Festival Salsa Marseille 2011 - Salsatongs - Alma Latina

The Salsa inheritance... Born to Portorico, he learnt to dance only like a self-taught and was noticed from the age of 14 years by Anibal Vázquez , one of the biggest dancers of salsa that known the XXth century and which incited him to dance on a typical instrument: the clave. Later he decided to create his troupe, " Felipe Polanco y Sus Bailadores d' Akí ", multiplying the representations in theaters, more and more important, until this moment of grace : one " standing ovation " during the first congress of salsa to the world, that of Porto Rico in 1997. Asked on all the festivals and the congresses to the world, the celebration of the 35th birthday of the group " El Gran Combo " of Porto Rico, the choreographies for the concerts of Cheo Feliciano, Roberto Roena or Elvis Crespo, to collaborate with Tito Puente. He practises his art, as he walks, as he breathes. What is worth to him the respect and the recognition of his peers and to be demanded by the biggest musicians and applauded by the public...