… I simply cannot find the words to convey how excited I am about being a part of the BBS System!! I was in training most of the day … and have learned so much! 

Willie McIntosh is an absolutely fantastic instructor, not to mention a wonderful person, but he has made this training one of the best training sessions I think I have ever had. The material that we have covered is absolutely fantastic and I can already see how it is going to transform my students, classes, business, and me both personally and professionally. I already KNOW that this is by far one of the BEST INVESTMENTS that I could have ever made for my students and my dance company.

What an exciting and excellent Purple belt training program I’ve had so far with in Fresno! His energy, enthusiasm and genuine love of Salsa was totally amazing to be around! 

I came to Pete looking to sharpen my instruction skills and was looking to get new ideas to grow and round out my teaching capabilities – He’s done that and so much more! The way Pete has explained the BBS system to me has forever changed my style of teaching! His patience, expertise, versatility and unparalleled  sense of musicality has made learning the BBS an accessible and creative experience all around! He is not only a stellar dancer, but a master teacher who is very focused on helping his students construct and maintain a solid foundation from which to build a lifetime of incredible teaching skills for youth and adults alike!

Hi Edie,

It is really wonderful of you to touch base with me on the posture brace. I very much appreciate that a lot. I happily got the brace delivered last week, thank you so much. (it arrived before the holiday weekend of the Royal Wedding here in the UK) i did slip it on to see what it feels like and yes, it works, but i feel it will take a little getting used to, as i need to wear it for the extended period as per your advice. Just wanted to share something with you.

I stumbled upon your website a few years ago and saved the info, as i found it very useful. But recently, a few months back, a friend of mine noticed my poor posture and this triggered me to do something about it, so tried to look for your info, but i could not locate where i’d saved it. However, i recalled some details of your site, so Googled the words ‘Salsa’ Dance freak’ and ‘posture’ something like that and wow, i found you again and instantly recognized you as the highly accomplished and distinguished salsa teacher who advises on importance of correct posture and here we are. Thank you again for following up with me and your prompt, efficient service.

Your informational Youtube Video, website and podcast have been saved in my online data back up archive for easy future reference and saved in email favourites + bookmarks. All i can say is thank you Edie, you are wonderful caring and charismatic person full of zest for life, which you imbue to others. – a rare trait these days. I can just tell this from your communications and your website. Thank you so much.

Dear Edie,

I was surprised and absolutely delighted by your gift of two DVDs.

The first on stealing was actually on my to-buy list, and the Millennium moves Volume III… holy mama! It’s got FOUR of my absolutely favourite moves. Two of which I’d forgotten I knew how to do, and two which I am at this very moment trying to get! So it was the PERFECT choice!

Thanks also for signing it! I now have autographs from some of my favourite salsa heroes: you, Supermario, Johnny Vasquez. I just need Peter Fige’s and Ana Masacote’s and I will retire happily! 🙂

Best regards to you, and thank you very much for making my day!

She was giving me a compliment that I thought I would share…
Your videos (and the bootcamp that my wife and i took a couple of years ago at the Denver Turnverien) have really help me go from beginner (never danced before) to an intermediate (twice a week for a couple hours) salsaholic. All of rest of my time is spent reviewing my notes from previous lessons from many resources, including experimenting with the multi-styles that your dvd has presented! I simply love Salsa and have reconnected with my heritage and latin culture and love of music that i remember as a child and teen. I thank you, Edie, for facilitating that process!

Bought some of your DVDs in the past and they were amazing. We both enjoyed your DVDs especially your styling and cool moves! A pity that we lived in the UK otherwise we would love to have lessons with you guys!

“Hey Edie,
I heard about you from Peter Fige and I’m totally thrilled by the Musicality dvd you both put together. As a musician, I felt all the time that endlessly leading pattern after pattern just doesn’t fit to the music. What I was missing was some kind of systematic way to “stop and start” again without disturbing the woman.

Well, with the dvd I finally have a solid foundation. Yesterday I went social dancing for the first time after watching and what can I say

It works like a charm and the women love it! Thank you so much!

So, if one of your dvds is already amazing, I’m sure the other ones
can’t be bad either 🙂

I have to thank you and Peter for all that I’ve learned. 

