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“ Cuban technique with a
world of flavor ! ”
At Saskatoon Salsa, we offer affordable dance lessons for adults &
children. We are dedicated to providing our students with an energetic and
inclusive atmosphere as we believe that learning to dance should be fun –
not stressful!
The style we teach is primarily Cuban
Salsa, but we offer a variety of classes such as Zumba® Fitness and
Bachata!
Our hope is that our students will be
inspired by the music they hear, the moves they learn and that our passion
for dance is infectious!
Instructor
Bios
Kim
| Viki
| Alicia
| Kahmaria
| Mariana
| Fifi
 Kim Parent, BA, CFL
Kim fell in love with Latin dance in 2001 when
she joined Alma Latina, a performance group in Saskatoon, SK. From
there, she went on to obtain Salsa experience in Taiwan, Australia, New
York, Edmonton, and Cuba.
Kimberly has been
instructing Salsa for over 9 years. She also has dance experience in
Samba, Merengue, Cha Cha Cha, African, Dancehall, and various Polynesian
dances.
Kim is the lead choreographer for La Carisma, a dance performance
group based out of Saskatoon Salsa. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Saskatchewan and is a certified Fitness Leader through SPRA.
Viki
Yannacoulias
Salsa Instructor
Viki started ballroom dancing in 2002. Eventually she fell in love with
several other types of dances including salsa. She helps instruct with
Saskatoon Salsa and hopes to pass on a passion for dancing to other
students.
Viki has extensive training in Ballroom Dance and has taken salsa
workshops from Orlando Martinez (Cuba), Damara Lopez & Maxwell Aguilar
(Edmonton), Victor & Gabby (Mexico), John & Liz (US), and Erick & Kelly
Katy (Calgary). Vicky also has dance experience in Bachata, Cumbia, Cha
Cha Cha, Merengue, Rumba, Tango, Samba, and Mambo.
Alicia
Seidle
Salsa & Zumba® Instructor
http://129895.zumba.com/
When Alicia
joined a new friend for an introductory salsa lesson at a local nightclub
in January 2004, she became truly obsessed. Since then, Alicia has been
dancing as much as possible, frequenting local nightclubs and events, and
learning from anyone and everyone willing to teach her!
Alicia has trained with local and international salsa instructors,
including Tito and Tamara (Puerto Rico), Jason Molina (Puerto Rico),
Victor and Gaby (Mexico), Jon and Liz (Los Angeles), Ahmed and Alejandra
Hodelin (Calgary), Marcos Ravelo (Calgary), Kelly and Eric Caty (Calgary),
Samantha Likely (Calgary), Maxwell and Damara (Edmonton), Arnold and
Leonardo Bolaños (Edmonton), Daiana Moy Sanchez (Edmonton), Jennifer
Izquierdo (Edmonton), and Usukuma Ekuere (Edmonton).
Alicia’s education has also included hip hop, ballet, international latin
and standard, west coast swing, and more. Alicia became a teacher
assistant in 2005 with The Studio School of Dance and the University of
Calgary Student Dance Club, and discovered her love of teaching. She was
invited to teach for the U of C Student Dance Club in the fall of 2005,
and proceeded to contribute countless volunteer hours promoting,
organizing parties, teaching, and developing the current syllabus. Most
recently, Alicia became a certified Zumba® instructor in March
2011, and invites everyone to join the party!!
Kahmaria
Pingue
Afro-Cuban Movement Instructor
Kahmaria trained with Thelma Gibbson(BC) in Caribbean dance, and Eyen-Isong
Afrcan Dance studio(BC) and toured with them for two years. She has
choreography experience with dance group Malaika Saba(SK) and presently
coaches a student dance troupe at an elementary school(SK).
Kahmaria was
an instructor at the YWCA for a year (2004-05) and holds a
Fitness
Leadership Certificate (2005).
 Mariana
Lessa
Chica Bonita instructor
Mariana has been performing dance for over 15 years. She has been in love
with dance pretty much as long as she has been able to walk.
Mariana was born in Brasil and moved to Canada with her family in 1990.
During her time in Brasil she was trained in several brasilian styles of
dance, and later learned various other latin styles after coming to
Canada. She now has dance experience in Samba, Merengue, Cumbia, Frevo,
African, Dancehall, Hip Hop,and various Other styles of dance.
Mariana is the lead choreographer of Ritmo Latino, a latin dance
performance group in Saskatoon and has recently started training a new
generation of the group called the Ritmo Latino kids .
 Fiseko
‘Fifi’ Musonda
Zumba®
Instructor
http://131931.zumba.com/
Raised in Zambia, Botswana and South Africa, Fifi has danced almost as
long as she’s walked. Her dance background includes Latin, Jazz and
Hip-Hop. More notably from 2002 to 2004 she was one of the first
professional cheerleaders for ‘The Blue Bulls’ a provincial South African
rugby team.
She’s been in love with Zumba® ever since her introduction to
it in 2007 and for her Zumba® expresses exactly what an active
lifestyle is all about. Finding something you love and losing yourself in
it.
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