2010 Los Angeles Salsa Congress Instructors |
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| Angel & Tulane Rivera |
| | | San Diego/ USA | | | Angel and Tulane have been dancing together since January of 2001, and since then have been inseparable. Tulane was formerly Angel's dance instructor and, after a couple of months, became her dance partner. Tulane has been dancing since she was seven years old, with extensive Ballroom and Latin training from London, England. Angel started dancing at the age of 21 and brought with him passion and desire. After a couple of months this dynamic duo was formed. |
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| Ava Apple |
| | | San Francisco/ USA | | | Ava Apple has been a performer, teacher and competitor in Salsa, Hustle and West Coast Swing for over twenty years. She is director of "The Latin Symbolics", a salsa dance team specializing in exciting lifts & aerials. The Latin Symbolics have participated in Salsa events in Ecuador, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong, Holland, and Puerto Rico as well as throughout the U.S. Ava, along with Dave Paris, has produced a series of seven instructional DVD's titled "Salsa Lifts & Aerials". |
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| Billy & Katie |
| | | Orlando/ USA | | | Billy has over 30 years of dance performance experience as well as Katie Marlow has been performing professionally since 1981. As the owners of Dancesation, Inc. Billy and Katie produce some of the highest quality production shows in the industry. It has been a marriage of the best kind. Billy brings to the table, his experience as lead dancer, owner and choreographer of the Dance Dimensions Katie began Dancesation, Inc. in 1995. |
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| Eddie Torres |
| | | New York City/ USA | | | Latin dancer/choreographer Eddie Torres was raised in New York's Spanish Harlem, in the bosom of a Puerto Rican family. At a young age, Torres, seduced by Latin rhythms, wanted to learn how to dance. The enthusiastic teenager fulfilled his ambition while getting into the nightclub scene. Through the years his dancing skills allowed him to start teaching and even work along with Tito Puente. In 1980, Eddie Torres successfully performed at New York's Coliseum during the Latin Expo. The artist's major achievements includes collaborations to international stars such as Ruben Blades, Tito Nieves, and David Byrne. |
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| Hacha y Machete (Victor & Burju) |
| | | Boston/ USA | | | Hacha Y Machete (HYM Style) was the first official Massachusetts based professional New York Style "ON 2" Latin dance company. The company was formed in 1999 by a group of friends with the intent of enriching and educating New England about the New York Style of dancing salsa/mambo through our performances and classes. Under the direction of Burju Hurturk and Victor Perez the group has earned a remarkable reputation both locally and internationally for their innovative choreography, original style, and high caliber of dancers. |
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| Junior & Emily - WSC Finalist |
| | | San Francisco/ USA | | | Junior and Emily are a brother and sister team from San Francisco, CA. Junior and Emily have performed, taught, and competed all over the world. Through the years Junior and Emily have created their own unique style of dancing which has swept stages around the world. They are 7- time National and International Salsa Dance Champions and are the youngest solo internationally traveling couple. They are also the youngest couple to hold their own dance company called, "Amicitia". Junior and Emily will continue to deliver fast, energentic, and exciting performances that will inspire the youth and welcome the new generation of dance. |
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| Maykel Fonts |
| | | Cuba/Italy | | | He graduated in the school's most famous in Cuba, the Tropicana where he studied ballet, modern, African, contemporary, rumba (guaguanco, yambù, Columbia). In 2000 he moved to Italy with the group "Ire Bata, and studied with several teachers including: Virgilio Pitzalis, Marco Macchetti, Steve LaChance, Gus Bemberry, Christopher Uggins, Chacalli, Paganini, ... In 2005, participating in a stage of Heres a flamenco in Spain Discipline: classical dance, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, flamenco, Latin and acrobatics. |
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| Osmar Perrones |
| | | Bronx/ USA | | | Osmar Perrones, director of Yamulee Dance Company began his dancing career in 1994 under the guidance of Wilton Beltre. He has been a member of The Descarga Latina Dance Company, The Fuerza Latina Dance Company, Combinacion Magica, and was senior instructor/choreographer of Santo Rico Dance Company. Osmar participated in the off-broadway show Latin Madness. Currently, he is the director and founder of Yamulee Dance Company and supervises the student, children and professional teams. |
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| Ricardo & Michelle (PB&G) |
| | | San Francisco/ USA | | | Ricardo and Michelle make their home in the Bay Area and have been performing, teaching, judging, and promoting salsa for many years. They have taught and performed all over the world numerous times. Known all over the world for their clean lines, precise footwork, and always sexy styling, Ricardo and Michelle are pioneers in the Bay Area. They have taught all over the world and are constantly invited back for more of their smoldering salsa style. |
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| Rogelio Moreno |
| | | Los Angeles / USA | | | He went from dancing his own steps at family parties at the age of three to learning the structure of dances such as salsa, cha-cha, merengue, mambo, bolero, quebradita, punta and the Mexican waltz from his grandmother, to dancing his own steps once again, but this time, with the knowledge and adeptness to combine his god-given, natural talent with the predefined form and technique, which has thus created his unique and elegant style for which he is well known in all parts of the world. Rogelio has 9 years experience teaching. His captivating style has harnessed the attention of everyone from Japanese event coordinators to Hollywood producers and directors. |
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| Tito & Tamara |
| | | San Juan/ USA | | | Tito Ortos, was born in Santurce on December 26, 1974. After finishing a Natural Science Bachelor's Degree in the University of Puerto Rico. Tito started his carrer as a Salsa Dancer by his parents initiatives. Also he is an outstanding dancer of other genres such as: Jazz, Merengue, "Bomba y Plena", Rumba, Modern Dance, among others. Since then, he has visited more than 30 cities worldwide giving performances and classes, with his wife and dance partner Tamara Livolsi. They both participates yearly in congress around the world. Tamara Livolsi, was born in Argentina on February 24, 1978, but was raised in Puerto Rico, she inherited from her mother the art of dancing. With more than 20 years exsperience, trained in various dance disciplines like: jazz, ballet, hip hop and others, makes her a versatile dancer and instructor. |
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