I still can’t believe that this was on just one dvd…”

“Edie,… Edie,… Edie !

I love you.
I read the e-book.
You are a genius ! While the commun running of people, the majority of people feel something and can’t explain what they are feeling, and why, … and You, You have this wonderful talent to understand and breaking down the whole process we are going through , and get out all its components in order to educate, to coach anyone who crave to learn more (the alpha male triangle concept for attraction is just brillant)

I agree for saying the way we act on the dance floor is extensively the way we (should) act in normal life through the dating and courtship process.
I suspected something about the body language and you’re giving me the answers (stance and posture which women will judge the male dancers).
The man sees things, the woman feels things… for a guy it’s difficult to understand this but that’s the law of nature and we can’t do anything.
Plus, the illustrations translate precisely the writings into visual examples. I love them.

Let me tell you a personal story.
While living in Paris and going to dance parties taking place regularly in this dance school, I was always obcessed with a painting on the wall showing a fifties- dancing couple, both partners facing to each other in Closed Position.
The man wearing jeans and leather jacket looks like a character from « Happy Days – Footloose – Grease » the stance of the man radiates energy and confidence and it was like the girl is « his » girl, she belongs to him and she can’t do nothing but follows him.
And wherever I went dancing in Paris (indoors and outdoors) just to remind the painting and my way of dancing changed drastically (I saw that by the positive expression on the girls’s faces I danced with) !

When I met you years ago in LA (2001), what is in your e-book was what I wanted you to teach me, not fancy moves, not fancy turns to impress other ones, I had some vague intuition on parts of the what women want thing, unfortunately at that time it wasn’t clear in my mind, it was rather a blur in my mind so I couldn’t tell and couldn’t express exactly what I wanted to learn.
You gave me some elements and I did my own journey for years to grab some others elements here and there – including the painting story above, and today you, you are the only one from the salsa scene who took time to demonstrate and write clearly about what’s inside their minds, and I am reading it ! I am looking forward to watching the DVD.

But In my humble opinion, not the majority of male dancers are ready to receive such information even if you punch your fist in their faces.
I am not saying that they don’t disserve it, what I mean is before accepting these knowledges, first they must go through a natural process of learning the basics, then more and more sophisticated moves and perhaps only one day any environmental event or any personal event would trigger the feeling of wanting to do some researches and leading them to connecting salsa dancing a step closer to the dating and relationship area for having success with every girl on the dance floor.

Last Sunday evening I was at a salsa party and almost every guys were making their routines more or less simplified, as usual, and it’s very exceptional to see couples trying to musicality dancing.

Here’s what comes into my mind while reading your work Edie, I may have other thoughts later, for the moment I’ll give you a 9 out of 10, I am waiting for the DVD and we’ll see if you disserve a 10 !

Cheers.”

Edie, I just got the Men’s Styling DVD I ordered. I couldn’t get it into the DVD player fast enough. There are a lot of awesome moves in there. Some of them will take some practice but I’ve got some good partners and an amazing teacher that will help me work them out. It’ll take some practice, but one thing I’ve always said, my Salsa, like my life, is a work in progress. At least I’m having fun doing it. 🙂 And I always enjoy watching women like you dance. You look like you’re having fun when you out there on the floor. Thanks a lot. EricI just wanted to say that I LOVE your DVDs with Peter Figes. I’ve got your
Musicality video with him and the Figes Figures one too. He seems to be a
down to earth guy and a great dancer. I’m planning on using them with my
private instructor. I’m one of those dancer that needs to feel the move
physically before I “get” it.

I’m also working on getting on your World Class Leads list. I’m defiantly
getting there, but it’s still a work in progress. But I’ve been told that
I’ve got a really good lead and a lot of the really amazing ladies here in
L.A. keep saying yes to me when ask them to dance, so I figure I’ve got to
be doing SOMETHING right. 🙂

But yeah, I would love to see more of Peter on your videos

Dear Edie

I was surprised and absolutely delighted by your gift of two DVDs.

The first on stealing was actually on my to-buy list, and the Millennium moves Volume III… holy mama! It’s got FOUR of my absolutely favourite moves. Two of which I’d forgotten I knew how to do, and two which I am at this very moment trying to get! So it was the PERFECT choice!

