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TEESSIDE
FESTIVAL IV - 31 March 2012
ARTISTS
& DANCERS
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Taking
the whole Europe by storm and
for the first time in the UK,
Fadi Fusion is the latest salsa
craze in the scene today!
An artist with many
talents Cuban, Afro Cuban and
Cross body.. He simply makes any
party hotter than ever!
You
WILL need to see him to believe
this!
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MAURICIO
REYES -
Latin Motion
Originally
from Latin America
but based in Birmingham (UK),
Mauricio
Reyes is
the founder of Latin Motion,
the biggest salsa outfit in
the Midlands since it was
established in the early
1990's. Mauricio has been
dancing and listening to salsa
all of his life and has been
teaching salsa dance since the
tender age of 17.
As a DJ he is guaranteed to
read the crowd, spinning a
broad range of top salsa, from
NY to LA, Colombian to Cuban,
etc. SALSA pa' bailar -
dura pero sabrosa!
Mauricio has been DJ-ing since
1994, playing and teaching
regularly all over the
Midlands, the UK and abroad.
He is a regular DJ at some of
the UKs biggest salsa events,
and has been awarded 'Top UK
Salsa DJ', 'Top Regional
Promoters' & 'Services to
Salsa' awards at the 2003
congresses.
As a dedicated salsa DJ,
dance instructor and promoter
for well over a decade,
Mauricio's work within the UK
salsa scene has been
extensive. He has introduced
& inspired a huge number
of people to Salsa, including
many other Salsa dance
teachers in and around
Birmingham.
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FADI K - UK
South East UK - Top Regional Instructor
Fadi is a man of many
talents, equally at home
teaching salsa or DJ-ing
reggaeton. He discovered salsa
in 2002 and since then has
gone on to teach and DJ
throughout the UK and abroad.
In a comparatively short time
he has developed a proven
track record in many areas and
has established himself
nationally and
internationally. He regularly
works with some of the biggest
names around the world, be
they DJs, singers or dancers.
Fadi
has worked with organisations
as diverse as the Latin
Collective UK, the Salsa
School of Malta, salsa
explosion, Salsology and
LatinTR Turkey. the Cubana
Cabaret Dance Company and he's
the artistic director of Rueda
Del Mundo School UK.
And
the best bit of all this? It's
only just beginning...
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SAM MR
SLEEK - UK
The name Sleek was
given to Sam as a testimony to
his light, smooth, but
effortless style. Known as one
of the lightest leads in salsa
and for his fast and different
types of shines, footwork and
partner work with a variety of
moves and techniques, he has
taken the UK, Europe and now
the world by storm. From the
Far East (Hong Kong, Korea) to
the US (San Diego, Boston) and
from Europe (Germany, Czech
Republic)to the Middle East
(Egypt), and more countries in
between.
He is in great
demand for his gentle yet
effective lead in a variety
of styles, becoming known as
one of the most inspiring
names on the dancing and
teaching circuit today. Sam
has toured the US from the
West coast to the East coast
becoming one of the first UK
artists to tour the US.
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YERSIN
RIVAS - Cuba
Yersin was born in
Cienfuegos, Cuba. Since his
early age, he has shown a big
passion for music and dancing.
He was part of different dance
activities related to La Casa
de La Cultura and also dance
in the hotel Jagua's cabaret
show. He is been in England
for 8 years and since then he
has established himself as one
of the leading Cuban
instructors teaching Cuban
dances such as mambo, cha cha
cha, la rueda, rumba,
guaguanco y bailes Afrocubanos
in different clubs and events
throughout the UK. He's been
part of a few TV series
related to the Cuban culture
for the BBC and ITV TV
channels.
He was a member and performed
with Homero Gonzales Cubana
cabaret in events such as the
UK Cuban congress
(Bournemouth), Mambo City
congresses (2008) and the
Latin Splash Festival, he's
also a regular teacher and DJ
at the Cuban salsa congress in
Wales, the Cuban salsa
weekenders in Pontins
(Blackpool), Wigan (salsa feel
the heat) and Afrocuban Pati.
Yersin is also an exciting DJ
playing at the main clubs,
events and congresses. Today
he is the resident DJ and
teacher at the Babylon Lounge
club in Brighton and also he
is part of one of the most
successful Cuban salsa schools
in Sussex (UK).
Yersin always puts a smile on
the Salsero's and brings a lot
of energy to the dancefloor
through his dance and music.
