FESTIVAL ENCUENTRO LATINO PROGRAMMESATURDAY 1ST JULY 2pm - 5pm BALHAM FESTIVAL CARNIVAL PARADE Route: Oldridge Road ?Balham High Road?Elmfield Road?Bedford Hill?Balham High Road?Oldridge Road. Festival Encuentro Latino brings the vibrancy and exuberance of Latin America for the firs time to Balham’s 10th anniversary Carnival Parade. With colourful floats from Latin America including Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Salsa float, music and dancers, plus walking groups from the community, including children and the elderly, this promises to be a dynamic and memorable day for the whole family. Participating floats include: Brazil Fever, Latin Multi-Cultural Youth Project, Grupo Renacer Latino, Extra International Newspaper, Salsa Republic and Calabash. SUNDAY 2ND JULY 12pm – 5pm BALHAM FESTIVAL’S LATIN AMERICAN STREET PARTY Community Space, Balham Town Centre, next to Sainsbury’s car park A variety of live music and dance acts, top DJs playing Salsa, Samba, Reggaeton - urban Latin music - and other sounds from the Tropics: live Brazilian and Colombian music; a special dance showcase from Colombia’s World Salsa champions, Ricardo Murillo and Viviana Vargas; dance show from Brazil’s Heber “Snake-hips” Siqueira; Reggaeton MCs ‘’LM’’ and their dancers. With a street market, selling delicious food from France and Latin America, this is an event not to be missed! SATURDAY 8TH JULY 11am - 4pm The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, Balham, London, SW12 9AD SALSA DAY – ‘TRIBUTE TO RAY BARRETO’ Two films about the development of Salsa music in New York: ‘Salsa, The Film’ (1974) Directed by Leon Gast ‘Salsa the Film’ directed byt Leon Gast (‘When we were kings’) in 1974, chronicles the evolutionary course of 20th century Latin music through archived images: from its origins in Africa, passing through the first Hollywood films, to the unstoppable Salsa boom of the mid-seventies with special appearances by the Fania All Stars in Puerto Rico and at Yankee Stadium in New York. ‘Salsa: Latin Pop Music in the cities’ (1988) A documentary on the emergence of Salsa’s popularity in the 1960s and an examination of its continuing influence on today’s forms of popular music. ‘Salsa’ captures Latin music in all of its joy and vitality. The film mixes performances freely with looks at how Salsa has affected modern Latin culture Plus discussion about the subject by Special Salsa dance workshops with Colombian World Salsa Champions,Ricardo Murillo and Viviana Vargas (Stilo y Sabor); plus top teachers, Homero Gonzalez (Salsa Cubana) and Michael Mandrel (Salsa Republic). Latin Percussion Workshops for adults and children by top Venezuelan multi-percussionist, Wilmer Sifontes. Note: All activities and films are free of charge except salsa dance workshops with Colombian World Salsa Champions, tickets @ £6. FRIDAY 14TH JULY PASIÓN CUBANA Afrocuban Night With Live Music @ Club Colosseum. 9pm - 3am £8 Live music from Cuban band, Sabrosura; Cuban ‘Wheel’ dance class with top Cuban teacher, Homero Gonzales; DJ Sol and Rico. Organised by AfroCuban Pati & Salsa Republic Club Colosseum, 1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8 Contact: www.afrocuban.co.uk and www.salsarepublic.co.uk SATURDAY 15 AND SUNDAY 16 JULY 11am – 4pm plus Play @ 7.30pm The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill, Balham, London SW12 Two days of Latin American cultural and art activities for adults, youths and children: Films, play and workshops in drama, dance (Brazilian and Colombian rhythms), music (percussion), Latin DJ mixing, arts and crafts. Most activities will be free of charge, but a nominal charge will be made for the play (£5) and films (£2.50) ART EXHIBITION BY GRUPO RENACER LATINO Arts project by Latin American pensioners plus works of art by Latin American art students from various Art Schools in London.
