What Is Salsanama?
Rules
1 – The competition will be one vs. one asking dancers to improvise.
2 – The title of the song to be used will be chosen on the spot by the Judges.
3 – The competitors will each have 40 second to improvise, twice for round
4 – The influence of other Caribbean styles such as, rumba, Afro, pachanga, reggaeton, etc will allowed.
5 – Ladies must compete with heels shoes
6 – The song being selected will come from various styles of salsa. In addition, line dancing can be applied to a timba song or vice-versa. This will be accepted in order to provide the most freedom the partecipants’ improvisation.
7 — Dancers can be creative with salsa rhythms (i.e. switch from On1 to On2 or vice versa), when the music calls for it.
8 – Jumps / Tricks: lifting both feet off of the ground will be allowed with the only purpose of interpreting the music correctly. A sequence of tricks done rondomly.even if applied technically sound will not be taken into consideration buy the judges, as La “ Salserita ” is the main focus of this competition.
Our Team
The Australian Salsanama team was formed by Fernando Sosa himself. Spending many months training these amazing Australian dancers in the art of Sosa Style at the Tropical Gem Academy in Milan. Fernando has certified these dancers to teach and train Australian dancers in his art in preparation for Salsanama Australia hosted by Doudoule Latin Dance Festival 2019.
Salsanama Australia 2019 Winner
Juan Carlos Ospina Sanchez, Will represent Australia in the 2020 Salsanama finals in Milan.
You can follow his Journey as he arrives in Milan on the 20th of January to be ready for the finals on the 31st January, 1st & 2nd of Febuary 2020 on our Facebook page.
Fernando Sosa
Salsanama Director & Salsanama Australia Director
Ana Karam
Salsanama Australia Director
Kristi Hall
Salsanama Australia
Jai Sheffield
Salsanama Australia
Juan Carlos Sanchez
current Salsanama Australian Champion
The Music
Below is a Playlist of songs that will be used at Salsanama 2020
The link for the full song list below.
Tracks can be found in YouTube and spotify.
Spotify Playlists
