student has to say (Full Interview with Tony Lugo)!
Salsa
Dance Instruction & Testimonials
What women say
about men who dance?
Hip Hop dance lesson with Jennifer of DanceMates
“I Love to
Dance” in several languages
AfterSchool
Dancing at High Ridge YMCA with Asra of DanceMates
Fran’s Classic and Popular Line dancing class
for youth and teens in the Eli’s Cheesecake Festival. Fran is the best Line
dance instructor for youth, teens, adults, and seniors of the world and in the
USA: www.dancemates.org/franlinedancewithkids07.wmv
or to download to your ipod: www.dancemates.org/franlinedancewithkids07.mp4
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Fran
not only teaches Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Belly Dance, West African Dance,
Polka, and Party line dances, She is also a singer! Watch sample video footages
of her performance at the Taste of Chicago 2005 on Friday June 24 and Saturday
June 25, 2005 (Her fabulous guitar accompanist is Mike O’Leary):
Marisa
Cabrera’s Quincinera celebration
Ronda de Salsa
Ronda de
Salsa, also known as Manila Ronda or simply "Ronda," is a group dance
inspired by Casino Rueda. The dance was invented at the Asian Social Institute
in an attempt to energize a disintegrating Filipino Hispanic culture through a
fusion of a local hispanic dance called Pandango and a popular modern dance,
Salsa, which for decades is making waves in other hispanic countries. Ronda
brings to the world, Philippine's contribution to the development of Casino
Rueda and Salsa. Ronda is a dance that follows basic salsa steps and rhythm. It
is meant to be danced in a group with an equal proportion of men and women.
Just like Rueda, Ronda is a round dance. Similar to Rueda, there is a caller
that gives the call or the steps.
Ronda's
uniqueness is based on a Filipino tradition that put a story in a dance, the
story of its people. There are five simple basic combinations or combo, or
ronda: Gising, Pule, Patria, Lakambini and Dolorosa. Gising in Filipino means
"wake-up".The Gising ronda is a combination of steps which tells of a
people being called to wake up. Pule ronda is a combination of steps which
mimic an act of prayer and tells of a people deeply rooted in their tradition.
Patria Ronda is a combination of steps which mimic an act of commaraderie and tells
of a people searching for solidarity. Lakambini is a combination of steps that
imitates reverance of nature and tells of a story of a people being
ecologically conscious. Dolorosa is a combination of intricate steps which
tells of life's ambivalent reality and therefore calls for vigilance. While the
meaning of the dance may contain serious themes, the jollity that the dance
elicits compensated for a somber motif. Designed to be a community dance, the
five steps serve as the basic combinations and each community that dance the
ronda is encourage to develop new rondas or combinations that tells about the
unique character of their group. The dance is also meant to be a social
icebreaker during community gatherings. Other new combinations have been introduced
by different groups such as the Antonio ronda (by Grupo Filipino Salsa) and
Accompania ronda (by ASI employees). New groups that will dance the Ronda are
advised to develop their own rounds and add the new combinations with the basic
rondas. Groups that have contributed to the growth of the ronda celebrate and
share their unique contributions through a Salsa Festival done twice a year.
The dates of Salsa Festivals are November 26, 2005, May 6, 2006, and December
2, 2006.
At present,
the Asian Social Institute, with the cooperation of Grupo Filipino Salsa and
international and local supporters, have been promoting the Ronda by providing
free salsa lessons in the school and in local communities. The Ronda will be
featured in the show called "You Can Dance with Dancemates" on Friday
July 29, 2005 and September 16, 2005 from 10:00 PM to 10:30 PM. It will be
shown in ComCast Chicago Cable Access Network TV Channel 19. The
instruction to dance the Ronda and a sample on how the Ronda is danced by the
core group are available online (Click on any of the link below to get a video
footage):
RONDA
Interview (Ronda as explained by ARES)
RONDA
Dance Instruction by ARES ARTEMIS
The videos
above was shot and authored by Norm Viray
ARES ARTEMIS
SAYS, “If anyone in the US would like to learn to dance the Ronda, we have
given Dancemates permission to teach the dance. Please contact Norm and Fran
Strain-Viray of DanceMates Educational Arts. Norm is one of Chicago's finest
American-Style Ballroom (Waltz, Foxtrot, Rumba, Tango), East-Coast Swing,
Polka, 2-STep, and Latin Dance(Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, Bachata, Cha Cha, and
Samba) instructor since 1992. Frances Strain is also a dance instructor not
only for American-STyle Ballroom, East-Coast Swing, Polka, 2-Step, and Latin
Dances but also for various Party LIne Dances, Hip Hop, Belly Dance, and
African Dancing. She has been teaching since 1994. They are Co-Producers and
Co-Hosts of the "You Can DAnce with DanceMates" TV show. The show
Director and Editor is Chris Kaesberg, with Norman and Fran as Assistant Editors”.
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Watch
Norm & Fran with their Salsa, Swing, Merengue, Cha-Cha, Cumbia, Lambada,
Bachata, Samba, Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Rumba, Texas 2-Step, Polka and Tropical
Rhythms Aerobics dance students in this fitness-related, entertaining and
educational dance show! Viewer bonuses include guest music videos,
interviews/testimonials, dance instruction and social dance tips. Watch every Friday 10:00 P.M. at Chicago Access Network TV Channel 19 and
experience the excitement. Join the friendliest & the most talented &
versatile dance instructors in Chi-town!
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