Havana Dance is the academy of choice if you want to learn authentic Cuban styles of dance including Salsa, Son, Rumba, Afro-Cuban, Rueda de Casino, Cha-cha-cha, Mambo, and other iconic styles. Havana Dance Academy All Souls Anglican Church Hall, 126 Norton Street Leichardt We have two massive floors for hire for special events and/or classes.
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We also have Brazilian, Latin and Burlesque entertainment, hens nights, wedding dances - they have been in entertainment in big scale for many years and can cater for your special occasion. Saturday: Brazilian Fitness: 11.00am Beginner ballet: 12pm Thursday: CAPOEIRA: 7.00 pm Samba Beginners at 7.30pm Wednesday: Salsa at 6.30pm ZUMBA at 7.30pm Monday: ZUMBA at 6.30pm SALSA at 7.30pm SAMBA at 8.30Pm They teach from beginners to advanced Salsa, Bachata, Tango and all Latin and Brazillian dances. Patricia and Rayson have years of experience in their fields at national and international level. it has always been there.Run by PATRICIA FALCIOLA professional, Australian winner salsa and latin dancer and by RAYSON SANTANA dancer of Warriors of Brazil who is master of Capoeira, Brazilian fitness and Zumba.
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Joanna is also the First Place Winner (together with James) of the Professional Couple Category at the Tropicana Street Latin Competition for 2012, with her Brazilian Dance Fusion Student Samba Team also holding the Second Place title for the semi pro solo in 2011. She performs and teaches regularly at high profile events around Adelaide some of which include the Fringe Festival, Womadelaide, Clipsal 500, Adelaide Salsa Ball, National Latin Congresses in Sydney, Brisbane and The Gold Coast. In addition to this she also has a Bachelor Degree in International Studies majoring in Development, a Diploma of Language majoring in Spanish and a Certificate 4 in Commercial Dance, majoring in Jazz and Contemporary.
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Joanna also has a Bachelor Degree in Visual Arts majoring in photography, which coupled with her artistic background has also enabled her to design all the elaborate Brazilian Carnival costumes for her dance teams over the years. Joanna is also an accredited Zumba Fitness Instructor and has worked for Australian Dance Theatre, WEA, Next Generation and Fitness First Gyms as well as operating many of her own fitness classes, helping to bring Latin Flavour to the fitness world.
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It was through performing in Gaspar’s Zouk Team that she met ballroom dancer James Deane and in 2011 ‘Brazilian Dance Fusion’ was formed, dedicated to teaching authentic Brazilian Dance Styles. She also trained in Zouk Lambada and Samba de Gafieira with Gaspar Ribeiro (from Rio de Janeiro) and joined his dance company initiative ‘The Adelaide Zouk Project’. In 2009-10 Joanna began training in Samba de Gafieira with dance partner Kadu Rodrigues (from Sao Paolo) with whom she founded the dance collective ‘Brazilian Dance Project’. She commenced teaching Salsa and Brazilian Samba in 2006 for Latino Dance Studio and began performing with the Danca Brazil Samba Team and Latino Grooves from 2007. Joanna began training in Latin American dance styles with Latin Fever in 2003 and then with La Bomba Dance Productions from 2004. Learning from many of the prominent Latin companies in Adelaide and involving herself in competitions and festivals both locally and interstate, Joanna has had the opportunity to learn from many of the best national and international instructors in the business. After soaking up the vibrant rhythms of the Latin Americas she adapted quickly to the popular styles of Salsa, Samba, Bachata and Lambada.
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Travelling extensively for two years throughout Europe, Asia, South and Central America, Joanna was inspired to shift her focus to Latin Dance. After emigrating to Australia, she began training as a gymnast and then later in Jazz Ballet with the Newmett Dance Company, with whom she performed for several years in dance theatre productions Peter Pan, Grease and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Originally from the UK Joanna Grech has been dancing from the age of 4, trained in Classical Ballet at the Royal Academy of Dancing in England.