2011 was a great year for SalsaJay with many firsts. The video below is a tribute to all the great things that has taken place for SalsaJay since Jan 2011 to Dec 2011, these include:

• Our 1st salsaJay Recital,
• Participation in a  Salsa Competition organised by Outcast Dance Studio
• Hosting a  2 day Salsa Bootcamp with international renowned dance instructor , Ms Sharon Pakir from Spin City Dance, Melbourne
• Performing for an international audience at the SALSA, We are the Columbian Pacific gala performance

At the heart of all these happenings, SalsaJay is proud to witness the transformation and the journey undertaken by our students and our teachers, who have put their hearts and their souls to deliver a performance worthy of a world class audience.

Congratulations to all our students – for believing in yourselves and for embodying  the spirit of SalsaJay in all that you do.

May 2012 be another year of great fun, and great achievements for all of us.

2 Day Salsa & Zouk Bootcamp in Kuala Lumpur

Date : 5-6 November 2011 (Sat & Sun)

Time : 2pm – 6 pm

What You will Experience: -

• Learn a performance routine in just 3 hours and debut the performance with Sharon and her team when they perform it for the first time in Kuala Lumpur!!
• Essential tips that will help you jazz up your dance presentation – Learn body movements and styling techniques to accentuate your dance repertoire and make you stand out on the dance floor
• Tips and techniques to help you master your spins – Lead & Follow techniques and styling tips to Zouk.
• Learn how to combines some contemporary techniques in this Brazilian dance, as well as understand how you can dance better socially with anyone

Programme:

DAY ONE: Saturday, 5th November 2011

2 pm – 3 pm Spin Technique

What is it?

Always wanted to spin like a top? This is the workshop Sharon is renown for and has taught all over the world. It is guaranteed to help you understand your own spinning centre, find your speed and precision and all the little details that will make you spin and turn and twirl! For both men and women, this workshop promises to make you more confident about technical details about spinning and give you lots of drills to practice at home too.

3 pm – 6 pm Salsa Performance Class

What is it?

Sharon is renown for her cheeky choreographies that feature high levels of musicality, great energy, and of course, lots of cool moves. Learn about presentation, musical interpretation, technique, lines and styling whilst learning a short routine, and then in the ultimate challenge, perform it THAT NIGHT at the PARTY with Sharon’s own team from her school in Melbourne (who’ll be learning it right alongside you!). This is a great chance to experience training as one of sharon’s team without having to move to Australia

DAY TWO: Sunday, 6th November 2011

2pm – 5 pm Men’s & Ladies Styling Workshop (body movement, styling techniques and partner styling)

What is it?

This 3 hour workshop is designed for both men and woman. One of the most popular workshops that Sharon teaches, this intensive session will start with body movement, move onto solo styling, and then finish off with using everything you’ve learnt whilst social dancing with a partner. Be ready to sweat and move, and truly feel like you’re using your whole body in dance. Learn fundamentals of afro cuban body movement, how to move with agility and smoothness, understand control and isolations, and most importantly, how to use it all with a partner!

5pm – 6 pm Zouk Fundamentals with James from Rio Rhythmics

What is it?

James is one of Kadu and Larissa’s best team members, James has been training under them for 5 years. With his amazing musicality, his fine tuned understanding of zouk technique, lead and follow, James will take you through fundamentals and styling in this workshop. Learn how he combines some contemporary techniques in this Brazilian dance, as well as understand how you can dance better socially with anyone!

PRICING:

Daily Passes : RM 160 per person

Single Passes:

- 3 hr Workshop :RM 150 (early bird) / RM 180 (walk-in) per person

- 1 hr Workshop :RM 50 (early bird) / RM 60 (walk-in) per person

Alternatively: Purchase a FULL Weekend Pass for just RM 220 per person and have access to all workshops.

BONUS:

Get 1 FREE TICKET to a special theme party in KL, and watch 4 exclusive performances by Sharon and her team when you purchase a daily pass for the Bootcamp.

