Sample clips of Folklore & Popular Cuban Music and Dance DVDs produced by Boogalu Productions hosted on youtube.com. For more information visit http://www.boogalu.com
Cuban Rumba Party - Jardines de Tropical - Havana, Cuba
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Clip of the Boogalu Productions DVD "Rumbon Tropical"
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"Rumbon Tropical" features the Cuban music and dance group "Rumberos de Cuba" in an intimate party-performance. The setting is a lush outdoor patio garden near the river Almendares in Havana, Cuba.
"Rumberos de Cuba" is a newly formed group of some of the best and most engaging musicians and dancers from the barrios of Havana. They are masters of all genres of Cuban folkloric music and dance. Many are past members of the Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba.
The group was created not only to preserve the profound and always relevant Cuban rumba and folkloric traditions but also to invent forms which add live elements from contemporary music and dance.
They perform here with numerous invited guest artists.
Featured at the "Rumbon Tropical" party are nine sections:
1 - the dance of Ellegua, Orisha of the crossroads
2 - Rumba Yambú
3 - Rumba Guaguancó
4 - Rumba Columbia
5 - Abakua music and dance
6 - Interview with Maximino
7 - Rumba Guaguancó with cajón drums
8 - Rap Batá-Songo (orisha music with rap hip-hop vocals and dance)
9 - "La Negra Pancha" (rumba drama)
Luis Chacon Y Su Grupo Rumbon Tropical
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Clip of the Boogalu Productions DVD " Luis Chacon Y Su Grupo Rumbon Tropical". For complete info go to the website below.
http://www.boogalu.com/chacon-rumbon-tropical
This video is a music and dance extravaganza of a Cuban fusion group that blends various genres and instruments, all with astounding affect. "Rumbon Tropical" is Luis Chacon's new experimental group that combines folkloric and popular music as featured here with batá drums, popular song, and brass instruments.
Performed at the "Los Orishas Club" in Guanabacoa, this high energy performance event moves smoothly through five distinct rhythm genres - espiritismo, sicamarie, orisha, rumba, and conga - all featuring phenomenal dancing and the vitality of one of Cuba's most dynamic cultural figures, Luis Chacon.
Luis Chacon Aspirina is remarkable in that he is one of the few figures in Cuban culture today who is a master of song, dance, and drumming and performs them all equally well. In his seventies now Chacon has tremendous energy, and with this video is premiering his new 20 member group "Rumbon Tropical" - a name inspired by the Rumbon Tropical DVD Boogalu Productions produced with Chacon and the rumba group "Rumberos de Cuba" in 2005.
With his new group, Chacon is reviving a fusion music style he created in 1974 called "Ritmo Sicamarie" - one of the first Cuban music styles that incorporated the folkloric batá drums into Cuban popular music.
Luis Chacon Y Su Grupo Rumbon Tropical have plans to go on tour in Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, and other countries. If you want more information about hosting this group in your country - contact Boogalu Productions.
part one
Introduction - Chacon talks about the significance of this event
Invocación Espiritismo - a religious song of the Espiritismo cult in Cuba
Ritmo Sicamarie - a rhythm music style Chacon invented in 1974
Orisha Orula - music and dance in honor of Orula, the god of divination and wisdom in the Santaria religion
Rumba Guaguancó - rumba music and dance featuring the theme song of the group titled "Rumbon Tropical"
Conga - traditional ending with this festive carnaval rhythm
part two
Rumba Guaguancó - Chacon dances rumba with three women partners at the same time while Ricardo Izquierdo sings lead.
Cuban Music Jam Session - Havana, Cuba
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Clip of the Boogalu Productions DVD "Descarga Pi-Mozambi-Son" ...
Cajon-Bata-Rumba - Havana, Cuba
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Clip of the Boogalu Productions DVD "Rumbambeo"
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http://www.boogalu.com/generic_rumbambeo.html
Rumbambeo is an Afro-Cuban music and dance performance of a unique gathering of some of the most outstanding musicians, singers, and dancers in Cuba today.
The project was inspired by the creative energy and leadership of Santiago "Chaguito" Garzón Rill, the former musical director of "Rumberos de Cuba".
For this project Chaguito invited a group of exceptional artist friends and rumba figures to perform what they passionately live for... cajón-batá-rumba.
Part 1 Cajón de Muertos
Espiritismo Sacred Music
1 - Plegaria
2 - Makuta
3 - Palo
Part 2 Wemilere
Fiesta de Los Orishas
4 - Batá
5 - Iyesa
Part 3 Rumba
6 - Yambú
7 - GuarapachangüÃ
8 - Guaguancó I
9 - Columbia
10 - Guaguancó II
11 - Rumba-Batá
Extras
interviews with:
Juan de Diós Ramos Morejón
Santiago "Chaguito" Garzón Rill
Guillermo "El Negro" Triano Crepo
Chaguito conga solo
Carnaval In Havana 2003
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Clip of the Boogalu Productions DVD "U Laka Laka LA" Carnaval La Habana 2003.
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The chorus "U Laka Laka La" was on everyone's lips in Carnaval La Habana 2003, a call to dance, celebrate, and let it all hang out.
2003 was the 180th year anniversary of Carnaval La Habana, a spectacular festival that incorporates an extrordinary array of Cuba's diverse cultural traditions. For an entire week the city's Malecon seafront drive was awash with hot rhythms, color, and gyrating bodies, along with the rain showers and spray from the sea. The wind and rain were overwhelming at times, but carnaval prevailed and became its own force of nature, blending with the elements.
Parade groups known as comparsas, dominate carnaval, and are composed of a percussion section playing the conga rhythm, dancers in stunning costumes, and floats. Traditional groups, such as El Alacran (The Scorpion) have distinctive themes rooted in the cultural history of Cuba. Comparsas that have formed in more recent years, such as Los Guaracheros de Regla, rely on innovation and style to capture the public's heart.
Carnaval in Havana is a tropical deluge of color, gyrating hips, and vibrant drumming; the life blood of the Cuban people - a marvel to behold.
Panorama of Cuban Music and Dance - Havana/Santiago
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Clip of the Boogalu Productions DVD "Tremendo Vacilon".
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Danzon Son Mambo Chachacha Casino - from Havana, Cuba
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Clip of the Boogalu Productions DVD "Danza Charanguero"
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http://www.boogalu.com/generic_danza.html
"Danza Charanguero" is a spirited celebration of Cuba's popular music and dance heritage focusing on the danzon, son, mambo, chachacha¡, and salsa-casino. It is these evocative music and dance genres that, in different eras, have erupted onto the world scene, making Cuba one of the few countries whose music and dance has become adopted and practiced internationally.
Filmed in a beautiful outdoor patio in Old Havana, this relaxed party-performance features a gathering of seasoned "charangueros" (music and dance enthusiasts) drawn from the professional and aficionado dance World of Havana. Inspiring the party is the legendary twelve member orchestra "Estrellas Cubanas", with their classic charanga sound of violin, flute, piano, bass, and percussion.
Accompanying the DVD are extensive interviews with several of the participants who talk about their artistic lives and go into depth about the evolution and rich history of their music and dance tradition (subtitles in English).
Cuban popular dance segments on the DVD:
1. contradanza (music only)
2. danzon
3. son (slow tempo)
4. chachacha¡
5. son (medium tempo)
6. bolero
7. mambo (Cuban mambo)
8. danzon
9. salsa-casino
10. danzon - son - conga
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