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SEAN &
SOLVITA
British Professional Salsa Champions 2009
Sean
and Solvita are rising stars in
salsa scene. This dynamic couple
have been teaching, performing
and competing since 2007.
They specialise in cross body
style on 1 & 2 but also
incorporate other styles which
give their classes and shows a
unique flavour. They have taught
and performed at many
international congresses /
festivals around the world. They
are winners of the 2009 British
Professional Salsa Championship
and the 2008 London Latinfest
Championship
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ROHAN BROWN
Salsa Fever
Rohan
Brown
specialises in LA, Cuban, and
3somes. Fluidity, natural body
movement, positive mental
attitude and having loads of
fun is what defines his
career. Rohan has been
featured on two major
television documentaries
(Confidence Lab and How Music
Works) and has made quite an
impression on everyone with
whom he works. He is well
known for his dance
accomplishments worldwide
including master of
ceromonies, touring South
Africa and the USA, performing
at various congresses and
co-producing salsa holidays in
Spain, Cuba and the Caribbean.
Rohan
has,
embroidered himself in the
main fabric of the global
movement of salsa
entertainment. Definitely
someone to spice up your salsa
night by personality alone.
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NELSON
CAMPUS - Portugal
Kent Salsa and Kizomba
Nelson
is UKA certified professional
teacher - all levels. He
is also Founder & Director
of Kent Salsa &Kizomba
From
the West African country of
Guinea-Bissau, Nelson was born a
dancer. With his family he moved
to Lisbon-Portugal at an early
age. Nelson has been living in
the UK since 1999. He has been
dancing Salsa, Kizomba and
Merengue all his life. His
teaching experience dates back
more than 15 years. He has been
teaching all over Europe ever
since and is well-known for his
energetic classes, full of fun
and his extraordinary patience
and passion for teaching and
dancing.
Nelson
has
UKA diploma as a professional
dance teacher. Currently Nelson
is teaching Salsa, Bachata,
Kizomba and Merengue classes on
a regular basis in the Kent area
and giving workshops all over
the UK and Europe.
More
than anything Nelson is world
famous as one of today's best
Kizomba instructors. He is
regularly giving Kizomba
Workshops abroad &
performing Shows
internationally. He is working
with UKA, teaching, training and
examining dance teachers to
become certified Kizomba
teachers. Nelson produced the
first ever English professional
instructional Kizomba DVD with
his partner Sophia and has since
got Kizomba DVD Level I, II, III
& IV on the market.
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PETER
ROBSON & CHRIS -
Salsa Simplemente
Regional Instructor Award 2009
Peter is a UKA
accredited salsa instructor
and has been teaching in the
Tyne and Wear area for five
years with partner Chris. In
2009 he won SalsaYork's
Twelfth Night award for
services to regional salsa.
Both Peter and Chris have a
strong preference for all
things Cuban - salsa, son,
rueda and mojitos; all of
which they have sampled to
the full during various
trips to the island.
Above all Peter loves
La Rueda and says, "Rueda is
an excellent way to enhance
your salsa and have a great
time in a group; it's
exhilarating and great fun
when it works - and even more
fun when it goes wrong!"
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JIMMY SA -
The Latin Connection
UK Regional Instructor Award - North/East 2010
Jimmy
founded Salsa Abu Dhabi in 2001,
was Salsa Abu Dhabi’s lead
instructor, introduced La Rueda
to Abu Dhabi 2002, plus
organized various events and
festivals in Abu Dhabi and Dubai
until 2005. He was awarded the
National Award for promoting
Salsa in Emirates – Dubai Salsa
Cup 2005.
In
UK, Jimmy started the Latin
Connection, was lead instructor
for Newcastle Uni Salsa Society,
plus choreographed their student
team shows for 3 years and lead instructor the Latin Connection. He
organizes the popular Teesside
Festivals and
currently teaches and performs
with the Latin Connection
regionally, Nationally in UK
major congresses and
International congresses abroad
in UK, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Malta,
Cyprus, Tunis .
His passion and energy, strong technique, experience and easy
explanation in classes have influenced and inspired many generations of
new salseros and hs classes have always produced successful dancers,
teachers and performers throughout the region and in various congresses
he teaches in.
