Loca Dance

08/09/2016

2016 September Schedule

16/07/2015

On March of this year, the long standing Salsa Shanghai Dancing Group started by Bob Liu and Loca Dance Studio established by Amanda Rong started cooperating to bring you more dancing options and fun! Keep posted for news, preferently by Wechat, since the difficulty of using Facebook in Shanghai!

01/01/2015

Loca Dance Sudio wishes everyone a wonderful year of 2015! Let the best of 2014 be the worst of 2015!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOgeERLw0z4

Artist: Salsa Celtica Song: Auld Lang Syne Album: El agua de la vida Year: 2003 Buy on iTunes: http://goo.gl/qajLho http://salsaceltica.com/

14/09/2014

Amanda Rong and Loca Dance Studio's broadcast at ICS is available on Youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0bWayi5jh0&feature=youtu.be

On September 6th and 7th, ICS, a local TV channel in Shanghai, broadcast a piece about Amanda Rong and Loca Dance Studio.

07/09/2014

Amanda Rong and Loca Dance Studio broadcast at ICS, a local English TV channel in Shanghai. The piece will be broadcast today again at 5pm, Beijing local time (GMT+7)

19/06/2014

Now that we are enjoying the World Cup with Brazilian flavour, a salsa classic from 1994 about football! Not that we support any particular team, this salsa is from the Colombian group Fruko Y Sus Tesos. The meaning of the song: Football Pachanga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeMZ4nyTl8Q

Fruko Y Orquesta - La Pachanga Del Futbol

25/05/2014

What does KIZOMBA have in common with BRAZILIAN ZOUK?

One of the first common traits between the two is that most songs are sung in Portuguese, being Kizomba sung in African Portuguese and Zouk in Brazilian Portuguese. Perhaps because of that, there is some confusion between Zouk and Kizomba, being the first sometimes, in Portuguese speaking countries, being confused with the second. In the page of Wikipedia, it states that “Currently, in Lusophone (Portuguese speaking) countries and communities around the world, due to it being difficult to distinguish between Zouk, Cabo love and Kizomba, all these styles have been called kizombas”.

Kizomba has its origin in Angola (from the more traditional dance style Kimbundu), and it spread out in Portugal through the Angolan communities living specially in Lisbon and surroundings and in France through the Cape Verdean communities, who mixed it with Caribbean Zouk elements. On the other side of the Atlantic, Brazilian Zouk is the successor of the 80’s dance Lambada, and it picked up the Caribbean Zouk rhythm to make it its own and develop its independent dance style.

Nowadays many songs can be danced both with Zouk steps and Kizomba steps. Both are sensual dances with songs that usually related to love themes. Following is one of the popular songs that can be danced both with Zouk and Kizomba steps:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whH2oDg28-k

https://www.facebook.com/AnselmoRalph http://instagram.com/anselmoralph http://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/a-dor-do-cupido-ep/id446221730 Directed by KLASSZIK ...

23/05/2014

The official video of the 'Las Chinitas' performance is finally available!
Now is time to start working on the next performance! Contact us if you want to be part of this performance team and get ready for some surprises soon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHhMXPJYPds

21/05/2014

For the second time, we confirmed the sponsorship to the International Zouk Flashmob in Shanghai! Come and participate with us in a worldwide dance event to celebrate Peace!

The description of the event in the official group:
Sunday September 21 is the International Day of Peace, but also the day of the International Zouk FlashMob! Last year ~3500 dancers worldwide participated in this event where we dance the same choreography to the same music on the same day in all 6 continents! Last year was the first year Shanghai was part of this, and this year we will go even bigger!!

The video of last year's flashmob:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOSSFEohpWs

Zouk regular classes every Saturday from 4 pm to 5 pm (beginner) and from 5 pm to 6 pm (Intermediate). Flashmob practicing sessions starting soon!
Contact us for more information!

http://swageberg.com LARGEST WORLDWIDE FLASHMOB IN HISTORY! The International Zouk Flashmob has grown to become the LARGEST WORLDWIDE FLASHMOB IN HISTORY! In...

19/05/2014

Amanda and Michael representing the Loca Dance Studio at the 3rd China Salsa Festival - Ofiicial Video!

WELCOME TO 4th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CHINA SALSA FESTIVAL! MAY 1ST -- MAY 3RD, 2015 www.chinasalsafestival.com

13/05/2014

Amanda Rong (China) - LA Salsa, New York Salsa and Lady Styling

Discovering dance with 9 years old, Amanda Rong has pursued her life dream of becoming a professional dancer. Having graduated from Jilin Province Art Academy in 2002, one of the four major art colleges in China, in the same year she headed to Shanghai where in the subsequent years she participated in several performances. In 2006 she engaged in Latin dances, to become an LA and New York salsa dancer. She has been invited to several salsa events in China such as the First China Salsa Congress in Guangzhou or the Shanghai Salsa Carnival in 2011, Salsamemucho in 2012 or the Second China Salsa Congress and Salsamemucho in 2013. Besides the solo and partner performances, Amanda has been sharing her passion for dance by teaching for several years and has been participating in many other professional performances, trainings and corporate events both as dancer, teacher and choreographer.
Her styles include Salsa (LA and New York), Belly Dance, Chair Dance, Reggaeton and traditional Chinese dances.

Introduction and photos of our instructors at Loca Dance Studio