Yamulee is one of the top Salsa groups from New York City. They have developed a style and following that is loved all around the World. Osmar Perrones is director of Yamulee Dance Company, and is known for his unique choreographies that continue to show his love for Latin music. He began his dancing career in 1994 under the guidance of Wilton Beltre. He has been a member of The Descarga Latina Dance Company, The Fuerza Latina Dance Company, Combinacion Magica, and was senior instructor/choreographer of Santo Rico Dance Company. As a dancer he has had the privilege of traveling, performing and teaching workshops in Brussels, England, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, California, Boston, New Jersey, The Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo), Providence, Montreal -Canada, Puerto Rico not to mention in most NYC nightclubs. In addition, Osmar has performed in videos such as; Eve’s “What y’all want”, Jose Alberto “El Canario” – “Me Dejo Picao” and with other artists like Steven Falcon. He has shared the stage with artists like, El Grupo Niche, and Frankie Negron among others. From 2000-2002 Osmar participated in the off-broadway show Latin Madness. Currently, he is the director and founder of Yamulee Dance Company and supervises the student, children and professional teams. His Partner Karel is one of the top female Salsa dancers in the World, and is known for her powerful presence on stage, and her explosive but elegant ladies styling!

    Started at the Age of 6 with Ballroom and Jazzdance. He dances, teaches, and choreographs Salsa for more than 15 years. He won several international Dance Competitions and has performed in several TV Shows in Europe. He teaches New York , L.A. , Puerto Rican Style and Cuban Style. Highlights . Peter was one of the first european teachers teaching the New York Style Salsa in Europe . He teached at several Locations all over Europe as well as at the “Cabana“ and the “Cafe du Nord“ in San Franciso, USA . Several TV Performances, incl. one of the most successful Saturday Evening Shows in Germany (Geld oder Liebe, ARD) . First German Salsa teacher being invited from the Italien Dance Journal .Ballo en due“to teach at the Ciao Estate, Italy . Founder of the “Salsa Gang” a well known Show Group in Europe

Suman and Rachel from Singapore have taught and performed at Salsa festivals throughout Asia. Over the last 8 years, they are fondly remembered for their cheeky and entertaining dance routines, such as the James Bond routine. Having competed and won in both Singapore and Malaysia, they are one of Singapore’s most reputed Salsa couples who have been featured in dance documentaries on national television and have been invited to choreograph dance routines for commercials and TV series ‘Dance Floor’. Suman and Rachel are well-loved instructors who are welcomed back year after year to teach at salsa festivals. In their workshops, they focus on teaching precise lead and follow techniques, rather than just fancy turn patterns. With their approachable demeanor and sense of humour, their workshops are enjoyed by all.

    “Mambo” Jack and Zhen Zhen currently live in Beijing and are co-directors of Phoenix Dance Company. They have spent the last five years spreading there love for Salsa throughout China, Asia, and the World. They are known for bringing New York Style Mambo “Salsa” to China. In the last five years they have taught and performed at numerous Salsa Congress and festivals throughout the World. They have trained several China Salsa Champions, and are two of the most sought after Choreographers in China. They continue to lead Phoenix Dance Company to accomplish the goal of “Bringing Salsa to China, and taking China Salsa to the World!” Past Performances 2005, 2006, 2007 Hong Kong Salsa Festival 2005 Korea Salsa Congress 2005 Beijing Salsa Festival 2005 Bangkok Salsa Festival 2006 Scandinavian Salsa Congress, Sweden 2006 Shanghai Salsa Congress 2006 China Salsa Championships 2007 West Coast Salsa Congress 2007 United Dance China Salsa Congress 2008 Macau Salsa Festival 2008 Taipei Salsa Festival 2009 Singapore Salsa Congress Also have conducted workshops in Shanghai, Beijing, Eugene OR, Tromso Norway, Phoenix AZ, and in Portland OR.
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Jessalyn comes from San Francisco, is the director, founder and choreographer of MamboGem Latin Fusion Dance Company. She had performed with professional Latin dance company - Mambo Romero Dance Company of San Francisco in LA Salsa Congress, Puerto Rico World Salsa Congress, and San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. Jessalyn had been trained with Eddie Torres, Frankie Martinez and many other world renowned mambo teachers. Jessalyn has over 15 years of professional dance training from U.S. in variety of dance disciplines, including Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Flamenco, Ballroom, International Latin, Westcoast Swing, New York style Mambo, and Afro-Cuban folklore dance movements. Her elegant, smooth and sensuous mambo dance styling reflects her training in these dance forms. Jessalyn has a MBA degree from Santa Clara University(a top US university in California), and minored in Dance in undergraduate school from California State University. She currently lives and works in Shanghai.