Most recently he was
awarded Top Regional UK
instructor. His aim is that
people like and enjoy salsa and
have loads of fun whatever their
style or level.... Its not just
about salsa he says, its the way
we live life .. We love dancing
and will do it every day if we
can ! Catch him on the dance
floor or in one of the parties
around
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SALSA TWINS
- Cyprus
All
the way from beautiful India “ SALSA TWINS”, Deepak and Rahul have very
rich experience in various kinds of dancing and arts like
Bollywood, Freestyle , Hip Hop, Martial arts and Salsa. Right now, they
are the only ones in India who are professionally qualified
instructors with an IDTA diploma (International Dance Teachers
Association UK) in teaching Salsa.
What
makes the Twins unique is that they entertain people by mixing
different styles of dancing and music. Their energy and
speed immediately make impression, excite and grab the audience.
Now Deepak and Rahul are going around Europe and becoming an inevitable
part of the professional dance scene.
This is their first time not only on Teesside Festivals but also in the UK, they certainly rock the whole place with their energy and passion!
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SAMI - COLOMBIA
UK Salsa Champion 2008
Sami is the UK Salsa Champion
of 2008, more recently Top Newcomer in the Salsa-Central 2009 awards
and was trained by the 3x World Salsa Champions, Ricardo Murrillo
& Viviana Vargas from Colombia.
He had been teaching and performing at all the major congresses and salsa events in the UK and overseas.
Sami is the pioneer of
colombian cali style salsa in uk. Sami started dancing from a young age
in colombia and also continued dancing in the uk. Sami is trained in
classical dance and has done many styles of dancing he dances many
salsa dance styles. He became
famous with his ex salsa partner pilar with thier amazing shows under
the guidance of manager and close friend moe flex aswell as phillip
langlais
Sami has since then shot to fame dancing in many congresses and establishing himself as a solo artist.
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THE LATIN CONNECTION
Top UK Newcomer Award - Runner up
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The Latin Connection dance team was born in Newcastle, UK, founded and Directed by
Jimmy SA, is currently one of the hottest dance groups in the UK Scene today.
Members' of the team draw knowledge of a wide range of
backgrounds: theatre to Cuban salsa, Latin-Ballroom to cross-body.
They
combine dancing with passion and energy in abundance,
have performed regionally, in major UK festivals and toured abroad in
International festivals including Malta, Cyprus and Tunis
The team appeared in various TV ads like ‘Get into Newcastle – ITV/BBC
and Durham Bid for the UK City of Culture, Metro Musical BBC/ITV.
Awarded Runner Up Top UK newcomer, the hot dance team is still going
from strength to strength and are planning their new tour abroad next
year with their very new energetic choreography. They boost any party
atmosphere and the passionate team just don't stop dancing all night!
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NICOLAI V - I SALSA
UK Regional Instructor Award - North/East 2009
Based in Leeds, Nicolai is one
of the most popular and best
loved Salsa personalities in
the north. Well-known at
home and abroad, he has
been involved in the salsa
scene for the best part of 20
years. His teaching style
combines clarity,
accessibility and
user-friendliness with fun and
enjoyment.
He has a warm open
approach which makes students
feel comfortable and
looked-after. As a DJ, Nicolai
has an instinctive feel for
the dancers and the
dance-floor and can play to
suit the crowd to keep any
salsa event rocking.... And
rumour has it that he gives
the best hugs in the salsa
scene! Ladies make sure you
get a dance with him!
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HELENA GARDNER - Fuego Latino
Helena
is a founding member of FUEGO LATINO and is a UKA qualified
instructor.. She has been a popular guest teacher, instructor and
promoter across the UK, and also teaches regularly in Leeds, Sheffield
and Huddersfield. Her career in Salsa stretches back many years with
the earlier major events in Wolverhampton, Manchester Town Hall
and Leeds
She
has taught, performed and DJ'd in The Cayman Islands, Malaga, Granada,
Malta, Guernsey and Ireland. Helena, a Sign Language Interpreter by
profession, has also provided instruction to members of the Deaf
community and whilst studying in Wolverhampton held weekly classes
(taught through sign language and speech), that were regularly
frequented by deaf & hearing students alike. Her classes are
fun and accessible and she obviously enjoys teaching as much as her
students enjoy learning from her
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IGNITE
DANCE CO - UK/Spain
 IGNITE
Dance Company brings together some of the UK’s favourites dancers;
Giles, Rosa, Jo, Marcus and Elaine. Separately, they have been teaching
and performing throughout the UK and at major international congresses
such as Hamburg, Athens, 5* Congress London to name a few.
