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James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton
Ylva Wintzell
David & Nancy Mendoza
Luis Crespo
Samy Makar
Citabria Phillips
Jonathan Yamauchi & Olivia Levitt
Eldon Bryce
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James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton
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Jim has been dancing for about 20 years now. With a former partner he was the 1994 USA Dance National Champion in the Senior American Smooth division and won many top awards. He has completed an intensive course at the Ballroom Dance Teachers' College and is certified by the USISTD in Standard dancing and DVIDA in American Style dancing.
Melody has been ballroom dancing for about 12 years. She and Jim met at the Pavilion in Palo Alto and became life partners in 1997. They started competing in March of 1997. Together they have won many Championships and Top Solo Awards in the Smooth and Standard Divisions. They are eight-time USA Dance National Champions in the Senior Smooth Division and are six-time finalists in the Senior Standard Division.
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Ylva Wintzell
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Ylva Wintzell has taught dancing for more than 20 years. Her career training started with Ballet and Jazz in Sweden and later she became a well-established Ballroom teacher in the Bay Area - teaching, performing, competing and choreographing. She believes that having a great time while you learn is the best way to become a dancer. She has an extensive training in Argentine Tango, choreographs for formation teams and cotillions and has also developed a body conditioning Core class, a Latin Aerobic class and a Stretch class to prevent injuries.Ylva holds certifications from USISTD, NCDTO and Arthur Murray.
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| David & Nancy Mendoza |
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Romance with Dance. David and Nancy Mendoza’s romance with dance started in 1994 when they met atAlberto's Nightclub in Mountain View, CA, and danced just one Salsa. They have been together ever since, dancing, performing, teaching and choreographing Argentine Tango and Salsa Romantica.
They have traveled the globe, giving performances from San Francisco to Sicily, and appearing at conventions, hotels, corporate parties, weddings, and gala events. They also travel to teach and perform at such dance festivals as the “Tango Rosa Ball” in St. Louis and “Caminito Tango” in Italy. Performance highlights include a West Coast tour with the quartet, Tango #9, which culminated in a performance at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco; and a spotlight performance at “A Tribute to Tito Puente” at the Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco.
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| Luis Crespo |
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Luis is an accomplished Ballroom, Latin, & Argentine Tango dancer, who began dancing West Coast Swing in 2001. He is a competitive dancer and can be found teaching at many private studios, dance events and guest appearances at many workshops. Luis has earned several placements, trophies, and honors within the West Coast Swing community. He was US Open Strictly Swing Champion in 2002 & a US Open Showcase 3rd place in 2009.
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Samy Makar |
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Samy Makar started ballroom dancing in 1990 at Stanford as a grad student. In 2001 he discovered Salsa Rueda at Moffet Field and by 2004 had started teaching it. He introduced Salsa Rueda to the folkdance world at the Statewide Conference of The Folk Dance Federation in 2006. In the same year he started an independent class for Salsa Rueda in Los Gatos. He has taught many salsa and ballroom classes at Stanford, Mission College and at the Cubberley Pavilion & Boogie Woogie Ballroom.
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Citabria Phillips |
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Citabria loves working with total beginners and more advanced dancers, as individuals or couples. She brings humor, wit and kindness while giving strong, fundamental technique. Her experience competing as both a leader and a follower gives her special insights into the intricacies of flying with another person. Citabria has many credentials & certifications including Ballroom Dance Teachers College. She has also placed first to fifth place several competitions.
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Jonathan Yamauchi & Olivia Levitt |
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Jonathan has been dancing for over 20 years & has studied with several Argentine Tango maestros including his mentor, Carlos Gavito. OLIVIA has studied brings 25 years of classical ballet training, Pilates & Gyrotonic disciple to the couples repertoire and has studied with numerous tango maestros including Gavito's last two partners before his passing -- Marcela Duran and Maria Plazzolla. Together, Jonathan and Olivia focus on teaching the physiology and fundamental technique behind their sensual and intimate movements in Gavito's salon-milonguero apilado style of intimate close embrace, sharing with their students the key that will allow them to fully express their internal sensuality through the external form -- tango.
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Eldon Bryce |
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Eldon Bryce has been teaching since 1997. He holds certifications from USISTD, DVIDA & Fred Astaire schools and competes in American Rhythm. He also teaches American Smooth, Argentine Tango, International Standard & Latin, Salsa, Lindy & various social dances. You'll love taking classes with Eldon!
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