Year 2009

March 21 Buena Clinton Youth & Family Center, Garden Grove

  • Aerial Art Introduction and Demonstration by Ruby Karen Project
March 28 Avantgarde’s Tango  with Marcelo Rivero, Newport Beach

  • RKP as Guest Instructor  – Tango/ Salsa workshop
April 4 Styling and Spins Workshops

  • by Ruby Karen Project, Garden Grove and Marcelo Rivero as Guest Instructor, Bea Hive Dance Center
April 11 Masquerade Ball,  Garden Grove

  • Production aerial and dance number by Ruby Karen Project
April 15 Inaugural Salsa Opening Night, The REEF, Long Beach

  • Production aerial and dance number by Ruby Karen Project
April 25 Aerial Dance Fitness© Introductory Workshop, Garden Grove

  • Instruction by Ruby Karen Project
April 26 Newport Film Festival, Newport Beach

  • Performance:  Marcelo Rivero and the Ruby Karen Project
May 8 Cinco De May Festival by Stanton City Community, Stanton, CA
  • Demonstration by RKP and Kids participation – Hoop Aerial Arts
May 17 Filipino American Symphony Orchestra’s Inaugural Concert, Saban Theater – Beverly Hills

  • Aerial Silk Rendition by RKP to the music by Phantom of the Opera
May 23 Intro to Aerial Arts  12-3 pm @ Brockus Project Studios

  • 12 – 3 pm by RKP; 616 Moulton Avenue,  Los Angeles, CA 90036
May 30 Newport Avantgarde Salsa Event sponsored by Alma Frey Studios, Newport Beach

  • Rendition by RKP of Aerial Hoop
June 13 Children’s Ballet Recital, Bea Hive Dance Studio, Garden Grove

  • Culminating Spring Performance by RKP’s Ballet-Jazz students
June 20 Bea Hive Salsa Event, Bea Hive Dance Center, Garden Grove
  • Aerial Dance – Hoop performance by RKP
June 23 Aug 6 Circus Aerial Arts Summer Camp at Bea Hive Dance Studios

  • Tues & Thurs 1-3 pm; accepting ages 7-13 yrs old
June 24 – July 8 Circus Aerial Arts Summer Camp @ West Coast Conservatory-Ballet

  • Weds 1-3 pm, 1014 W Collins Ave, Orange, CA 92868
June 27 Annual Awards Night – PRPSN – Long Beach
July 10 – 12 Orange County Salsa Festival, Radisson Hotel, Newport Beach

  • Aerial Arts and Acro-Salsa partnering performances by Ruby Karen Project
July 10 – 11 Alice in Wonderland by West Coast Conservatory-Ballet

Star Performing Arts Center, Fountain Valley
Guest Artist:  Ruby Karen – Aerial act portraying Cheshire Cat

July 25 Aerial Arts demonstration: Summer’ Lovin Showcase – Dance Asylum

2777 Bristol Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

July 26 Introduction to Aerial Dance Fitness© 12–3 pm

Bea Hive Dance Studios, 9627 Chapman Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92841

July 27 –July 31 Circus Aerial Arts Summer Camp @ New Hope Gymnastics

Everyday 9-11 am, 17270 New Hope Street, Fountain Valley, CA

August 7 Redlands Bowl – 86th Annual Summer Music Festival

featuring Brockus Project Dance Company www.redlandsbowl.org

August 8 Aerial Dance Fitness© Workshop: 4 – 6 pm

Dance Asylum, 2777 Bristol Avenue, Costa Mesa CA 92626

August 19 Aerial Art – Hammock Performance & Salsa Acrobatics

Su Misericirdia’s 3rd Salsalegre @ Hollywood Highlands – 9:00 pm

6801 Hollywood Blvd., Ste 433, Hollywood, CA 90028

August – September
Summer Break
August 28 Guest Appearance: 2010 LA Women’s Calendar Launch Celebration

9:00 pm; Steak House, 5332 Steven’s Place, Commerce 90040

September 4 Judge at the Kids Salsa Convention

9:00 pm; Steak House, 5332 Steven’s Place, Commerce 90040

September 5 1-4 pm FREE – Playground Aerial Open Gym @ BeaHive, 9627 Chapman Ave, Garden Grove.  Food will be served courtesy of Chef, Luca Cecchini
September 19 Ruby Karen supports Salsa Event @ Bea Hive Dance  7-12pm. With Guests Showcase
September 19 4-6pm – Playground Aerial Open Gym @ BeaHive, 9627 Chapman Ave, Garden Grove.
October 3
OPEN HOUSE – AERIALS, DANCE & FOOD at the DANCE ASYLUM – FREE

