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| JANUARY, #0108 |
Giju Performs Live on
ESPN - World Salsa Championships
Giju Bids Adieu to SalsaMania
Pro-Team
If you've never attended this event, it's
definitely one to put on your Salsa experience to-do list.
Over 400 contestants from 34 different countries competing for
top spots at the World Salsa Championships - held at the
Disney Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando. The best of the best
from around the globe lit the stage on fire with electrifying
performances in an attempt to earn the top positions.
Giju competed with his team SalsaMania, which had been
rated in the top three in the past world championships. Even
though the team didn’t place in the top positions this year,
they left a major impression on thousands of supporters and
fans from around the world.
This was a very personal
performance for Giju. In 2007, he announced that after 7 years
of participation as an integral member of the professional
dance company "SalsaMania" - he would be leaving his
team-family to more fully pursue his music and dance career.
The World Salsa Congress was his final "competitive"
performance with SalsaMania as a pro-team member. However,
Giju and SalsaMania will continue to work in joint effort to
continually evolve Salsa in their well known trademark fashion
- marked by high standards of performance, technique and
creativity.
Be sure to join us at Alberto's Nightclub
on January 25th for Giju's first official Salsa Social and
SalsaMania farewell celebration!!
See article posted
below for more details.
GIJU CONTINUES U.S. TOUR
IN ORLANDO
Another highlight of the World Salsa
Championships event was the live performance by Giju,
accompanied by SalsaMania dancers.
The audience and
judges alike were enthralled by Giju’s rendition of his title
track release – "Rang Rangeeli Yeh Duniya" – performed to
Salsa choreography. This was a unique experience for all the
Salsa lovers gathered there, who were representing cultures
from all around the world.
The live performance will
be aired on ESPN in April ’08, in the worldwide telecast of
the World Salsa Championships.
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2008 Kick-Off!!
Upcoming Workshop / Auditions
JANUARY
5, 2008
Due to the tremendous stir of interest from
recent performances, Giju will be holding his first
progressive workshop series in January of 2008. The event will
be followed with a second round of auditions for his
production company - "Beyond Dreamz Entertainment".
The workshop series presents a unique package of
lessons covering Salsa On2, Cha-Cha and Bachata and is
targeted at intermediate and advanced level salsa dancers who
want to audition for the company or for those who want to
broaden and hone their dancing skills.
Workshop
participants will also get performing and dancing tips from
some of the top SalsaMania dancers.
Time: 1:00-3:00pm
Workshop Dates: Saturday 1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26
Audition Date: 1/26
Place: Alameda School of Dance,
1402 Park St, Alameda, CA 94501
Cost: $15/ea or $50 for
full series in advance
Contact: giju_john@yahoo.com or
gunter.marie@gmail.com
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First Beyond Dreamz
Salsa Social
Be sure to mark your calendars for
Friday, January 25th!!
The First Beyond Dreamz Salsa
Social:
Meet The New Dream Team, Bay Area Team
Performances, Giju's SalsaMania Farewell Show, Lessons, Door
Prizes and More . . .
Alberto's Nightclub in Mountain
View will be hosting Beyond Dreamz Entertainment's first Salsa
Social, spiced with performances from the Bay Area's favorite
Salsa teams, a special SalsaMania performance, live show and
dancing!!!
Watch the website for more details.
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Announcing 2008 World
Performance Tour
In
February, Giju will officially kick-off his 2008 World
Performance Tour. His first stop will be India (Bombay, Delhi,
Bangalore and his home state Kerala) where he will do
promotional shows, classes and public appearances as part of
his out-reach to music lovers across the country.
Apart from the purpose of promoting his music album,
Giju will use this opportunity to promote Salsa at large.
Through his passion and through education, he plans to help
spread the love of Salsa to the farthest corners..... where
the light of this beautiful art-form has yet to reach.
While on tour, Giju will be on the lookout for Salsa
dancers located in India, and whom he could involve in his
upcoming projects.
