Summer Salsa Jam

Studio D

Salsa Summer JamThis is a Salsa Weekender from Friday night to Sunday morning with International Artists from Atlanta, GA, Puerto Rico and MexicoScheduleFriday Night August 13th10:00 pm- 1:00 am Social DancingPerformance from Jayson Molina and Meritxell Peña Saturday August 14th1:00 pm-2:00 pm Ladies Styling Open Level- Meritxell Peña 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Beginner Footwork and Partnerwork- Jayson Molina and Meritxell Peña 3:00 pm-4:15 pm Intermediate Footwork and Partnerwork- Jayson Molina and Meritxell Peña 4:30 pm-5:30 pm Dope Mambo Moves- Johnny Johnson10:00 pm - 1:00 am Social Dancing w/ DJ Johnny JohnsonGet to Know Our Featured ArtistsJayson MolinaJayson Molina was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and raised in New York City. He has been in the salsa business for over 20 years. His beginnings were at age of 8 under the direction of &quot;King of Mambo&quot; Mr. Eddie Torres. Jayson also certifies instructors in the salsa and fitness community. Molina travels annually to Mexico where he certifies aerobics instructors with his expanded knowledge in salsa, bachata and merengue. Molina is one of the pioneers in introducing Salsa to Europe and opened his own dance school in Rome, Italy in 2001, where he also lived for four years while also leading his group, &quot;Rompecabeza Dance Company&quot;. Jayson&#x27;s dance companies have won 1st place at the &quot;World Salsa Open&quot; championship in the dance company category four (4) consecutive times. His studio has obtained more than 35 trophies of First, Second and Third places in more than 8 categories of world championships such as &quot;World Salsa Open&quot; from Puerto Rico, &quot;World Salsa Summit&quot; in Miami (USA) and national competitions like Bayamon City Salsera and West Coast Salsa Festival becoming the academy with the largest participation and amount of awards in the entire island. As part of Molina&#x27;s accomplishments he has had the honor of sharing stage with very important and influential salsa artist such as Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Sonora Ponceña, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tito Nieves, Tito Rojas and Oscar D&#x27;Leon among others.Meritxell Peña Meritxell began dancing salsa since 2005 begins in the city of Mérida Yucatán. She won her 1st salsa competition in 2006. She has won salsa, bachata and solo choreography. She has also won 3 medals in amateur and pro-am category ladies teams. She is currently in charge of several training-choreographic teams and is working with one of the most outstanding and significant figures in the world of salsa: maestro Jayson Molina.Johnny JohnsonJohnny is originally from Chicago, Illnois. He is an internationally known salsa/mambo instructor and performer who has been dancing for 20 years. He has taught in the US, Australia, and India. He is trained in Mambo by Sekou McMiller and has performed with Descarga Caribe (Chicago) and Proyecto Barrio (Atlanta). He is the founder of Dope Mambo Moves and you can find his videos on You Tube along with his partners Al and Niya. He is a publisher who highlights artists and events in the salsa community with his LaVoz Magazine and he has helped to build the Washington DC, Chicago, and Atlanta salsa communities. He will be teaching and serving as the DJ on Saturday for the Salsa Summer Jam August 13-14th.

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