3-6 pm, DANCE ASYLUM, 2777 Bristol Ave. Ste D (Back of building) Costa Mesa

October 10
SALSA BOOTCAMP with Ruby Karen, Marcelo Rivero & Brent Jennings: $45.  PRE-REGISTER today FOR $37. and get a rafflle ticket to win a private session with Ruby Karen for Salsa, Spins & Turns, Lifts & Dips, Choreography routine and one-on-one evaluation and assessment.
October 15 Fundraiser Event -Typhoon Victims in the Philippines

Olivia’s Ballroom, 245 E. Burbank, CA 91502  8pm – Doors Open; Performance 10:30pm: Rendition of Hoop Aerial number by Ruby Karen

October 20 Dance Asylum’s Halloween “Thriller” 6pm, 2777 Bristol Ave.Ste. D Costa Mesa

Showcase by students and instructors of Dance Asylum

November 15 Aerial Exhibition:  Fall Into Your Beauty – sponsored by the LA Urban Beauty Connection , Baldwin Hills (address TBA)
November 15
Kids Aerial Dance and DAnceFlex classes start at the new location:  NewHope Academy of Gymnastics, 17270 Newhope St. Fountain Valley, CA
November 21 Aerial Hammock Performance by Ruby Karen Project: Club Can Presents: Anniversary Even: Latin Boogie Entertainment, 9pm -14241 Euclid Ave, Garden Grove
November 22 Aerial and Dance Exhibition:  Fall Academy Show – Newhope Gymnastics   17270 Newhope St. Fountain Valley, CA
December 5 Performance Concert: Silent Night – Irvine Valley College Performing Arts Theater: Collaborative Dance & Aerial Production with Marie de La Palme
December 8 6th Annual MASQUERADE BALL, Tia Juana’s – Irvine  9pm – 2am

Ruby Karen and the Orange County Aerial Arts will be rendering aerial numbers at this event.  Come and join us in this fun and exciting holiday event.

December 12 Bea Hive Dance Center’s Christmas Celebration & Recital:  Ruby Karen Project will be presenting their kids recital in ballet-jazz and aerial dance

Time: 12 – 3 pm, 9627 Chapman Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92841

December 12 Fiesta Del Barrio – Salsa Event –  MEET THE STARS – Hollywood Park Casino, 1050 S. Prairie Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301

Produced by Los Rumberos and Francisco Vasques  7pm – POSTPONED to Jan. 2010

December 26 HOLIDAY ON AIR
An Aerial Dance Production comprising of music, dance and CIRCUS Aerial Arts
Produced by Ruby Karen Project, OC Aerial Arts and Star Performing Arts Center and in cooperation with Club Can @ 14241 Euclid St., Garden Grove, CA 92843  7-9pm   Tickets:  $15.00
December 27 – 30 Aerial Art Dance Workshop- Newhope Gymnastics, 17270 Newhope St. Fountain Valley, CA  10am – 12pm (More details TBA)
December 31 – January 3 Salsa Mambo Festival, Doral Garden and Resort @ Palm Springs: New Year’s Eve – Aerial Hoop rendition
December 27 – January 10  

Winter Intensive Aerial Workshop at the Brockus Project Studios, located at 618 B Moulton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90031

Year 2008

January 4 Limited Engagement
  • Alex Lima (direct from Paris) and the Ruby Karen Project
  • Performance and Workshop, Club Tatou, Downtown Los Angeles
January 6 Limited Engagement – Alex Lima and the Ruby Karen Project
Performance and Workshop@ Open House- Carlsbad, San Diego
February 1 -2 Sutra Lounge’s Brazilian Festival, Newport Beach
Rendition of Aerial Silk by Ruby Karen Project
February 10 Lifts and Tricks Workshop,2-4 pm @ Sky Dance Studios, Downey
Featuring Murray Phillips and Ruby Karen
March – December
The Ruby Karen Project boarded various performance, instructional, lecture demonstrations and special public appearances including Aerial Arts performances and summer camps in Israel with Florentine Circus, special guest appearances at Excaliber, Chiavari, Italy and speaking engagements and choreography lectures in Los Angeles

