2007 Instructors and Promoters

Albert is already here in Singapore, for those who want to take
his private class please call Emma at 62252620

He teaches Argentine Tango and Advance Salsa @ a special rate of only S$50 per hour.

Yanqing-Confirm
Singapore

Most of you have seen her amazing performance as a follower, now see her dance as a man!
Don't miss this 1st time opportunity to see this performance during the Singapore Salsa Congress 2007

Yanqing is one of the top Salsa dancers and Instructors in the world. Her YOUTUBE.com videos under salsa performances recieved the highest hit in the world from July to October 2006. She has appeared on TV and Newspapers in Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. She has been invited as a guest performer and teacher for many overseas Salsa Dance Competitions, Festivals and Congresses including but not limited to Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong and Taiwan and has been voted "Top Female Salsa Dancer in Asia" by WorldSalsaNews.com in 2005. She is the one you see dancing on the TV screen in buses, food courts, shopping malls on TV Mobile and TV programs featured all over Singapore and has worked on and appeared in many Chinese, Tamil and English TV programs in Singapore. Her students are known to fly in from various countries just to take her group and private classes.

Yanqing has over 15 years of Ballet experience and teaches Salsa On1, On2, Cuban Style, Afro Cuban, Bachata, Merengue, Rueda, Belly dance, Jazz, Yoga, Pilates, Latin, Argentine Tango, Hip-hop and Sensual dance. She is known for bringing the Hip-hop and Belly dancing styles into Salsa in Singapore. Yanqing is also the main choreographer for Asia's First Salsa Musical Comedy that was premiered at the Summer Dancefit 2006. Between 2004 to 2006 she has produce over 20 dance DVD, these DVD can be found in Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan,
US, Israel, Indonesia, UK, Australia and on www.SalsaDVD.com. She also designed a range of Salsa Dance Shoe on sale at www.akoala.com and shoe retail store. With her instructor Justin, they have develop the Super Spin Salsa Video and is famous for her Hammer Lock Nine Spin.
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Albert Chung-Confirm
USA

Most of you will remember Albert who was here last year, all our instructors kept asking us to get him to teach a few advance classes. This year he will be here early for our congress. He will arrive on 25 Nov 2007 and will be giving a list of Tango and Salsa Advance Workshop.

Albert Chung is from the USA and has been dancing since 1995. He has also competed, performed and taught at various dance events around the USA and other countries in Asia. His specialty is primarily in club-style partner dances which include West Coast Swing, Hustle, Salsa and Argentine Tango.

Cynthia Hung-Confirm
Taiwan
About CynthiaOn a cold and gloomy night in London, England, Cynthia found herself inside the warmth and exuberance of Bar Salsa. This was her first exposure to Salsa, and it instantly changed her entire career path. In the brief years that followed, she successfully created the Salsa Taiwan Association and a Dance Dimensions Inc., handling multiple dance studios nationwide to help spread her love for Salsa. Simply, Cynthia dances for the joy and effervescent sensations of Salsa; never inhibited nor hindered by binding to strict "rules", she dances for pure contentment rather than sport, performance, or competition. Thus, this is the ideology and way that she hopes to introduce Salsa to the Taiwanese public. Her continuing efforts, travels, and visits to the World's most prestigious Salsa Congresses and instructors will no doubt benefit the ever growing Salsa community in Taiwan.
Experience Taiwan SALSA Association, Founder
Taiwan SALSA Association, CEO
Taiwan SALSA Association, Choreographer
Taoyuen Far East 21, Cultural Center, Salsa Instructor
Taiwan SALSA Association, Salsa Instructor
Taichung Wen-Shan Community College, Salsa Consultant
Taichong Art and Dance, Salsa Instructor
Taichong Zhong-Ming Elementary, Salsa Instructor
Taichong Evergreen College, Salsa Instructor
Taipei Core Pacific Plaza, Cultural Center, Salsa Instructor
Hsin-Zhu Far East Dept. Store, Cultural Center, Salsa Instructor
Chief Executive and Instructor of Dance Dimensions LTD. , Taichung, Taiwan

2005 Attended Cuban Salsa congress. Munich GermanyStudied under Roly Madden, Verona, Italy
2004 Attended Thailand Salsa Festival as the only invited instructor to teach and perform from Taiwan
Attended Salsa Congress, Innsbrook, Austria
Studied under Janita, Hong Kong
2003 Attended Salsa Congress, Vancouver, Canada
Studied under Al and Edie, LA, USA
Attended Salsa seminar in San Francisco, USA
Cuban Salsa studies, under Tomas and Yaday of the Cuban National Dance and Performing Group, Cuba Havana, Cuba
2002 Attended Hong Kong Salsa CongressStudied under Andy Witt, London, UK.