Thanks also for signing it! I now have autographs from some of my favourite salsa heroes: you, Supermario, Johnny Vasquez. I just need Peter Fige’s and Ana Masacote’s and I will retire happily! 🙂

Best regards to you, and thank you very much for making my day!

Dear Edie,
This is Matthew of Florida. I want you to know I love the videos you sent me. I am slowly working into them and learning so much.
Thank you!– Matthew ZuckerThanks Ms Edie for the DVD’s, I watched one with “Al,” he is a natural comedian, has moves and then some.  At times, I forget it ‘s a dance lesson instead of a comedy show.  I also liked the German instructor with his fancy turns incorporated from a cross body lead, could not understand his German, but got the jest of the whole lesson just from watching, I really liked his combo’s.  Watched the instructor named Jazzy from Norway, his lesson on turning, pretty cool.  I really think I got a great deal, going to learn alot of your variations for the club so I’ll have some arrows in my quiver when dancing with the Pro’s like yourself… meaning not bore them with the basic’s , Thanks!

OK. I’ve now been through both of the DVDs that I bought and I can give my honest opinion. I like’em a lot. The DVDs are very good for multiple reasons but, in my mind, the primary reason is that their sparkling personality really comes through and somehow adds to the absorption of the material being shown.

And I gotta tell you that I’m prejudiced because, at the congress, it came to my attention that they are practicing Christians. And I respect that a lot. Being one of them myself I know that being a Christian doesn’t mean that you’re perfect. No, it means something else, but the purpose of this post isn’t to get too heavy into that subject……

Other than to say that’s It’s especially gratifying to me to see successful practicing Christians… who illustrate that we Christians can enjoy life and have fun without sacrificing our faith.

But back to the DVDs themselves….

These people are really funny. I almost think they could have their own TV series. And that’s on top of a LOT of excellent material, very well broken down and captured on the DVDs. The filming is excellent, they are easy to actually see, they give you multiple angles of view, they do each pattern several times, Edie make comments on the steps when appropriate, they interact even with the cameraman, and each pattern has a name and on-screen title. They’ve obviously got a lot of experience on the ‘production’ side of this.

So if you didn’t get any of their instructional material while they were here I would recommend that you do so. I plan on getting some more too.

Hi Edie you lovely people…

Thank you very much for making Wednesday night, Thursday night, Saturday night and Monday night so very special for everybody in the UK, that attended as I did. As I said when we met, you are highly thought of throughout Europe and you are both legends especially in the UK.

I personally am very proud to know you and to call you my friends. Your attitudes to life are outstanding you are so humble, and because of it, and your fantastic skills and dedication we all believe you are so special. You will remember Keith ‘with the cows’, my friends from Taunton, as we are both disciples of yours we frequently talk about you with great admiration and reverence, so once again thank you very much. .
Kind regards

Hey Guys,
This is Jaime from down under, I just want to express my gratitude in everything you guys did whilst in Australia. LA should be very honored to have you two as their representatives to the world.

I must say the interest in Millennium style is sky rocketing here in Sydney. I have really put into practice all that I learnt from you guys about millennium style and it has made a huge difference in my Dancing. People her have noticed the change in a major way and they love what I am doing. All our students are so excited about us going to transform all our on1 classes to millennium style.

On2 is very quiet in Sydney, we will start teaching on2 very soon to boost the numbers up of dancers learning on2 as we feel it is important for the development of our Salsa scene here in Sydney. Although there may be a few schools who may not agree, I intend to really push millennium style for the on2 as well. It is a big gamble but the concepts you guys have come up with do make a big difference in our dancing and I have experienced that first hand. I will do my part to spread the style here in Oz.

Well it is good bye for now but I am performing in Zurich in February so I will see you guys there.

Speak to you soon.

