Instructors

Yanek Revilla, Cuba

yanek_01 Yanek Revilla was born in Santiago de Cuba where he started his dancing career in the dance company Luces de América in 1998. He also worked as a salsa instructor in the Casa de la Cultura in Santiago de Cuba. In 2002 Revilla started to work as a director, dancer and choreographer in the dance company Casino.Com. The group won many prizes in Cuba and Revilla was invited to dance and teach in Europe. In 2004 Revilla won the world championship of salsa in Italy and the salsa championship of "Bailar Casino" - a Cuban television programme - in the categories of best Cuban casino dancer and best Rueda de casino. The same popular tv programme nominated Revilla's dance group as the best Rueda de Casino performance of Cuba again the following year. After that Revilla has teached and performed in European salsa festivals but lives still in Cuba.

Tampere International Salsa Festival brings the official casino champion of Cuba, Yanek Revilla, for the first time to Finland to teach advance level Casino, TimbaTon, TrioSalsa and Masters' Casino lessons.

Yanek in the programme "Bailar Casino" in Cuba, Havana: Video 1
In a Rueda competition in "Bailar Casino": Video 2
Yanek teaching in a club: Video 3
Yanek teaching in Hamburg: Video 4


Jorge "Camaguey" Izalguez and Yamira Sanchez, Cuba

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Jorge Izalguez was born in Camagüey, Cuba, where he founded the dance school Ballet Folklorico de Camagüey. Presently living and working in Barcelona, Spain, he is known in Europe's salsa circles as Jorge Camaguey. Camaguey is a greatly admired and respected international Cuban Salsa dancer and teacher. Since leaving Cuba, he has shared his passion for Cuban dance and culture across the world, performing and teaching in Germany, France, England, Spain and Russia to name but a few. His unique fusions of Salsa, Timba and Hip Hop, Son with Guaguancó and Casino with Mambo-cha, make his choreographies truly mesmerizing and special. Camaguey's partner, also Cuban Yamira Sanchez, is experienced professional dancer and performer.

Tampere International Salsa Festival brings the masters of Cuban fusion dancing, Jorge Camaguey and Yamira Sanchez, for the first time to Finland to teach Cuban Body Expression, Cabaret, Despelote, Street Salsa, Afro-Son, CubaTon, and Masters' Casino lessons.

yamira_newJorge and Yamira in a show in Munich: Video 1
Show with Misledys: Video 2
 Teaching in Kiev: Video 3















Israel Gutierrez, Cuba

israel_02 At the age of 12 Israel Guitierrez decided to become a dancer and started takign lessons at the Casa de Cultura in Havana. Five years later at the age of 17 he started the professional apprenticeship of becoming a dancer at the Academia de Danza in the famous Tropicana in Havana. Performances in numerous theatres and stages in Cuba accompanied him with his dancing career. In 1998 he was discovered by Nicole Dürr of the Havana Night Show and after two years of training for his solo role the Musical Havana Night was underway in Germany. In 1999 he received the award for Best Male Dancer for the successful Cuban dance show. Since 2000 Gutierrez has not only been teaching the technique of various dance styles but also actively passed on the Cuban feeling for rhythm to his dance pupils. His energetic choreographies and high knowledge of as well as salsa, classical ballet, modern dance as afro cuban rhythms inspire his students where ever he teaches. Today he can be also seen on stage either as a solo dancer or with his group Son Tropical.

Tampere International Salsa Festival brings Israel Gutierrez to teach Reggaeton, Columbia, Salsa Body Work ja Casino Coreography solo lessons.

Israel's show in Ljubljana: Video 1
Israel in Munich: Video 2
Israel dancing AfroCuban: Video 3

Lautaro Ariño, Sweden & Candice Leong, Great Britain  

latin_art_online_studio_12 Lautaro Ariño and Candice Leong are both established and well-acknowledged dancers and dance teachers, who have been teaching and performing at salsa congresses and events for more than ten years. The strongest feature of Lautaro's and Candice's teaching is their diversity. Both Lautaro and Candice dance and teach all styles of salsa, and have a great pedagogic method that they have developed over the years to teach each different style. They are based in Zurich Switzerland where they run their own dance school, Bailattelo.

In Tampere Salsa Festival Lautaro Ariño and Candice Leong teach advanced level LA-salsa solo classes, leading and following in LA style for couples, NY style - salsa on2, Timing and LA tricks and Dips lessons.

Lautaro & Candice in dance shows: Video 1 , Video 2

Michal Sejkora and Eva Marsalek, Czech Republic

michaleva_2Michal Sejkora has won several salsa competitions in different parts of Europe, for example the Prague Latin Award in 2005 and Hungarian Open Salsa Championship in 2002. These LA-style master formed his own salsa dance group "S.E.C.S. Salsa Team"
in 2002 and it has become one of the most famous dance groups of Chech Republic. Since 2003 Michal has been teaching salsa inhis own dance school in Prague. Michal's passion is the salsa in line or Los Angeles style salsa. He specializes also in acrobatic movements in salsa.

In Tampere International Salsa festival Michal Sejkora and Eva Marsalek teach LA style Turns, LA Hot Movements, LA Acrobatics and Footwork lessons.

Michal teaching in Riga: Video 1
Presentation in Riga: Video 2
 
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