Year 2007

January 1 New Year’s Event sponsored by Shade Hotel, Manhattan Beach, California
Feb 25 Wild Nights Salsa Opening – Oakland, California
See Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CrVExoJxPc0
March 1 – 5 New York Salsa Festival, NY  http://nysalsafestival.com/
March 17 Spirit of Dance, Los Angeles, California
http://www.salsaborycache.com
Hollywood Park Casino, 3883 W Century Blvd. Inglewood CA
March 17 UCLA’s International Cultural Exchange, Los Angeles, California
March 18 Spectrum, El Portal Theater, Hollywood, California http://myspace.com/rubykaren
March 22-25 Rome Salsa Festival, Rome Italy http://www.salsaworldfestival.com/
March 27 – 31 Salsa Exclusiva – Dusseldorf Salsa Event, Germany
Photos at: http://www.salsa-emocion.com/ Video: Soon to be posted
April 2 Al Virgola di Sestri  Levante, Italy
Performance and Workshop, http://www.boogaloo.it/eventi.asp
April 6 – 8 Salsa 2007 Congres de Marseille, France
www.massiliasalsacongress.com/ Video: Soon to be posted
April 9 11th  International  Salsa Convention, Sicily Italy
See Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mxa9inF86ig
April 11 San Remo Special Appearance – Salsa Show and Workshop, Italy
April 14 Guest appearances and impromptu number at Rome’s Caddillac Club, Italy
April 25 Choreographer’s Ball @ The Key Club West Hollywood, California
See Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LolRnO_g2fw
May 17-20 Grandia Al Son De La Salsa, Valencia, Spain
http://www.salsafor.es/
May 24 West Coast Salsa Congress, Los Angeles California
http://alberttorresevents.com/congress/2007/
July 6 – 7 Las Vegas Salsa Congress
http://lasvegassalsacongress.com/ – Cancelled
July 26 – 29 Salsa Mambo Festival, Palm Springs, California
http://www.salsamambofestival.com/
July 26 Orange County Salsa Festival www.myspace.com/rubykaren
August 4 Special guest appearance at the Club Mayan’s Promotional Team Showdown, Los Angeles    http://www.clubmayan.com/
August 5 Latin & Brazilian Workshops
by Alex Lima and Ruby Karen in cooperation with Josie Neglia Dance Academy http://www.alexlima.net/ http://www.jnda.us/
10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. @
342 1/2 N. Ford Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90022
August 6-11 Malaysia Salsa Congress, Malaysia
http://www.malaysiansalsafestival.com/2007/ Photos soon to be posted
August 12 Phil-American Expo, LA Convention, Los Angeles, California
Details: http://www.rubykaren.com// www.myspace.com/rubykaren
August 16-18 Summer Splash 2007, Palm Springs      http://www.alliquidsilver.com/;
Rivera of El Cantante  video  & Photos:  www.myspace/rubykarenproject
August 30- Sept.4 La SpiagGetta Summer Event, Chiavari & Genoa Festival, Italy; salsa  workshops and demonstration www.myspace.com/rubykaren
September 8 – 9 Mexico City Salsa Festival, Mexico
Details: http://www.rubykaren.com// www.myspace.com/rubykaren
October 5 Salsa Workshop: Turns and spins; Show featuring Ruby karen Project
and Guest Artists Tatou club, Los Angeles,  http://www.rubykaren.com//
October 12 & 13 Aerial Routine for Freeky Halloween Show
Diavolo Space, 616 Moulton Ave LA 90031;
Tickets & Reservation: 562-531-8949 Brockus@earthlink.net
October 26 Salsa Workshop: Lead & Follow Patterns w/ Transitional styling.
Special Show featuring Ruby karen Project and Guest Artists at Tatou club, Los Angeles, http://www.rubykaren.com//
November 1 – 4 San Francisco Salsa  Congress
Silk Routine  _PreCongress  show and Acrobatic partnering Aerial with Danny Davalos; High end aerial tricks workshop on Sat. 11/3
Details: http://www.sfsalsacongress.com/
November 9 – 11 Dallas Salsa Congress  http://www.dallassalsacongress.com/
Raddisson Dallas, 1241 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas TX 75247
November 14 Salsalegre Event @ Highlands Club, Hollywood, Los Angeles
www.myspace.com/salsalegre | www.myspace.com/rubykarenproject
November 15 – 16 Brazil Salsa Congress, San Paolo, Brazil
Cancelled  – no flights  available for set dates
November 17 Fiesta Del Barrio, Hollywood  Casino, Los Angeles
Produced by Salsabor y Cache and Los Rumberos
November 23 California Star ball – Professional Cabaret Division http://www.californiastarball.com/
US Open Championship – cancelled due to elimination of cabaret division
November 24 Italy and Israel:  open for workshops
December 7 Salsa Workshop: Tricks and Dips for Social dancing
Special Show featuring Ruby karen Project and Runique of Salsuno (Germany) Tatou club, Los Angeles
December 15 Ladies Styling and partnering workshop 4:00 – 6:00
Fusion Dance School, ViaSan Martino 1,  San Salvatore di Cogorno, Italy

