JUAN
MATOS &
AMNERIS MARTINEZ (NEW YORK
& PUERTO RICO)
Juan
Matos, born in Dominican Rep., made his first Salsa steps
in New York and danced with Eddie Torres and of Santo
Rico Dance Company.
Always following his own ideas, Juan developed his personal
style and became a star of Salsa scene in New York and
the whole world. Some years ago Juan moved to Italy and
created his group Fogarate Dance Company.
You can find him as soloist, in couple or with his dance
team on almost every international congress. Becoming
an "on2" dancer there is no way of missing his
classes.
Juan is not only a performer and instructor of Salsa,
he is the most sexy and sensual dancer on stage and when
social dancing.
Luis
Vasquez and
Melissa Fernandez (MEXIKO & LOS ANGELES)
A
pioneer in L.A. Style Salsa began dancing in 1992.
He co-created Salsa Brava Productions, the first dance
company in Los Angeles and one of the most well known
dance companies in the world.
He is choreographer and performer of limitless shows for
films,TV, videos, commercials. Traveled over 45 countries
and taught at more than 30 congresses all over the world.
Together with his partner Melissa Fernandez they are the
artistic directors of Mas Salsa Brava production.
Melissa’s style, sensuality, and fire on and off
the dance floor have led her to become one of the best
recognized dancers in the world.
Her positive and vibrant energy are reflective both on
and off the dance floor.
Is
the biggest and most booked show team in Holland.
They are nationally & internationally known as acreative
and original group.
The leaders of the group are two very creative dancers
who inspired many audiences with their shows.
They recently received 2 live time achievement awards
for their work in UK and Los Angeles.
In the Netherlands they received an award for best show
team in Holland.
More info:
www.salsadancesquad.com
Nuno
and Vanda
(PORTUGAL)
They areprofessional
dancers and teachers.
They have represented Portugal in several salsa events
all around the world.
Their work on salsa is based on styling and musical interpretation.
Their main dance is salsa but they do many others like
tango, jazz, modern, contemporary and funk, hip hop.
They have danced and taught in several salsa congresses
like the New York salsa festival,
the congresso mundial de la salsa in Puerto Rico, the
UK salsa congress, the Paris salsa congress, the symposium
de Madrid, the congresso de Espania.
Other countries include Switzerland, Germany, Dubai, Lebanon,
Jordan and Abu Dabi.
They have their own school in Lisbon.
Website: www.nunovanda-jdfreestyle.blogspot.com
KIKI
& ELI (CYPRUS & BULGARIA)
They
have been in the top-ten couples of the world in 2006
and 2007 (ESPN World Salsa Championships- on1).
They started dancing together in Bulgaria six years ago,
and they have been undefeated Salsa Champions of the country
in 2005,2006 and 2007.
They have performed in many countries in Europe, like
Holland, Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain and USA, like
Las Vegas, Orlando, New York, among others.
In 2008 they moved to Greece and created the first exclusive
Salsa and social dance school in Athens, introducing to
the people the magic of salsa dancing as they know through
the experience they gained all those years in the international
salsa scene. More info: www.salsasinners.com
ZIAD
& SAHAR (LEBANON)
Ziad
Kassis is dedicated his life for dancing expanding the
High Level and International Standards of the Dance Product
all over Lebanon. He is the man that brought the name
of the Lebanese Salsa Community for the first time on
the international Stage .He is ex- Champion of Lebanon
in Latin-American Category (Lebanese Championship 1994,
1995, 1996).
Ziad is first promoter of Salsa-Latino Dancing in Lebanon
and the founder of the Salsa-Latino Baile Club and the
founder of SALSA –LEBANON.
Sahar
entered the professional scene in 2001 as both dancer
and teacher .She was member of one of the dancer in the
famous Arabic dancing company "Caracalla group"(contemporary
dance,classical ballet ,hip hop oriental ,folklore).
She started ballroom dancing with Ziad since 2000 and
gaining knowledge by taking workshops and visiting salsa
and tango congresses abroad.
She opened her dancing school in 2006 ,teaching latin
and standard, Jazz hip hop ,salsa and tango argentino. More info: www.salsa-lebanon.com
Tamir
Sabarov started dancing when he was six years old, with
professional figure ice-skating.
At the age of 18 had found his true love, salsa dancing.
He started teaching and for a period of five years had
accumulated experience regarding Latin Dances and performance.
Since 2004, he is teaching in his private dance studio
in Herzelia.
In 2005, Tamir started to perform abroad.
His tour includes New Jersey, New York, Los Angeles, London,
Cyprus and many more...
