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Below are details of my classes and forthcoming workshops. For more information, and to reserve your place, please contact me. Please note, places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
Classes
Mondays Nights: Fitness First, Longwell Green
Beginners Salsa Class 8pm to 9pm
Improver Salsa Class 9pm to 10pm
Wednesday Nights: Emersons Green Village Hall with Salseros
2 Classes Beginners and Bridging 8pm to 9pm
Improvers Salsa 9pm to 10pm
Classes £5 for one or £7 for two on same evening.
Click here to download our latest workshop flyer
 Fritha Fallon
Dancer / Choreographer / Teacher
BA(Hons) Dance in Society, Specialist Diploma Teaching Studies: Dance, Professional Diploma Labanotation and Laban Movement Analysis
Workshop Date: Saturday 14th February 2009
Time: 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Location: Fitness First Leisure Park, Longwell Green, Bristol, BS15 9LA
Cost:Cost: £20 Per person
Fritha specialises in Salsa, Contemporary and Street dance. She also has a broad range of experience across many different dance styles that are classical, urban and latin. She has performed with Surrey Dance Collective, StopGAP Dance Company, Manhattan Mambo Dancers and ipdancers. She is the director of her own company called Salsa Diversion Dance Company (formerly Salsa Diva Dance Company).
Fritha has worked as a community dance worker and as a tutor and lecturer in colleges and universities. She is one of the UK’s top Salsa performers and is much sought after as a teacher and performer throughout the UK and internationally. She has also performed and choreographed for film and live television.
www.salsadiversion.co.uk
 Shelley and Dean
Workshop Date: Saturday 14th March 2009
Time: 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Location: Fitness First Leisure Park, Longwell Green, Bristol, BS15 9LA
Cost:Cost: £20 Per person
Shelley is well known throughout the salsa world together with her
dance partner Lee Wright. They have won numerous professional
competition titles including national championships and European and
World semi-finalists, in addition to their achievement of the award of
"Top UK Dance Act" 2007.
Shelley has worked with Super Mario and Leon Rose and trained and
performed with Iris de Brito and her Latin Soul Sisters, the Manhattan
Mambo dancers and Richard Marcel, with numerous appearances on
National TV including the Kiss FM Urban Music Awards. She has
travelled widely to deepen her knowledge and understanding of the
dance and as a result her popular ladies' styling workshops combine an
infectious enthusiasm with clear technical communication. Her aim is
to make every lady feel confident that they can take away something
special from the workshop and that styling should be accessible and fun.
 Dean originally started dancing in London and has travelled around the UK and Europe while learning and continually improving his salsa technique.
In 2006 Dean became a European Champion with Diablo Dance Company, then in 2007 with his dance partner Jess he won the Three Counties Semi-Professional Championships and the London LatinFest.
Dean has a fun, enthusiastic approach to teaching, drawing attention to the principles of leading and following to enable students to grow in confidence when social dancing. He dances New York Style Salsa (On2), originally referred to as “Mambo” and has a wide variety of complex turn patterns, that incorporate body movement and musical interpretation. He also likes to spin a lot!
 Miriam Oppel
Workshop Date: Saturday 18th April 2009
Time: 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Location: Fitness First Leisure Park, Longwell Green, Bristol, BS15 9LA
Cost:Cost: £20 Per person
Miriam Oppel is a highly sought after teacher and performer and is regarded as one of the best in the UK for ladies’ salsa styling. Her background in dance is eclectic. She has a degree in Dance and Culture from the University of Surrey and has trained in a variety of genres including urban jazz, contemporary, classical Indian dance, African and ballet. She is known for her versatility and charisma, being able to easily switch from elegant to funky styles. Her successful dance partnership with Marchant Birch led to their being awarded Top UK Dance Act at the UK Salsa Congress 2006.
Miriam also performed with Tamambo and has danced for a number of salsa troupes including Rhythm Symbion, the Leon Rose Project and Iris de Brito and the Latin Soul Sisters. She has appeared in several music videos and TV commercials.