Media2005/02 Next Magazine Interview
2005/02 Apple Daily Interview
2004/11 Taichung 365 Magazine Interview
2004/11 CTV- Variety Show
2004/09 TTV- Interview
2004/08 Times Weekly, Taiwan?Intervew
2004/03 San-Li TV- Interview
2004/02 CTV—Special Report on Salsa
2003/10 San Li TV- News Interview
2003/09 TVBS NEWS- news reporting
2003/08 TTV- NEWS Latin Dance SALSA Hot and Energetic.
2003/08 TVBS- special news report
2003/08 TVBS- special news report
2003/08 TVBS NEWS-Valentines’ news report
2002/08 TVBS NEWS- special news report

Joseph Ennin-Confirm
Hong Kong
Joseph Ennin, European Amateur Salsa Dance Champion of 1998, has traveled around the world spreading his passion for Salsa in the last 10 years. He has performed and DJ in various places including UK, India, Beijing, Shanghai, LA, New York, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, Japan, and HK.

Joseph has a great love for music and dance, whether he is teaching a salsa class, performing, enjoying himself on the dance floor, or spinning the best of salsa in the DJ booth you'll never see him without a smile on his face!

Joseph currently teaches and DJ in Hong Kong, he is also the organizer of the Annual Hong Kong Salsa Festival and various salsa events in HK.

Lionel Araya-Confirm
USA / Singapore

LA Dance Connection Co-Founder and Artistic Director Lionel Araya is an accomplished dancer, choreographer and teacher with more than 15 years of experience in Hip Hop/Funk, Street Jazz, Lyrical Jazz and Salsa.

In the USA he was proclaimed Grand Champion of the 1997 International Street Dance Competition, Los Angeles. Lionel’s choreography was voted among the best in the Annual West Coast Salsa Congress, Los Angeles (1999 - 2002) - the biggest and the most prestigious international salsa organizations in the world, with participants from more than 40 countries. He also performed and choreographed for CBS and Warner Bros, Hollywood (1991).

Lionel’s other international accomplishments include organizing dance conventions in his native country, Costa Rica, and conducting his popular dance workshops in Manila, Bali, Chennai, Maldives, Hong Kong as well as Singapore. In Singapore, he has showcased his works in the Asian Tourism Awards (1999), the Singapore Radio Hit Music Awards (2000), Mediacorp’s Ren Ci Charity show (2005) and Chingay (1998 and 2005).

In the past 7 years, he has trained young aspiring dancers through the Music and Drama Company (Singapore Armed Forces), Singapore American School, Singapore Management University, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, other individual talent groups as well as at his own studio LA Dance Connection which was opened in 2004.

Güpson Pierre-Confirm
Hati / Canada / Singapore

Attitude Dance Studio (ADS) had its humble beginnings in Singapore in 1998. The studio is owned by Artistic Director, Güpson Pierre.

Güpson Pierre is very much responsible for the style of Salsa in Singapore as it is today. He pioneered the Cross Body Style Salsa danced on the count of “1” at a time when most salsa dancers were dancing the Cuban style. Today, almost all Salsa dancers and teachers in Singapore dance and teach this popular dance style introduced by Güpson Pierre.

The Salsa community has since grown, with ADS a primary contributor to many of its more proficient dancers. In fact, most Salsa teachers in Singapore have taken courses from Attitude Dance Studio; or, they were students from the school itself. From just 20 students in 1998, ADS now has over 3000 students; 6 instructors and 1 Artistic Director; with branches in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Melbourne, Australia. Specialising in Salsa, ADS offers other exciting classes such as Cardio Salsa, Exotic Dance, Afro-Caribbean Dance Movements and more.

Focusing on dance technique, constant updating of its teaching syllabus with worldwide standards, and drawing on its strength in teaching solid mastery of the fundamentals, ADS is the foremost dance studio in Salsa and Exotic Dance (ADS was the first dance studio in Singapore to offer this new and exciting dance).