If you are a Salsa dancer living in
a region where Giju will be touring and interested in
auditioning, please contact Giju in January at:
giju_john@yahoo.com | |
| TOUR DATES |
| DATE |
CITY |
TIME |
VENUE |
| January 5, 2008 |
Alameda |
Workshop / Auditions
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The Alameda School of Dance
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| January 25, 2008 |
Mountain View |
Salsa Social & SalsaMania
Farewell |
Alberto's Night Club
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| February/March 2008 |
Multiple / INDIA |
2008 World Tour
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TBA
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New Music Video
Project in 2008!!
PLUS BEHIND THE
SCENES: "Rang Rangeeli" Music Video
View Montage On
Right
After the successful release of his first
Music video, shot to the title song of his album – Rang
Rangeeli Yeh Duniya – Giju is already in discussions once more
with Bay Area film Director, Celso Bulgatti - with plans to
start working on his next video to his song track “Dhundoon
Tujhe”. After taking his audiences through the unique milieu
of Salsa and Indian Pop in his first video; he is now ready to
introduce them to the high energy music style of
Cha-Cha-Cha!!!
This project will be a cross-over music
video featuring Latin dancers from India and the U.S. As we
begin the pre-production phase, this video project already
looks very promising. The highly energetic music, electrifying
choreography, dance talent and beautiful locales all combine
to take Giju's vision to a whole new level.
All of his
fans and supporters are eagerly waiting for this next offer
from Giju. =D
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Giju's
Travelogue
Florida is very close to my
heart as that’s my first “homestate”, if I may, after arriving
in the US. I attended USF, Tampa, to complete my M.S. degree.
And, that’s where the World Salsa Championships were held this
year.
The World Salsa Championships – a venue where
the crème de la crème of Salsa dancers from all over the world
come to showcase their skills and test out who has got the
best routine and best performance for the given year. This
highly revered event was held in Orlando, the land of Disney,
at the Coronado Springs Resort. Over 400 participants from 34
different countries danced their hearts out to impress a panel
of world renowned judges and thousands of screaming fans. The
fact that it was covered by ESPN for worldwide telecast only
augmented the pressure on all dancers. Years of relentless
practice and hard work culminated in that one night…!!! Scary
indeed..!!
It was an amazing experience to participate
in this event with my group, SalsaMania Dance Co., and for the
third time in a row. I was also roped in by Albert Torres and
his partners to do an exhibition performance during the
finals, showcasing my recently released album. It was a
remarkable opportunity for me to present my music to such
outstanding members of the world Salsa community!!
I
performed “Rang Rangeeli Yeh Duniya” live on stage joined by
fellow SalsaMania dancers. The stupendous response that I got
from the viewers solidified my faith in the power of music to
transcend language and cultural barriers. The unique
combination of Latin and Indian music in my song seemed to
work well with the crowd.
Check out the link under the
photo to read a wonderfully detailed and moving synopsis of
the competitive Salsa performance events by beloved Salsa
compatriot Dakin Ferris.
A few of us decided to stay
for an extra day and explore one of the Disney parks. We hung
out at the MGM park on Sunday. It was pretty relaxing, even
though some of the rides were hair-raising!
I have a
lot of great friends still in Florida and I wish I'd had more
time to visit with them, too. Almost all of them live further
south in the Tampa and Miami region... I'm going to have to
make another trip to do just that.
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Happy New
Year!!
We hope 2008 is
filled with more amazing Salsa opportunities, promising life
possibilities and light.
WHAT'S YOUR DREAM??
Make 2008 the year to revive your personal dream !!!
Over the past couple of months we've kept you up to
date on Giju's dream. Many of you have been personally
involved in the process, from vision, through difficult
challenges and in the success along the way.
It is
awesome to know that there are so many supporters out there
and sincerely true friends...as it takes more than oneself to
manifest a dream. Thank you for your continued encouragement,
suggestions, participation and most of all taking the time to
be involved - whether in some small or large way, it's ALL
sincerely appreciated.
Don't give up on your personal
goals and aspirations. If you've reached this point in the
newsletter - thanks for taking the time to read it. Now drop
us a line sometime and let us know about your own dream, Salsa
experiences and goals for 2008.
Have A Great Year!!
Giju & Beyond Dreamz Entertainment Crew
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