Alexistyle Salsa/Mambo Workshop【Deep Dive into Social Dance Musicality】

Funky Mambo presents

“Salsa/Mambo Progressive Workshop – Deep Dive into Social Dance Musicality” Vol.2

by internationally renowned professional dancer & musician
Alexis Ruiz (aka ALEXISTYLE)
*************************************

Want to learn more about Salsa/Mambo? Want to up your game?
This is your chance!!!

Following the previous workshop in 2023, by popular demand, Alexis will be back in London!!! Learn from a Master!!

You will learn with a progressive program how to connect the dots from instruments to how to predict songs and breaks, concluding with organic social dance patterns, and musicality without having to know the songs.

Open to anyone who has fundamentals of dancing Salsa/Mambo: Improver to Advance – Alexis has a vast range of knowledge and will challenge you to learn new things. Please save the date!

✅ To reserve your spot or any enquiry, please DM to @Funky Mambo or @Miho Mija.

*********************************

Date: Sunday 25/02/2024 – SAVE THE DATE!
Time: 13:15 – 16:00 including the registration time & a short break
Place: Husky Studios, 29a Amelia St, London SE17 3PY
*9 mins walk from Elephant & Castle tube/train
*9 mins walk from Kennington tube

Price:
£30 – SUPER EARLY BIRD TICKET till 7th January 2024
£35 – ADVANCE TICKET till 24th February 2024
£40 – On Saturday 25th February 2024

To secure you spot, please make a non-refundable payment. Please send a message to @Funky Mambo or @Miho Mija for payment instruction.

******************************

✴️ About Alexistyle ✴️

Alexis Ruiz started dancing and playing instruments almost before he could walk. Growing up in Antigua, Guatemala, his mother taught him to dance and teach together with her at her school Ritmo Latino. At the age of 12 he started teaching Salsa/Mambo and a diverse variety of Latin dances and Latin percussion. He has since then been teaching for over 25 years.

At the age of 17, he moved to Japan where he opened his own dance school and created his own Latin jazz sextet “Foribale”. He became an ambassador for Salsa in Japan, and travelled the world representing Japan at different congresses. The name “Alexistyle” was given to him by the legendary, Albert Torres. Mr. Torres later awarded Alexis with an honorary award for his work in Japan, while teaching and performing at Los Angeles Salsa Congress.

After 8 years in Japan, he moved to Norway. Here he introduced the musicality of Mambo to the Salsa community in Norway, and his concept of Mambo Masterclass was born. Since then he has trained Norwegian champions, taught around the world on elite level, including London’s leading Mambo School Funky Mambo, and created a vocabulary and a methodology that is completely unique. He is world famous for his lectures about “Salsa roots” where he dives into the history of both the music and the dance, and also the different musical influences in Salsa.

He has an extensive background in Latin music, Latin dance and sound. He is a full-time professional dancer and musician. He got a degree in Afro-Cuban dances and percussion at “Conjunto Folklorico Nacional De Cuba”, and has a Bachelor in sound engineering from Westerdals ACT, and is actively working on various TV and film projects. He has his own sound engineering company called AlphaRhythm. You can find his music on Spotify, iTunes and more. He plays all the instruments himself, record himself and edit, a multi-instrumentalist and musical genius! In Norway he is known for playing with some of the best Salsa bands like Sonora Cimarron, La Descarga, Banakao, Son on Fire, Son Candela and others!

Through his career he has had several dance partners, while also working as a solo artist. Some of his most famous choreographies and shows, has been together with his long-time dance partner Katrin Lerner.

In 2015 he created Norway’s first Mambo dance company, Allure Dance company. Alexis focuses on musicality and rhythms, and shows storytelling and traditions in his choreographies. The company is project based, and performers has been varied through its years. He has toured all over Europe with the company.

Today he is co-owner of Norway’s only Tap dance school that he also teaches rhythmical concepts and music. He composes music with his wife Iselin Ruiz, and together they submerge in the world of dance and music.

We are incredibly lucky to have him here in London. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the BESTs, in the business!

*******************************
Funky Mambo

FB Page: FUNKY MAMBO
FB Group: Funky Mambo Dance School
Email: info@funkymambo.com
Tel./WhatsApp: +44 (0)7973 299 460

www.funkymambo.com
Instagram: funkymambouk
Twitter: @MamboFunky
YouTube: Funky Mambo