Dance Resume

Edie, The Salsa FREAK!!
Dancer, Instructor, MC, DJ, Performer, and Coach

      • 3rd Degree Master Black Belt Salsa Sensei
      • Team Salsaweb Dance Company, Europe
      • Salomon Rivera Dance Company, Orange, CA
      • Salsa Brava Dance Company, Los Angeles, CA

USA Phone:  (303) 888-5355    Worldwide Skype ID:  edie_salsafreak

Height: 5’3″    Weight: 122

Eyes:  Dark Brown       Hair: Long / Short;  Depends on the Gig

Specialty: Salsa, Mambo, Latin Dances, Choreography
Services:
Television and Film Choreography, Group Classes, Workshops, Bootcamps,
Private Lessons, Corporate Performances, Private Parties

Edie has Performed and Taught Workshops
in Over Sixty (60) Countries and and hundreds of Cities Throughout the World

Black Belt Dance Founder, Edie, The Salsa FREAK
… voted in TOP TEN Salsa / Mambo dancers in the WORLD!!

 

        • Salsa Bootcamp / Instructor Training – Aruba Island
        • Salsa Bootcamp / Instructor Training – Maui, Hawaii
        • Master’s Class – Singapore
        • Salsa Bootcamp – South Africa
        • Salsa Congress – Anchorage, Alaska
        • Salsa Bootcamp – Bonaire Island
        • Salsa Bootcamp / Instructor Training – Ottawa, Canada
        • Salsa Congress – Bangalore, India
        • Salsa Congress – Latvia
        • Salsa Congress – Slovenia
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania
        • Salsa Workshops:  Island of Cyprus
        • Salsa Congress:  Burgos, Spain
        • Salsa Congress:  New Zealand
        • Workshops:  UAE
        • Workshops:  Dubai
        • Workshops:  Vienna, Austria
        • Hamburg Congress, Hamburg, Germany
        • Workshop:  Sligo and Westport, Ireland
        • Paradise Club Hotel, Eilat, Tel Aviv & Jerusalem, Israel
        • Regensburg Salsa Congress, Regensburg, Germany
        • World Salsa Festival, Rome, Italy
        • Milan Salsa Congress, Milan, Italy
        • Israeli Salsa Congress, Israel
        • Salsa Workshop – Wales, Great Britain
        • Congress, Workshops and Bootcamp, Zurich, Brug, Switzerland
        • Various venues – Dublin, Ireland
        • Innsbruck Salsa Congress – Innsbruck, Austria
        • Australia Salsa Congress and Bootcamp – Sydney, Cairnes, Australia
        • Vancouver Salsa Congress – Vancouver, Canada
        • Toronto Salsa Congress – Toronto, Canada
        • Korea Salsa Congress, Seoul, Korea
        • Congress:  Turkey
        • Japan Salsa Congress – Tokyo, Japan
        • Various venues in Brean Sands, Pontins, Burmingham, Manchester, Bogner Regis, Blackpool, and London, England
        • Off-Broadway Musical, “Latin Madness” New York, 2002
        • Various locations – Bermuda
        • Hawaii Salsa Congress – Honolulu, Hawaii
        • Puerto Rico Salsa Congress – San Juan, Puerto Rico
        • Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines – The Islands of The Caribbean
        • Berlin Salsa Congress – Berlin, Germany
        • Congress:  Philippines
        • Tarragona Salsa Festival – Barcelona Spain
        • World Salsa Congress, Tokyo, Japan
        • Hard Rock Cafe – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
        • ‘The Place’ – Studio 10, 17 Dukes Road, Euston, England
        • Stads Hotel, “Caliente” Salsa Club in Vasteras, Sweden
        • Center for Afrikansk Kulturformidling, Oslo, Norway
        • SAS Radison Hotel, Margrethepladsen 1, Århus, Denmark
        • Various Hotels and Niteclubs, Amman, Jordan
        • Momos Nightclub, Copenhagen, Denmark
        • Columbus: Copenhagen, Denmark
        • Sabor Latino, Copenhagen, Denmark
        • Club, El Latino, Gent, Belgium
        • Club Le Siècle, Brussels, Belgium
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Calgary, Canada
        • Curacao Salsa Congress, Curacao
        • Akalla Träff, Stockholm, Sweden
        • Club Asi, City of Haarlem, Holland
        • Salsa Festival – Albequerque, New Mexico
        • Carisma de la Salsa / Academia de Salsa, Amsterdam, Holland
        • Zico’s in the city of ARNHEM, Holland
        • Amanné, in Nymegen, Holland
        • Paris Salsa Congress, France
        • Club Samba, Florence, Italy
        • World Salsa Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico
        • Carnival Cruise Lines – The Mexican Riviera
        • Saarbrucken Pyrmide Kultural Center, Incognito Discothek,Hamburg, Saarbrucken, Germany
        • Workshops, Congress, and Bootcamps in Munich, Germany
        • Alasitas Bar Latino, Stuttgart, Germany
        • Los Mexicanos Paris France
        • Wild Palms & Bistro Latino New York
        • SBS National Television – Seoul, Korea
        • Hotel Harrahs Mansion – Malibu California
        • Windsor Hotel – Los Angeles, California
        • Page Museum – Los Angeles, California
        • Santa Monica Pier Salsa Stage Performance- Los Angeles, California
        • Macey’s Department Store- Newport Beach, California
        • Texan Multi-Millionaire Event- Orange County, California
        • Arthritis Foundation Benefit – Torrance, Aman, Jordan
        • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
        • Workshops:  Washington DC
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Atlanta, Georgia
        • Workshop:  Augusta, Georgia
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Chicago, Illinois
        • Salsa Congress: Alaska
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Orlando, Florida
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Miami, Florida
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Denver, Colorado
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Manhattan, New York
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Portland, Oregon
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Boston, Massachusettes
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Kansas City, Missouri
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  Atlanta, Georgia
        • Salsa Bootcamp:  All Over Florida, Tampa, Orlando, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers
        • Workshops:  Seattle, Washington
        • Workshops: New Jersey
        • Toronto, Canada
        • Salsa Workshop – Stanford – California
        • Salsa Workshop – Cambridge – England
        • West Side Story Salsa – Swing Festival, Anaheim, California
        • Disneyland- Los Angeles, California
        • Salsa Workshop – Harvard University – Cambridge, Mass
        • Salsa Workshop – Oxford – England
        • Salsa Workshop – Berkley, California
        • Salsa Workshop – UCLA – California
        • Salsa Workshop – Harvard University – Cambridge, Mass
        • Brio’s Bistro – Dana Point, California
        • The Riviera – Las Vegas, Nevada
        • The Colorado Belle – Laughlin, Nevada
T.V./Cable

