World's Unique Sea,
Sun and Salsa Festival

11 days & nights of non stop fun!

24.06-01.07 2013

Rovinj/Croatia

Alberto Valdes & Andria Panagi

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Teacher of all Cuban teachers, master of traditional Cuban dances, culture and customs. Bringing your rumba, orishas and Cuban salsa to highest level. Alberto Valdes and Andria Panagi for the second time in Croatia!

Alberto was a member of „Tercer Mundo“ dance company, „Conjunto Folclorico“, „Cabaret Continental“ and „Tropicana De Cuba“ which he performed and traveled with all around the world. Alberto is known for his elegance while performing and teaching, as well as for his professionalism and energetic spirit. 

He is the first promoter of body expressiveness and gesture of Afro-Cuban dances and one of the first promoters of Cuban salsa and rueda de casino in Italy. He has won many dance awards and given workshops and performances in many festivals in the world, graduated from the F.I.D.P. (Italian Federation of Professional Dances) and F.I D.S. (Italian Federation of Sports Dances). 

He is the creator, choreographer and director of „Clave Negra“ his present dance group, with which he continues traveling, giving workshops and performances all over the world with huge success.

Andria is considered to be one of the „oldest“ Cuban salsa instructors and promoters of Cuban dance culture in Czech Republic. Andria is the director and choreographer of „Nosotros Salseros de Praga“ and the owner of the „Mediterranean Dance Studio“, located in the center of Prague, where she and her team instructors are teaching salsa, rueda de casino, merengue, bachata, cha cha cha, lately body movement and reggaeton and more.

Since October 2009 her dance partner is Brasilian Jorge Maryano and together they are teaching, dancing and promoting lambada-zouk and samba gafiera in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus and other countries in Europe.