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Press Release – 2010.08.02 – Salsa Glam (PDF)

New Brunswick, NJ (August 2, 2010) – As the Latin beats of Salsa music play in the background and beautiful Salsa dancers in three-inch strappy heels move to the rhythm of the Latin percussion, New Jersey Fashion designer Elena Vasilevsky is preparing to unveil her newest fashion collection to the public at “SALSA GLAM”, her fashion show at PERLÉ Nightclub on August 19, 2010. Salsa dancing, the newest sensation throughout the U.S. and the world, has inspired Ms. Vasilevsky (Elena V) to create a special line of clothing aimed to showcase female Salsa dancers.

Salsa dancing is an exploding sensation in cities all over the U.S. and around the world with thousands of female dancers looking for trendy outfits to express their passion for Salsa. “My designs express my soul and my passion for dancing. Fragile femininity, mixed with high voltage passion drives me to design collections that radiate sensuality mixed with confidence”, says Ms. Vasilevsky. It is no secret that Salsa has grown from an underground club dance to a fully-mature art form with professional dancers teaching and traveling around the world. But Ms. Vasilevsky aims to energize regular, everyday women with sensuality to help them realize their dazzling potential on the dance floor.

“Any garment will look good on a professional fashion model. My creations reveal personalities and allow women to refine their own unique beauty, highlighting individuality regardless of perfect proportions. My goal is to discover and celebrate the diversity and beauty of every woman through my designs”, expresses Ms. Vasilevsky. Her fashion show at PERLÉ Nightclub will feature New Jersey’s professional salsa dancers, instructors and performers as models of her “Rhythm Collection”, which is inspired from the energy of Salsa dancers, as well as legendary icons like Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe.

For this event, Ms. Vasilevsky has collaborated with Mr. Dany Joshua to host the fashion show at PERLÉ Nightclub. They have attracted some of the most talented dancers from New Jersey. Mr. Dany Joshua promotes Salsa dancing in New Brunswick, New Jersey, at PERLÉ Nightclub every Thursday night, “Salsa Thursdays at PERLÉ with Dany J” is the title of this regular event.

Ms. Vasilevsky, originally from the Ukraine, is a graduate from Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
Mr. Dany Joshua is Salsa dance instructor, Salsa disc jockey and Salsa promoter dedicated to the promotion of Salsa music and Salsa dancing. Dany Joshua is a dance instructor at Rutgers University.

Press Release – 2010.08.02 – Salsa Glam (PDF)

A quick post. A picture is worth a thousand words. Here are the 250 photos.

Jayson Molina @ PERLÉ Nightclub
Salsa Thursdays w/ DANY J
June 10, 2010

JAYSON MOLINA – Photo Album 1

JAYSON MOLINA – Photo Album 2

As a charity fundraiser, people can vote with donations to pick Dany Joshua’s next hair color. The choices are green, pink, red, purple or blue. The grand tally for each color will be revealed on May 27th at PERLÉ. Last night, on May 20th we opened the “poll” and the color pink is leading by a great marging. Here are the preliminary results so far: Here are the results after the Web of Compassion Social in Princeton:

Blue $1 $4
Green $1 $1
Purple $3 $20
Red $2 $7
Pink $23 $33

So, purple is catching up to pink. Remember that 100% of this fund-raiser will go to Web of Compassion to benefit the “Haiti Relief Effort” through the Haitian Consulate. Don’t be afraid to vote with $5 and $10 bills, remember that those votes count more than the Washington $1 votes.

Eddie & Griselle came down to New Brunswick to do one dance show, but as a gesture of their their great passion and positive energy, they surprised everyone when they graced the dance floor a second time! The videos are below (Thanks Tricia!). The links to the photo albums are below also.

EDDIE TORRES & GRISELLE PONCE – “YARE”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7PByUUOHbY

EDDIE TORRES & GRISELLE PONCE – “GOZA TIMBERO”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th2xZmoi5es

There are about 300 photos below.

Eddie Torres & Griselle Ponce
@ PERLÉ w/ Dany J PHOTOS

Eddie Torres PHOTO ALBUM 1

Eddie Torres PHOTO ALBUM 2

As a disc jockey, I have always felt that I was missing something when I played music. Years ago when I played Latin Rock in my weekly radio show at WRSU 88.7FM, I wished that I could play Salsa. And when I spun Salsa records at socials and nightclubs, I wished that I could play Latin Rock. It’s remarkable that after more than 10 years of spinning music, I have the opportunity to join two of the genres that I love.