Get 2 FREE TICKETS when you purchase a FULL WEEKEND PASS

FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO PURCHASE YOUR PASSES FOR THE BOOTCAMP, PLEASE CONTACT:

JEAMIE LEE PARKER @ 012 390 0048

PIP KASSIM @ 012 250 6664

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About Sharon Pakir

Sharon Pakir is a trained specialist instructor and performer in salsa, mambo (on2 salsa/New York style salsa), cha cha, bachata and merengue. She was Melbourne’s pioneer specialist in on2 salsa and was responsible for introducing it to the local salsa scene. Sharon’s foremost passion in dance is teaching. Her teaching methods are clear and nurturing, and her ability to communicate to people the joy of dance is unsurpassed. While Sharon focuses on technical precision in dancing, she also emphasizes teaching musicality, the importance of meaningful interaction, and how to communicate with your partner and express yourself while dancing. Sharon is known around the world for her unique teaching methods, which emphasize not just dance itself but how to use dance as a tool to enrich one’s life in aspects ranging from posture and deportment to engagement and communication skills. Through this, along with her professional achievements, Sharon has helped to put Melbourne and Australia on the world salsa map Sharon is recognised internationally, and has been invited to teach and perform at dance events in cities around the world including Singapore, Sydney, Hong Kong, Seoul, San Francisco, Tokyo, New York, Kuala Lumpur, Bali, Wellington, and Los Angeles.

A regular at salsa congresses around the world, Sharon was selected to instruct, with Gupson Pierre, at the West Coast Salsa Congress in 2006, the largest salsa event in the world. Sharon is Melbourne’s first and only salsa instructor who has taught at this event, which draws over 25,000 dancers from over 42 countries each year.

In 2004, Sharon emerged the Australian Salsa Champion after taking part in the Tropicana Australian Salsa Competition.She was also named the Victorian International Dancesport Association Salsa Champion in both 2004 and 2005. In 2007, Sharon and her Singaporean dance partner Wee Tze Yi emerged the top Singaporean couple winning the ASEAN Salsa Championship. As a result, Sharon regularly represents Singapore and Australia when attending international dance events. Sharon teaches and performs all over Australia, having been invited to every major latin event held Australia-wide. She consistently commands full-house attendances for her renown workshops in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Canberra. Sharon now sits as an adjudicator of many salsa competitions. Each year, she judges at the World Qualifier, Australian Salsa Classic and the Australian Salsa Solo Competition in Sydney. She also brings teams to perform at international and interstate events; since 2007, she has regularly led student and professional dance teams to perform in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, all over Australia and New Zealand, where they wowed international audiences.

They came, danced and conquered the dance floor!

The stage was set at Eastin Hotel’s grand ballroom on 10th April 2011. 22 couples from various dance schools in the Klang Valley took part on the 2nd Annual Outcast Salsa competition organised by Outcast Dance studio.

Over 200 salsa enthusiasts turned up to lend support to the competitors. What was interesting to note was that the routines that were performed was a pleasant mix of hiphop , latin, contemporary, afro , tango and more.  It was apparent that each school had their own unique flair.

Apart from the TOP 3 placings which gives out a nice cash award and a huge trophy, there was also prizes for:

Hot babe award, Cool dude award, Superhero award, Shiniest award, Communication award, Grooviest award, Creative award, Fashion award, Smiliest award, and the “Emo” award,

SalsaJay’s very own Pip and Valerie wowed the crowd with a hiphop/salsa fusion routine to Ne-yo’s One in a Million and Tito Puente’s “Para los rumberos”. Though they didn’t placed Top 3, they were the only couple that day to take home 2 awards  – Most Smiliest , and the converted People’s Choice Award.

The crowd were also entertained by beautiful Venezuelan Folk Dance by Patricia Calzadilla from Ritmo Latino, a jazz inspired hiphop routine by one of the top Hip Hop group in Malaysia, Floor Fever, and an entertaining spontaneous performance by Host, Gavin Chan (Founder of Outcast Dance Studio), who did an Alfro Cuban & Popping demonstration as requested by the audience.

