Eddie Torres interview together with Maria Torres - PART 1

Eddie Torres interview together with Maria Torres - PART 1 Social Talks live program is HONORED to host the one and only Mr. Eddie Torres Mambo King! Known as “The Mambo King”, Eddie has been dancing and teaching salsa for over four decades, training thousands of professional dancers in NYC. Some of his former students include legendary personalities in the Latin dance scene: like Delille Thomas (Mambo D), Wilton Beltre (the founder of Santo Rico Dance Company), Adolfo Indacochea, Franklin Diaz, Frankie Martinez and Seaon Brystol. Listen to live legend Eddie Torres telling about his tremendous dancing career firsthand! 00:55 Eddie is telling the story how and why his dance addiction began in New York city when he was just 12 years old. 03:11 How and where has Eddie been learning how to dance mambo taking into account that there were no studios where one could learn how to dance this style back those days! 04:37 Who were those dancers who were the sources of Eddie`s inspiration? 06:28 Although the Palladium was the most famous of Latin dance venues of the era, almost 50 other clubs other New York venues regularly programmed Latin music in the 1950s and 60s, why exactly Palladium was so popular among other places. 07:57 How did Eddie teach those days with no concept of timing, technique or theory), who were those first students, and in general how average people could get to dance back those days without all the possibilities of Internet promotion, advertisements etc. 10:22 Video Call from Ecaterina Maria Lungu, a salsera from Brussels, Salsa Diablo dance project, the perminent participant of the Social Talks. The question from Ecaterina: Is there something else Eddie would like to preserve / to transmit to the Salsa community? 14:57 How Eddie feels about salsa scene now in comparison with the old times 15:44 Maria Torres is telling about her contribution into opening doors to other women in the salsa community 👀 Watch the PART 2 following the link    • Eddie Torres interview together with Maria...   👀 Watch the PART 3 following the link    • Eddie Torres interview together with Maria...   👀 Watch the PART 4 following the link    • Eddie Torres interview together with Maria...   Please subscribe to the channel and get closer to the stars who inspire!🪐 #eddietorres #mamboking #socialtalksolgaprykhodko #socialtalks #olgaprykhodkoua #interviewsalsa #elmundolatio 💎 Follow me in the social networks: 👀 Facebook:   / olga.prykhodko.events   👀 Instagram:   / olga_prykhodko