Armando Justiniani is a native of Panama and although he now resides in the United States, he continues to relive his childhood through the music he presents to others as a locally known disc jockey.
As a young boy he acquired a taste for the Latin rhythms through the influence of his family and their heritage. This journey began with being the most sought after teenage sound mixer at a mobile music company in his home town. His appreciation for Latin music has continued to grow and touches virtually every aspect of his life. Whether he is at home, in his car or in a nightclub, you will find him moving to a beat that is heard by many but appreciated by few. His taste in music has matured, allowing his collection to grow as broad as the industry.
Unlike a compact disc in a jewel case, Armando doesn’t believe in being confined by his surroundings. He feels he has a purpose in the salsa community and has put his heart and soul into promoting events and bringing talent to our area, which has been unsurpassed. Hosting Frankie Martinez, Lori Perez, Henry Knowles, Troy & Jorjet, Juan Matos, Olivia Dasso, Duplessy Monique-Walker, Salsamania, David Stein & Jennifer and Hacha y Machete has confirmed that he is committed to sharing his enthusiasm of his culture. He has entertained hundreds of salseros at local events, the Northwest Salsa Congress, the Seattle Salsa Congress and two consecutive years at the Acapulco Salsa Congress.
Armando’s philosophy is that music and dancing is as individual as each human being. Through the selections that he spins and the events that he participates in, his primary goal is to please his followers who allow him to embrace his passion.

Anton Berchenko is an experienced and accomplished dancer from Chile of Russian descent with a French soul. Anton has been blessed with the opportunity to learn from his mother, professional dancer. At a young age he mastered South American dances (Salsa, Brazilian Samba, Argentine Tango) and continued on to learn various dance form such as Jazz, Hip-hop, Swing and Tap dancing. Anton's teaching reflects his understanding of the general theories of dancing and it's translation into personal style and expressiveness. He presents well structured classes that are designed to help the students find their own expression, combining fundamentals with creativity. Anton has been invited to teach and perform in various countries such as France, Germany, Spain, Morocco, India, China, Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, and Thailand. Anton is also the director of the Cachimbo Dance Company, the founder of Studio Cachimbo in Paris and the organizer of the first Salsa Congress in Shanghai. He is currently residing in China teaching classes and spreading his passion for dancing throughout the country.

As the sole female salsa DJ in Beijing, as well as an experienced choreographer, she is the founder of Beijing Cupa Salsa Dance Club. Dancing salsa for many years, she becomes the top dancer in China. As born in Inner Mongolian, she has integrated the spirit of her hometown's grassland with her music literacy and dance experience into the distinctive style of her own as a DJ. She often plays electro-acoustic mix - various instruments interpret the same song to reach different sound effects. Her fond to salsa makes her a DJ and her eyes wide open in the world of salsa. She must be a brilliant star in the future.

"Mr. Elliot is an expert salsa DJ. He has been expert salsa DJing expertly since before he was born. Mr. Elliot was raised around noises and switches and bumpy things. Inserting CDs and pressing buttons comes naturally to him. Sometimes, the music gets so hot that it melts the equipment; then it's time to bang on stuff and keep the crowd moving. The show must go on."

Since Zhenya had started dancing in Moscow he's been practicing many kinds of American vernacular jazz dance including Lindy Hop, Tap, Charleston, Balboa, Authentic Jazz, Blues and others. He has years of experience teaching group and private classes and workshops mainly in Russia but also in Korea, China and Vietnam. Right now Zhenya is teaching regular Tap classes in Beijing and performing all kinds of swing dance with the Swing Beijing Performance Troupe. He has won more than 14 Lindy Hop and Charleston competitions in Russia including 2 times Russian Lindy Hop Championships (2005 and 2007).

