From Taiwan: Cynthia Hung

About CynthiaOn a cold and gloomy night in London, England, Cynthia found herself inside the warmth and exuberance of Bar Salsa. This was her first exposure to Salsa, and it instantly changed her entire career path. In the brief years that followed, she successfully created the Salsa Taiwan Association and a Dance Dimensions Inc., handling multiple dance studios nationwide to help spread her love for Salsa. Simply, Cynthia dances for the joy and effervescent sensations of Salsa; never inhibited nor hindered by binding to strict "rules", she dances for pure contentment rather than sport, performance, or competition. Thus, this is the ideology and way that she hopes to introduce Salsa to the Taiwanese public. Her continuing efforts, travels, and visits to the World's most prestigious Salsa Congresses and instructors will no doubt benefit the ever growing Salsa community in Taiwan.
Experience Taiwan SALSA Association, Founder
Taiwan SALSA Association, CEO
Taiwan SALSA Association, Choreographer
Taoyuen Far East 21, Cultural Center, Salsa Instructor
Taiwan SALSA Association, Salsa Instructor
Taichung Wen-Shan Community College, Salsa Consultant
Taichong Art and Dance, Salsa Instructor
Taichong Zhong-Ming Elementary, Salsa Instructor
Taichong Evergreen College, Salsa Instructor
Taipei Core Pacific Plaza, Cultural Center, Salsa Instructor
Hsin-Zhu Far East Dept. Store, Cultural Center, Salsa Instructor
Chief Executive and Instructor of Dance Dimensions LTD. , Taichung, Taiwan

2005 Attended Cuban Salsa congress. Munich GermanyStudied under Roly Madden, Verona, Italy
2004 Attended Thailand Salsa Festival as the only invited instructor to teach and perform from Taiwan
Attended Salsa Congress, Innsbrook, Austria
Studied under Janita, Hong Kong
2003 Attended Salsa Congress, Vancouver, Canada
Studied under Al and Edie, LA, USA
Attended Salsa seminar in San Francisco, USA
Cuban Salsa studies, under Tomas and Yaday of the Cuban National Dance and Performing Group, Cuba Havana, Cuba
2002 Attended Hong Kong Salsa CongressStudied under Andy Witt, London, UK.

Media2005/02 Next Magazine Interview
2005/02 Apple Daily Interview
2004/11 Taichung 365 Magazine Interview
2004/11 CTV- Variety Show
2004/09 TTV- Interview
2004/08 Times Weekly, Taiwan?Intervew
2004/03 San-Li TV- Interview
2004/02 CTV—Special Report on Salsa
2003/10 San Li TV- News Interview
2003/09 TVBS NEWS- news reporting
2003/08 TTV- NEWS Latin Dance SALSA Hot and Energetic.
2003/08 TVBS- special news report
2003/08 TVBS- special news report
2003/08 TVBS NEWS-Valentines’ news report
2002/08 TVBS NEWS- special news report

Brent

Canada

From New Zealand: Giancarlo
In October 2003 Giancarlo became the Australian IDO Salsa Champion, shortly after he founded Latinissimo Dance Company in Melbourne. In 2004 he was a finalist in Best of the Best Salsa competition in Sydney and got invited to perform at the renowned West Coast Salsa Congress in Los Angeles. He then taught and performed at the inaugural Sydney Salsa Congress 2005 where he and his partner brought down the house and received a standing ovation for the ever popular "Matrix Reloaded” choreography.

Giancarlo arrived in NZ in August 2005 and teamed up with new dance partner Masha. They performed for the first time together at the NZ Salsa Competition in October leaving the crowd gasping for more with their "Fever" routine. That same month they taught and performed an exhilirating and energetic "Wild Wild West" choreography at the 1rst Auckland Salsa Slam.

From New York: Mario B.

