OUR TV SHOW
"YOU
CAN DANCE! with DANCEMATES!"
(Last
Update 5/25/2011)
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:
5/13/2011
and 5/20/11 – Fran’s
American-Style Tango Dance Instruction at Copernicus Center; Norm’s
American-Style Tango Dance Instruction at Irving Park YMCA; American-Style Tango “Running Promenade to the
Grapevine” combination as taught by Norm and Fran; Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, East-Coast Swing, and Bachata
dancing at Truman College, Oakton Community College and Wright College; “I love
to dance” in several languages; Norell,
Assistant Dance Instructor dancing
Salsa, Cumbia, and Merengue with the dance students;
and Norm and Fran Salsa demo
5/27/2011
and 6/3/2011 – Norm
and Fran’s Salsa Dip Instruction at Niles North and Oakton Community College; Merengue,
Salsa, Bachata and Cumbia
dancing by DanceMates dance students across all
locations listed at http://dancemates.org/web1.html
; What ladies say about men who dances; “I love to dance” in several languages;
Norell, Assistant Dance Instructor dancing Cha Cha Cha, Tango, and Slow
Foxtrot/Ballad 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, 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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