Luis Zegarra is a world salsa promoter,producer and Tours no new comer to mambo in the New Jersey/New York area. He has taught most of the other mambo instructors working in New Jersey and is considered to be the most experienced instructor of the Garden State. He not only is a mambo instructor, but a choreographer, performer and promoter of mambo dance events. His very extensive resume includes performing for the Puerto Rican Day Parade, has performed in Europe,Asia Sur America,El Caribe to say all over the world has danced on stage with Oscar D' Leon, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tito Puente, Edgar Joel, India, El Gran Combo, Jerry Rivera, Michael Stuart and Victor Manuelle to name a few. He has been featured in the "Somos Differentes" music video by Orquesta de la Luz, as mambo dancer in Carlito’s Way and has appeared on such T.V. shows as Sabado Al Medio Dia, Sabado 47, and has been the winner of many dance contests like the "Sabado Gigante Salsa Dance Contest. He is known as the promoter of the Mambo Showdown events and is the director of the Fuerza Latina Dance Company

CamilaYe (from Taiwan) and JuanMa (from Buenos Aires, Argentina) are a professional Tango Argentino couple who both have years of teaching, performing and staging experiences. After having deep research of various of dances, arts and martial arts for years, they both choose Tango Argentino to be their ultimate life career. They both believe that “Qi(Energy)” is a very important element of Tango Argentino, therefore, you can feel the passion and energy that they utilize from the Qi of Taiji in their original tango performances and classes. CamilaYe and JuanMa earned themselves a reputation as very precise, understanding, dedicated, systematical, entertaining and professional teachers from dancers of all levels. CamilaYe and JuanMa have learned from Tango champions and top-tier tango masters from Argentina. They are also very popular by China media and have been interviewed or reported by CCTV, DongNan TV, Travelers magazine, Universal Life magazine, City weekend magazine, Beauty & Travel magazine, GreenCollar magazine… etc.
JuanMa is a popular tango performer from Buenos Aires. He has participated in Tango show "No Bailaras”, "Tango and Shadow in the Maipo" & "Tango Palace" in Buenos Aires, Argentina; "Buenos Aires Tango Festival" in Rome, Italy; "Dance For All World Festival" in Tokyo, Japan and "Tango Argentino" in Osaka, Japan. As an international professional tango dancer and teacher, JuanMa has worked and travelled in Japan, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. Now, he joins “Camila Tango Salon” to work in Beijing, China.
CamilaYe is a popular tango dancer in Beijing. Before becoming a professional tango performer and teacher, Camila has accumulated 19 years of learning and 10 years of professional dancing experiences. Her working experiences include: teaching, choreographing, performing and has worked in Taipei, HongKong, Beijing and other major cities of the Greater China. Besides Tango Argentino, Camila also accumulated professional dancing experience of Cuban salsa, Marenque, Bachata, Reggaeton, Cha-Cha, Hip-hop, Jazz dance, Ball room Waltz, Ballet, Modern dance…etc. Besides dancing, music is another profession of CamilaYe. With years of live singing and music production experiences, she launched her music production of the first Latin Chinese Album “TouTouShiDao” in January, Y2008. Camila became the first Chinese Latin singer in China since then. SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT (Picture from EP: “TouTouShiDao”)
Camila Tango Salon is committed to promoting original Tango Argentino culture and connecting tango appreciators in China. All our courses and performances are given by notable tango professionals from Argentina. For more details, please click HYPERLINK "http://www.camilaye.com/" www.CamilaYe.com, or visit Camila Tango Bar at 604#, BLDG 6, SOHO New Town, ChaoYang District, Beijing.

  LiLi Huang is the founder of U-can salsa dancing club China. LiLi started learning dancing since she was 5 years’ old. It including modern Jazz, rhythmic gymnastic ,and Latin dance. In 2001 lili started join in famous dancing group “Grupo America” in Canada, made the great performance in West coast salsa congress in LA , lili is good in Salsa , Bachata ,and Jazz. Was named as “Bachata queen ” in China.

