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Moshe A. Rasier- Salsa/Mambo
Since moving to the United States, Moshe’s love for music has evolved into a passion for dance. He decided to learn salsa and, after few classes, he joined local dance teams and was given the chance to perform and participate in several salsa congresses throughout the country. The salsa congresses included New York, Chicago, Boston, Miami, IHSC and more. He also performed in many local clubs and events. The highlight of Moshe’s dancing experience so far has been performing live in front of 80,000 people, as well as for 500 million television viewers, during the Super Bowl XLI pre-game show in February 2007, which was produced by Cirque Du Soleil. He was one of only forty dancers who were given this amazing opportunity. Only a month later, he performed in two Miami Heat half time shows, which was a great experience as well. Today Moshe teaches full time at Aventura Dance, and part time at Bally Total Fitness. |
World Champion: Billy Fajardo & Katie Marlow- Hustle/Salsa
Billy has over 30 years of dance performance experience. As a young man, he was the founder and lead performer of the Dance Dimensions, the internationally acclaimed dance company who appeared on NBC's Don Kirshner's Rock Concert for four seasons. He has appeared at Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, Radio City and numerous top venues around the world. He has worked and choreographed for numerous headliners, including Gloria Gaynor, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Bob Hope...the list goes on... Film credits include "Carlito"s Way", "Cross Over Dreams", "Summer of Sam". Look for Billy on the new UPN Series "South Beach" dancing with the lovely Vanessa Williams.
Katie Marlow has been performing professionally since 1981. As a performer, she has assembled a wide range of credits stretching from cabaret revues, to theatre to television and feature films. She is a member of both Screen Actors Guild and Actors Equity Association. Beginning her performance career as a showgirl aboard the Cunard NAC Cruise Line, she later branched out to do commercials and feature films. Just a few of her credits include "A Chorus Line: The Movie" the television show "The Equalizer" and "Miami Vice". She later moved into choreography, putting together, the "Hot Nights in the City night club revue in Japan. In 1995 she founded Dancesation! Entertainment - an upscale production company who provides entertainment services throughout the United States for major corporations.
Together, they are considered to be one of the most highly accomplished and versatile dance teams in the world. They are the 2002 IDO World Champions for both Hustle and Cabaret Exhibition. They are the only couple in the history of the United States to hold two separate world championship titles in the same year. Other titles include 2000 US Open Cabaret Champions, 1999 United States Hustle Champions, 2002 NADC Cabaret Champions. In addition, Billy and Katie were four times invitees to the prestigious Blackpool Dance Festival Open Exhibition Championships, an honor reserved for only a select few throughout the world. With their exceptional talent of being able to perform both theatrical dance and social partner dance on a world class level, they hold the distinctive position of being in demand on a number of circuits, including the Ballroom circuit, the Hustle circuit, the Salsa circuit and even the Swing dance circuit.
They have the number one selling hustle instructional dance videos in the world, and are in demand in many far off destinations as performers and instructors. Recent overseas performances include Hong Kong, London, Equador, Taiwan and Italy. At home, the pair have been featured at home in the US at such well known venues as Radio City Music Hall and Lincoln Center. They were the subjects of a special television segment for Good Life TV, and Billy was a featured interview subject for VH1's "When Disco Ruled the World". They have been interviewed in various dance publications; including SalsaWeb.com and DanceSport Magazine as well as being the subjects of numerous newspaper and television interviews. Look for their upcoming featured performances at the World Salsa Championships on ESPN, and on ABC's Dancing With the Stars.
Billy and Katie along with partner Randy Atlas are the organizers of the International Hustle and Salsa Competition (IHSC) which takes place every April in Miami.
In 2003 Billy was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at The Miami Salsa Congress by Albert Torres. Billy and Katie were also the recent recipients of the Augie and Margo Rodriguez Award which is awarded to exemplary and inspirational performance within the dance world.
Billy and Katie hold the following Titles:
1999 United States Hustle Dance Champions
2000 US Open Swing Cabaret Champions
2000 World Salsa Silver Medalists
2000 World Merengue Silver Medalists
2002 World Cabaret Exhibition Champions
2002 World Disco Hustle Champions
2002 NADC Cabaret Champions
2004 Augie and Margo Rodriguez Award for Iconic Performance
2005 W. Coast Salsa Congress Honorees for Contributions to Salsa Dance World
Pablo Malco- Hip Hop
Pablo Malco, Artistic Director for Pfuzion Entertainment, was born in Brooklyn, New York. He spent his childhood growing up in Houston, Texas, and then moving on to Los Angeles, CA. Pablo has taken advantage of his vast travels and experiences to create a very unique dance style called Pfuzion.
