Instructor, Choreographer, Performer, Stage Stylist, Makeup Artist, Artistic Director, Member of UDA, ACTRA Performers
Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish

DANCE TRAINING
Salsa On 1 , On 2, Casino, Rueda (19yrs)                           Samba,Carnaval,Burlesque (19yrs)
Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Lyrical (15 yrs)                    Ballroom,Tango , Flamenco (2 yrs)


Film/Television Performances 
Teleritmo- CH Global Network - Tv Host, Journalist
Harvey’s Commercial - Featured Dancer
Coors Light Commercial - Featured Dancer
Molson Ex Commercial - Featured Dancer
St-Hubert Commercial - Featured Dancer
Music Video Clip with Gerry Boulet “La Femme d’or” - Featured Dancer
Les Mini-Stars de Nathalie Simard - Featured Dancer
Latin Groove Band Participant Dancer - Featured Dancer
R.S.V.P (Rene Simard) - Featured Dancer

“Salut Michel Louvain” CATS - Featured Dancer
The Rendering TV Series Shannon Dorherty's - Body Double
The Courage to Love with Vanessa Williams Movie - Featured Dancer
Gala des Prix Gemeaux – Radio Canada  - Featured Dancer
“Les Bons Baisers de France” TVA - Featured Dancer
Salut Bonjour – TVA - Featured Dancer
Musique Plus –  MTV - Featured Dancer
“Un Air d’Ete” Canal Vox - 1st place
Gala Artis Grammy Awards TVA - Featured Dancer
Children’s Telethon - Featured Dancer
Music Video Clip Barbara Ruiz “Dicen Que” - Featured Dancer
Music Video Piere Michel Menard “Caruso” - Featured Dancer
All Access Music Video Clip - Featured Dancer
Groupe N.R.J Featured - Dancer & Singer
Celebration Loto – Quebec - Featured Dancer
La Fiesta De Gildor Roy-Loto Quebec- Featured Dancer

 

 

Performance & Teaching Experience
Cobo Brothers Dance Company(On2)
Chilital Latin Dance Company(On1-On2-Jazz-Burlesque)
Tropicana Dance Company(On1- Afro-Cuban & Casino-Brazilian Samba)
Arriba Dance(On1-Jazz-BrazilianSamba-Burlesque)
Tropicalissimo(On1-Afro-Cuban-Jazz)
Arthur Murray(Ballroom Int.Latin Devision)
Ecole de Danse Louise Lapierre(Jazz)
Festivalsero Salsa Congress
The Third Front Rostov-on-Don Salsa Festival
Salsafestival Switzerland
Singapore Salsa Congress
Uk Salsa Congress
Japan Salsa Congress
On2 Salsa Congress
Hot Salsa Weekend Festival
Acapulco Salsa Congress
San Francisco Salsa Congress
Texas salsa Congress
New York Salsa Congress
Chicago Salsa Congress
Atlanta Salsa Congress
Puerto Rico Salsa Congress
Canada Salsa Congress
Montreal Salsa Convention Montreal
Club Med World Montreal
Salsapalooza Edmonton
Winter Salsa Carnival Toronto
Canada’s Day Carnival Ottawa
Ottawa Salsa Congress Ottawa
Place des Arts Montreal
Monument National Montreal
International Jazz Festival Montreal
Just For Laughs Festival Montreal
Gatineau Gala Gatineau
Quebec Festival Quebec
Salon de La Jeunesse Montreal
International Merengue Festival Montreal
International Peru Festival Montreal
International Mexico Festival Montreal
International Colombian Festival Montreal
Chambre De Commerce Italienne Montreal (Leonardo da Vinci Center)
“Le Soleil Des Caraibes” Montreal (Leonardo da Vinci Center)
Wedding performances Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto
Festival des Traditions du Monde
Festival International des Rythmes du Monde Sherbrooke
Gala Leucan Montreal
Swing & Salsa Winnipeg



Backup Dancing
Jesus Alejandro El Niño & Edwin Bonilla – 2000-2006
Latin Groove – 2000-2006
El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico – 2003
José Alberto El Canario – 2002
Jerry Rivera -  2001
Celia Cruz – 2000
Janet Jackson - The Velvet Robe World Tour 1999
India – 1998
Tito Puente – 1997
Oscar D’Leon – 1996



Competitions 
• Montreal Salsa Convention Extreme Professional Competition 1st place
• Montreal Salsa Convention Extreme Professional Competition 2nd place
• Metropolis Salsa Contest 1st Place 4 Times – 2000-01-02-03
• Canada Salsa Congress Competition - Toronto 2nd place
• Concordia Professional Salsa Competition – Montreal 1st place
• Toronto Professional Salsa Competition Acrobat 1st place
• Cubano`s Club Professional Salsa Competition – Montreal 1st place
• Calgary Salsa Open Championships 1st place
• Professional Rueda de Casino Competition – Montreal Club 649 1st place
• Televised Dance Competition ``Un Air D`été`` Canal Vox – Montreal 1st place
Profeional Delopment, Awards & Media
Certificate of Completion – Orlando, Florida 2007
Eddie Torres Special Certificate – Dancing “on2” New York Style



Universidad Mondial De La Salsa Puerto Rico – University of Puerto Rican Salsa Special Certificate in Puerto Rican Salsa Puerto Rican Salsa, Bomba y Plena, La Rumba, Son, Guaguanco, Mambo and Cha cha cha Professors: Tito Ortos, Stacey Lopez, Dicky Colon, Hector Calderon, Arnay Ferreiro



Zumba Corp.Certificate of Zumba and Zumba Tonning

Ballet Divertimento Dance School & Louise Lapierre Dance School
• Jazz Dance                                                              • Ballet Jazz

• Contemporary Dance                                            • Tap Dance

• Modern Dance                                                       • Choreography Classes


Professor: Don Jordan

Intensive Dance Training – Professors from New York: Mercedes Ellington, Rennie Gold & Milton Myers

Intensive Dance Training – Professors from Los Angeles: Dana Landers



Body Isolation & Interpretation – Professors from Cuba & Mexico: Julio Hong, Marcelo Juarez 



Intensive Dance Training – Professors from Victoria: Costantine Darling, Brian Lynn & Linda Sky Raino

Intensive Dance Training – Professors from Montreal: Claude Champoux, Jacques Drapeau, Rose-Marie Lebe Neron & Michael Montanaro

Broadway Dance Center New York City
• Jazz Dance


Club Sportif MAA
• Samba & Axé
• Bolero
• Tango
• Bollywood
• Bellydance
 

Professor: Uriel Arreguin from the Television program “Match Des Etoiles” (Dancing with the Stars Montreal,Quebec)



Theatre
• Scene Study Workshops
• Script Analyses
• Audition Bootcamp (on camera)
• Body and sensitivity analyses
• Formation on interpretation
• Professors: David Schaap & Lynn Adams
• Professors: Danielle Ouimet & Denise Laroche
• Professors: Marie-Chantale Labelle & Michel Houde 


Modeling
Nexus Model Agency                      Folio Model Agency                         Dimanza Model Agency                                                            Sphere Casting Agency                  Vesta Casting Agency                     Johanne Sheskey


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