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Billy Fajardo |
Katie Marlow has been performing professionally as a dancer since 1981, and is no stanger to the New York Hustle (it has been a part of her repertoire since 1978) As a performer, she has assembled a large list of credits, both with live performance and in television and feature films. Just a few of her credits include “A Chorus Line: The Movie” the television show “The Equalizer” and “Miami Vice”. She has performed on numerous cruise ships and has choreographed nightclub shows for Australia and Japan. She currently owns the professional dance company “Dancesation” – an upscale entertainment group who travels throughout the US performing for major corporations. In the short span of their partnership, Billy and Katie have begun to gather an impressive list of credits. Some of their accomplishments include opening for Donna Summer on New Year’s 1998, as well as a featured performance at Radio City Music Hall, followed by a massive hustle class where Billy verbally led 3000 people in the New York Hustle in an effort to establish a World Record (still waiting to hear the results!). They are the 1999 Disco America Champions, the Sarasota Dancesport Spectacular Cabaret Champions, as well as the 1999 Hustle USA Cabaret, Classic Hustle and Theatre Arts Hustle Champions They were the subjects of a special television segment for Good Life TV. Most recently, they were invited to compete at the prestigious Blackpool Dance Festival in the Open Exhibition Dance Championships and were amongst the top finalists showcased at the 2000 United States Dancesport Open Cabaret division. They are co-owners of the International Hustle and Salsa Competition, happening in April 2001 in Miami. ******************************************************************
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Jose Valencia |
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Lisa Marie Arreguin has had over 14 years of dance experience. In her yearly years, she trained in Jazz, Modern, and Hip Hop. In 2000, Lisa started salsa dancing just for fun…and met tons of great people of different ethnicities. In 2002, began training in Partner Dancing and decided she was going to teach. Lisa has been dancing salsa for 7 years now. She has also appeared in some of Tito Puente Sr. and Jr.’s live shows in New York and Los Angeles. She has been teaching salsa for 5 years now and does shows all across the United States. Lisa is dedicated to teaching people how to dance and have fun. Her goal is to share her goals with students - To maximize comfort while you build confidence. She will talk to you about details such as timing, leading, following, and weight transfer. Ladies, Lisa is very helpful when it comes to stylizing and moving more sensual. Salsa is an intimate dance and she believes we all share a passion in that…we just need to learn to be comfortable with it. She will be able to identify and explain to you the common problems students have with each individual step and how to prevent them from happening. Lisa will break down the steps and verbally explain each step pattern. Lisa is approachable and open to answering any questions you may have. There is never a stupid question! It is an opportunity to see the students she works with achieve their goals. “Nothing is more revealing than Dancing” LisaMarie Arreguin****************************************************************** |
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Remos Reynosa |
National 10 Dance Champion Remos Reynosa, ISTD & USISTD Portland
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Sharon Reynosa |
Sharon Reynosa began social dancing at 14 years of age. She
danced and competed in local competitions around the Portland
area all through High School, winning most competitions she competed
in including High Time which was a teen show like American Bandstand
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George Caceres |
Originally from NY, George Cáceres is one of Portland's
true Salseros Recognized as one of the best Salsa/Mambo Instructors in the Northwest, George has taught many successful classes to children and adults of all ages including workshops at the Vancouver International Salsa Congress and the Northwest Salsa Congress. Currently you will find George teaching and having fun with his students at the Viscount Dance Studios, one of Portland's most successful dance studios where he teaches all of your favorite Latin dances including Salsa, Mambo, Cha-Cha, Bachata, Merengue and Rueda de Casino. ****************************************************************** |
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Sarah Riddle |