Pablo began choreographing at the tender age of ten for his 5th grade graduation. Young and motivated, he began studying Jazz in high school and elaborated on his technique with education in Ballet, Acting and Movement Theory. Since high school, Pablo has been honing his performance skills and choreography ability. For over sixteen years, he has appeared in several music videos and tours with artists such as Immature (IMX), Paula Abdul, Ricky Martin, Will Smith, C&C Music Factory, Jean Michel Jarre and many more. He has also performed internationally, doing workshops and performances throughout Europe and Latin America.
USA Champion: Jerry Perez and Christine Lopez - Argentine Tango
Jerry and Christine have been full time professional dancers and instructors in South Florida for over ten years. They have performed and choreographed for a wide variety of venues ranging from professional theater and television to corporate and private events. They have combined their diverse backgrounds in dance to create a unique, classic and eclectic style. Jerry and Christine were both introduced to Argentine Tango at a young age and interestingly enough it became an inspiration for them individually to take up partnership dancing. They have trained in many styles and forms of dance including Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Ballroom and Latin dancing, and for the past five years they have focused on Argentine Tango. Most recently Jerry and Christine have studied privately with Jorge Torres, Natalia Hills and Francisco Forquera original cast members of the Broadway hit “Forever Tango”. They competed in the summer of 2007 taking 1st place at the First U.S. Annual Argentine Tango Championship in NYC.
Some recent events and performances include:
* Featured at the 2008 Club Med” Dancing With Our Stars” with a program of National and World Champion dancers.
* Featured dance couple in the series “South Beach” with Vanessa Williams.
* International Hustle and Salsa Congress
* Official 2007 Super bowl Tailagate Party along side artists such as Steve Nicks.
Jerry began his career as a National Professional American Rhythm competitor. Some credits; Featured dancer (Gloria Estefan, Steve Wonder, Big Bad Vodoo Daddy), Ohio Star Ball (as seen on PBS) 5th place Rising Star. He is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild appearing in numerous commercials and television shows including “South Beach” and as a Principal dancer for Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony in the film “El Cantante”.
Christine holds a BA in Theatre Performance and began her dance career as a principal dancer with the critically acclaimed Demitrius Klein Dance Company, touring nationally and appearing in venues such as the Kravis Center, Harvard University and Jacob’s Pillow dance festival
Elizabeth Martinez-Salsa/Mambo/Women Styling
Elizabeth began dancing at an early age learning numerous dance disciplines and participating in various talent shows in modern and Latin dance. It was in a visit to her native country of Venezuela that her passion for Salsa was born. Upon returning to the United States, she embraced the Salsa scene. She has studied with several renowned instructors (Duplessey Walker, Jorday Rivera, Candy Mena, Thomas Guerrero, Carlito Figueroa, etc.) in Mambo/Salsa and with her final mentor, the Mambo King - Eddie Torres. As a former member of the Eddie Torres Latin Dance Company, she trained as a professional performer for a year with her former partner of Joshua Gomes and practiced with Adolfo Indacochea before leaving to Miami, Florida to pursue other endeavors.
Elizabeth has provided instruction and workshops at various venues throughout the US including dance schools, private companies, and cultural institutions such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn Children's Museum and the Central Park Conservancy of New York. She has also performed with some of the top artists in the salsa industry such as Larry Harlow, Ray Sepulveda, Chino, and the Tito Puente family.
Today, Elizabeth teaches partnerwork and women styling classes illustrating core styling techniques that she so eloquently demonstrates. She instills confidence in her students by teaching them the fundamentals and to dance from the heart. She continues to educate herself in various dance disciplines such as Belly dance, Flamenco, Tango, and African.
Gloriela "Loly" Rosas- Flamenco
Originally from the country of Panama, Loly is a flamenco dancer and instructor. She has a very strong sense and knowledge of rhythms, which are transmitted in her classes through dance steps/choreography making a connection between the dance and the music.
Loly has over 20 years experience in dancing and teaching. In 1987, Loly started teaching aerobics. Through the years,she added different styles of dances like hip-hop, salsa, and funk in her classes. In 1996, she was elected as one of the main dancers for the opening ceremony of the Atlanta Olympic games 1996.
In the same year, Loly participated in several hip-hop performing groups, one of them the Reebok Dance group.