Dear Edie, I’ve been taking Salsa lessons for a year now and am getting better slowly but surely. Following is becoming easier all the time. Also, with your spin video, I’m going to eventually be the best spinner in the school. We dance on two (that’s supposed to be the New York City “thing”), but all your advice, as I’m sure you know, still works. The next lesson I’m going to take from you is about styling, so far, I’m dancing pretty much stick style!! Anyway, I have a question for you, if you don’t think I’m imposing by asking. In your video, you explain how to punch and get power for your spins. I saw you do multiple “Touch and Go” spins with both your arms over your head and you still got around really fast and straight up and down. How do you do that? If you have it explained in another video, I’ll buy it, but those are very hard for me to do. You and your partner are an inspiration. I need to be inspired, I’m 50 years old and I think I could still be good with PRACTICE!! Thanks for letting me write to you.

Sincerely

Dear Edie, I want you to know that I am teaching some of the combinations from your Salsa Intermediate 2 dance video. You make it easy for me to break down the moves so that I can demonstrate and teach them to my students. In rural Idaho, people tend to make up their own dance steps which do not resemble the original dance in any shape or form. I am originally from San Diego and now have little access to new dance moves. Thanks to you I have enough new material to teach students for awhile. I will be contacting you in the future for more great Salsa steps and moves. Sincerely, 

Dear Edie, I want you to know that I am teaching some of the combinations from your Salsa Intermediate 2 dance video. You make it easy for me to break down the moves so that I can demonstrate and teach them to my students. In rural [city], people tend to make up their own dance steps which do not resemble the original dance in any shape or form. I am originally from San Diego and now have little access to new dance moves. Thanks to you I have enough new material to teach students for awhile. I will be contacting you in the future for more great Salsa steps and moves. Sincerely

Edie… Your spins & turns video changed my life, seriously!!!!!! I was having such trouble trying to do my dance instructor’s way, which is a good way, but I was already naturally going towards what you very carefully explained in your video anyways, & I realized that yes, the punching thing was such a natural thing to do. Practicing both directions equally, well, I don’t have to tell YOU these things. I could go on & on. The paper, I have yet gotten to that, but the other stuff prior to that is so much fun, this video is a smorgasbord of wonderful, wonderful top notch, nailed it right on the head advice!!!!!!!!!! Next, I’m gonna order the styling video, is that where you talk about the egg, combing the hair, tracing your fingers over your eyes, head rolls, etc.? Sorry, I go on & on. Can’t seem to stop (but I will) Oh wait, ONE MORE THING!!!!!! How are you doing? I sincerely hope you are feeling better & are taking good care of yourself.

It was a good thing of you that you started of with some easy but cool moves and then continued with more and more advanced moves. In my hometown everybody dance Cuban-style (I take lessons in a neighboring town) and many have never tried dancing nor seen any other style. Therefore I often stick with a few very basic combinations that is easy for the girls to follow and then It is good to have some cool “tricks” to put in between the combinations. I met a wonderful girl last weekend and we decided to go out together to a Salsa-club next Saturday. Your video could not have arrived with better timing!

Tanks for everything!! Best wishes

Hello Edie, hope you are doing great. I did receive your intermediate and hip hop fusion videos and had to say you guys are awesome. Me and my wife are enjoying learning together. We have a ways to go but with practice and you and Your partner’s assistance we’ll be tearing up the Salsa floors! Wish we could meet you guys if ever your on the East coast let us know.

Thanks for this follow up, yes I did get a response. It’s obvious by this email that you know how to keep your customers (students) happy; I commend you. I mailed in my order this past week and can’t wait to get the videos.
Ed “Snake” Santos and Lilly Santos

Thanks again and GOD Bless…

Hi Edie
Perhaps you remember me. My name is Eric (not the one from Boulder, but his friend) and we met at the Swiss Salsa Congress. I had the honour to hear your story (and Albert’s), how you came to Salsa. I would have enjoyed a lot dancing with you too, but unfortunately we did not meet Saturday evening. I feel sorry that it was hard for you to find Swiss Salseros to dance with during your stay. I really don’t understand that a lot of them refused to dance with you. I always appreciate if I have the opportunity to dance with a highly trained female dance partner (like you). Who knows, perhaps we meet next year on the dancefloor.

And by the way. I have a Salsa dance school in Bern, the capital of Switzerland. You can visit us on www.Salsanama.ch . Please tell me, when you are coming back to Europe. I would appreciate a lot to organize a Workshop with you in Bern. As far as I can see in your videos, you are truly one of the best teachers I have ever seen in my entire Salsa-life (more than 15 years).