  • Miami Vice – Feature Film – Dance Choreographer
  • Samsung Commercial
  • Mexicanisimo
  • Fox Films Digital Camera Video
  • Telemundo
  • Univision
  • Coke Commercial
  • Payless Shoe Commercial
  • “Oye Listen” Magazine
  • Various HBO, Galavision Salsa Specials
  • SBS National Television – Seoul, Korea
Competitions

  • 1st Place – Mayan – Los Angeles, CA
  • 1st Place – IHSC International Professional Salsa Champion – Miami, FL
  • 1st Place – Fantasia  – Los Angeles, CA
  • 1st Place – Rudolphos  – Los Angeles, CA
  • 1st Place – La Mirage  – Los Angeles, CA
  • 1st Place – El Paraiso – Los Angeles, CA
  • 1st Place – El Planeta  – Los Angeles, CA
Edie’s Coaches… 

  • Hector Berrios – RMM Dancer, Dance Dimensions Dancer / Choreographer, Descarga Latina Dance Company
  • Donald Johnson and Katarzyna Kozak – 1999 Blackpool International Latin Champions
  • Ron Montez – World & British Finalist. Seven Times United States Latin American Champion
  • Kevin Cruz – Theatrical Lifts and Tricks
  • Henry Herrera – Cuba
  • Mary Ann Nunez – Champion, and Hall of Fame Member West Coast Swing, LA
  • Sandor – Tango Champion
  • Enio Cordoba and Terryl Jones – Ballroom Champions
  • Susanna Montero – United Kingdom
  • Super Mario – United Kingdom
  • James and Milton Cobo – North Carolina
  • Duplessy Walker – New York
  • Stracy Diaz – New York
  • Bernard Martinez – Theatre Arts, NY and Los Angeles
  • Joby and Luis Vazquez – Los Angeles Jazz / Salsa Instructors
  • Josie Neglia  – Latin Ballroom Coach
  • Salomon Rivera – Latin Ballroom Coach
  • Joe Cassini– Jazz, Ballet, and Mambo Instructor
  • Laura Cannelius – Los Angeles Salsa Instructor
  • Janette Valenzuela– Los Angeles Jazz / Salsa Instructor
  • Eddie Torres – Mambo Instructor, NY
  • Ava Apple & Luis Rosa – San Francisco
  • Seaon Bristol – Mambo Instructor, NY
  • Angel and Addie Rodriguez – Mambo Instructor, NY
  • Nelson Flores – Mambo Instructor, NY
Where Edie has Taught…

  • South Africa
  • Aruba
  • Bonaire
  • Latvia
  • Slovenia
  • Romania
  • Cyprus Island
  • Israel
  • Bermuda
  • Austria
  • Aruba
  • Bonaire
  • Jordan
  • UAE
  • Dubai
  • New Zealand
  • Switzerland
  • Jordan
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Australia
  • Holland
  • Wales
  • India
  • Philippines
  • England
  • Turkey
  • Canada
  • Japan
  • France
  • Germany
  • England
  • Ireland
  • Spain
  • Mexico
  • Italy
  • Curaçao Island
  • Puerto Rico
  • Haiti
  • Sweden
  • China
  • St. Thomas
  • Denmark
  • Belgium
  • Norway
  • Korea
  • Puerto Rico
  • Hawaii
  • Florida
  • Nevada
  • Ohio
  • California
  • Texas
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Colorado
  • Georgia
  • Washington DC
  • Colorado
  • Arizona
  • New York
  • Nevada
  • Oregon
  • Seattle
  • San Francisco
  • San Diego
  • Florida
  • Alaska
  • Georgia
  • Kansas City
  • Boston
  • Maryland
  • Virginia
  • Ohio
  • Utah
  • Pennsylvania
  • Illinois
  • Washington