Category: 2012 Instructors
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Emily Alabi – San Francisco
Emily Alabi Hometown: San Francisco Junior and Emily are a brother and sister team from San Francisco, CA. Junior and Emily have performed, taught, and competed all over the world. Through their dancing they have traveled and toured through most of the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. Through the years, Junior and Emily…
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Junior Alabi – San Francisco
Junior Alabi Hometown: San Francisco Junior and Emily are a brother and sister team from San Francisco, CA. Junior and Emily have performed, taught, and competed all over the world. Through their dancing they have traveled and toured through most of the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. Through the years, Junior and Emily…
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Marlon “Marley” Lizama – Houston
Marlon “Marley” Lizama Hometown: Houston Marlon is a s a poet, activist, writer, and a dancer. He has competed and won in U.S. competitions such as Freestyle Session(Los Angeles) Boy city(Texas) Outbreak ( Florida) Out For Fame U.S. Championships (Chicago, LA, San Francisco) His dancing has taken him all over the world. France, Canada, Japan,…
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Phillip “Philly” Duong – Hawaii
Phillip Duong, Director and Choreographer of Epica Latin Dance Company, is one of Hawaii’s young and promising latin dance performer and instructor. In 2011, Phillip and his partner Kimberly became Hawaii’s youngest Salsa Champions and will be competing at the World Latin Dance Cup. Learning salsa straight from high school and continuing his training in…
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Kimberly Tordjman – Hawaii
Kimberly Tordjman, Director of Epica Latin Dance Co and Hawaii Salsa Champion, has over twenty years of training in many forms of dance, beginning with ballet in the Royal Academy of Dance style under Jennifer Schwartz at Kauai Dance Center, Victoria Koenig of Inland Pacific Ballet, Chris Witt, Paul Roach, Ballet Hawaii, West Hawaii Dance…
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Robert Lay – Dallas
Roberto is a professional dancer, performer and instructor out of Dallas Texas. He was born in Panama City, Panama and moved to the states at the age of 10. He took up dancing at the age 15 in a Folklorico group where he first discovered his true passion for dance. Roberto has been in the…
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Sandy De Lara – Dallas
This Texas phenomenal continues to raise the bar in the performing arts community with her exotic look and unparalleled style. Her trademark style, a neo-fusion of Latin rhythms, draws from her mastery of more than 7 distinct global methods and techniques. In Dallas, she carves out her place in history as a both a powerful…
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Carlos Hernandez – New York
Carlos Hernandez – New York Carlos Hernandez, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic grew up dancing salsa in The Bronx, New York. Though he grew up dancing salsa as a little kid, it wasn’t until his early 20s that he began dancing New York style ON2 salsa with Yamulee. For half of a decade, Carlos…
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Arlette Guerra – New York
Arlette Guerra – New York Arlette Guerra has been dancing salsa for over 10 years and has been internationally recognized for her talents and fierce passion on the dance floor. Arlette, born in the Dominican Republic moved to New York City as a little girl where she grew up dancing amongst her family and friends.…
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Robyn Chance – Austin/Dallas
Aside from dance performance and choreography, Robyn is a true artist of nearly every medium; she was born in Houston and studied dance in Austin, New York and Los Angeles for seventeen years. She currently resides in Dallas, Texas. Her primary dance roots are in Ballet, Burlesque and Hiphop. She’s a former member of Austin’s…
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Edwin Rivera – New York/LA
In the world of dance and music Edwin Rivera has become a name to remember. This inspirational young man is a role model for young people about overcoming adversity, remembering your roots, and escaping the chains of where you were born. Using his life as an example he is showing the world how strength, hard…
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Santo Rico Dance Co. – New York
Santo Rico Dance Co. – New York The history of Santo Rico dates back to 1995. The name of the dance company is derived from the initial members of the group being half from Santo Domingo (Santo) and half from Puerto Rico (Rico), hence the name “Santo Rico.” Since launching their first choreography in 1996…
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Darnell Allen – Houston
Darnell Allen, aka “D”, was born in Virginia and grew up in Washington, DC until moving to Houston, TX in 1995 where in High School, inspired from seeing friends B-boying from R N S Crew (Rhythm ‘N Soul) and the guys from KORO (Knights of Rhythm Odyssey) as well as other B-Boys at Lamar, he…
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Chris & Erika – New York
Chris is an instructor at the Lorenz Latin Dance Studio and a member of its pro team, the Lorenz Latin Dancers. Chris has been a member of the Studio Molina is an Salsa for over 5 years. Erika Lopez is an instructor at the Lorenz Latin Dance Studio and teaches children’s salsa classes, hip hop…
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Mark & Julissa – New York
Mark Lema is an instructor and member of the Lorenz Latin Dance Studio. He is also a member of the studio’s pro team, Reflejo de Lorenz. Julissa Pena is part of with the Lorenz Latin Dance Studio. She is also Manager of our new third location in the Bronx, New York. She is a Salsa…
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Lauro Lopez – Houston
Lauro and Luis Lopez are two of three brothers who share the love and passion for Hip-Hop and Salsa through the upcoming team, reKreation Dance Company, a 40 member youth group. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, they both have been dancing for about 7 years. Together they are known for their unique styles coming…
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Luis Lopez – Houston
Lauro and Luis Lopez are two of three brothers who share the love and passion for Hip-Hop and Salsa through the upcoming team, reKreation Dance Company, a 40 member youth group. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, they both have been dancing for about 7 years. Together they are known for their unique styles coming…
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Beto & Cristina – Houston
Born and raised in Houston, Texas Jose “Beto” Calvillo has been dancing since the age of fourteen and choreographing since the age of seventeen. His drive for dynamic, creative, fast choreography lead him to pursue the competitive side of performance art. Beto has been a competitor in the following competitions Texas Salsa Open, Puerto Rico…
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Lee Rios – San Antonio
Lee Rios is based out of San Antonio, Texas and have been dancing together for about 4 years. Lee stands out for his unique style both in social partner work as well as in choreographies. He has taught in various events both nationally and internationally; sharing his knowledge and inspiring many to be “touched moved…
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Rodney Aquino – San Francisco
Rodney “Rodchata” Aquino Hometown: San Francisco Rodney “Rodchata” Aquino is a popular Latin Dance instructor, writer and lecturer in the world. Solely responsible for popularizing bachata dance in San Francisco Bay Area, RODCHATA, as bachateros intimately calls him, has been in the Latin Dance scene for over 15 years and is considered one of the…