Samantha Ho
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Founder and Full-time Teacher Mobile +971 50 2806362
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Dancing and Teaching Experience: Samantha began dancing at the age of 12 and has immersed herself in it ever since. Her dance repertoire includes Salsa, Argentine Tango, Standard and Latin ballroom, and Zouk Lambada. Stating with Ballroom dancing from a young age, she moved on to Salsa and Argentine Tango in 2002 in Perth, Australia, under Juan Rando Dance Academy. She developed her love of dance by going on to complete internal training to become an instructor with JRDA in 2004. Samantha has experience not only in teaching various styles of dance, but also in wedding choreographies and performances. Moving back to Singapore at the end of 2005, Samantha continued to pursue her interest in Latin Ballroom, and took part in various international competitions held in Singapore, Philippines and Australia. Samantha and Nayan introduced Zouk to the UAE with the first Zouk classes in 2009. in 2010, they were awarded for introducing Zouk to the UAE. Since then, she has performed Zouk shows and Zouk workshops in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Oman. Together with Nayan, they have performed and taught at both national festivals such as the Abu Dhabi Salsa Festival 2010/2011, winning the ‘Best Couple Performance’ Award in 2011 and Dubai Dance Festival 2010, as well as international festivals and congresses in Oman, Berlin and Amsterdam. Samantha is one of the founders of Zouk Dubai and is helping to promote the growth of the Zouk community within the Middle East. |
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Nayan Albert
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Founder Mobile +971 0502765047
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Dancing and Teaching Experience: Nayan comes with a professional martial arts background.He was the Under-19 National Champion in Karate (Fighting) 1998 in Sri Lanka and won the Gold Medal in a Common Wealth Karate Championships representing his country. Nayan introduced Zouk-Lambada to Dubai in early 2009. Since then he has performed Zouk Lambada and conducted many Zouk workshops in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Bangkok and in Europe. In 2011 Nayan and Samantha won an award at the 3′rd Abu Dhabi Salsa Festival for the best couple’s performance. Nayan and Samantha performed and conducted workshops in the 2nd Berlin International Zouk Congress in Berlin in June 2011 and the 1st Amsterdam Zouk Congress in August 2011. |
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Assistant Instructors
Katharina (Mueller) Albert
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