Our Thursday night party at Perlé got an official megabuster addition. The RED ROOM, the 2nd lounge at Perle will open every Thusday featuring Latin Rock, Latn Pop, Latin TOP 40, World Beats, and Tropical. This ad-hoc party is called TACUBA THURSDAYS @ PERLÉ. It starts on March 4th, every week.

For more info, visit the Upcoming Events page.

Let’s clarify. SALSA THURSDAYS will continue as usual in the main room. TACUBA THURSDAYS will be take place in the RED ROOM. Two parties. Two rooms.

In my not so humble opinion, I have put together a killer team of disc jockeys. DJ LEO G, DJ LEO COTTO, DJ La C. GUAPA, and yours truly DJ DANY J will be in the rotation of disc jockeys for TACUBA THURSDAYS. And along with DJ RICKY V, this team promises to rock two (2) parties on Thursday night.

Soon, I will introduce each member of the team, along with his/her respective biography and photograph. So stay tuned.

Oscar D’Leon releases a catchy video about Twitter. “Sigueme”. Coincidentally, I found out through my friend Joel, who is quickly becoming a Twitter guru. Here is the video:

Oscar D’Leon sings “Sigueme”, a video/song about Twitter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLNcRp33Xp0

If you liked this video, follow me on twitter. Twitter.com/DanyJoshua

This video is one of the main soundtrack songs of “La Sangre Y La Lluvia” (Blood and Rain)., a new colombian film directed by Jorge Navas. I have been following this band for some time now, they are called “La Sucursal S.A. (official website)“, and they are from Barcelona. This song/video manages to capture the unmeasured capacity to feel emotional pain and agony that is characteristic and necessary in the most profound flamenco songs. In fact, their debut album, Lo Nuestro (2008), is full of surprises. For example, Marina “La Canillas”, singer of Ojos de Brujo is a featured singer in the track “La Bien Paga”, a subtle blend of antagonistic rhythms and origins.

The soundtrack song can be downloaded at no cost at the official website of the “La Sangre Y La Lluvia” film.

La Sangre Y La Lluvia Soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygrwd463mQA

For up-to-the-minute updates, follow me on twitter:
Twitter.com/DanyJoshua

The Salsa Thursdays event at Perlé Nightclub was featured on the front page of the Daily Targum on Friday, November 13th, 2009. Also, the Daily Targum featured an article about Salsa Thursdays on Tuesday, November 17th 2009 on the front page of the Metro Section. Here are the photos.

Did you know that Ruben Blades is going to re-record a lot of his Fania material? If you would like to find out interesting things like this, follow me on Twitter or friend me on facebook. Twitter.com/danyjoshua or facebook.com/danyjoshua

I would like to share with you a show that I have been following for the last few months, “El Show de Ruben Blades”. Ruben Blades is a Salsa artist that I would like to meet, and after watching 27 shows, I feel that I almost know him. Here are some quotes that I liked and a link the show.

“Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation.” – Ruben Blades.

Ruben Blades explica, “Quiero ese disco, el disco con Cheo, que tengo que terminar y ya lo voy a terminar lo mas pronto possible. Estoy regrabando todas mis cosas. Ya Walter Flores termino. Y ahora tengo que ponerle la voz a todos los discos que hize con el periodo de la Fania y toda es question, lo estoy regrabando todo para que cuando yo me muera pueda dejarle todo eso a mi familia porque los discos no son ni mios. Los discos son de la compan~ia, no mios. Este es el unico negocio del mundo donde la compan~ia de discos te de la plata para que hagas el disco, y te la cobra de tus regalias y no te dan un centavo hasta que la compan~ia de discos no recobre lo que invirtio. Y despues que lo recobra, tadavia el disco es de ellos. Es como si tu tuvieras una casa y a usted le da un prestamo el banco. Y usted paga y paga y paga, y cuando termine de pagar la casa, la casa todavia es del banco. So, que es eso hombre! Eso que es! Eso no se accepta en ningun lugar. Asi explotan a los musicos!”

El Show de Ruben Blades
http://www.rubenblades.com/sdrb/

Special thanks go to everyone that has shown love and concern for our Thursday Salsa party in New Brunswick. I really miss it too. I miss playing my records for such a warm crowd week after week. But please be patient because better days are ahead. In the meanwhile, I want to share with you two things. First, after one year of DJ’ing, please allow me to formally introduce myself as a Salsa DJ (check my DJ bio here). Second, please direct your attention to a short video that just keeps making me laugh every time I see it. If you like it too and it makes you laugh, please friend me on facebook and drop me a message on my wall. Enjoy. – Dany J.