Instructors 
 at the Rueda Congress 2008 

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subject to changes 
Osbanis Tejeda 
from Cuba / London. Rueda World Champion. High-profile cuban dancer and instructor, highly requested at dance festivals in Europe. Osbanis was instructor at the Rueda Congress 2003 in London and 2007 in Brighton.
Web-site: osbanis.com 
Video: Rueda in Russia | Street salsa | Salsa | Tropicana Rueda champion 
 
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Ariel Rios Robert
fra Cuba / London. Experienced dance instructor, teaching many different dances, like salsa, rueda, afrocuban, etc. Ariel was instructor at the Rueda Congress 2007 in Brighton, and is visiting Stavanger in the fall 2008 as SalsaNor-instructor. Reference 
Video: Rumba performance  
 

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Erodys Castillo Borrero
from Cuba / Århus, Denmark. Great salsa and rueda instructor from Havana. Erodys is experienced in teaching Europeans salsa and rueda. Currently he lives and teaches in Århus, Denmark. He visited Norway last year, and this year he is teaching at the Rueda Congress for the first time.  
 
 
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PatsyPatsy Lopez
fra Cuba / Sveits. Var profesjonell rumbadanser i Compañia Folklorica Cubana "J.J." i Havanna (sammen med bl.a. Geldys Morales) før han flyttet til Sveits i 2007. Han var på sitt første Norgesbesøk i SalsaNor i vår, og vi er glade for å ha ham tilbake, nå til Ruedakongressen.
 
 
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Juan Carlos Ortega 
from Cuba / Oslo. Educated in dance and sports from Havana, background as profesional dancer in Cuba. Has his own dance school in Oslo, and teaches cuban dances througout the country. He was also instructor at the Rueda Congress in 2005 and 06, and has participated in the work with the Norwegian Rueda Standard since the beginning in 2002. 
 Dance school: Latin room
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Pablo og Katti Miranda 
from Chile / Kristiansand, Norway. Experienced salsa and rueda instructors, also at the two last Rueda Congresses. They always get great reviews from the participants, so we are happy that they are back again this year.  
Dance school: Salsasi
 

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Bernt Rygg
from Randaberg, Norway / Oslo. Has participated at all 6 Rueda Congresses, and has been instructor at the three latter ones. Also leading the work with the review of the Norwegian Rueda Standard this year.
 Dance school: Danseglede 
 

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Reidun Svabø 
from Sandnes, Norway / Oslo. Has been actively involved in salsa since 1993, and has been instructor in cuban salsa and rueda since 1996, including all 6 Rueda Congresses. She has also been involved in the work with the Norwegian Rueda Standard since the beginning. Behind the discs she is DJ Flaca.
 Dance school: SalsaNor

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Geldys Morales
from Cuba / Stavanger. Profesional dancer from Havana, Cuba. Has been salsa instructor in SalsaNor since august 2007, and has also taught cuban salsa, afrocuban, rumba (guaguancó etc.), styling, body control, reggaeton, etc. in other cities in Norway.  
 Dance school: SalsaNor  

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Ricardo Martinez
from Cuba / Stavanger. Ricardo is a great salsa dancer, and has been SalsaNor instructor for years. He taught at the Rueda Congress 2003 and 05. Ricardo has lived in Cuba in between, but he is now back in Norway. 
 Dance school: SalsaNor
 

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Merete Thorsen 
from Sandnes, Norway / Stavanger. Has been SalsaNor instructor for several years, and she also has international teaching experience. Merete has been instructor at the two last Rueda Congresses, and she also leads the streching at the Rueda Congress.
Dance school: SalsaNor

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Guest instructors

Lensley Baya
fra Mauritius / Oslo. Has taught salsa and rueda in Oslo for many years, taches also merengue and bachata. Lensley lead the rueda group that won last years competition at the Rueda Congress in Brighton.
 Dance school: Danseglede
 

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Adri Gonzalez
from Cuba / Oslo. Came to Norway the summer of 2007, and teaches salsa, reggaeton and other dances in Oslo. Adri has a dancing energy that is hard to exceed, and we are looking forward to have her join us at the first Rueda Congress in Norway since she moved over. 
Dance school: Danseglede

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ØysteinØystein Holm Krøvel
from Bergen. Active rueda dancer and instructor from Bergen, Norway. He participated in work with the developement of the Norwegian Rueda Standard 2008, and will be teaching one class at the Rueda Congress, bringing in moves that are commonly danced in Bergen, and moves from the new standard.
Dance school: BSI Dans
 
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