Who is Salsa-Emocion?

Salsa – Emocion is one couple - Silvia and Ibo.
Silvia started dancing with 3 years in the Ballet. Later she continued with Sports gymnastics, Jazz Dance, HipHop, Tango – and of course SALSA. She is skilled in Flamenco and many other dances. Also she competed at various dance competitions (Latin-American Dances).
Silvia is active in the dance - and aerobic - scene as an educator, instructor, coach, choreographer and team coach since 1990.

As an instructor she is teaching at present Salsa, HipHop, LatinDance, Salsa Aerobics and Dance Aerobics in various health clubs in Düsseldorf and surroundings. As choreographer and coach she works with various aerobics-/ physical fitness competitors. a. Lyen Wong (Miss Universe 2005, German champion 2005 -- physical fitness), Guido Kozak (3-fold Germans aerobics champion 2003/2004/2005), as well as various background dancers.

As a personal trainer Silvia worked with the future racing driver Nicole Frentzen (sister of Heinz Harald Frentzen former formula I) and Prince Albert of Monaco.

In 1997 she won the German Aerobic Championships. And her knowledge as a couch and instructor got honoured with the titles International Instructor of the year 1999 and International Educator of the year 2000 (ref. Germany, Switzerland, Austria).

In the year 2001 Silvia got caught by the salsa virus. She visited several Salsa-Congresses and took private lessons for improving her dance style. Only two years later she started to teach salsa in Düsseldorf and surroundings and on various salsa festivals. At the same time and until today she gives the salsa trial lesson - in the change with other teachers – at the “Tanzhaus NRW”, Düsseldorf.

Ibo – her partner - did fall in love with Salsa just with the change of the millennium.
In the year 2000 he got his first Salsa lesson. Since this class he is passionate about Salsa.
The participation at various courses and international congresses with different teachers did improve his knowledge and did develop his own dance style. Especially his enthusiasm for the “Millennium Style” and the private training with Al Espinoza, Los Angeles – the inventor of the Millennium Style – stamped Ibos personal style.




How has Salsa Emocion arisen?

After the first common dances it was certain that two dancers had been found who have the same feeling, interpretation and understanding of music.

The interpretation of the name Salsa-Emocion means it is our goal and desires to feel the music, to interpret and to dance with the music instead to add all figures without feeling.

Other dancers got attentive by our style and approached us with the question about individual classes and courses. This great demand convinced us to pass on our understanding of dancing. In summer 2004 we gave a name to our passion:
“ Salsa-Emocion”