Proudly presenting one of the most popular rueda teachers at the SalsaNor Rueda Congress since he was first invited in 2019, Luis Duarte!
Luis has it all! He is didactically perfect, sympathetic, creative, well prepared for all his classes, well present as a social dancer at the parties and with a lot of time for the participants at his workshops. Nothing less than an excellent example for the new generation of artists of our community.
This young Portuguese developed his enthusiasm for salsa and Afro-cuban dances from the age of 17. In a very short time, he became an astonishing dancer and dance teacher. To improve his dance style he spent a period of time in Cuba, which allowed him to improve dances like Rumba, Son, Casino and Afrocuban. After returning to Germany, Luis started to learn different dance styles such as ballet, capoeira and breakdance to complete his dancing skills. By combining these different elements with salsa he developed his style full of musicality which, nowadays, makes him a unique and an original artist.
The last years Luis has been running and teaching salsa at his dance school El Chevere in Hamburg. He has also been touring continuously amongst the most important festivals in Europe. We love to have Luis as part of our Artist Team and Rueda family, welcome back to us again, Luis, this time to Athens!!