Korea Carruseles

Casino Rueda Night at Waegook Cook in Gumi

Once again it's Free Casino Rueda Lesson night at Waegook Cook Pub in Gumi. Class starts at 9:30 pm. Instructor is Art Williams.

Rueda News across the ocean

I put up another video last night about the Casino Rueda class I've just recently started at Waegook Cook in Gumi, S.Korea (see their very active Facebook page here) and, lo and behold, it's #4 on Google for 'casino rueda'.  Funny how that Google guy figures things out.  How'd he know the class is tonight?

Anyway, I noticed some news about other casino rueda venues back in The Americas so I thought I'd share those items of information too:

Announcing new Free Casino Rueda class in Gumi

Read my post over on WanderingSalsero about the the casino rueda class I'm starting over at Waegook Cook in Gumi. Click here.

Publish Date: 05/13/2010 10:45

http://wanderingsalsero.typepad.com/korea_carruseles/2010/05/announcing-new-free-casino-rueda-class-in-

(Next.....here's some news about a big Casino Rueda event in Bordeaux.  Casino Rueda is big in Europe, you know.  I'll bet this would be fun.  And....I wouldn't be surprised if there's some Kizomba in the background either.  Europeans seem to be a bit more 'liberal' than US types.)

Festival International de Rueda de Casino – April 23 to 25, 2010 ...

Marc Pinaud, our Godfather, the whole organisation team and myself are very pleased to invite you to celebrate the 5th edition of our Bordeaux International Casino Rueda Fesival – Cuban Salsa. 2010 will be a year full of projects and ...

Publish Date: 04/21/2010 0:16

http://www.salsacongress.com/2010/04/20/festival-international-de-rueda-de-casino-april-23-25-2010-bordeaux-france/

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(Here's a post I wrote a few months ago about the Rueda group I participate in in Daegu, just up the road from where I live.  We've been rather inactive lately due to the absence of some key figures in the group.)

Korea Carruseles: Casino Rueda in Daegu

Casino Reuda is alive and reasonably well in central S.Korea. In the city of Daegu to be more exact. Yes, I've been having lots of fun attending the Saturday night Casino Rueda Class at Babalu Salsa Club in the downtown...

Publish Date: 01/25/2010 3:33

http://wanderingsalsero.typepad.com/korea_carruseles/2010/01/cas

Casino rueda salsa

Casino rueda salsa Started by geralt007 in Salsa Music and Dance Replies: 1 Last poster: Adam from Embra.

Publish Date: 04/20/2010 3:29

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Join the new Casino Rueda class at Waegook Cook in Gumi!

The new Casino Rueda class has started at Waegook Cook near beautiful, downtown Gumi, S.Korea.

And you're invited!

Yes friends, we had our first class last Tuesday and everybody agreed that it was fun.  As usual, it started out a bit 'rough' around the edges but by the time the evening was over we were actually doing some simple rueda. 

We introduced the class to these casino rueda patterns:

1.     Par el media

2.     Llevela abajo

3.     Exhibela

4.    Caminando

5.     Taro

6.     Taro y No le segues (note: spelling was not covered :-)

Derrick and Sugi, the owners and active managers of Waegook Cook actually participated in the class too.  Plus we had an enthusiastic crowd of about 18 other students.......slightly more girls than guys, but......hopefully that'll improve in the future.  The class started about 9:30 pm and finished around 11:30 although the original intention was to finish at 11:00.

Next week we'll start about the same time.  First we'll review what we did last week, then it's my intention to add 1-3 more new patterns.   I want to include lots of short, quick things which we can learn very easily in this casino rueda style ....e.g. foto, el fly and (one I invented called....) 'Excuse me!'.

You're invited to the fun this coming Tuesday.   For more details you can check the Waegook Cook Facebook ..or call me at 010 5822 2277.

Announcing new Free Casino Rueda class in Gumi

Read my post over on WanderingSalsero about the the casino rueda class I'm starting over at Waegook Cook in Gumi.

