from Friday, August 12 to Sunday, August 14, 2011
For nearly two years, the municipality of Montgenèvre has set itself the goal of bolstering its cultural policy through the organization of popular and unifying “flagship” events.
In the spirit of the audacious festival Jazz aux Frontières, created in 2010, Montgenèvre and its bodies are working on an increasingly eclectic event programming focused on musical culture.
Thus, from August 12 to 14, Montgenèvre will offer its summer visitors a brand-new festival: the first edition of the Alp’y Latino festival, promising a “caliente” atmosphere!
A few days filled with meetings of dance and Latin music to become familiar with the undulating rhythms and passionate sounds of South America. On this occasion, Montgenèvre will transform into a true southern capital to warmly welcome concerts, artist demonstrations, and dance initiations (Argentine tango, Cuban salsa, Porto salsa), eagerly anticipated by the aficionados.
To ensure the success of this unprecedented event – the first of its kind organized in the Hautes-Alpes – the organization of the Alp’y Latino festival relied on the experience and dynamism of the association K’danse.
Thus, the team called on renowned artists: Mike Nagam, Isaae Bationon, Gilbert & Nadine Raphaëlli from the Bachatango Massilia school, Fred & Caty Romero, Elena & Thierry from the Elegua company, Stefano Guidice and Alessandra Rizzotti, among others… who will make dance rhyme with movement, body-to-body and sensuality.
Numerous visitors from all corners of the country are expected to attend this large-scale event. In fact, Montgenèvre is already preparing to experience a vibrant festival, where effervescence and conviviality will be present.
A lineup of artists with undeniable talent:
Mike Nagam, a blend of cultures in himself, an accomplished and passionate dancer, masters both Cuban Salsa and Puerto Rican Salsa, and is also a percussionist and singer.
Isaae Bationon, originally from Burkina Faso, is a pioneer of salsa in France. A lover of rhythms, a talented percussionist and dancer, Isaae Bationon is recognized and appreciated for his musical sense and jazzman’s footwork, teaching Cuban salsa in Toulouse and throughout France for many years.
Bachatango Massilia, after practicing salsa (Porto and Cuban), Gilbert & Nadine Raphaëlli created their Bachatango Massilia school where they have been giving Bachata and Bachatango classes and workshops in Marseille for three years.
The bachatango is a dance born in 2006 in Turin, Italy. It is a dance with a simple basic technique to learn while being playful and sensual. It is practiced at Latin parties on all bachata music. Experienced bachata dancers wanted to evolve their technique by enriching it with figures from Argentine tango. The fusion of these two disciplines has given rise to a new dance that is starting to enjoy great success in Italy, Spain, and France, especially in the south for its Latin side.
La Milonguita, this is the name chosen by Fred and Caty ROMERO for their couple dance academy, created in 2005 for Argentine tango and since 2008, with the encounter of the ACAD space, for all dances. Caty and Fred Romero dance and teach a tango blending the sensuality of the closed embrace and the richness of modern tango.
The Elegua company, Elena & Thierry, was born in 2004 in Paris. The desire to help revitalize Cuban salsa on the Parisian scene gave birth to the Elegua troupe, named after the Afro-Cuban God who opens and closes the paths of “santeria” ceremonies. Today, Elegua is one of the few French companies to present rueda de casino shows on national and international stages. In 2009, they received the diploma for the best French choreographic troupe of rueda de casino. Their infectious energy attracts salseros from all horizons.
Pedrito Calvo Junior, son of the famous singer Pedrito Calvo (ex Los Van Van, La nueva justicia), Pedrito Calvo Jr. has already performed numerous concerts in Europe (Italy, Poland, Germany etc …), as well as many festivals. He represents the rising generation of Cuban salsa.
Diabloson, is a “dura y caliente” salsa band, born in 1999 with the meeting of ten musicians from the hottest countries of Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Panama, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba… It is led by Alejandro Spina “El Pata” (Argentina), a true ambassador of salsa in southern France; and Maximiliano Lizana, a Chilean pianist composer. This blend of cultures is part of the same way of living life and music: with a spontaneous rhythm, with an absolute spirit of freedom and a boundless energy that touches the heart of the spectators. More than a style of interpretation, it’s the ability to share this joy of living, playing, singing, and dancing that makes DIABLOSON SALSA one of the most appreciated groups in the southeast of France.
La Belle Image, created in 1996, this brass band is a collective, born from the meeting of musicians mostly from village bands and harmonies of the Orléanais and the Blésois. Composed of woodwinds, brass, and percussion, the La Belle Image band has been deeply involved for six years in the popular music of Latin America played from the Rio Grande to Tierra del Fuego and composed of cumbias, porros, morenadas, fandangos, huaynos, danzones, sones, diabladas… All these musics are the result of arrangements and compositions by the group. La Belle Image has enthusiastically taken its festive interpretations to all corners of the country as well as to Spain and Quebec. Hot and powerful brass, bewitching clarinets, and unrestrained percussion, when La Belle Image plays, differences fade away and everyone shares the wild musical celebration unreservedly!
Trio Vallejo-Henry, born from a personal sound research and a desire to open up to compositions orienting towards new, multidimensional group sounds, harmoniously mixing tango and Argentine folklore, jazz, and Latin American rhythms…
Trio Maguna-Trosman-Roche, Fernando Maguna, Diego Trosman and Pascal Roche met in 2003 during the creation of the cuarteto YUYO VERDE. Collaborators in various orchestras and Argentine tango shows, they are inspired by the work of the old masters (Troilo, Federico, and Ortiz Grela). Since 2008, they have been attempting the experience of the milonguero trio (bandoneon, guitar, double bass) and regularly perform in concerts, dance-concerts and shows in France and abroad.
DJ Matias de Valentin Alsina, originally from Argentina, Matias de Valentin Alsina is a DJ and tango producer. He organizes balls throughout Europe and co-organizes the tango ball “Milonga Florida” at the Parisian Opus Café. Matias de Valentin Alsina is also a dancer and teacher of Argentine tango since 2003 in Paris and the Lille metropolitan area.
DJ Hanoi from Cuba
DJ MSX, (Marseille, L’Expresso), was noticed during the last edition of Salsa and the City, as well as at the after-party of the Pupy concert at the studio.
DJ Tounga (Sunday, August 14, 8 PM, Village House Hall), specializes in Caribbean music: Cuban salsa, timba, Puerto Rican, merengue, and bachata, DJ Tounga has been hosting major salsa nights in southeastern France for several years.
DJ Fred2Gap (Sunday, August 14, 8 PM, Chalet Blanc), Fred has been animating La Milonguita del Domingo in Gap for many years. The quality of his musical choices has led organizers to call upon his skills as a music programmer more and more often. He has already mixed at Lyon Tango club, the Milonga des 4 saisons, the Aix-les-Bains festival, the Meze Tanguera nights, but also in Lausanne, Grenoble…
