Frankie Martinez & Sonnari -- Salsa Dancing in Korea

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Uploaded by on Apr 5, 2007

I forgot that I had this clip saved on my hard drive! This is a bit of cool social dancing taken when the famous Salsa/Mambo dancer Frankie Martinez was in Korea (in 2003 or 2004). His partner in this clip is a Korean dancer named Sonnari -- she moves extremely well!

(When the camera briefly focuses on another couple late in the clip, that woman is Lori Perez, who is Frankie's traveling dance partner, and the man is a Korean dancer whose name I don't know.)

The name of the song to which they are dancing is "Ay Cucu" by Andy Montañez. However, I have absolutely no idea what those Korean characters at the end of the clip mean! :-)

For more information about Frankie Martinez and his dance company ("Abakua"), go to www.abakuadancers.com

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  • Dude, you took this footage in Korea? What was your experience there salsawise?

  • No, I didn't personally shoot this footage. I got it from somewhere else.

  • If anyone still wondered, the caracters in korean at the end are basically just the transcription of the main dancers names : Frankie (프랭키) and Sonari (손나리)...

    Nice video, his technique seems flawless... What it would be to dance with someone like that !*sigh*

  • Thank you very much for that extra bit of information!  Glad you liked the video. :-)

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  • I was station in Korea 4 times in the 80's and no club play any Salsa there. Wish they did!

  • But the question remains... if you have Frankie Martinez dancing salsa with some chick that knows what she is doing and NO ONE is watching them....then who THE FUCK is dancing offscreen to the left?!?!?

  • Frankie likes the shines A LOT more than having to dance with a partner - and his shines are unreal. But still, kind of a throwaway when he dances with her as he really seems like he is just dogging it to get to the shines... still does some great combos and patterns tho... could probably do them in his sleep...

  • They have oneof the best dancers in the world and the crowd is cheering on some random couple on the side. its so hard to appreciate good dancing when you dont know what to look at

  • whoa my boyfriends name is frankie and my last name is martinez

  • ay cucu by andy montanez

  • who knows what song this is? thanks

  • wow! That's so cool That Koreans can Salsa That pretty Tight!!! Someday I'll Dance Salsa with them Someday!

    Keep Salsa Dancing Fighting!!!!

  • !!! awesome dancers!!!

    Keep up the great dance!!!

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