Click here.

Art Williams, Pillhwan and Wetoku.com

Casino Rueda 101.....Fall Semester starts Saturday!!

 

Casino Rueda 101 pt 3 !!

Yes friends and fun lovers in Seoul (and environs)......it's that time again.  Time for another fun and frolicing evening with Candela Dance Studio, Korea Carruselescom and Korea Latin and Salsa.com.

Join us for our third class of Casino Rueda 101.  Our classes are growing steadily, everybody's learning real fast and we're all having a great time in the process. 

How 'bout you?  What have you been doing on Saturday nights? 

If you've been going salsa dancing but you haven't :-0 been doing any rueda......man!  I don't know how you've been surviving.  There's nothing more fun that dancing with your friends in a rueda. 

Talk about 'renewable energy'!!!  This is it, baby!

It's kinda lika being a member of a street gang that dances.  Except it's not on the street.  We're more civilized than that.  We do it in clubs.  And we do it with............EVERYBODY!!

Even if you've missed the first two classes, as long as you know your salsa basics it's probably not too late to get in and move along with us.

Candela Studio is easy to find.  Just get to the Yangjae subway station in Seoul.  Take Exit #6 and Candela Dance Studio is a short 3 minute walk from that.  You'll see direction on the video elsewhere on this site.  Or you can call me, Art, at 010 5822 2277 or call Pillhwan at 011-9046-6103

Class #1 was great.....will you make #2?

Here's the video I did for this coming Saturday's Casino Rueda 101 class.  You'll see our group picture after the class also some pictures from the KoreaLatinandSalsa group social we went to at Macondo later that night

We had a great first class.  A few people who I was looking forward to seeing didn't turn up but they had circumstances that prevented them from doing so and I eagerly anticipate seeing at least 2 or 3 of them this Saturday.  It should be another stellar class.

Regardless, we still had enough people to have a good class.  As you can see from this video, we had enough people for 4 couples plus one extra.  That's not unusual....i.e. to have some empty slots in the 'circle'.

I especially thought Pat and Natalie did very well and they certainly looked like they were having fun.

So.......... HEY!  GUYS!

This is your big chance.  Lots of you joined KoreaLatinandSalsa because (you said) you wanted to learn to dance.  Soooooooooo.........let's get on the stick.  You won't find a more fun way to learn to salsa.  Don't let life 'get in the way' like most people do.

Attend the class this Saturday and get in on the ground floor of this thing we're doing.  Then, when we start our next class, I can probably get Pillhwan to let you attend this class again for half price and you'll get to be the 'big dog' with all the new casineras!

Plus, of course, you'll move along with our FirstTeam to bigger and better things.

This is probably the last Saturday we'll let new people come into the class.  Remember that I said I wanted to build a small, hard-core group up to a reasonable level of proficiency so that we could have a demo group as quickly as possible.  It's going to happen.  Only question is......are you 'in' or will you miss it?

Remember, lots of people say they'd like to 'perform' but never have the chance.  With casino rueda you've got the best of two worlds.  You're a performer but you don't have to go through all the regimentation they do.  Plus, in my humble opinion, the performances are more fun both to do and to  watch. 

Every time you do a rueda, it's a 'performance'.  Anybody who's seen a group doing rueda remembers it.  If you'll take advantage of these classes, you can be one of those people they remember.

We're on our way to getting our FirstTeam off the ground and flying.  If you get in by this coming Saturday, you can still be a part of it.  We especially need guys so.....girls, if you want to come, please try to bring a guy.  Otherwise, expect to either have to dance lead or just have to wait your turn in the circle as we practice.

We still plan on going out dancing somewhere later Saturday evening.  If you want somewhere to go and somebody to go out with Saturday night, come out with us.

By the way, there will be a test at the end of this class.  Those who pass the test can move on to Casino Rueda 201.  Those who do not will have to repeat the 101 class.  I expect everybody will pass though.