Every year, ADS represents the nation in many exciting dance congresses worldwide. Below is a list of some the studio’s active participation in the salsa world:

1) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005 West Coast Salsa
Congress, USA
2) 2001 Puerto Rico Salsa Congress
3) 2002 Hong Kong Salsa Congress
4) 2003, 2004 & 2005 Korean Salsa Congress
5) 2004 Thailand Salsa Cruise
6) 2005 Philippines Salsa Congress
7) 2006 India Salsa Congress
8) 2006 Hong Kong Salsa Congress

Venyci Yefriadi
Indonesia

Ogie Mendoza-Confirm
Indonesia / Philippines

Ogie Mendoza has been involved in tango for more than a decade now.
He established the Manila Tango Club, the first duly incorporated tango club in
Asia in 1999 where he serves as founding president.
He worked closely with the Argentinean Embassy concerning the promotion of
Argenine tango in the Philippines.He organized 3 big tango events TANGO ARGENTINO in 1996 VIVA EL TANGO in 1999 and TANGO EXPLOSION in 2000.Pablo Inza and Gladys Fernandez were the main performers for TANGO ARGENTINO.

While RICARDO GALLO and again GLADYS FERNANDEZ starred in the last two shows.He is a Foreign Service graduate of a prestigious university in Manila and has
a very good command of the English language.He has travelled to Buenos Aires twice in 1999 and 2000 to further his skill,
knowledge and ability on Argentine tango.He now teaches around Southeast Asia specifically, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur,Manila, Bali, Jakarta and recently Dubai. Offers to teach in other key cities such as Ho Chi Minh,Shanghai and Bangkok are in the offing

Angel Gomez-Confirm
Singapore / Philippines

Angel was discovered by Guillermo Gomez, a stalwart in upholding Spanish
culture and arts in the Philippines. A dance scholarship ensued with the Grupo
de Vaile Andaluz under the tutelage of Marissa Aboitiz. Since then, he has
trained under Rose Borromeo who fostered his passion for all forms of
Spanish Dance. , Antonio Vargas (Australia), Maria Pages (Spain), Clara
Ramona (USA/Spain), Margarita Villa (Australia), Carmen Romero (Canada)
and Madam Deanna Blacher, Founder President of the Spanish Dance Institute
(SDI) in Perth. Angel underwent intensive training in the Spanish Dance
Institute Syllabi in Perth, Australia under the personal instruction of Madam
Deanna Blacher and passed all 6 levels with Honours and Distinction and is
pursuing higher levels to attain Professorship.

In 2003, he was a Gold Medalist at the Asia Pacific Dance Competition held in
Singapore by the Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dance. In 2004, he
furthered his studies in Flamenco with an intensive immersion in Madrid (Amor
de Dios with the renowned teacher, La Truco as well as Issac de los Reyes),
Granada (with Adrian Sanchez as well as Stella Arauzo and Maria Carmen in
Carmen de las Cuevas), and Sevilla (Manuel Betanzos).

Since then, he has performed at numerous distinguished occasions such as
"Flamencomania" in Perth, Australia. In 2007, was invited to perform as a
Guest Artiste in Manila, by the Centro Flamenco Foundation and the Cultural
Center of the Philippines, with the prestigious dance company, Ballet
Philippines.

Presently, he holds the position of Head of Spanish/Flamenco Section of
Dance Circle Studios, Singapore, and is dance master, choreographer and
soloist for the Rose Borromeo Spanish Dance Company. Angel played a lead
role in the original Spanish ballet by Rose Borromeo, Romanza Española.

Martin Elias Reyes-Confirm
Venezuelan / Malaysia Salsa Congress Promoter

Andy Suarez-Confirm
Cuba

Andy Suarez is a professional dancer certified by the Cuban Music Institute under the Ministry of Culture of Cuba. He is known for his Son & Rumba. His training is not limited to just Ballet and Jazz but span a cross culture of international dances. His teaching and performing have brought him around the world.

Michel-Confirm
Cuba

Michel from Baila Cuba is a professional dancer certified by the Cuban Music Institute under the Ministry of Culture of Cuba. Cuba is well-known for a variety of music, such as Bolero and dance from Mambo, Cha Cha Cha and Rumba to the latest worldwide hit, Salsa. He teaches everything from old traditional rhythms such as Danzon and African influenced Rumba to modern music representing the purest Cuban culture. You will also rediscover the enchantingly romantic musical style of the Buena Vista Social Club with his talent.

Roberto Cantelli-Confirm
South America

Roberto Cantelli - Keyboard and Vocalist is no stranger to the Singapore and Asia Latin sence. He have came to Singapore over a decade ago and since been playing and singing and teaching music in Singapore and Asia. We have been very fortunate to work with Roberto in many events, the most memorable one being the amazing party for the Prince in Burnei and The party at the Esplanade.

Jack Dunn
USA / Beijing Salsa Promoter

Jack Dunn or as many know him as "Mambo" Jack has spent his last eight years traveling the world spreading his love for Salsa. He currently resides in Beijing China, and is co-director along side his partner Zhen Zhen of the Phoenix Dance Company. He is also one of the owners of United Dance Productions, which is also based in Beijing China.

