Son y Casino

A blog for reflecting on son music and the dance of casino.

Who’s Behind this Blog?

daybert and lina_Cuba

 

“Son y Casino” is a blog managed, updated, and edited by Daybert Linares Díaz. Daybert is a High School Spanish teacher living in the United States who every now and then finds some free time to write this blog. Daybert has been sporadically teaching Cuban dances such as son, son montuno, casino, rueda de casino, and chachachá for over seven years, focusing on the social aspect of these dancers—which is why you won’t see him perform. He has taught workshops in Atlanta, Boston, Baltimore and the southern Maryland areas, New York City, North Virginia, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Savannah, and Washington, D.C.  

Contanct Daybert at: daybertlinares@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 

Photo courtesy of Idyll Photography.

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6 thoughts on “Who’s Behind this Blog?

  1. Absolutely love this blog 🙂 thank you Daybert for spreading joy, wisdom and knowledge! Keep up the amazing work. From one dancer-writer to another. Respect! Agua!

    1. Hi! I’ll probably be in Atlanta next year for either BAILAtlanta or the Atlanta Salsa Festival. I might travel to Savannah, too, to conduct workshops there with Salsa Savannah.

  2. Muchas gracias. He llegado a tu blog, leyendo tu escrito del que porqué salsa es un baile Americano y no “Latino” como comercialmente se vende en algunos partes del mundo. La verdad me creo algo de tristeza, soy cubana y adoro bailar salsa o más bien casino, que como tú refieres es lo que realmente se baila en Cuba. Pero he sentido mucha satisfacción al leer tus argumentos y ver con cuánta seriedad reflejas y expones las diferencias y carácterísticas de estos estilos, que si bien tendrán denominadores comunes no deján de distinguirse sus particularidades. Muchas gracias por tus observaciones y he aprendido mucho de ello. Un saludo desde Austria

    1. Muchísimas gracias por esas palabras. Me alegra muchísimo que el blog te esté ayudando a entender mejor las particularidades de los bailes, ya sean cubanos o no. En tanto a los términos casino y salsa que nosotros mismos los cubanos usamos de manera intercambiable, esta entrega puede continuar esclareciendo dudas:

      https://sonycasino.com/2017/04/03/why-cubans-calling-casino-salsa-is-not-a-good-reason-for-you-to-do-it-too/

      ¡Gracias por la sintonía!

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