Meet the Kent
Salsa Team
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Nelson de Oliveira Campos
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| UKA certified professional teacher- all levels |
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Founder and Director of Kent Salsa and Kizomba
From Lisbon-Portugal, Nelson has been living in the UK since 1999. He has been dancing Salsa, Kizomba, Merengue, Lambada and Samba all his life. His teaching experience dates back more than 15 years, when he first started teaching in Barcelona- Spain. He has been teaching all over Europe ever since and is well-known for his energetic classes, full of fun and his extraordinary patience and passion for teaching and dancing.
Nelson has UKA diploma as a professional dance teacher as well as teaching Qualification City and Guilds 7407 through Kent Council/Adult Education Centre.
Currently Nelson is teaching Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba, Merengue and ChaCha classes on a regular basis in the Kent area. His specialty is Kizomba, a beautiful mixture of Salsa, Tango and Samba from Angola. Nelson is also regularly giving Workshops abroad and performing Shows internationally. He has just released the first ever English professional instructional DVD of Kizomba Dance with Sophia which can be ordered from the online shop. |
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Sophia Meyer
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| Switzerland, Kent Salsa Teacher and Nelson’s Dance Partner – Absolute Beginner and Beginner Levels Salsa, Kizomba all Levels |
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| From Switzerland, Sophia has been involved in Afro Dancing as a teenager and performed Shows with an Afro Dance Company from Zürich. Sophia has learnt Salsa dancing the natural way by living and travelling in South America for many years. Since she has met Nelson, she is improving her technical skills of dancing and has started teaching on a regular basis. She is well-known for her positive, clear teaching style, making sure everyone really gets it.In Kizomba dancing she found her new passion, where Afro and Latino roots are united. With Nelson she has released a Kizomba DVD and is teaching Weekend Workshops of Kizomba as well as performing Kizomba shows in the UK and abroad. |
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Niven Ladd
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| UK, Kent Salsa Teacher- Absolute Beginner and Beginner Levels |
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Niven has been dancing since young age and Salsa is his big passion. He is dancing 6 nights a week, including Latin dances, Ballroom...
Since 2005 Niven is dancing with Kent Salsa and is today one of our regular teachers, always ready to help and assist any classes. |
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Rose Hurn
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| UK, Kent Salsa Teacher- Absolute Beginner |
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| Rose started dancing with Kent Salsa in 2005 and has been an invaluable member ever since. She is now teaching Beginners in different venues and is also a great help with the administrative part of Kent Salsa. |
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Sandra Paquie
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| France, Kent Salsa Teacher- Absolute Beginner and Beginner Levels |
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| Sandra started dancing ballet in France at the tender age of 4 years and continued in conjunction with modern jazz until the age of 25. She started dancing Salsa, Merengue, ChaCha and Bachata as a student of Nelson and Kent Salsa in October 2008 and quickly got addicted. With couple of private lessons, hard work and determination Sandra quickly became a very good dancer. She is now teaching Absolute beginner and beginner levels. Sandra is a fantastic teacher. Her bubbly personality, making everyone enjoy and learn at the same time. |
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Jessica Sylvester
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| UK, Kent Salsa Teacher – Absolute Beginner Level. |
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Jessica has been dancing and performing in Ballroom, Latin American, Disco, Jazz, Freestyle and Ballet from a very young age.
Jessica is B-TECH qualified in Performing arts.
Salsa started as a hobby in 2007 and she got hooked immediately and is now teaching for Kent Salsa and Kent Adult Education in Folkestone.
Jessica’s fun, free spirit and out going personality is always visible in her smile and adds to her teaching skills. |
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 Jayne Thompson
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UK, Kent Salsa & Kizomba Teacher – Beginner, Improver levels and Nelson’s dance partner.
Jayne has been dancing since the age of 3 passing exams in ballet, tap and disco with the IDTA. She has performed at Eurodisney and London theatres such as London Palladium and Sadlers Wells. Jayne attended her first salsa class in 1998 and started teaching soon after becoming UKA qualified in 2002. She is been dancing Kizomba since 2009 and due to her talent she quickly become one of the top Kizomba dancer and teacher in Kent
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