Kings Of Salsa Perform At Times-Union Center 12/3

DIRECT FROM HAVANA! Kings of Salsa pays homage to the great Cuban performers and dance styles from this intoxicating island with a cool, contemporary twist showing young Cuba today! Choreographed by Roclan Gonzalez Chavez, Kings of Salsa is an explosion of high voltage salsa and sizzling choreography from Cuba's hippest new dance show.

Regarded as one of the best young choreographers in Cuba, Roclan Gonzalez Chavez has created Kings of Salsa to feature the very best of Havana's cool street salsa and hip hop scene seamlessly mixed with traditional Afro Caribbean moves, world class contemporary dance, and the Cuban classics, Mambo, Rumba, and Cha Cha Cha - all backed by the spectacular 9-pieces band Cuba Ashire, unleashing their Latin rhythms and stratospheric brass arrangement to showcase a slice of cool contemporary Cuba never seen before on stage!

When: Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 8:00PM

Where: Times-Union Center - Moran Theater
300 West Water Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202

Details: Kings of Salsa was created to feature the unique talents of some of the Island's best dancers picked from the cream of Cuba's top dance companies. This electrifying mix of performers and choreographic styles makes this a show not to be missed!

Roclan Gonzalez Chavez, Artistic Director/Choreographer/vocals for Kings of Salsa, also directed "Chikhola" (a teenagers pop band) and recorded with Isaac Delgado. He also co-created a show for Mexico in 1998 with Tomas Morales, director and choreographer of Tropicana, and toured Aruba co-directing a show with Tomas Morales in 2000. Chavez went on to tour with Lady Salsa as choreographer, actor, and singer and remains as one of the main choreographers for many of the young contemporary music shows in Cuba. For the last three years, Chavez has been the main choreographer of Cubadisco Festival Show, performed every year in Karl Marx.

Tickets start at $31.00. Discounts are available for groups of 10+ or 20+ by calling (904) 632-3228 or groupsales@fscj.edu.

To order by phone with Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover call
The Artist Series Box Office at
(904) 632-3373
(toll-free outside of Jacksonville 1-888-860-BWAY)

Tickets are also available online with Instant Seat Selection by visiting the
The Artist Series' website: www.artistseriesjax.org

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