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    Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    I've just been spammed by this on Facebook:

    Ceroc London brings you another inspiring and individual workshop.

    LATIN PASSION with Maja the Queen of Latin Style

    Take your Dancing to another Level adding Flair, Sensuality and Latin Passion.

    With a Unique cocktail of hot Rhythms, inspiring technique, sweeping footwork and Dance Attitude.

    Maja offers her own Unique and Sassy Latin Ceroc Style.
    I read it three times and I still don't understand what's actually being, you know, taught?

    Anyone care to enlighten me?

    And don't get me started on the capitalisation either...

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    Re: Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by David Bailey View Post
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    I read it three times and I still don't understand what's actually being, you know, taught?
    Ceroc workshop should give it away, shirly? They don't normally teach anything...

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    Re: Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by tsh View Post
    Ceroc workshop should give it away, shirly? They don't normally teach anything...
    Well, you know, I've done a bit of Latin dancing, and I still don't have a clue what they're even trying to teach... I mean, it just looks like 4 hours of "Now, Do Sexy" to me at the moment.

    Anyone going on / been on one of these? What was taught?

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    Re: Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by David Bailey View Post
    And don't get me started on the capitalisation either...
    Why? You have something against holding it in London?

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    Re: Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by straycat View Post
    Why? You have something against holding it in London?
    Ooh, cutting.

    Anyway, anyone? Latin workshop? Anyone done one? Ever? Will give rep...

    Ooh again - I've got 8 power! Mine's bigger than DS's! Mwa hahahahahaha etc...

    Ahem.

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    Re: Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by David Bailey View Post
    Ooh again - I've got 8 power! Mine's bigger than DS's! Mwa hahahahahaha etc...
    As always - size is less important than what you actually do with it.

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    Re: Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by David Bailey View Post
    Anyway, anyone? Latin workshop? Ever? Will give rep...
    Yep. Did it at school. Hated it - although, to be fair, that was more down to the teacher than the language, which is pretty straightforward as languages go.

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    Re: Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by straycat View Post
    Yep. Did it at school. Hated it - although, to be fair, that was more down to the teacher than the language, which is pretty straightforward as languages go.
    Of course, I never said "positive rep"...

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    Re: Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by David Bailey View Post
    I read it three times and I still don't understand what's actually being, you know, taught?

    Anyone care to enlighten me?
    I think she had done at least one weekender workshop with a very similar blurb (The DVDs are very useful for checking out teachers).


    Definitely latin music (a well known cha track) on the DVD.

    Lady does forward ochos (passable for Ceroc ochos) with leader behind holding her hands outstretched to the side at shoulder level.

    Maja clearly puts some latin flavour into here dancing - she puts some quite latin motion in at times, and her arm movements such as the way she follows though are reminiscent of rumba / cha.

    Nothing I can see about what the demo does that suggests latin at all though.


    I believe this was entirely a moves workshop, with little or no mention of technique.

    So in this case the latin part mostly amounted to the ladies copying what Maja did. It may or may not be different for a proper workshop.

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    Re: Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    Having never done one of her workshops before I'm afraid I don't have much to add to frodo's comment except:

    Maja is a dancer, and I have no doubt the ladies can pick up on a lot of style tips from watching her a while regardless of what the workshop is trying to teach. That said, I'm less sure about what would be in it for the guys.

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    Re: Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by frodo View Post
    It may or may not be different for a proper workshop.
    I should also have pointed out this isn't one of the more recent Ceroc weekenders so again it may be different.

    She doesn't appear to have taught at anything recent.

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    Re: Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by tsh View Post
    Ceroc workshop should give it away, shirly? They don't normally teach anything...
    Why is tsh calling you shirly Jamesy?

    Are you a closet Tranny like me and Andy McGregor?

    If not handbags at dawn methinks.

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