Sarah Riddle has been an active member in Portland's salsa dance scene since 1997. She has been teaching Salsa, Cha Cha Cha, and Mambo since 1998, and was happy to make it her full time occupation in 2005 when she began running the Viscount Dance Studios. Instructing has been, and always will be, Sarah’s most cherished involvement in the world of Latin Dance. As former dancer and co-director of Sabor Latino Dance Company, Sarah has performed in seven different International Salsa Congresses (Toronto Salsa-Web 2000, L.A. Salsa Congress 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, New York Salsa Congress 2005, Vancouver BC Salsa Congress 2005). Sarah has exercised her dedication to bringing Latin music and dance to the greater public by performing and/or teaching for numerous nonprofit organizations (Multnomah County Library, Outside In, Lincoln High School, SMG Foundation, Milagro Theater...many more), commercial programs (Liz Claiborne, Fred Meyer, Camel), and in three full length dance concerts (Hollywood Theater, Dolores Winningstad Theater, Chemeketa Community College Theater). In another effort to encourage Portland’s growing Salsa community, Sarah single-handedly published (between 2001 and 2003) Portland’s premier monthly Latin music and dance magazine, ¡Á GOZAR! Salsa News. ****************************************************************** |
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Christina Morrison |
Christina Morrison started dancing at the age of four and has
over 12 years of salsa dance experience with a background in ballet,
jazz and ballroom. She has performed and taught with various partners
locally as well as in Italy, Puerto Rico, Cancun, the Bahamas, New
York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta. Christina is certified
to teach Los Angeles, New York and Puerto Rican style salsa by the
World Salsa University in Puerto Rico and has competed representing
Canada at the World Salsa Open Championships. She has been the choreographer
and principal dancer in music videos for John Gogo and for Juno
nominated band, The Puentes Brothers. For 7 years, Christina has been the Director of the internationally touring group ¡SALSA CALIENTE! Some of the group’s performance highlights have included performing five years consecutively at the New York Salsa Congress, representing British Columbia at the Canada Salsa Congress in Toronto, and touring Italy. The team has also performed three times consecutively at the Puerto Rico Salsa Congress where they had the honor of representing British Columbia on Salsa Team Canada. Christina was also the choreographer for BC on the team. This year ¡SALSA CALIENTE! will be returning to the New York Salsa Congress and the Puerto Rico Salsa Congress. As well as dancing with her own company, Christina has performed at the East Coast & West Coast Salsa Congresses with Seattle, WA dance companies Rumba Brava and Somos El Son and has made a guest appearance with New Jersey dance company Cultural Explosion at the Canada Salsa Congress and with New Orleans dance company Latin Motions in Portland. In 2006, Christina had the amazing opportunity to perform and teach with Carlos Figueroa, formerly of the Eddie Torres Dance Company from New York. ****************************************************************** |
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Ricardo y Viviana |
Hoy en Changó y mañana en cualquier lugar del mundo. Ese es el lema de Viviana Vargas y Ricardo Muriillo, una pareja de caleños que después de conocerse en una academia de salsa en la capital del Valle del Cauca, unieron sus talentos y ahora son considerados los mejores bailarines de salsa del mundo.
La historia comenzó cuando Viviana se matriculó en la Escuela de Baile Son de Luz en donde Ricardo, campeón mundial de salsa en grupos en 2004, era el profesor. La habilidad de la nueva alumna le otorgó un cupo para hacer parte del grupo representativo de la escuela y su talento un pasaje para viajar al exterior y representar a Colombia en compañía de su profesor.
A principios de 2005, el rumor de una pareja que sacaba fuego mientras bailaba voló tan lejos que fueron invitados a varios congresos en Europa. Suizos, holandeses, alemanes y franceses se deleitaron con el sabor de esta pareja, mientras ellos se enorgullecían al darse cuenta que con su ritmo portaban los colores de Colombia por el mundo. "Había lugares donde el público sacaba la bandera y los colombianos llorando de la felicidad nos aplaudían", contó Viviana a CONEXIÓN COLOMBIA. "Nosotros también llorábamos de alegría al darnos cuenta que estábamos representando a nuestro país haciendo lo que más nos gusta", complementa esta joven de apenas 19 años.
En octubre de 2005 viajaron a Miami por invitación de la Federación Mundial de Salsa y terminaron concursando en Annual World Salsa. Al ritmo de Mama guela, de Jimmy Sabater, la pareja valluna hechizó un jurado que por unanimidad los declaró, entre más de cincuenta parejas, como los mejores bailarines de salsa del mundo. Lo mismo ocurrió en Las Vegas en el World Colombian Style Salsa Championship, donde con el estilo colombiano otra vez subieron a lo más alto del podio, se ganaron 10 mil dólares y un viaje con todo pago por Japón.
Durante su estadía en Estados Unidos conocieron a Albert Torres, uno de los productores de bailarines de salsa más importantes del mundo, quien asombrado de su baile decidió patrocinarles una gira por Los Ángeles, San Francisco, Nueva York y Las Vegas.
