Jimmy first discovered salsa in 2001, and
was so inspired he went on to found 'Salsa Abu Dhabi' a
while later. With one of the warmest and most
welcoming smiles in salsa, combined with his infectious
good nature, Jimmy was a huge success as Salsa Abu
Dhabi's lead instructor and introduced La Rueda to Abu
Dhabi in 2002 where it has grown in popularity ever
since....
His team was the first from Abu
Dhabi to compete in the Dubai Bacardi Salsa Cup, and in
2003 Salsa Abu Dhabi was given an honorary award for
their efforts promoting salsa in the UAE. In the same
year they organised the first ever Abu Dhabi Salsa Cup,
with a goal of encouraging the new generation of
salseros to push themselves ever
higher.
After moving to England, Jimmy
started in 2007 The Latin Connection, based in
Newcastle. Within a year he founded the Latin
Connection Dance Team and LBS Student
Performance team. The two teams of salsa addicts have
gone from strength to strength planned to
perform/performed in various locations
regionally around the UK, including Broadway
theatre, Streets of Dance, York weekender,
International Festival for arts and Culture,
SalsaRoyale, Leeds, i- Salsa, Malta International
Salsa Congress,Leeds Salsa Congress, Salsa Kingdom, Abu Dhabi Salsa Festival
, Latin Connection appeared in
various TV adverts as 'Get into Newcastle' BBC/ITV as
well 'Durham bid City of culture. >>>Click Here
In October 2008, in
a Jimmy was given 'Award of Recognition' for
all the hard work put into the Salsa community
instructing, promoting and organizing Salsa in Abu
Dhabi, presented by Abu Dhabi Salsa / Emirates in an
event made for the purpose in Abu Dhabi.
Jimmy currently leads Sal sa Claases in Newcastle University
for the third year, and
is now guest teaching in various festivals in UK
and abroad, plus organizing Teesside Latin
Festival with partners twice a year. Latin Connection
events are relaxed, fun and friendly, and in a
comparatively short time they have built a strong following aiming
to have fun all over.
In Jan 2010, Latin Connection Dance Team
were voted runner up Top UK newcomer 2009 in UK SALSA
AWARDS ... They are an enthusiastic bunch with big
dreams, and the future is looking very bright.