 Marchant & Davina
Workshop Date: Saturday 16th May 2009
Time: 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Location: Fitness First Leisure Park, Longwell Green, Bristol, BS15 9LA
Cost:Cost: £20 Per person
Marchant Birch trained in Ballroom from the age of 7 up to competitive professional level in South Africa. He won many competitions in Ballroom and Street Dance during the 1980s. He also won the national Cape Jazz Championship 1999 in South Africa (Cape Jazz is a partner dance similar to salsa).
On taking up salsa he understood the need to learn the dance form from its authentic Latino roots and has trained with the worlds best Puerto Ricans, New Yoricans, and Cubans. He was invited to start teaching and performing salsa in 2001.
Over the subsequent years he has won ‘The Best British Newcomer Award’ – British Congress 2003, ‘Best UK Dance Act’ – UK International Salsa Congress 2006, and was given a Special Award of Recognition for his contribution to salsa and for raising standard of teaching in UK– UK International Salsa Congress 2007.
He has taught and performed all around the UK, Europe and as far afield as Brazil. He has represented the UK 6 years running at the UK International Salsa Congress. He is also the 1st and only representative of South Africa in the salsa community.
In his years in salsa he has taken his teachings from the latinos, and blended it with ballroom technique, jazz and afro movement, developing a smooth, elegant style of salsa and mambo known as the Alchemy Way. This is presented on his first instructional DVD, released May 2007.
Davina holds ISTD teaching qualifications in Modern Theatre Dance and Tap. She trained in Modern, Jazz, Tap and Ballet from the age of 3, taking Modern and Tap to advanced status.
For 10 years she has taught in a variety of capacities, mainly freelance teaching at dance schools and colleges around London. She taught and entered many students for dance examinations, and choreographed for numerous showcases, productions, and competitions. Davina was Head of Dance at a community youth theatre in London and taught the dance aspect of GCSE performing arts in secondary education.
Further qualifications include a BA Honours degree in Drama & Theatre Studies, various fitness teaching certificates including an S/NVQ in Exercise to music. She is now the performance and
teaching partner of Marchant, featured on his instructional DVD, and the female exponent of the Alchemy way of dancing salsa and mambo.
The combination of Davina's training and experience has given her a passion for teaching, with an infectious enthusiasm which is passed on to her students. Her approach to ladies styling is to encourage her students to allow freedom of expression, which is ultimately what dance is. She provides the tools to express through a variety of take-home exercises using body movement, arm styling and musical appreciation. Davina's style is smooth, sophisticated and sexy! She teaches how to style working with the natural flow of partnerwork, which allows following and styling to be felt rather than thought.
Marchant and Davina together formed Alchemy Dance Company in 2005. They took both their past dance experience and combined the techniques and methods for the performance company. Originally a team of four, they have performed nationwide at many events and salsa congresses.
In 2006 they launched Alchemy Dance Academy, giving the salsa public the opportunity to benefit from the techniques developed in the dance company. For the past 2 years they have run the Academy by way of intensive courses and workshops at different venues around the south. In March 2008 the Academy launched its permanent residence in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
www.alchemydance.co.uk
www.salsabasingstoke.com
Shelley
Workshop Date: Saturday 20th June 2009 (to be confirmed)
Time: 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Location: Fitness First Leisure Park, Longwell Green, Bristol, BS15 9LA
Cost:Cost: £20 Per person
Shelley is well known throughout the salsa world together with her
dance partner Lee Wright. They have won numerous professional
competition titles including national championships and European and
World semi-finalists, in addition to their achievement of the award of
"Top UK Dance Act" 2007.
Shelley has worked with Super Mario and Leon Rose and trained and
performed with Iris de Brito and her Latin Soul Sisters, the Manhattan
Mambo dancers and Richard Marcel, with numerous appearances on
National TV including the Kiss FM Urban Music Awards. She has
travelled widely to deepen her knowledge and understanding of the
dance and as a result her popular ladies' styling workshops combine an
infectious enthusiasm with clear technical communication. Her aim is
to make every lady feel confident that they can take away something
special from the workshop and that styling should be accessible and fun.
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