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Contact US
You can get in touch with Salsabangkok.com by email us at salsabangkok@hotmail.com. Here is the team that makes salsabangkok.com come true.
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Apple (Busakorn Vorameth)
Apple lived in New York for 10 years. She got her master's in Facilities Management from Pratt Institute and Design Management from Harvard University. Besides her work as a Director of Marketing at Facilities Management Consulting Firm in New York, she was also a dance instructor and a performer at Tropical NY Dance School (www.tropicalny.com). She has been dancing since 1997 and her focus is on social and cultural dances. She travelled to many countries in Europe, Latin America and Caribbean to explore various dance forms such as Afro-Cuban, Bellydance, Argentine Tango, Zouk, and Carnival Samba. In 2001, she performed Salsa and Bossanova at The Tiara Room, Dusitani Hotel with Aochan Nagamoto. She started the first Zouk class at La Rueda in 2003. Now she is back in Bangkok and she offers various classes.
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Aoy (Thatima Sukjai)
Aoy is one of Thailand's top female Salsa dancers. She has mastered a lot of different Salsa styles and is always adding new moves to here repertoire. She has been travelling several times to the US for learning with some of the best teachers. Since last years she has also started to perform on different occasions with her dancing partner Roj. She represented Thailand at the Salsa Hong Kong Congress 2005 (with Roj) and the 1st annual Salsa India Fiesta 2005 (with Joschi). Although she claims not to be a teacher, she has always generously shared her skills and knowledge with the Salsa crowd in Thailand and beyond and conducted a number of lady's styling class at La Rueda. Besides her dancing skills, she also has a good taste for dressing. In her professional life she runs a nice spa, called "Jolie Spa" in Bangkok - the right place to recover of a long Salsa night in Bangkok. |
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Keng (Juthamat)
Keng’s passion in Salsa got sparked while taking Latin Dance classes at a fitness club in Bangkok. Prior to Salsa, her dancing focused mostly on ballet, jazz dance and ballroom dance. Salsa dancing has become her favorite leisure activity since the beginning of 2005. Since then, she has travelled to several countries to broaden her Salsa and Latin dance knowledge. In 2006, she joined the Salsa Hacha Dance Company to perform at both local and international events, including Salsabangkok Fiesta 2006 and Hong Hong Salsa Festival 2006 and 2007. Additionally, she participated in the World’s largest Rueda circle of 176 couples at Singapore Salsa International Festival in October 2006. Her academic background includes B.A. (Spanish), B.A. (Political Science) and M.B.A. (Marketing). Currently she is working at the Spanish Commercial Office in Bangkok.
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Roj (Jiraroj Tikkawee)
Roj apparently has become the first Thai on-1 salsa instructor in Bangkok. He has learned Salsa from San Francisco, but he has travelled to many other places and studied a lot of Salsa videos to increase his range of styles and moves. This year he comes back from the L.A. Salsa Congress with a number of great new moves. With his partner Aoy he has danced on a number of major Salsa events and occassions. A recent highlight was representing Thailand on the 3rd Salsa Hong Kong congress. Students love him because he is very cheerful and kind. Do not miss his free Salsa class in Bangkok's La Rueda Latin Club in Shukhumvit 18. In his other life he is working as a product manage at Kimberly-Clark, Bangkok. |
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Joschi (Jost Wagner)
Germany-born Joschi (spoken "Yoshi") has been addicted to Salsa and Merengue for a long time. He got infected with the "Salsa Virus" in 1992 on a trip through South America. After having worked on building up Salsa India with his friends Kaytee, Angie and Shar for three years, Joschi has shifted his base to Thailand in October 2004. In January 2005 he won the 1st price in the Let's Salsa Competition at the Sukhumvit Fair 2005 in Bangkok and represented Thailand with Aoy at the 1st Annual Salsa Fiesta in New Delhi last April. He recently joined Salsa Bangkok and is now simultaneously based in Phuket and Bangkok. When his busy job as the Tsunami coordinator of the German Embassy permits him, he likes to conduct his lively Merengue workshops. |
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Pak (Suteera Nagavajara)
Suteera came to the U.S. in 1993. She has been living in DC for the past 8 years and dancing Salsa; both New York Style and On 1, for the past 7 years. Suteera received her B.A. from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok with a major in English Literature and a minor in Theatre Arts, and M.A. in International Studies from the University of Oregon. Currently she is a research manager at a consulting firm ORC Macro in Maryland. Her present and previous work includes research on socio-economic impact of international media, science, technology, and environmental policies, and promotion of sustainable agriculture in developing countries especially in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Suteera is also an accomplished classical Thai Dancer. She co-founded the Somapa Thai Dance Company in 1999 and has been promoting Thai arts and culture through teaching and cultural performances in the DC metro area. Check out her website at www.somapadance.org
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Ann (Siriwan Leelapornchai)
Ann lived in New York from 1995-2004. She has background in Food Sciences & Technology, then an MBA in International Business from Baruch College, CUNY. In 1998, Ann exposed herself to dance world in New York where she started out with ballroom dancing, hustle, swing, salsa, and argentine tango. She finds herself the most in Argentine Tango, and it has become her passion since then. Her interest in Spanish and Latin American cultures and dances brought her to Spain, Ecuador, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Guadeloupe to experience the music, people and their ways of living. Back to Thailand in late 2004, she now works as a Business Development Manager for a food exporting company. She would love to see dance community; especially Argentine Tango grows in Thailand like anywhere else in the world.
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