Originally from France and Chile, Sebastien is a regular DJ in the Hong Kong Salsa scene who started his career in 2002 around the same time as when he started to teach Salsa. Through these years he has managed to collect over eighteen thousand Salsa songs. The initial purpose of the collection was to find good music to practice to, but little by little, he was overtaken by a collector's passion. His debut as a professional DJ was when he was assisting SalsaChino in their small venues, through 2002 and 2003. Word of his selection spread rapidly and soon he was playing in the most popular Salsa clubs in Hong Kong. Until 2006, he was a regular DJ for the HK Salsa Festival. He has also played in other Asian countries alongside well known Salsa DJs like Henry Knowles, local DJs and DJs around the globe. He has been invited to play in the Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei and San Francisco Salsa Congresses.

The Latin Team is Beijing's hottest upcoming Latin band. It features top musicians from Cuba, and Venezuela. They play a mix of classic hits along with some new and upcoming hits that will keep you dancing all night long!!! They have traveled all over China, and played at several events, and clubs.

Hailing from Seoul, Teresa & Jeio are without a doubt the top salsa performers in Korea. Since partnering up in 2005, they have won their championship title twice at the Korea Salsa Congress in 2008 and 2009. This energetic partnership is known for more than just trophies in the Korean salsa scene. Their style always leaves such a strong impression on the audience and other dancers around, because it is so authentic yet unique, and very edgy but also very "Latin". Having grown up in Latin America herself, Teresa brings so much Latin zest to this couple's style, which is unprecedented in Korea; Jeio's wild and flashy vibe on stage is the only thing that can match up to her fiery Latin energy. Currently, Teresa & Jeio are co-directors of Salsoul Dancers, regarded as the best performing dance team in Korea; they have also recently launched their new venture, Salsoul School, a school for Latin dance lovers in Korea.

    Grant originally found his passion for salsa in San Diego, but has taught throughout Asia for tha past 7 years. Grace started training in Chinese Traditional dance at the young age of 6 while growing up Shanghai, China. She studied well into her teens, but refound her love of dance in Salsa. Since becoming partners, Grant and Grace have traveled to many countries to take private instruction from well respected dancers and choreographers such as Sekou McMiller, Shaka Brown, Jesus Aponte, Junior & Emily Alabi, Oliver Pineda and Jaime Jesus.

Hyun, Pillhwan and his lovely wife Choi, Eun-Yong are from Seoul, S.Korea where they own and operate 'Candela' Dance Studio and Candela Productions. the oldest salsa dance studio and production company in Korea. Pillhwan became locally famous in South Korea when he left a very prestigeous and successful career with the international business division of Samsung Corporation for his new life's passion....salsa. During this time Pillhwan's salsa training and influences have come from such well known salsa legends as Francisco Vazquez, Santo Rico Dance Company, Descarga Latina, Eddie Torres and others. Pillhwan is presently an 'on2' dancer but is equally capable of 'on1' and other styles including recent interests in casino rueda and bachata. Prior to having their lovely young, 3 year old daughter Ji-Min, in 2006, Pillhwan and Eun-Young were very active training, travelling and performing with their dance team and promoting several large local and international salsa events in Seoul, S.Korea. Since that time however they have focused primarily on running their growing studio in Seoul, training their own instructor staff and raising their daughter. Due to Pillhwan's previous international business experience, he loves innovation, making new friends and working with his students as well as exploring other kinds of dances that can bring joy to people's hearts. Pillhwan and Eun-Young enjoy sharing their joy of salsa not only with Koreans but also the growing international population of Seoul. Seoul, S.Korea has over a dozen first class salsa clubs and is fast becoming recognized as one of the major salsa cities in the world. As such, we are pleased and honored to have Pillhwan Hyun as our Korean representative here at the China Salsa Congress.

Alejandro is from Venezuela, he is a professional dancer and choreographer. Graduated in Venezuela where he did theatre performance and fitness TV Shows. In 1998 he won the national aerobics champion in Venezuela at the "Cuerpo Activo International"the most prestigious South American Aerobics association. Since he arrived to Beijing in 1998 Alejandro has been performing teaching as well as managing some of the best Salsa Clubs in Beijing. He is Currently the Creative Director of Ozone Fitness, the biggest Fitness Company in China! He is also sponsor by Nike.