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Ladies of Style Workshop Series
All workshops are @ £20 each
Eva started dancing ballet and learning gymnastics in the Czech Republic at the age of four. Threee years later she swapped ballet for ballroom and Latin-American dance and, as a child, won many national competitions. While at university, Eva and her dance partner reached international masters level in Latin-American dance, were classified in the top twenty couples from the Czech Republic and successfully competed in many national and international competions.
After moving to the UK, Eva began dancing salsa with the Mundo Latino Team and after a couple of months was chosen to perform with the Laith Sami Diablo Dance Company. In 2004, she was a finalist in the Tropican Salsa Competition and was a member of the dance cast in the West End musical Murderous Instincts' directed by Puerto Rican choreographer Jesus Aponte. Eva was also invited in 2005 to dance with the Leon Rose Dance Group and performed as part of his dance project.
Eva currently teaches and performs, both within the UK and internationally, with Mauro Casali and together they were finalists in the South East Championships in 2006. Eva and Mauro teach classes with the Latin Collective and SOS teams and also run their own weekly styling and partner-work classes in London.
Yolande Lewis was immersed in dance as a young child studying ballet; tap modern, jazz ballroom and Latin American as well as gymnastics. She was first introduced to salsa in the mid 1990's when she trained with Elder Sanchez of Salsateca in London. She was swiftly snapped up as a performer, subsequently touring with various dance companies around the UK. She has worked in various schools and colleges in London and Essex as a teacher and choreographer to children aged eight years to fifteen years.
Her style, enthusiasm and genuine warmth attract people of all levels to her classes and she teaches intricate moves and techniques with flair and understanding with the emphasis on practical application of styling for the dance-floor at all abilities. Yolande runs the successful Salsa Chillout dance school based in Essex with her husband Terry. They were nominees for the UK Best Teacher Award & winners of the Top Regional Salsa Promoter Award at the UK International Salsa Congress 2005. They teach regularly throughout Essex and have guest taught around the UK and Ireland.