Torrie Watkins-Redding
TORRI WATKINS-REDDING, A NEW JERSEY NATIVE, HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE PERFORMING ARTS FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS, STUDYING AT THE PRESTIGOUS ESSEX COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS. SHE GOT HER START AS AN APPRENTICE MEMBER OF THE DUN DUN DOLE URBAN BALLET IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY NOW IN GREATER TAMPA,FL. SHE RELOCATED TO THE ATLANTA AREA IN 1994 AND STUDIED WITH SEVERAL ATLANTA BASED COMPANIES, TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AS A COMPANY DANCER. SHE HAS BEEN FEATURED ON TORONTO’S MUCH MUSIC “ELECTRIC CIRCUS” AND GEORGIA PUBLIC TV. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN FEATURED IN VIDEOS WITH GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ARTISTS “SPEECH” OF ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT AND TLC. IN RECENT YEARS SHE WAS ASKED TO PERFORM AT THE TAVIS SMILEY HEALTH & FITNESS EXPO HELD IN 8 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TORRIE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE TEACHING DANCE IN AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, SERVING AS A DANCE TEACHER AND CURRICULUM COORDINATOR, ESTABLISHING CREATIVE AND ENTERTAINING PROGRAMMING. SHE HAS ALSO WORKED AS A PRESCHOOL TEACHER AND RECEIVED HER CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN 2005. IN THE SAME SHE FOUNDED IMZADI URBAN PERFORMING ARTS THEATER WHICH SERVES THE COMMUNITY WITH WORKSHOPS, CLASSES AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND ALSO HAS A PERFORMING COMPANY. SHE NOW SERVES AS ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTOR WITH BRITISH ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS ENTERING HER FORTH SEASON AND JOURNEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER “ I BELIEVE HAVING A FOUNDATION IN THE ARTS GAVE ME A CONFIDENCE AND DISCIPLINE THAT IS STILL VALUABLE TO ME, I WANT TO GIVE THIS GIFT TO OTHER PEOPLE .”
Myron Abernathy
Myron is an emerging salsa dancer and performer in Atlanta, GA, and is a member of Atlanta's young and exciting dance company, iSalsa Productions. He began salsa dancing in Fall of 2002 and since then has become the "salsaholic" that he is today. He is very passionate about salsa and enjoys sharing that passion with others, whether it's through social dancing, performing, or teaching. Myron has trained with some of Atlanta's best instructors, mainly Jose Maldonado and Belle Useche of PasoFino Productions, former Los Rumberos member Jimmy Rumba, and Sheila Sampath. In his 6 years of dance experience, he has also taken workshops with many other renown instructors, including Gordon Neil, Angela Harris, Sekou McMiller, Al "Liquid Silver" Espinoza, Eric Baez, Edie "The Salsa FREAK" Lewis, and countless others. He has most recently joined one of Atlanta's finest performance groups, "Mambo Masala," in January 2008.
A contiuous student of the dance, Myron is always hungry to be inspired and to inspire others.
Jeanete DeSilva
janete santana (dancer)started dance studies in 1995 in salvador,bahia.working with choreographer Itamar Arapiraca as a member of his company Danceatro and as an assistant to the choreographer. From 1999 to 2002,she danced with the Bale' Folclo'rico Da Bahia.she then joined Amem Santos dance group, and Bahia Brasil of Los Angeles. She has studied Afro-Brazilian Dance,Ballet and modern dance in univercid federal the Bahia, school the Fundacao Cultural and Academy Ballet Advanced. She appears as a dancer for singer Ivete Sangalo in Two dvds videos for MTV Brazil.
