Latin Freestyle workshop thingy this weekend

[David Bailey]

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...

[tsh]

Originally Posted by David Bailey

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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...

[David Bailey]

Originally Posted by tsh

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?

[straycat]

Originally Posted by David Bailey

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

Why? You have something against holding it in London?

[David Bailey]

Originally Posted by straycat

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.

[Lou]

Originally Posted by David Bailey

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.

[straycat]

Originally Posted by David Bailey

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.

[David Bailey]

Originally Posted by straycat

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"...

[frodo]

Originally Posted by David Bailey

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.

[NZ Monkey]

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.

[frodo]

Originally Posted by frodo

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.

[dave the scaffolder]

Originally Posted by tsh

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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