Now,
they join forces to bring you a spectacular new show full of style and
energy that will captivate and enthral you. As a group, IGNITE
will share with you their great enthusiasm and passion for
dancing. IGNITE will bring style, elegance, excitement and
entertainment to any events, so watch out!
For more information on IGNITE dancers, please visit
http://www.onsalsa.com/ignite
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Uli Carr Mont - CUBA
 Ulises
was born in Havana, Cuba where his culture initiated his life-long
dance experience. He initially trained for 4 years with ‘Tony Mendez'
at The Cuban International Dance Company. He then went on to sing and
dance at the Cabaret Tropicana's Show and the Cabaret Parisien which is
the National Hotel of Cuba.
Then,
following an acting career on TV, Radio, Cine and Theatre Ulises turned
his talent to teaching and has taught and performed alongside top
teachers & entertainers from Cuba and indeed all over the world.
Further, Ulises was part of the team that performed Cuban Rueda in the
Guy Ritchie motion picture - Rock and Rola alongside Moe Flex, Enrique
Perez and Rohan Brown.
Ulises
specialises in the Afro-Cuban dance forms; Son, Casino, La Rueda,
Mambo, Cha Cha Cha, yambu, Rumba, La Columbia, Palo, Orishas and others
such traditional dances.
Ulises
has great charisma and his lessons are really good fun. He is one of
the youngest brightest and most extremely talented up and coming Cuban
Salsa stars on the UK Salsa scene, who is now reaching the next level
in his dance career. His approach includes learning to use body
language to tell the stories of the Cuban culture through the dance. ........Seriously....come and check this guy out!
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NEW ARTISTS TO LINE UP !
MAURO & EVA
European Champions 2011
European Open Salsa Champions 2011 - professionals. Top Uk salsa teachers and performers.
2x voted in UK salsa awards as Best Uk performers. (2009,2010)
MAURO CASALI
Mauro started dancing at the age of 24 when he arrives to London from
his home town of Milan. Within 2 years he has featured in MTV music
video Asia and started to teach with Elder Sanches Salsoteca team at
the time one of the biggest company in London.
In 2007 Mauro entered British salsa championship with huge success. Him and his partner came second in the competition.
He earned reputation as inspiring and entertaining teacher and in 2003
started to teach for Leon Rose and Tamambo in their famous London club
SOS. It was there where he met and begun dancing with his current
partner Eva Hurychova. Mauro currently teaching for Universities in
London and also in many salsa places in London. Together with Eva they
are running theirs weekly styling and partner work classes in salsa and
many workshops in cha cha cha.
Over the past few years Mauro and Eva has firmly establish
international reputation as performers and teachers of the highest
caliber. Curently they are holding titel for best Uk teachers and
performers of 2009 and 2010.
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EVA HURYCHOVA
Eva is on UK salsa scene since 2004 and is known as one of the top UK
female dancers, teachers and performers. Eva has reputation as highly
technical dancer, with elegance, incredible spins, precision and
energy. For last 7 years Eva has been dancing with Mauro Casali and
they have firmly established an international reputation as performers
and teachers of the highest calibre. They are regular teachers at UK
salsa congresses (GBSex Manchester, 5* star Mambo City congress, Stars
of Salsa,...) and representing UK at many international congresses
around the Europe.
Together they are current holders of Uk award for best performing act 2009 and 2010 and best UK teachers and performers of 2010.
Eva was member of Laith Sami Diablo Dance Company, Leon Rose Project
2006 and in 2004 member of the dance cast in the West End musical
Murderous Instincts' directed by Puerto Rican choreographer Jesus
Aponte.
Dance background:
Eva started dancing ballet and gymnastics in the Czech Republic at the
age of four. Three years later she swapped ballet for ballroom and
Latin-American dance and, as a child, won many national competitions.
While at university, Eva reached international masters level in
Latin-American dance, were classified in the top twenty couples from
the Czech Republic and successfully competed in many national and
international competitions for almost 15years.
MAMBOLEO DANCE CO
 Gary
"mamboleo" Thomas and Jayne Turpin are two of the most talented and
well- respected mambo dancers, teachers, and now choreographers in the
Midlands. They have taken their inspiration from the New York Mambo
scene and have traveled to the US, Europe and beyond, in search of new
ideas and learning from the best! They are renown for their smooth
style, emphasis on solid technique and their infectious passion for the
dance. In 2007 they formed a dance company called Mamboleo, they are at
present enjoying great success performing at events and congress in the
UK and across Europe. They look forward to sharing their knowledge and
enthusiasm.