In 2005, Loly spent some time in Spain to sharpen her flamenco knowledge. She studied under professional flamenco artists like Alejandro Granados, La Farruca, and Pilar at the Taller Flamenco in Sevilla, and La Truco at Amor de Dios School in Madrid. She continues her flamenco learning through intensive workshops in Atlanta, at the International Flamenco Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and other states of US. She has studied under international performers/artists like Antonio Hidalgo, Andres Marín, Barbara Bretón, La Meira, La Conja, Teo Morca, Angel, María Benitez’s dancers, Israel Galván, Pastora Galván, Rafael Campallo, Adela Campallo, Manuela Carrasco, Antonio Vargas, Alejandro Granjeros, Domingo Ortega, Sara Vegas, Rocio Molina, Merche Esmeralda and many others.
In the summer of 2006, Loly organized regular tablaos performances at Ibiza restaurant and performed for its grand openning in Atlanta with guitarist Arturo Martinez and percussionist Jerry Fields. At the end of year 2006, Loly took a leap and moved to Miami, Florida. Upon her arrival, immediately became active with the flamenco community and became a participant dancer at the Witches of Salem theatrical show with flamenco legend Manolete and Ballet Flamenco La Rosa at the Jackie Gleason Theatre in April 2007. The following month, Loly returned to Atlanta to performed with Perla Flamenca at Salidas and guest artists Ulrika Frank, Marija Temos and Jerry Fields. Upon her returned to Miami, Loly and Art Works for Us organized an educational flamenco workshop with Ulrika Frank and Marija Temos and participated at Flamenco for All show at the Children’s museum.
Currently, Loly offers flamenco classes for beginners at Aventura Dance in Aventura, FL.
Jennifer Campos- Belly Dancing
Jennifer Campos has been a choreographer, performer, and instructor for dance schools in Florida for over six years. Her unique style & charisma, along with her endless passion and love for dance has made her one of the most sought after Instructors in Florida. Jennifer has been hired to Instruct and perform in some of the most renowned Salsa events in Florida and beyond, to include The Miami Jazz Festival, The International Hustle and Salsa congress, and The Orlando Salsa Congress. Jennifer has also performed for major artists like the Gypsy Kings and Will Smith. Jennifer's dance experience includes Afro-Cuban and Oriental dance (also known as Belly dance. Her full time commitment to Teaching, Choreographing, and Performing Salsa/Mambo, along with her diverse background in dance, and enchanting personality, gives her the ability to teach Salsa/Mambo to any and everyone that walks through the doors of her Studio.
Luba Felman- Zumba
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Luba Felman began her dance training at the age of 5 as a Rhythmic gymnast in Ukraine where she received intensive training in ballet and jazz. This 13- year competitive accomplishment lead Luba to tour in Europe with a jazz-dance troop. Later she went on a world-wide tour with Latin artist Wil Veloz.The highlight of the tour was a performance at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1992 Luba moved to Montreal, where she joined a Latin dance troop “San Tropez” to pursue a career as Latin and Ballroom dance instructor. During that time she has performed at numerous corporate events, as well as appearing on several Canadian TV variety shows. In 1998 Luba moved to Florida and continued to expand her dance training. She joined “ Brazilian Carnival” dance company where she has mastered Brazilian Samba.
Luba appeared in several of Denise Austin’s fitness videos as well as instructional Ballroom dance video with Cal Pozo. Luba is also a part of a dance team in a soon to be released “Dirty Dancing” instructional DVD. In 2005 Luba decided to combine her love of Latin dance and fitness and became a certified Zumba instructor. Since then she has brought creative, fun, and dynamic experiences to all of her Zumba classes!
Renee O’Connor- Exotic Dancing
Born in Kingston, Jamaica – Renee’s love for music and dance started as a young girl. She flirted with jazz, ballet & modern dance as a young girl, and then grew up in cheerleading. Renee graduated from Florida State University with a BS in International Affairs. After working in the hospitality industry for nearly 8 years, she is now working with her true love – exotic dancing. She has been an exotic dance instructor since 2005.
She took her first Art of Exotic Dancing for Everyday Women class in October of 2004 and became the first certified AOED instructor in the state of Florida in April 2005. In October of 2005 she became certified in the Advanced Level classes, including The Exotic Journey, Chair Dancing & Themes & Props. She was also selected to become a trainer for the National Company (helping with the creation of new curriculum and is instrumental in training new instructors. In April 2007, she acquired the Miami territory of AOED and is now running classes, events & parties from Aventura to Kendall.
She teaches exclusively in The North Miami/Aventura area at Aventura Dance.
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