Sometime in the near future we'll be starting a class designed for total dance beginners....i.e. people who've never done any salsa dancing before.  Keep that in mind........not for yourself but for any friends you have who you think would enjoy learning this very social kind of salsa.  I'm looking forward to that class because I've got some very specific ideas on what's beneficial for beginners.

So that's it.  I hope everybody is well and enjoying sassy, sizzling, Seoul.

Casino Rueda 101 tomorrow!!

The first ever class of it's type in Korea, Casino Rueda 101, starts tomorrow, Saturday, August 8, 6pm. at Candela Dance Studio in Yangjae, Seoul, S.Korea.  Many of the best dancers from www.korealatinandsalsa.com and Candela Dance Studio will be in attendance......fired up and highly motivated to learn more about the casino rueda.

Casino rueda is, without a doubt, the most entertaining way to learn salsa.  It can be done by one couple or with 100 couples.  It's definately the most social form of salsa dancing because everybody gets to dance and everybody dances with everybody else.

This class is the first of a series of classes called Casino Rueda 101.  Students who complete this series of classes will know the basic format of casino rueda and over 60 of the basic and the best casino rueda patterns.  And those students who want to will also be given a chance to learn to be a 'caller'....i.e. the person who leads the rueda.

From this class will emerge a core group of casino rueda afficianados who will be able to do ruedas in the many excellent salsa clubs in Seoul.  And hopefully bring lots and lots of new students into the joy of learning salsa through rueda.

It's not too late to get into this class.  It's only 10,000 KW, payable to the studio, and it includes admittence to our socials plus all the excellent facilities at Candela.

Sign up at the KorealatinandSalsa Facebook page.....here.  Or just call me, Art Williams, at 010 5822 2277 and let me know you want to come.

The upcoming 2 Hour Casino Rueda Crashcourse

Yeah, it's a big deal in my mind!  I'm instigating an event to try to get casino rueda kicked off in Seoul in some way that I can fit into. 

A friend of mine that I met through my blog, Hyun Pil Hwan (AKA: Pillhwan), has a dance studio and he's a very progressive and open minded guy (and a good dancer too).  He's graciously offered to host the workshop, for free, at his studio on Saturday, 4-6 pm, July 25.

His studio is absolutely gorgeous.  It's also only about 3 or 4 minutes from the the Yangjae subway station.  The only requirement we've set for attending the workshop is that you already know your basic salsa steps.  We'll take it from there.

When I say 'we', I'm referring to me, Suki, Neon and Michelle.

Suki referrs to the teacher and ladyfriend of mine who I know from Seattle.  She's one of the reuda gals I knew back in the states.  She surprised me a few months ago when I discovered that she was coming over here to teach English and, as it turned out, she teaches just a bit 'up the road' from me.  She's actually a little closer to Seoul than I am.  She's a bit rusty on her rueda but she's got a lot of it in her head and she said she'll participate and help as much as she can.

Neon is a Korean fellow who has a small circle of friends who have been doing rueda on their own for awhile here in Seoul.  His group isn't big but he does have a good style and dances regularly.

Michelle is a young lady in the www.korealatinandsalsa.com group with me.  She's very open minded and loves kizomba and rueda too.  She's helping me review and practice the patterns that I used to know and she'll no doubt be a big assist at the actual workshop.

If we have any success at this workshop at all, I'm hoping we can do it again later.....bigger and better.  And eventually get Jorge Elizanda or Nick Van Eyck or Sandra Sleeper or some other 'name brand' instructor over here to teach us.

Here's a letter wherein I've come up with a fairly 'final' list of the patterns I'm going to try to cover.  I wanted to find videos of all the patterns but couldn't, or haven't yet.  If you see any here that you know where I can find a video of, I'd sure like to have the URL for the video.  I'm trying to make it as easy and painless as possible for people to attend the workshop.  We've got a lot of good salsa dancers in Seoul but rueda hasn't really taken much of a hold here yet.

Here's the letter/list: