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Salsa with the Stars - New Moves on 1, on 2 & Cuban |
Johnny & Andres Giraldo: Biographies |
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| Dance Company name: Salsa Y Control Dance Company | |
| Web site address: www.salsaycontrol.com | |
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Contact: Johnny - salsumba1@aol.com Andres - Sonerito@aol.com |
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| Andres Giraldo was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1981. He grew up listening to salsa music with his father and in 1990 he moved to the US. In 1995 he got more involved with dancing and performing, joining a Colombian Folk dance group called BAJUCOL. This is when he gained the performing, choreographing, teaching and dancing experience next to his brother Johnny. In 1999 his love for salsa music led him to become more focused in improving his dance skills after attending the D.C Salsaweb Convention. After coming back home, he decide to learn more of the dance and started to look for a group to join. In 2000 he joined Jamnastics, Boston's first salsa group. |  |
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Salsa dancing became his first priority and he fell in love with it. By practicing everyday and after a lot of hard work, he became the main instructor and dancer of both companies. During that time he was part of BAJUCOL, Jamnastics, and on the side he started performing duets and choreographing with his brother Johnny. After much demand to see these two brothers perform, both decided to create their own dance company named Salsa Y Control in 2002. In 2004 the dance company became official, by adding more dancers and focusing more in their style they started performing locally and nationally becoming one of Boston's finest and most recognized dance groups. As a result, he has had the pleasure and privilege of teaching and performing with Salsa y Control at some of the most prestigious events and congress around the country in places such as Boston, New York, L.A, Miami, Texas, Utah, San Francisco, Washington, and many other major US cities. Andres' love for salsa music is shown when he dances as every dance is just as unique as is every song. Andres is know for his crazy turn patterns, complicated, fast footwork and body movement, but especially his musicality. When he dances he knows almost every song! |
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Johnny Giraldo has been dancing for as long as he can remember and has been teaching locally in the Boston area and nationally since 1998. His passion for Salsa emerged at an early age in his native Colombia, listening to this fascinating music, as his father would play his favorite tapes and LPs just for mere pleasure. The interest and love for the music kept growing in Johnny and prompted him to start collecting music and learn more about the genre. This became his primary hobby and a big part of his life. |
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In 1995, after 5 years of residing in the United States, Johnny decided to join Columbian group BAJUCOL with his brother Andres. He did this as a way to stay connected with his Colombian heritage and to live his dream of dancing and performing on various stages. With BAJUCOL, he gained experience in performing, choreographing and teaching. After nine years in the group, Johnny decided to focus on establishing his own dance company "Salsa y Control" with his brother Andres. Johnny and Andres had already been dancing duets since their participation in BAJUCOL. After much demand they begin performing all over Boston and New England gaining lots of recognition in Boston's fast growing Salsa scene. Johnny's passion for salsa is expressed equally though his performances, classes, or while he is social dancing. He believes strongly in connecting with the music and most importantly with your partner. The love for what he does and the experience he has obtained throughout the years has placed him as one of the top instructors/performers from Boston. |
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Video Clips: Available from their website |
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