Congratulations to all the winners and participants of the 2nd Annual Outcast Salsa Competition. You have made your teachers, your supporters, and your family ….very proud!

1) Performance Prep Workshop by Gavin (Outcast on 2)

Date : Saturday 22 January 2011

Time: 3 pm – 4.30 pm

Venue : Outcast Studio @ Bandar Utama

Outline: Improve and add on New ideas to choreograph routines

Fee : RM 50 . For more details, contact Jeamie at 012 3900 048

2) Lifts & Tricks Workshop (open) by Gavin and Sally

Time : 4.30 pm – 6 pm

Fee : RM 50 (limited to 8 couples) . For more details please call Jeamie at 012 3900 048

Venue : Outcast Dance Studio, No. 1-5, Tingkat 1, Dataran Pelangi Utama, Pelangi Utama, Jln Masjid, PJU 6A, 47400 Petaling Jaya. Selangor

Who is Gavin Chan?

He is an internationally trained and recognised dancer/instructor in his chosen dance styles: Salsa, African/Afro-Cuban, Hip-Hop, House and Electric Boogaloo. Gavin believes in “…Having fun through learning and improving in dance…” and this belief is instilled throughout Outcast Dance Studio. We provide dance classes, shows and performances, studio rental and dance training. One distinguishing feature of our studio is that we offer four different styles of Salsa: New York On2, New York On1, Cuban and Columbian Style.

Outcast Dance Studio offers an array of dance and dance-related classes to the general public and dance professionals. Whether you are looking to simply expand your knowledge in dance or looking for a workout or even a career in dance, our team of experienced dance instructors can give you the tools to reach your dance objectives.

Mr. Gavin Chan is also the founder of Outcast Dance Movement. This is Gavin’s professional performance team which comprises of some of the local scene’s best talent. The team performs both locally and internationally showcasing choreographies that are original, skillful, vibrant and authentic to its roots.

Introducing shoes that are built specially for dancing. High comfort, supple and flexible, these imported  shoes can be bought off the rack or made to order.

For enquries, please call Jeamie at 012 3900 048 or email to jeamie.lee@gmail.com

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SalsaJay’s founder and principal instructor , Jeamie Lee, was featured in Her World (Msia edition)’s June issue.

In this Issue, Jeamie highlighted some basic salsa moves that ladies can use to achieve a toner torso, legs, arms and improvement in one’s bodyline and posture.

SalsaJay would like to thank Pip from Image Connection (www.imageconnection.blogspot.com) for  the makeup & hair during the photo shoot. Also to Grace Chen, the writer, for inspiring in her a whole new sexy salsacize routine.

Kudos also to Her World Magazine for giving us the platform to tell the world that one can get fit by salsa dancing!

SalsaJay goes middle eastern in the month of September.

Belly dance is a non-impact, weight-bearing exercise suitable for all ages. It is a good exercise for the prevention of osteoporosis in older people. Many of the moves involve isolations, which improves flexibility of the torso. The legs and long muscles of the back are strengthened by hip movements.

Stars who do Belly Dancing:

Shakira, R&B singer Aaliyah used the belly roll as her signature move. Other singers and actresses who have performed belly dance moves include Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Yvonne De Carlo, Jessica Simpson, Beyonce, Ciara, and Hilary Duff.

For more information about classes – please call Jeamie Lee at 012 3900 048 or email to jeamie.lee@gmail.com

SalsaJay was invited by Cham’alal to perform at the recent Malay Wedding Fair at Mid Valley Megamall. Cham’alal’s intention : To attract as much crowd during Cham’alal’s Happy hour segment.

And attract a crowd we did. Together with  Jenni Tan of New Star Studio, we performed a hiphop & salsa fusion ladies number to the interesting glance of the crowd who had gathered day to watch the ladies in red perform.

Cham’alal is a non alcoholic celebration drink imported from France by Cahaya Maju Distributions. Cham’alal  taste as good as any  alcoholic champagne. …minus the alcohol of course.  Nevertheless,  I have been told that there are people who thought they got drunk on it!  hmmmmm….