Mamboleo are looking forward going into 2011!!! ...Adelante Siempre...
Choreographies:
Bambon: Salsa/Mambo, Mi Bomba Sono: Bolero y Mambo, Afro Cha Cha Show: "La Culebra
"**New Okairi Okaira**
Other Group members:
Dancer; Ana Cathaysa Medina Blanco (Spain/UK)
Dancer; amba Hissirou (Paris/UK)
Dancer; Ellen Scarlett
ENCUENTRO LATINO
Exciting show by Encuentro Latino this year in Teesside !
The show offers an atmospheric, romantic intro, lifts, dips, tricks,
cbl partnerwork and rueda, spins & open floorwork with afro cuban
body movement & shines!!! It's all in there & will bring the
house down!!
DANCE FUSION - IRELAND
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Theo - Dancation
Joint 1st Place Brtish Open Salsa Champion 2010
Theodore Wolashie Awadzi or
affectionately known just as Theo is a Dance Champion from Ghana and
the head instructor at Dancation Dance UK . Since childhood he has
shown a massive passion for music and dancing. To Theo, Dancing is
about the passion and his energetic teaching and fun dancing style
exudes this. He is the resident teacher at several venues in the
Leeds/Bradford area and is also a regular teacher at congresses around
the UK and travels across Britain to share his unique style of dancing,
which is a fusion of Afrocuban and on 1 dancing. He is also welll known
for hosting great socials Dubbed the Dancation Social at the Loft which
averages over 200 dancers
Awards
1st Place Kizomba champion 2011
3rd Place British Open salsa Champion 2011
Joint 1ST British Open Salsa Showcase Champion 2010
4th Place British Open Salsa Champion 2010
He has
been mentored by some of the best Uk and international stars and is an
expert in both New York and Cuban dance styles. He has a wide array of
experience in the field of salsa alongside other forms of dance
including merengue, casino rueda, zouk, kizomba, chachacha and son.
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Chris Pentland - Salseduce
 Landing
back in Newcastle after a year of travelling across Latin America,
Chris rocked up to his first salsa class...from then on and still as
true today, if there is a salsa party happening, you’ll probably find
Chris there.
By
taking lessons, workshops and Master classes from some of the world’s
best teachers and instructors at some of the biggest congresses around
the world, Chris continued to improve his technique and develop his own
distinctive style. Today his passion for developing his salsa has never
been stronger.
In
2009 Chris was asked to join the Latin Connection Dance Team and has
since had the privilege of performing and teaching at some of the most
prestigious UK and International salsa festivals, working with both
Maria Torres and Darlin Garcia along the way.
Chris runs and teaches at SalSeduce, the biggest weekly salsa night in the region. His
teaching and DJing at SalSeduce and throughout the North East on a
regular basis has helped to promote the SalSeduce name, underlined by
some of the biggest Uk and International artists visiting the North
East to work with Chris at SalSeduce. Chris’
fun and energetic approach to his teaching enables him to get the best
out of his students, helping them to become more accomplished dancers. Chris
is also one of Newcastle’s most popular Zumba teachers. Through his
‘Zumba Boys North East’ name, he runs many hugely popular classes
through the region and has also taught Zumba internationally, most
recently at the Carthago Salsa Congress in Tunisia.
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HANNAH LEMKOV - The Latin Connection
 Trained
in ballet, jazz, contemporary and street dance, and from a family of
dance professionals, Hannah was born with dancing shoes on her feet. In
2006 she went to her first salsa class and has hardly removed the Latin
shoes since.
Always
open to learning new styles, Hannah is expert in LA and New York salsa
on-1 and New York on-2 as well as Cuban salsa. She began her
professional salsa career in 2009 dancing Rumba and Son, shortly after
which she was picked up by cross-body team The Latin Connection.
Hannah incorporates the best qualities from her diverse background of
dance styles to create a salsa style that is technical, unique and of
course fun!
Since 2010 Hannah has been a proud member of the award-winning Latin
Connection Dance Company, celebrated for their warm smiles and natural
ability to get the party started. With the team, she teaches and
performs nationally and internationally, and The Latin Connection are
also hosts of the acclaimed Teesside Festival.