Mario has had an interesting start to what is now a MAMBO lifestyle! Mario was very athletic growing up through his grammar and high school years. He always wanted to learn how to dance MAMBO but was very hesitant due to his large athletic body. However, in 1999 a really good friend and High School teammate, Danny Useche (formally with Caribbean Soul) introduced Mario to Ismael Otero, "The Million Move Man." Mario was so inspired by what he had seen, and after having a conversation with Ismael, Mario was convinced that Mambo was for him and immediately signed up for two classes with Ismael Otero. Unfortunately, Ismael wasn't teaching those two days instead, there was a substitute. We've all heard about "Love at First Sight, well, Mario's first Mambo Lesson was "The Date from Hell". It didn't work out due to the fact that the class was slightly more advanced than Mario had predicted plus Mario and the substitute clashed on many levels! This left Mario even more determined to prove his point that size, shape, and color does not matter when it comes to MAMBO! Mario was down but definitely not out.
Now Mario had to find a class that was just as good as Ismael's but not as advanced. Mario was then introduced to one of the smoothest and most HUMBLE instructors in the Mambo scene, Greg Taylor. After a few days with Greg Taylor, Mario was in Mambo Heaven. Mario took classes with Greg for approximately 6 months and was eternally grateful to Greg for his time, patience and expertise, however, it was time to go forward and take on more of a challenge! Therefore, once again, he tried Ismael Otero's class. After taking a few classes with Ismael Otero himself, Ismael was so impressed with Mario, that he was asked to join the student group, "Caribbean Soul 2". Now THANKS to Ismael, Mario was introduced to the performing aspect of the Mambo scene! After performing with "Caribbean Soul 2" for approximately a year and a half, Ismael felt that Mario was more than ready to move up to his professional group "Caribbean Soul".
At the same time Mario was asked to join Abbey Plotkins, "The Mambo Mamas & The Papa". Mario was now the Mambo Papa! By joining "The Mambo Mamas & The Papa", Mario was given the opportunity to perform for what would become an instant hit, "Latin Madness" under the direction of Nelson Flores of Descarga Latina and Carlos Mendoza of "The Side Street Kids". Nelson felt that Mario would fit right in with this all-star cast of the Best Mambo Dancers on the East Coast! "Latin Madness" is an off-Broadway Mambo/Musical depicting the history of Mambo from past to present. With the opportunity of performing in "Latin Madness" gave Mario the ability to dance, work and share the stage with top professional groups like Descarga Latina, The Santo Rico Dance Company, Addie-Tude Dance Company, Abakua, Jai & Candi, The Mambo Mamas & The Papa and the Latin Jazz Ensemble. With stage experience and help from an acting coach, enabled Mario to appear in the movies "Empire" and "Kal-ho-naho". Mario also acted for the NY International Independent Film & Video Festival at Madison Square Garden.
In a short amount of time, Mario has come a long way to become a Professional Dancer, Choreographer, Instructor, and Actor. What's most amazing is that he achieved all of these goals with NO background in dance! It's true what they say, "Hard work does pay off!" Who would have thought that Mario would transition from a full time athlete to becoming a future Mambo Legend? The one regret Mario has had is not learning to dance at a younger age. That is why he is teaching and training his beautiful daughter, Diamond, to become a future Salsera!
Mario is very well respected and one of the most loved and adored dancers in the Mambo scene today!

JOSEPH ENNIN (Hong Kong):

Joseph Ennin, European Amateur Salsa Dance Champion of 1998, has traveled around the world spreading his passion for Salsa in the last 10 years. He has performed and DJ in various places including UK, India, Beijing, Shanghai, LA, New York, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, Japan, and HK.

Joseph has a great love for music and dance, whether he is teaching a salsa class, performing, enjoying himself on the dance floor, or spinning the best of salsa in the DJ booth you'll never see him without a smile on his face!

Joseph currently teaches and DJ in Hong Kong, he is also the organizer of the Annual Hong Kong Salsa Festival and various salsa events in HK.

Yanqing

Singapore

From France: Anton Berchenko
Anton Berchenko is an experienced and accomplished dancer from France. At a very young age he mastered ballet and continued to learn various dance forms such as tap, Argentin tango, samba, jazz, hip-hop, and of course Salsa. He has created his own dance company "A Doble" followed by "Cachimbo" and opened his own dance studio named "Studio Cachimbo" in Paris.
Anton teaches On1 & On2 but his special specialty is footwork or "shines" On2. He is currently residing in Manila teaching classes and spreading his passion for Salsa in the Philippines.

Natalie Tan From Singapore

From Korea: Nari-Shin
The Korean are amazing dancers. Yanqing first meet Nari in August 2004 in Thailand Salsa Cruise, seeing
Nari again in Hong Kong 2006 Salsa Festival confirm that their dancing was out of this world.

Graduated Woosunck Univ.
2001 the First & Second rank at Dance Spots Competition
2002 The 6th rank at World Aerobics Competition
2003 performed in LA Salsa Congress
2003 performed in Korea Salsa Congress
2003 performed in Japan Salsa Congress
2004 performed with Latin Orchestra Cobanna
2005 competed in the World Salsa Competition in Las Vegas

Manfred Goh

From Singapore

From Korea: Mijung
Mi Jung started dancing when she was in middle school. The first dance she learned (and performed) was flamenco.and . It is when doing flamenco that Mi Jung knew she loved dancing. after Argentin tango, samba, jazz, hip-hop, and of course Salsa.
When she discovered salsa she fell in love with it right away.
Mi Jung began teaching salsa korea and one of her favorite teaching projects evolves around a Korean internet community. She also loves conducting workshops and has taught as well as performed in Korea's major cities, Hong Kong, and Mainland China.

Mi jung has team soul sisters. Soul Sisters is a new hot sensational all-gals HK-based performance team formed by MiJung of Korea.

Wai Huang

From Singapore

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Bianca

From Singapore

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Grace

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