Celebrity dancer Csaba Szirmai in Adelaide!

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Celebrity ballroom dancer Csaba Szirmai and partner Patricia Falciola will perform and teach dance workshops at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Saturday April 26 as part of the Latino Grooves Party.

Csaba has featured in both the Australian and New Zealand versions of ‘Dancing with the Stars’. In Australia he has partnered with TV vet Dr Katrina Warren, swimming great Shane Gould, presenter Amanda Keller and almost with Naomi Robson until he had to pull out due to injury before the series begun and most recently with comedian/TV and radio presenter Corinne Grant.

Csaba has toured Australia and the US with the production ‘Burn the Floor’ and was the 2004 winner of ABC’s ‘Strictly Dancing’ with then dance partner Luda Kroitor. He has featured in countless fashion shows, commercial ad campaigns and is a highly sought after instructor and performer right around Australia.

"Salsa Dura & Timba Brava VOLUME 3"
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Hot off the press! DJ Dwight "Chocolate" Escobar has just released his latest CD "Salsa Dura & Timba Brava VOLUME 3" - an eclectic compilation of 19 of the hottest and most current Salsa tracks!

On sale exclusively at Latino Grooves! You cannot purchase this awesome CD anywhere else in Adelaide. The CD costs $25 and can be purchased at any of our dance class venues or by calling 0423 294 881.

Limited supply. Get yours today!

New Bachata class on Wednesday nights!

Due to popular demand, we will be running an Intermediate - Advanced Bachata class on Wednesday nights at the Colonel Light Hotel!

So pop in for a drink, a class and a FREE social with Adelaide's finest Latin DJ Hugo "El Papi" Salcedo!

Casual classes cost $15 per person. < See timetable

New to Bachata? We have a Beginners - Intermediate class on Monday nights at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel. < See timetable

Mambo pioneer Israel "Cachao" Lopez dies

Cuban-born bassist, band leader and mambo pioneer Israel "Cachao" Lopez died on Saturday in Miami. He was 89.

Lopez, who immigrated to the United States from Cuba in 1962, is credited with introducing the mambo musical genre to generations of adoring fans. He died on Saturday after complications from kidney failure, the Miami Herald reported in its online edition.

Known for years by a singular name, Cachao, Lopez was a Grammy Award-winning artist whose work was chronicled in a 1993 documentary by Cuban-American actor Andy Garcia.

Lopez, a classically trained bassist, continued to perform until the final months of his life. He had lived in south Florida for the past three decades and died at Coral Gables Hospital near Miami. Born in Havana to a musical family in 1918, Lopez took to music early and in his teens had already become an accomplished classical bassist.

His contribution to modern music began in the 1930s. Like many other jazz musicians of his day, Lopez and his brother, Orestes Lopez, improvised with traditional music. He experimented with Afro-Cuban music and developed a new sound that became the mambo.

Though originally rejected, the musical genre took flight in the 1950s and became a jazz staple through much of the next few decades. After a period of obscurity, Lopez regained international attention in the 1990s thanks in part to Garcia's work.

Lopez received a Grammy Award in 2004 for his album "Agora Si!" He also received accolades in 2006, including concerts at the Lincoln Center in NY.