SATURDAY 15TH JULY Films @ 1.30pm El Analfabeto’ (The Illiterate One) (1960 – Spanish with subtitles) Starring Mario Moreno ‘Cantinflas’ One of the classic films by the legendary Mexican comedian and ‘social commentator’ Mario Moreno ‘Cantinflas’, Charlie Chaplin once described him as ‘the greatest comedian in the World’, and he is often referred to as the ‘Charlie Chaplin of Mexico’. SUNDAY @ 1.30pm The Motorcycle Diaries (Walter Salles, 2004) Starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Rodrigo De la Serna This beautifully scenic film is based on the memoirs of 23-year-old medical student, Che Guevara, and his friend Alberto Granada as they journey up the Andean spine of South America from their home in Argentina, to the northernmost tip of Venezuela, much of time aboard a cranky, oil-spewing motorcycle. With stunning imagery, this road movie is a rite-of-passage, and it proves crucial to the revolutionary politics of Guevara's next decade, when he transforms into the famed revolutionary who helps Castro win the Cuban Revolution. SUNDAY 16 JULY @ 7.30pm DENDE COLLECTIVE presents Macunaíma in progress Dende Collective’s project for 2007 will be Macunaima, an adaptation from the novel by Mário de Andrade. Here they will explore part of the play. The Brazilian poet, novelist, musicologist and historian, widely regarded as the originator of ‘magic realism’ published Macunaima in 1928. The novel is about a man from an indigenous tribe in the Amazon who comes to Sao Paulo, immerses himself in urban life, learns the language and returns to the jungle. The novel explores the meeting of languages and cannibalism (the eating of cultures by other cultures), as a metaphor for colonisation. . Dende Collective, a London-based company created in 1999, produces shows with a strong Brazilian flavour. Its productions, most recently Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands and Piranha Lounge (2004), were both shown at the Lyric, Hammersmith, and received glowing reviews: “Astonishing international theatre of the highest calibre.” - WHAT'S ON in London’s “Insanely magical." - Lucy Powell - Time Out’s Critics’ Choice Review Tickets for this unique performance will be available for £5 at the door.
Saturday 15th July – Rueda Day 2pm – 3am Calico Bar, 67-69 Watling Street, London EC4 (Mansion House tube). Special day of Cuban dance workshops and evening party with Cuban dance masters, Rafael, Osbanis, Lazaro and Paola, Antonio&Esther, Kerry Ribchester and Roger. Plus special dance shows and DJs. Organised by Afrocuban Pati. For prices please contact: www.afrocuban.co.uk and info@afrocuban.co.uk Tels: 07956 976 954/07958595546
WEDNESDAY 19th JULY- SATURDAY 22nd JULY 10am-6pm @ Studio 71, 71a Balham High Road, London, SW12 PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION - RUTA PACIFICA DE LAS MUJERES Exhibition to celebrate Colombia Independence Day, highlighting the peace initiatives of Colombian women in their country. The exhibition includes photographs and designs by artist, Iona Hogendoorn; Colombian story-teller, Adriana ‘La Cuentera’ and poetry. This exhibition was recently shown in Catalonia and will transfer to Madrid. “La Ruta Pacifica is feminist, its priorities and protagonists are women but it is an initiative that aims to build and protect positive developments that include the whole population of Colombia, not only the women…” Piedad Morales, Poet and Activist of La Ruta Pacifica
Saturday 22nd @ 3.30pm - DOCUMENTARY FILM - "EMPIRE IN THE ANDES" Exhibit Bars Ltd, 12 Balham Station Road, SW12 Tel: 0208 772 6556. theexhibit.co.uk Film shown in the 2005 Human Rights Film Festival, London. By special arrangement, the makers of the film will be present for a Q&A session after the screening. This is an opportunity not to be missed if you are interested in the human rights situation in Colombia.
This hour-long documentary takes a critical look at the strategies and long-term effects of US foreign and economic policy in Latin America, especially in Colombia and Ecuador. The film features interviews with activists and analysts from Colombia, Ecuador and the US as well as original footage and hip hop from Colombia.
SATURDAY 22ND JULY 9pm-3.30am £10 FESTIVAL ENCUENTRO LATINO AFTER-PARTY 3 Rooms of Latin music and dance, including the Salsa Republic Room, a Colombian Room and a Reaggaeton Room celebrating Colombia’s Independence Day. Special Dance Show by Double World Salsa Champions from Colombia Ricardo Murillo and Viviana Vargas (as part of their UK Tour), Reggaeton Artists ‘LM’ (Lyrico Maniaticos) and their dancers, plus DJs @ Club Colosseum, 1 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 Organised by Ola Latina Cultural Group, Latin Multicultural Youth Project and Salsa Republic
FRIDAY 28TH JULY BRAZILIAN PARTY 9pm – 3.30am (Details to follow) At Infernos Nightclub, 146 Clapham High Street, London SW4. Organised by Brazil Fever For more Info please contact: 0788 650 4751
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