Adagio Partnering Photos

Year 2006

February 19 Pre-Valentine Salsa Performance
10:30 pm, AvantGarde Dance
Scott Drive, Newport Beach, California
Info: www.Salsera.com
February  27 LA Lady Style + Lifts and Dips Workshop
8:30pm -10:00pm Alex Lima Dance School
Salsabor Studio Paris
31 rue Chapon
Code d’accès 31A75
Infos: +33 (0)613174496 et http://www.alexlima.net/
March 4 Workshops and Performance
6-10 pm LA Style Tricks – Routine – Turns & Spins
Intermediate & Advance
LA Style Salsa Partnering – Beginners
Le Globo Club
8 Boulevard de Strasbourg
75010 Paris, FranceMarch 5 – Performance @ La Coupole,102 Boulevard du Montparnasse  75014 Paris, France
March 6 Workshops and Performance
7 – 9 pm Workshop: Partner Salsa class
Edison – 8., Alserstrasse 9
1080 Wien, Austria
March 7-11 Various Salsa Workshops and Performances
Vienna and Graz, Austria
March 12 Various Salsa Workshops
Place: TSC Team 7, Bachstraße 57, 5023 Salzburg, Austria
Workshops include: Conditioning and Flexibility, Lead and Follow, Turns and spins and Lifts and Dips
March 14 Salsa Partner and Styling Workshop
Edison – 8., Alserstrasse 9
1080 Wien, Austria
March 16 Media Production
Vienna, Austria
March 17 Murcia Salsa Congress
Murcia, Spain – Performance and Workshop
Alex Da Silva and Ruby Karen
March 18 & 19 Workshop – Ladies Styling and Partnering
Shows with Dodi and Leon Rose
Salsa Gala Club, Volksgarten – 1., Burgring
Vienna, Austria
April 22 Mayan World Salsa Competition –  Semi-Finals
Club Mayan, 1038 S. Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
May 13 Mayan World Salsa Competition, Finals
Club Mayan, 1038 S. Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
May 21 Ground and Aerial Tricks Workshop, Los Angeles
May 25–28 West Coast Salsa Congress, Los Angeles
SalsaLand, Hollywood Casino
Inglewood, Los Angeles
June 30 Hot Latin Nights
Salsa Performance at Harbor Drive Lounge
Redondo Beach, CA
June 29 – July 2 3rd Annual Las Vegas Salsa Congress
Workshop and Performance
July 16  Social Tricks Workshop
DanceSport California
12062 Valley View St., Suite 108B
Garden Grove, CA 92845
July 21-23 Hamburg Salsa Congress
Congress Centrum Hamburg
Am Dammtor/ Marseiller Straße
Tiergartenstr, 20355 Hamburg
July 27–30 Summer Salsa / Mambo Festival
Performance & Workshop
Palm Springs, California
August 19 Spectrum 22 –Brockus Project Dance
Barnsdall Theater, Hollywood
Presenting a new Choreographic Work, “Danson Y Aires”
Choreography by:  Ruby Karen
Interpretation by:  Tiffany Reid
September 1-3 Utah Salsa Congress
Salt Lake, Utah
Aerial Ring and Salsa Performance
September 10 1st  Annual Amateur Ballroom Competition
Glendale Civic Auditorium
Judge for the Competition
September 22-24 UK Salsa Congress
Butlins Resort
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
PO21 1JJ, UK
September 27 Carnival – A Choreographer’s Ball
Key Club, Hollywood
Rendition:  Aerial Silk and Acrobatic Partnering
Special Appearance by: Danny Davalos
Sept 30 – Oct. 1 2nd Philippine American Exposition
Los Angeles Convention
Rendition of several dance numbers
Judge to Ms. Phil-Am Universe Beauty Pageant
October 13–16 Sela-Salsa Congress
Performance and Workshop
Marbella, Spain
November 2-6 Munich Salsa Congress
Performances and Workshops
Ruby Karen and David Nieto
November 16-19 San Francisco Salsa Congress
Performances and Workshops
Aerial Ring and Salsa Partnering
Marriot Hotel, Oakland
November 29 Lead and Follow Patterns & Spins
Intermediate/ Advance
Cohibas Club, 110 E. Broadway, Long Beach
December 3 Patterns w/ Transitional Tricks 2-3:00 pm
Lead & Follow: Patterns with Spin Tricks
South Bay Dance Center
24817 S. Western Ave., Lomita, CA 90717-1301
December 13-16 ESPN World Salsa Championship
South Point Hotel, Las Vegas
Ruby Karen and David Nieto for Cabaret Division
December 22 Hilton Waterfront Annual Christmas Party
Hilton Beach Resort, Huntington
21100 Pacific Coast Highway