At the congress I also bought some videos from you and I’m very satisfied with them.

Dear Edie, I want you to know that I am teaching some of the combinations from your Salsa Intermediate 2 dance video. You make it easy for me to break down the moves so that I can demonstrate and teach them to my students. In rural Idaho, people tend to make up their own dance steps which do not resemble the original dance in any shape or form. I am originally from San Diego and now have little access to new dance moves. Thanks to you I have enough new material to teach students for awhile. I will be contacting you in the future for more great Salsa steps and moves. Sincerely, 

Dear Edie, I have been continuing to watch you and I can’t tell you how much am enjoying them — everything about them. I know they will help me become a good salsero. With your skill and professionalism you should make more tapes-rumba, cha cha, bolero, meringue, samba and jive in the Latin Rhythm area and then branch out to west coast swing, hustle, east coast swing and then you might even try Argentine Tango. I’ll bet you would be great Tangeros. Best of luck to you and I do hope we get to meet in the near future. Love, Frank

Edie, I received my Beginner’s video and the Intermediate video. They are both excellent!!! I heard good things about the videos before I bought them; however, they are even better than I expected. I have recommended them to my friends.

Thank-you for creating a very valuable product and helping me improve my dancing abilities.

Dear Edie,

Thank you so much for your rush delivery of your wonderful videos. I was going to go out dancing but stayed home totally transfixed by the beginners tape and learned more by watching this one tape than a dozen others. (Of course, now I have to practice to become an outstanding salsero, verdad?).

Then, I opened and watched Eric Freeman’s Cool Moves and found a lot to study. Of course, the teaching is not nearly as explicit and it will require much more patience and practice to master his cool moves.

I can tell by your instruction that you know a lot more than just Salsa and are a well trained dancer and teacher. This is what I am striving for — albeit half a century late (LOL). Somehow I know we’ll meet sooner or later. Thanks and love

Hi Edie,
I’ve got to say from when I first bought your performance video in 1998 it was an inspiration because A:technically you were doing moves that no one else could do and still can’t do and B: You and your partners danced with a passion and energy that I rarely see in England. Having met you personally I was surprised firstly how good a teacher you was and secondly how down to earth you was, considering you are the cream of the dance we call Salsa. You don’t seem to have the ego that most of us have when we get to the top. You are a very good example to many dancers and teachers. You have my respect and admiration.

Dear Edie,

I can see you are very busy doing what you like the most!  I heard you came to Atlanta last year….I hope you will come soon I have watch your dvds and now everybody can see the difference in my dancing…I was a shine women and now I fell as a princess when I dance…..and these has reflect in my life….my posture and the way i see myself…You are the best instructor i have had…and I can tell this without have the opportunity to take a class with you in person…..but your dvds have changed the way I dance and my expectations with Salsa instructors.

have experienced feet pain because I dance too many hours every week….I want to try your Spenco products to see the difference!!!!

BEST REGARDS,

Dear Edie,

I am an avid purchaser of your DVD’s. I am also an instructor and an intermediate level dancer. I have almost all your DVD’s. I found that the Memo DVD’s are better by far compared to all the other instructional DVD’s in your collection.
Memo takes a concept and builds on it through out his DVD. This I find wonderful to learn for myself, and, also to be able teach my students. I have since bought all 5 of the Memo DVD’s, and cannot wait for more DVD’s by you and Memo.
I look forward to seeing you at the Instructor Certification Bootcamp in Ottawa, Canada in September.

Since I have seen almost all of your DVD’s it is my dream to be able to dance with you. Hopefully I can do that in September in the Instructor Bootcamp.

Yours Sincerely,

Hi Edie,
ABSOLUTELY LOVED your DVD. Hopefully my comments below will help 🙂
Keep up the great work!

My review of your Musicality DVD

Simply a must have. One of the best DVDs that I have ever seen both in idea and execution. Musicality allows the creativity of the human spirit to shine!

Imagine an art class where the students are to paint a picture of a vase sitting in the room. Although it is the same vase for each student, each painting can be different depending on the mood, angle, experience and personality of the artist. That expression of self creates the art as does musicality transform movement into dancing.

