Salsa in Huntsville - Instructors, Salsalabama Jam 2010

Ever so popular Jorge "SALSAFIX" Cruz from Florida! This is his 3rd year with us! People
just love this guy! His is a true professional. Great teacher and has some cool moves to teach!

Jorge is known for teaming up with Edie "the SALSA FREAK" in her BEST LEADS series!
Jorge is top notch in leading techniques. His combos are crisp and very leadable. Not only is
he a wonderful instructor, he is a great person as well. Take his workshops and for sure you
will have some cool moves to execute on the dance floor!

Juan Calderon & Christina Piedra of Cultural Explosion from New Jersey has been around
for at least 15 years! He brings his class and awesome moves to Huntsville this year!

Juan is world-renowned for being one of the world's best salsa instructors, and he can
pinpoint your areas for improvement and correct these areas quickly so you will see
improvement in your dancing even after just one lesson!

Cultural Explosion Dance Company has been providing dance instruction & performances
for schools, corporations, and private events for over 10 years. Our dancers have gained
worldwide recognition for their uniqueness and creativity in performance, for their patient
and entertaining style of instructing, and for their classy, elegant and exciting style of dancing.

Christina Piedra is also known in the salsa community for her grace, styling and excellence.
She is an amazing instructor. She has some awesome ladies styling classes!

Sheila Sampath has been teaching and promoting Salsa in Atlanta for 10+years.
The pioneer of bring "Salsa Socials" to life in Atlanta, she has the longest
running social for almost 9 years now which runs on the principle of bringing
people together in dance and comraderie. She also founded the 1st on2 dance
school and student performance team which resulted soon in widespread
awareness of New York Style on2 . She continues to pursues Salsa as a serious
passion currently running her Socials and teaching at a local Salsa nightclub.

Sheila has been exposed to music her whole life beginning with classical Indian
instruments, dance and most recently classical Indian voice. Her passion for
music comes from a family of musicians. Her unique blend of east meets west
shows in her style on the social dance floor and her past performance team body
movement and interpretation of music.

Her workshops are normally tailored to including simple movements that allow
both men and women to "play" with the music no matter what style of Salsa is
being danced. She also teaches club style patterns and shines on1 and on2 with
these movements. Her focus is for the dancer at any level to remember that
dancing is one's expression of the music vs. simply dancing moves…..her
favorite quote is from Mario B (Salsa Fever on2-New Jersey)……."Do NOT
move 2 the Music…Let the Music Move U"