Jack was introduced to salsa in January of 1999 after attending a salsa class at Northern Arizona University. Jack quickly fell in love with the dance and the people that he met through it. For the next two years Jack studied and became the lead instructor for Northern Arizona University Salsa Club. Later in 2001 Jack decided to take his dancing to the next step and joined one of the top Salsa Dancing Companies on the West Coast of the United States Salvaje Dance Company. For the next three years Jack danced, taught, and performed for Salvaje Dance Company. In the summer of 2003 Jack moved to New York City to learn and study under the top Salsa/Mambo instructors in the World. For the next year and a half Jack studied intensely under the World famous instructor Eddie Torres who is also known as the "Mambo King". During this period in New York Jack developed as a dancer and instructor, but it is also were he developed his love for the music.

Since Jack has left New York City he has traveled the World teaching his love of Salsa, and specifically Mambo (New York Style Salsa). He has taught and performed in many congresses, festivals, and events around the world. In 2006 he was given an award and recognized at the World Famous West Cast Salsa Congress for his contribution to Latin Music and Dance. In 2006 Jack was honored as being one of the 12 judges at the World Salsa Championships. Jack continues to this day to spread his passion for the dance and music to thousands throughout the world.

Johnnie Meneekam-Confirm
Singapore

Apple
Thailand / New York

RUM PUREE DANCE STUDIO (BANGKOK, THAILAND)
Founded by Apple who lived in NY from 1996-2005, Rum Puree Dance Studio is the first studio in Thailand offering classes in world dances. Apple has extensive experiences in world such as New York Salsa, Belly Dance, Afro-Caribbean, Carnival Samba, Zouk and Striptease. She traveled and was trained by master teachers around the world.
Apple performs and teaches in various venues in New York, Hong Kong, India and Thailand. Recently Apple performed at the Hongkong Salsa Festival 2007, the Indian Internation Dance Festival 2007, the New Orleans Dance Festival 2007 and The Egyptian Dance Academy Gala 2007 in New York City.

Libin-Confirm
Singapore

Kyo-Confirm
Singapore

Kyo has trained with the ACTFA School of Dance and Performing Arts under the guidance of Jaztin & Yanqing. He has also taken part in the Singapore Salsa Congress 2006 as DJ, performer for the Kallang Theatre Main Show, and took 1st Runner-up in the AUVU World Salsa Competition. He combines play, sensuality and technically challenging turn patterns to create his own flavour of salsa dancing. Kyo has taught extensively in Singapore and is known for his attention to detail and proper technique when sharing his knowledge of Salsa.

Manfred Goh-Confirm
Singapore

Manfred made his first achievement in the dance scene in 2000 when he was selected to perform for National TV on Countdown 2000. In 2001 he and his dance group won the Singapore Dance Championship for Zaam3 and also took 1st runner up for Funkaminia that year. He was than selected to join Media Crop Dance Academy and perform in many big shows including Miss Singapore Universe, NKF Show, Phua Chu Kang Musical. In 2003 he started dancing salsa in Xenbar under the personal instruction of Jaztin. Manfred and his group LXD also won the Championship for Pacific Dance Competition 2003.

Ivy-Confirm
Singapore

Wai Huang-Confirm
Singapore

Wai Hwang is a seasoned and well respected Salsa Instructor and Performer. He has a vast depth of knowledge in both Salsa moves and Salsa music. His style of teaching may appear strict to some but he always have the students’ interests at heart. He is very dedicated and will go the extra mile to help students with good learning attitude.

Sohel
Salsa Republic Sydney Australia

Pat Calzadilla
Venezuela

Patricia a true Latin American origin (Venezuelan) professional instructor, dancer and choreographer, with teaching experience expanding for more than 12 years. Together with her dance partners she will lead the way-gaining students trust with natural and easy style, combining fancy moves, which lift student’s confidence.

Fasilito Y.
Malaysia

Fasilito, founder of the Dance Spirit Company, choreographer for Bailanismo!, is a well known Malaysia’s first salsa dance instructor who started way back in the early 90’s when South American dances were introduced in the KL city.

Jaztin-Confirm
Singapore

Zie
Singapore

Deffy-Confirm

Bianca Fung-Confirm
Singapore

Do not judge this 20 year old by her young tender age. Since she started Salsa in late 2005, she has become one of the stronger female salsa dancers in the salsa dance scene with her powerful spins that often awe the crowds. Together with her strong Hip Hop, Belly Dancing which she mastered from ACTFA , she teaches with much emphasis in musicality, groove and feel.

James Owng-Confirm
Singapore

Katrina-Confirm
Singapore

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