{"id":2391,"date":"2015-09-01T08:32:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T08:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2016-01-30T02:41:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T02:41:47","slug":"melanie-castillo-new-york-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/?p=2391","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Castillo &#8211; New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MelanieCastilloNewYork2016.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2392\" src=\"http:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MelanieCastilloNewYork2016.jpg\" alt=\"MelanieCastilloNewYork2016\" width=\"450\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MelanieCastilloNewYork2016.jpg 450w, https:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MelanieCastilloNewYork2016-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ismael and Melanie are repeat instructors who are friends to TSC so I\u00a0need them to have more videos. Can you please size videos so they look\u00a0organized and same size. Going to bed soon. If you email me I might be<br \/>\nasleep but let me know if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MelanieCastilloNewYork2016b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-2393 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MelanieCastilloNewYork2016b.jpg\" alt=\"MelanieCastilloNewYork2016b\" width=\"336\" height=\"504\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MelanieCastilloNewYork2016b.jpg 450w, https:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MelanieCastilloNewYork2016b-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a>Melanie Castillo known for her Powerful Footwork and the Presence she\u00a0delivers on the dance floor has been dancing since she was 5 years old.\u00a0At that age she started her formal training at Rising Stars Dance\u00a0Studio, which she stayed for 3 years. In 2004, Melanie auditioned to go\u00a0to Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, which had a prominent dance program,\u00a0in which she was accepted. In 2009 Melanie began taking salsa classes at\u00a0Lorenz Latin Dance Studio, in which she attended for 10 months. After\u00a0leaving Lorenz, Melanie started to training with Sekou Mcmiller, Nelson\u00a0Flores, and Anya Katsevman. In 2011, she started competing with Elvis\u00a0Collado, in which they trained with Anya Katsevman, Tito and Tamara, and\u00a0Billy Fajardo. During that same year she co-founded Las Damas while\u00a0working with Ismael Otero and Caribbean Soul. At that same time Melanie\u00a0was head instructor and head choreographer at Salsa Sensation Dance\u00a0Studio in Long Island, NY. while competing she took first place in 3\u00a0well known competitions, IHSC 2012, NYISC 2012, WSS Just Dance Division\u00a02013. In 2012, she started her own dance team, Candela Dance Company,\u00a0while at the same time teaching at Rhythmology. In 2013, Melanie started\u00a0teaching at Balmir Latin Dance studio and Piel Canela. Melanie Castillo\u00a0no longer competes with Elvis and exclusively works with Caribbean Soul,\u00a0Las Damas, and Candela Dance Company. Melanie Castillo currently travels\u00a0the world with Caribbean Soul, performing and teaching her theory on\u00a0Timing, Musicality, &amp; Connection.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nyd0V-P8OdI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hNBJoItV1e0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q3AtNRtuHG8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ismael and Melanie are repeat instructors who are friends to TSC so I\u00a0need them to have more videos. Can you please size videos so they look\u00a0organized and same size. Going to bed soon. If you email me I might be asleep but let me know if you have any questions. Melanie Castillo known for her Powerful Footwork and the Presence she\u00a0delivers on the dance floor has been dancing since she was 5 years old.\u00a0At that age she started her formal training at Rising Stars Dance\u00a0Studio, which she stayed for 3 years. In 2004, Melanie auditioned to go\u00a0to Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, which had a prominent dance program,\u00a0in which she was accepted. In 2009 Melanie began taking salsa classes at\u00a0Lorenz Latin Dance Studio, in which she attended for 10 months. After\u00a0leaving Lorenz, Melanie started to training with Sekou Mcmiller, Nelson\u00a0Flores, and Anya Katsevman. In 2011, she started competing with Elvis\u00a0Collado, in which they trained with Anya Katsevman, Tito and Tamara, and\u00a0Billy Fajardo. During that same year she co-founded Las Damas while\u00a0working with Ismael Otero and Caribbean Soul. At that same time Melanie\u00a0was head instructor and head choreographer at Salsa Sensation Dance\u00a0Studio in Long Island, NY. while competing she took first place in 3\u00a0well known competitions, IHSC 2012, NYISC 2012, WSS Just Dance Division\u00a02013. In 2012, she started her own dance team, Candela Dance Company,\u00a0while at the same time teaching at Rhythmology. In 2013, Melanie started\u00a0teaching at Balmir Latin Dance studio and Piel Canela. Melanie Castillo\u00a0no longer competes with Elvis and exclusively works with Caribbean Soul,\u00a0Las Damas, and Candela Dance Company. Melanie Castillo currently travels\u00a0the world with Caribbean Soul, performing and teaching her theory on\u00a0Timing, Musicality, &amp; Connection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2016-instructors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Melanie Castillo - New York - Texas Salsa Congress<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/?p=2391\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Melanie Castillo - New York - Texas Salsa Congress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ismael and Melanie are repeat instructors who are friends to TSC so I\u00a0need them to have more videos. 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