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TORI &
ARY - SalsAfrica
Kizodance
 Tori
- started dancing salsa in 2003 and since then has travelled the UK
perfecting her unique style. She and her partner are the founders of
Salsafrica Dance and give weekly lessons in East Boldon. " Dancing with
the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another."
Ary-
Born in Angola he has been brought up on a diet of Kizomba and Zouk
since before he could walk. In Angola, Kizomba is danced at family
parties, clubs and discos and can be heard on every corner. Ary has
been spinning Kizomba tracks at many Angolan events throughout the
North East, Holland, Lisbon and in Luanda and music is his passion.
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BRENDAN
NCUBE & GEORGE
2nd Place GB Kizomba Champions 2011
The
very hot dancing couple in the Salsa scene today are from South Africa
and Leeds have more than 5 years dance experience. Making a storming
entrance into the kizomba scene 3 years ago they continued their strong
journey and acquired 2nd place GB Kizomba Championships 2011 held in
London.
They
teach Kizomba, Semba, tarrachinha, Bachata ' in Leeds' and Salsa in
'Wakefield' and also are accomplished Kizomba performers. Catch them in
their new exciting Kizomba class in Teesside Festival and on the dance
floor all night!
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CHRIS
& SUE - Salsa Yarm
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Chris & Sue are well known
teachers and social organisers
in the Teesside area. They hold
classes in the Middlesbrough and
Yarm areas, from absolute
beginners to intermediates. They
also run social events from the ARC Stockton, and this popular
venue attracts dancers from
Leeds and York, up to Durham,
Sunderland and Newcastle.
They achieved joint 1st in the
awards at York Twelfth Night
Salsa Congress, for Outstanding
Services to Regional Salsa 2010.
Chris & Sue
specialise in encouraging new
dancers to gain the confidence
to “strut their stuff” on the
dancefloor.
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Dj
LUBI - Fania Records/Casa
Latina
Lubi
Jovanovic aka DJ Lubi, is
probably the best known UK salsa
DJ on the international scene,
both from his performances at
festivals and congresses across
the world to his CD compilation
work. He first spun mambos and
descargas in jazz clubs in the
North of England in 1982 before
progressing to full-time salsa
DJ in 1985. Since then he has
played in clubs, festivals and
congresses across the globe,
including Los Angeles, Gran
Canaria, Holland, Spain,
Portugual, Ireland, Prague,
Serbia, Germany, Montenegro,
Denmark, Latvia, Turkey, Greece
and Singapore! His musical taste
stretches from classic 1960s
guaguancos to 1970s salsa dura,
instrumental mambo/latin jazz to
Cuban timba.
He also likes reggaeton and
Cuban hiphop but if asked to
choose a favourite genre, it
would have to be Puerto Rican
salsa from the 1970s to the
present day – a kicking campana
with smooth tumbao, tight brass
and strong soneros! Its all
about the swing!
A
second career which has him
recognised across the globe is
CD compiler. He has produced
over 35 titles since 2003 for
the following labels : Fania –
Nascente – World Music Network –
Freestyle – V2 Music –
Protel/Emusica – V2 TV. These
include “Beginners Guide To
Salsa” (Nascente 2003), the
biggest selling UK salsa
compilation CD of all time with
over 60,000 sales, and also the
highly rates “NYC Salsa” series
for Fania Records, with all 3
volumes popular with dancers,
djs and critics worldwide!
With
over 25 years in the latin music
business, you know you get
quality and dedication from DJ
Lubi, be it as a guest DJ or CD
compiler. Its all about the love
of music and good taste
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DJ
MAURICO REYES - Latin
Motion
Originally
from Latin America but
based in Birmingham (UK), Mauricio
Reyes is
the founder of Latin
Motion, the biggest salsa
outfit in the Midlands since it
was established in the early
1990's. Mauricio has been
dancing and listening to salsa
all of his life and has been
teaching salsa dance since the
tender age of 17.
As a DJ he is guaranteed to
read the crowd, spinning a
broad range of top salsa, from
NY to LA, Colombian to Cuban,
etc. SALSA pa' bailar -
dura pero sabrosa!
Mauricio has been DJ-ing since
1994, playing and teaching
regularly all over the
Midlands, the UK and abroad.
He is a regular DJ at some of
the UKs biggest salsa events,
and has been awarded 'Top UK
Salsa DJ', 'Top Regional
Promoters' & 'Services to
Salsa' awards at the 2003
congresses.