Year 2005

 

January 14-16 Innsbruck Salsa Congress (Austria)
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
January 26 Carnival – Choreographers’ Ball – KeyClub (Hollywood)
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
January 28 17th Annual International Association of Blacks In Dance
  • Conference Hosted by The Lula Washington Dance Theatre Luckman Theatre – Los Angeles
  • Modern – Ruby Karen & Miguel Banket
  • “Deux” by Choreographer Ken Morris
January 29 The Seventh Annual Entertainment And Achievement Awards
  • Night Hosted by Celebrity Chronicle – The Auditorium (Glendale)
  • Solo Improvisation – Modern/ Contemporary – Ruby Karen
  • Original Music and Violin Performance by Will Lee
March 12 Modern Dance Lives
  • Guest Company: Brockus Project Dance Company
  • MKM Cultural Arts Center, North Hollywood
March 17–21 European Salsa Slam – London
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
March 20 Caught in Between Dance and Film
  • Film producer and reknown dance photographer Sallie EtteMackie will feature a dance film featuring Ruby Karen as main character – Ivar Theatre – Hollywood
March 30 –
April 10
Italy Tour (Rome, Salerno, Perugia, Genova, Pescara, Brescia and Bologna) sponsored by Dark Latin Dance
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
April 10 The Lester Horton Awards Night, Luckman Theatre, Los Angeles
Ruby Karen was nominated 2004 Outstanding Achievement in Performance for the piece “DEUX” choreographed by Ken Morris
April 15–17 Dance in LA with the hottest dance companies – produced by Brockus Project Dance Company, Ivar Theatre, Hollywood
April 22 Our Night To Shine ( a Student Leadership Banquet Award)
Guest Appearance: Solo Modern with Will Lee (violinist) Produced by Claremount University
April 23 Mayan World Salsa Competition – Semi-Finals
  • Entrants: Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
  • The Mayan Club, Los Angeles
April 27 Carnival – Choreographers’ Ball – KeyClub (Hollywood)
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
May 14 Mayan World Salsa Competition -Finals
  • Entrants: Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
  • The Mayan Club, Los Angeles
May 23–29 West Coast Salsa Congress, Los Angeles
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
June 17–19 Amsterdam Festival (cancelled)
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
June 30 –
July 4
5th Annual Houston Salsa Convention, Texas (cancelled)
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
July 15–17 3rd International Salsafestival in Hamburg, Germany
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
July 18–23 Diavolo Intensive Workshop and Performance – Flying Technique
  • Diavolo Dance Theater, Los Angeles
  • Continuing Education – Ruby Karen
August 11 China Night -The Levitt
Pavilion for the Performing Arts, Pasadena
  • Improvisation – Ruby Karen with Suzanne Tang
August 26-28 Eliat Salsa Festival, Israel
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
September 1–4 New York Salsa Congress – NY
September 18 Salsa Workshop – A Fundraising Project for Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief; and The Philippine Salsa International Congress
September 23–25 UK International Salsa Congress, West Sussex UK
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
October 1-3 Australian National Salsa, Sydney
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
October 7-10 Vancouver Salsa Congress, Canada
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
October 20-23 First Latin & Salsa Festival, Hannover Germany
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
October 28–30 Japan Salsa Congress, Tokyo
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
November 4-6 Salsa Congress- Munich Germany (TBC)
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
November 10-12 Africa Salsa Festival, Africa (TBC)
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
November 17-20 4th Annual San Francisco Salsa Congress
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva
December 2-4 Latin Explosion, Brean Sands, UK
  • Salsa – Ruby Karen & Alex Da Silva

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