Like the art students having the same vase to work with, most Salsa dancers know similar moves with similar music being played at most clubs. Thus by applying musicality, you can convert your dancing from a homogenous regurgitation of the vase like everyone else’s into a living and breathing piece of timeless dynamic art!

The Musicality DVD first makes you aware of the difference musicality plays in your dancing, then gives ideas for you to incorporate it into your own with brilliant examples of musicality in dancing to various music. The DVD develops your musicality skills and awareness so that you can take your tools, i.e your music and moves, and breathe more life into them as you are now a PART of the art! Throughout time, we have revered those incredible individuals that make art. This is the intention of the DVD: TO make your dancing become art!

From a practical perspective, Edie and Peter detail different types of Salsa music telling you to dance to the music then giving examples. I love that they first teach the principle then give ideas of how to interpret that principle giving both something to begin with plus grow from.

Thank you Edie and Peter!!!

Hi Edie,

I wanted you to know that I absolutely love these videos. I think what you have done with this best leads series is so far ahead of anything out there. I have 4 so far (with Ronald and now Peter). The moves are fantastic and volume of information is great, but my favorite elements are the points where you identify what makes the lead so effective. I have been dancing a while and I am surprised by how much I have learned.

I am genuinely impressed with what you have accomplished. You should also know that I have a pretty large library of Salsa DVDs (must continue elevating my dancing J ) so I have a lot to compare them with.

Thank you both for your assistance.

Dear Edie,

I would like to thank you for the two dances that we had at the Blackpool congress on Sunday night. I have to say that it was a real treat to dance with someone or your abilities both as a dancer and person. You showed great class through the manner in which you dance with all levels of dancer and I know as one of those lucky fellows it was much appreciated.

I would like to especially thank you for the second dance you had with me, as I was amazed that you would take time out and help work on my technique.

I really appreciated it, as do the ladies that I dance with on a regular basis. They have commented that my lead has improved and this is due to your advice. As for the bouncing up and down, I will have to work on that. Mind you, I do tend to bounce when I am happy!

This salsa dancing has helped chance how I look at life and has giving me a new beginning. I have come across some beautiful people in the last few months and not least you. Your attitude and outlook on dancing and life has not only confirmed to me that dancing was the right road for me to take, but it has also confirmed my faith in the beauty of people and life itself.

Thanks again Edie and I think I speak for my fellow dance students, both ladies and gents from the Danzon School in Dublin, Ireland.

Yours in Dance,

Dear Edie,

Your World’s Best Leads DVDs are amazing, especially those with Jazzy and Joe Figueroa. Ever since I saw you first in the Salsa Congress in Bangalore, something’s happened to my Salsa dancing. (And every time you danced with me you made me look good—so good, in fact, I received couple of complements.) The workshops I took in the congress, followed by the recent bootcamp in Bangalore, are giving me a great positive outlook on Salsa. I love the fact that, both in the bootcamp and in the videos, you covered many practical aspects of dancing. The important points/tips you give in your interviews in the videos are the most useful instructions I have ever received. Showing turn patterns is not that difficult and not enough! But going beyond by stressing not much emphasized (but all very important) points like posture, attitude, integrity, etc….

You are amazing; hats off to you and your team, Edie. Please accept my heartfelt congratulations to you on your success in this project.

I look forward to many more quality and useful DVDs from you. Lost in admiration, as always,

Hello Edie,

I have just going through your latest DVD’s. Your enthusiasm and insight into Salsa has really been an inspiration for me. You seem to have a sixth sense as to the future of Salsa as a teacher and as a businesswoman. Other teachers come and go, or have their 15 minutes of greatness, but you are still there and still growing and surviving in a very tough market place…especially for a woman.  In the past two years you have taken me via DVD’s from basics with Al, to basics in Miami, to Salsa combination in Miami and now to Salsa around the world. Now I see you are showing Salsa on 1 and 2 with Ron Weberink. The Salsa world in the US needs that now—I am seeing so much of the Salsa on 2 influence even in Pittsburgh with people from New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC and Boston that visit Pittsburgh. You are something else, Edie. A special woman with a special dream to teach Salsa ……that can only happen when you love something with your heart, because then you can teach it from your heart and not just from your head…

Thanks for teaching us all how to love Salsa…and best of luck my friend and teacher.