A Ricardo Murillo, un negro flaco que lleva en su sangre el sabor de la salsa, todo esto le parece un sueño. Para Viviana, quien se declara fan de Gilberto Santa Rosa y Domingo Quiñones, las cosas están comenzando hasta ahora y por eso hay que seguir trabajando duro.
Ricardo y Vivana ahora bailan su vida entre Colombia y cualquier lugar del mundo. En estos días dictan clases en Cali, en su escuela Stilo y Sabor, y en mayo, si cuentan con algún patrocinio, esperan defender el título en los Ángeles y realizar una gira por algunos países de Asia, Norte y Centro América.
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Victoria |
Victoria ’s background in jazz, hip hop, theater, ballroom, competitive skating, and ESPN-level cheerleading, eventually led to a love of partner dancing. She was a member of the first Salsa performance group in Oregon , Ritmo Latino, in 1993, which was instrumental in spreading the Salsa virus throughout the state. In 1997-1998 she toured the US and Europe with a musical called Up With People as a principal dancer and (unfortunately!) a singer. She has traveled to every continent - except Antarctica as penguins don't dance in real life - and she's danced Salsa from Sweden to Beijing to Ecuador to Singapore . Her passion for dancing and teaching lies in the connection between two partners and the communication found between them and the music. She believes that everything she teaches her students can be directly related to how men and women interact off the dance floor. She is an instructor, judge and competitor at Salsa/Swing events up and down the west coast, focusing on technique, timing, and connection rather than flashy moves. For her desk job, she is a superstar real estate broker in her favorite town, Bend , Oregon . ****************************************************************** |
Linda |
DanceWell's owner/director Linda Springstead has played a key role in the development of partner dancing as a sport, art form and healthful activity here in the Portland area since 1988. Linda is a qualified “10-dance” instructor in all the stylized Ballroom dances from Waltz to Tango to Cha Cha, both American and International styles. Linda’s “beyond ballroom” dances include West Coast Swing, Nightclub Two Step and Salsa as well as a little Argentine Tango and Country. Starting her business as a single mother, Linda's strong-will and dedication to giving the best to her students has brought her almost two decades of success right here at her hometown area. With the skills and abilities necessary for becoming a top national competitor, Linda rather focused her energies into the art of instruction, with the goal being to give the best quality instruction possible. Linda’s dancing classes include concepts which you could compare to high school or college classes, taught in an easy-to-understand and fun-filled way that junior high or grade-schoolers could still grasp (and do, since she teaches at the grade school level as well as adult). One of the premier instructors in Portland , the "City of Roses ", Linda has encouraged and coached her students in all aspects of dance including social, studio recitals, offsite performances and competitive activities. In 1997 Linda was the Crystal Ballroom’s Tuesday night Ballroom instructor. "Crystal Tuesdays", (and many Sundays), Linda instructed hundreds of people at a time in everything from West Coast Swing to Quickstep, from Tango to Cha Cha, Waltz to Salsa to Foxtrot to Swing and some Lindy Hop. Linda has also appeared several times on local radio and television shows, emceed at various functions and competitions, and photos of her and her partner dancing in full ballroom attire were on the Kodak Billboard in Times Square New York for several months in 2000. Linda has had much personal as well as teaching-technique training from top-level National and International coaches. Being eclectic in nature, Linda has continued classes and instruction in all the dances she loves, including Salsa, and can still be found at times in Portland ’s Salsa Clubs enjoying the festival atmosphere there. To her, "variety is definitely the spice of life!" Being able to dance at any and every venue is a real joy. Sitting out dances because of lack of training is unnecessary when Linda's classes and lessons currently are available 6 days a week in Tigard. Ask for Linda at (503)241-0460, check online at: www.dancewellballroom.com.
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Victor & Gaby started dancing since they were kids and they’ve been dancing together as a couple since 10 years ago. They began performing dancing quebradita, and after the 2002 LA Congress they committed to be professional salsa dancers. With the support of Albert Torres they have traveled around the world, thanks to their great and unique combination: salsa with quebradita (On 1 & On 2). They’ve been teaching and performing in more than 30 congresses around the world like: USA, PR, Canada, Colombia, Australia, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, England, Japan and China. |
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