La Luna 1st annual Pro-Am Salsa Competition
March 15th, 2009 Allan Tabilas Posted in Salsa |
Question: what does an electrical engineer, police officer, and a software developer have in common? Answer: they all competed in La Luna Dance Studio’s first annual Pro-Am salsa competition on March 13. The Bensalem, Pennsylvania based dance studio paired some of their finest instructors with students who competed in the male and female divisions. The students’ skill levels ranged from six months to three years of dance experience. Aside from pre-dancing jitters, all the competitors did an excellent job in front of a very large crowd.
In addition, Philadelphia’s very own Visual Impact Performers made their return with a well-received all-men shines performance with Raul Santiago, Homi Malave, and Joey Vasquez. For the past two years, Raul has been working with Jayson Molina y su Rompecabezas (puzzle pieces). As a group, Visual Impact has plans to add their female partners to the shines routine, and are also choreographing a new partner-work routine in the spring-summer timeframe.
Nick Padin (Philly Jam 3 promoter and Plan B Dancer) and Melissa Padin (World Salsa Championships on1 semifinalist, Enixe and Art in Motion dancer) served as judges. We anticipate that next year’s event will have even more participation.
As an aside, Philadelphia’s Chelsea Gaillard is hosting the 2nd annual LuvSalsa Competition on March 28, where Nick and Melissa will once again play the role as judges.
Here are the final results of the pro-am competition.
Female division (click the link to watch their performance)
Male division
Congratulations to all dancers in the competition! Nuevotec correspondent Jessica Hannah caught up with the winners of each division (Al Rivera and Stacy Sanseverino) to get their thoughts on the competition.
Interview - Jose Maldonado & Stacy Sanseverino
Interview - Amber Rawls and Allen Rivera
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