ABOUT the ORGANIZERS
Victorian State Titles
The organisers of this Victorian event will be Spin City Dance Director Sharon Pakir, and top Melbourne promoter Natalie Montano.
Sharon Pakir, DirectorSpinCity Dance, and 2005 Australian Salsa Champion, 2007 Asian Salsa Champion.
Masters of Business and IT, currently an IT Systems Trainer.
Natalie Montano, Melbourne’s premier promoter for Latin events and dancer, a high caliber Business Analyst.
Together, these two companies make up the largest proportion of Salsa music and dance enthusiasts in Melbourne. They are the largest and most respected Salsa dance schools and promoters in Australia currently holding the most reputable classes and clubs in the country.
Professionals from Spin City and Natalie and Sharon themselves have competed and represented Australia at many World Salsa Congresses and Competitions placing Australia firmly on the World Salsa Map.
Natalie and Sharon are responsible for numerous successful events have lifted Australia’s profile in the international Salsa community and are responsible for the overwhelming progress made within the local Salsa community today.
Natalie and Sharon have both competed and represented Australia internationally at numerous World Salsa Congresses and Competitions, placing Australia firmly on the World Salsa Map.
Natalie and Sharon share the vision of increasing the awareness of salsa in the Melbourne community through successful events, such as the Melbourne Salsa Classic which will assist in increasing Australia’s profile in the international Salsa community. Their combined business acumen from their successful day careers, event organizing experience as well as background and involvement in the Australian Salsa Scene will bring together an event that is successful and a boost to the Melbourne Arts Scene.
They are honored to be working along side Internationally renown organizers and promoters such as Oliver Pineda and Luda Kroitor, 5 times world salsa champions and Albert Torres, the world’s best Salsa promoter.
Australia Salsa Classic
Latin Motion Dance Academy
Latin Motion Dance Academy was formed in 1999. Since then, Latin Motion has been responsible for introducing Rueda to Sydney 1999, were one of the instigators of Linear Style Salsa in 2000 and now the pioneers of Mambo On2 in the world making Latin Motion Australia’s leading authority within the Latin Dance Industry. Led by Directors Oliver Pineda and Liliana Martins, Latin Motion provides 4 studios with over 800 students per week and a comprehensive and internationally recognized syllabus catering for beginners through to professionals. Latin Motion’s international titles and recognitions go unsurpassed by any other Latin school in Australia. Having received the highest of accolades and awards from the Australian Salsa Industry and also from the President of Puerto Rico in recognition and appreciation for Latin Motion’s achievements and lifetime contribution to the World of Latin Music and Dance, Latin Motion also hosts Australia’s ONLY 5 times current World Salsa Champions Oliver Pineda and Luda Kroitor from ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and creators of Australia’s own ‘Aussie Style Salsa’.
Latin Motion - Placing Australia on the World Salsa Map.
World Salsa Championships
Albert Torres
Productions,Creating Unity Through Salsa
Albert Torres is the world’s premier producer of live Salsa Music and Dance events. A noted authority on World Events and Entertainment, Albert Torres has created spectacular Salsa Dance Events known as “Salsa Congresses” in such exotic places as Dubai, in The United Arab Emirates, Japan, Hong Kong, Holland, Hamburg, France, Spain, Guadeloupe and England.
Since 1998, Albert Torres Productions (ATP) has created and produced the World’s largest Salsa Music event, The West Coast Salsa Congress in Southern California. ATP transforms the event’s location into an exciting music and dance venue that attracts over 30,000 Latin Music enthusiasts from all over Southern California, the nation and the world. ATP also endorses another twenty plus Salsa Congresses worldwide. This year’s event took place on May 23-29 at the Hollywood Park and Casino in Los Angeles.
Originally from New York, Albert’s passion for Latin music stems from his deep roots on the tropical island of Puerto Rico. Growing up as a child on the streets of New York however, gave him the street-wise experience most of us only read about. I’m beginning to realize that that type of experience is “Promoter Pre-requisite 101” for Latin Promotions and Entertainment. Through thick and thin, Albert Torres Productions, Inc. (ATP) continues to deliver top-notch quality events with world-class performers from every corner of the globe. His bands are legendary, with some of the finest musicians the world has ever known.