Betty Colón Main Instructor, Choreographer and Performer     Born and raised in Venezuela, Betty Colón started dancing at young age. She has trained in ballet and contemporary dance; studying with, among others,Clover Roope -Graham Technique (England), Risa Steinberg - Lemon Technique (USA), and Jeremy Nelson -Post Modern and Fluency Technique (New York). Betty has toured India, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, and Venezuela with Abelardo Gameche Dance Theatre and Danzahoy Dance Company. Since moving to Toronto in 1994 she has performed at the Dance Immersion in Toronto and Dancing on the Edge in Vancouver; She has also shown and performed her own work at Series 808, Ffida, Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival and has been invited to perform and choreograph in New York. Betty has also produced her own show, "Flavors";, as well as joining the company of Ballet Creole and performs regularly with "Danzarte Dance Company" and Brazilian Singer/artist Guiomar Campbell. In Canada she began to teach modern and Latin American dance for children and adults at the Center for Spanish Speaking People and now runs her classes at various locations throughout Toronto. She has become a fixture of the Festival 'Ritmo y Color' at Harbourfront as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Betty is less interested in teaching the conventional social dances, and more in encouraging her students to find in themselves through  the incredible movements of Latin and Afro-Caribbean dance. To help students develop a vocabulary of movement that allows them to express themselves through dance as she does. Always exploring new ideas and drawing on her wealth of experience as a modern dancer and her studies of different disciplines, she is one of the most well rounded teachers, performers and dancers around.Whether dancing for pleasure, performing, teaching or choreographing, Betty shares her heart, her cultural roots, her joy of dancing and an incredible variety of experience with different forms of dance. Learn Latin dancing from a real professional Latin Dancer ! Betty Colón is available as a performer, choreographer, and teacher and is also now working with a company of like-minded dancers who are available for shows. betty@salsaforsingles.com     Otto Hernandez     Instructor and Performer       Born In Guatemala City, Guatemala, Otto has come a long way to improve and perfect his cultural roots and satisfy his need to dance. Having grown up in Toronto, Canada, Otto has always had an ear for music, but needed to improve and expand his dancing skills.The love of music has lead him to have his side gig as a DJ , but as mentioned before, he wanted to explore his culture more. This lead to one of Otto's best decisions yet, he called Salsa For Singles and joined the lessons in order to improve his dancing and make new friends. Now with the help and experience from professional Latin dancer, Betty  Colón, Otto's dancing skills grew in leaps and bounds. Betty saw his potential and asked him to be her dance partner and performer. With great improvement, Otto could participate in many shows, performances and was also asked to be a part of 'Dancing Classrooms Canada', a project for grade school children to learn Ballroom dancing in school. This technique was invented and taught by none other than, Mr.Pierre DuLaine, whose story of this accomplishment was made into the movie called "Take The Lead" starring Antonio Banderas .You can also see the program which Otto help teach in the documentray called "Mad Hot Ballroom"    Otto Hernandez has been a regular performer at The Salsa on St.Clair Festival , has been featured a couple of times on Toronto's CityTv  and even had coast to coast exposure by appearng on CBC Television. Betty and Otto were also asked to be the first in Canada to help promote Toronto's Tourism by performing and teaching a Salsa lesson aboard an authentic VIA Rail party car! They are always first in helping to expand the feeling you get from dancing Salsa. Now with the confidence and of course the experience, Otto has become one of our Instructors here at Salsa For Singles and The Salsa Social Club.Knowing his struggles and accomplishments, Otto is a meticulous instructor and wants to make sure his students understand the importance of musical timing and of course the most neglected of basic steps. He wants his students not only to feel the music, but also understand what makes you want to move! Persistance and practice is what leads to success.     Otto Hernandez is available as a performer, Disc Jockey and instructor and is also now working with a company of like-minded people who are available for shows. otto@djottobot.com