As a dedicated salsa DJ,
dance instructor and promoter
for well over a decade,
Mauricio's work within the UK
salsa scene has been
extensive. He has introduced
& inspired a huge number
of people to Salsa, including
many other Salsa dance
teachers in and around
Birmingham.
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DJ TONY
PIPER - Salsa York
Salsa York was
born Easter 2001. It was
York's first Salsa club,
and the sixth child of
Mary & Tony Piper. The
other five kids (the real
ones) were old enough to
look after themselves,
leaving their parents free
to become born-again
teenagers.
We hadn't really
been out together in nearly
twenty years and were
initially at a loss for
something to do. We wanted
to do something
active....but Mary dislikes
sport and finds the gym
boring. We tried Salsa,
early in the new Millennium,
and quickly became addicts.
We were soon dancing up to
four times a week and
gobbling up different clubs,
workshops, and Salsa
'weekenders' as fast as we
could.
We got to know just
about everybody on the
Regional scene, many on the
National scene, and some on
the International scene. The
down-side was all the
travelling. Solution? Start
a Salsa club!
Mary teaches
Spanish at All Saints School
and also on the LFA
Programme at York
University. Tony also has a
teaching background but,
before Salsa, was running
the Door-to-Door Bus Company
in York. He is now
committed, full-time, to
various aspects of Salsa
promotion and his alter-ego,
'El Caballero' (replete with
hat and boots), is a well
know Salsa DJ across the
North of England.
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DJ DAVID B
- Salsa Amor / Black Swan
David is the resident DJ and
promoter of Salsa-Amor @ the
Black Swan, Newcastle upon
Tyne, the biggest and best
weekly salsa club night in the
North East. He has been DJing
for 7 years, ever since he was
inspired to bring top quality
salsa music to the North East,
having travelled the UK to
attend some of the best salsa
dancing venues and realising
that there was a wealth of
music just waiting to be heard
up north!
After a lengthy DJ residency
at Tiger Tiger, Newcastle,
David, with his wife,
Margaret, re-opened the Black
Swan's Friday Salsa Club Night
5 years ago and it has run
successfully ever since. He
has guest DJ-ed around the UK
at salsa events in Derby,
Leeds, Bath, Alnwick amongst
others, and also at many local
salsa nights in the North
East.
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DJ MIK E
BROWN
Born and bred on Teesside, MIke
Brown, DJ MikeB, took up salsa
dancing two years ago with Salsa
Yarm and hasn't looked back
since!! With many years of
musical interest, including
playing in local bands, it
wasn't long before he showed an
interest and desire to be
involved more on the music side
of local events and classes.
Mike now runs his own monthly
"No Rules" latino dance night on
Teesside and regularly guest
DJ's at events across the North
always keeping the dance floors
busy with his choice of lively
up tempo salsa, Bachata,
Merengue, Reggaeton and of
course the odd Kizomba!!!....as
Mike say's if it moves him to
want to dance then he's playing
it !! Resident DJ for Gregory's
Weekly and monthly Afro Latin
Caribbean nights and DJ'ing
regularly for Salsa Yarm Mike is
kept on his toes to seek out the
very latest hot tracks!!
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DJ DHEZY
Dhezy, who's from Angola,
became enraptured with salsa in
2000 at Sunderland University
and was soon Djing for the
university's salsa parties.
In 2002, while working
for Bar Lorca in London, he was
baptized into cuban style. Dhezy
had his first gig at Bar 55 in
2004 & stayed for 3 years.
He has done much to raise the
profile of Salsa and Latin music
on Tyneside and is now a popular
local character & honorary
Geordie
As a dj Dhezy is
specialized in Salsa however he
always leans toward Cuba &
prefere to play a party mix
(salsa, Bachata, Merengue,
Chachacha, Reggeaton, Charanga
& Timba.)
Most prestigious gigs
includes: Nobby Solano
(Newcastle FC) Tribute Party
2007, Alex Wilson show & The
Big Dance "Vamos Festival" 2008,
After Adoption UK 2008 &
12th Night Extravaganza -
Northeast Salsa Congress, York
2009 and recently runner up Dj
category on The UK Salsa Awards
(salsa central) 2009, Vamos
Festival 2009.
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Disclaimer
Slight changes may occur to schedule/artists line up due to unforeseen circumstances
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