Performance Teams

CALIENTE DANCE COMPANY is home to the internationally touring dance group ¡SALSA CALIENTE! The group, known for its professionalism, dedication, and positive attitude, is made up of dancers of different nationalities and levels of experience that come together because of their love of dance and Latin music.

The group was originally formed in Victoria, BC in 1999 to give local dancers with no performance experience a chance to show off what they had been learning in class. In the winter of 2001, Christina, the director and choreographer of the group, moved to Vancouver and ¡SALSA CALIENTE! began traveling between the two cities for shows.

After performing at the 1st Annual East Coast Salsa Congress in New York with Seattle's Rumba Brava Girls, Christina was asked to bring ¡SALSA CALIENTE! to perform the next year. The group was reformed with some of Vancouver's best salsa dancers and they traveled to New York to perform at the 2nd Annual East Coast Salsa Congress.

¡SALSA CALIENTE! has been receiving an overwhelming response to the show that they put on. They have just returned from performing for a sixth consecutive year at the 2007 New York Salsa Congress, and for the fourth time at the Puerto Rico Salsa Congress where in the past they also, with Christina as the choreographer, represented British Columbia on Salsa Team Canada. ¡SALSA CALIENTE! has also represented BC at the Canada Salsa Congress in Toronto, at the Atlanta Salsa Congress, Chicago Salsa Congress, on the Stuck On Salsa All Star Cruises to the Bahamas, Cayman Islands & Mexico and on a ten day tour of Italy with Luis Zegarra from New Jersey.

Be sure to catch one of their upcoming local shows!

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