Graduates of Josie Neglia's Salsa Instructor Course! from our 6 Day Salsa Instructors Course
in Long Beach, CA May 16-21, 2005
1. Scott Wilson
2. Rocio Salgada
3. Hiroko Suenaga
4. Cindy Tran
5. Gigi Zoeller
6. Francisco Huerta
7. Mary Lam
8. Tom Zoeller
9. Supriya Koirala
10. Yoshiko Watanabe
11. Marianne Soto
12. Wanda Holdren
Testimonial:
Josie,
Your Teachers Course in Long Beach (May 05) was simply a wonderful life experience and wanted to thank you again for that.It ranks as one of the most enjoyable and educational experiences bar none.The wonderful dancers your course brought me in contact with from around the world were amazing. We still keep in touch so quite a bond was created. I am using using your teaching method with my current group of 25 students and they are loving it!!I already have dozens more on the waiting list for the next class.Thanks so much for such a sure fine teaching method and for helping me introduce a little "LA Style" in Chesapeake VA.Great photo of the group on the site, one of my favorites. Ciao!
- Scott
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GRADUATES OF JOSIE NEGLIA'S SALSA TEACHER'S CRASH COURSE
May 31-June 5, 2004
1. Reggie - California
2. Pillar - Netherlands
3. Aya - Japan
4. Kita - Japan
5. Kathleen - Vancouver
6. Angela - Vancouver
Top left to right: Reggie(CA), Kita (Tokyo)
Bottom left to right: Angela (Vancouver), Aya (Tokyo), Josie, Pillar (Netherlands) and Kathleen (Vancouver)
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GRADUATES OF JOSIE NEGLIA'S SALSA TEACHER'S CRASH COURSE
May 26-May 31, 2003
1. Barbie Bell
2. Paolo Tassini
3. Christina Hackenberg
4. Terri Romero
5. Sandra Griffin
6. Gail Pettit
7. Noelani DaSilva
8. Beto DaSilva
9. Reggie Collier
10. Carmen Guynn
11. Janneane Siegel
12. Greg Mitchell
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GRADUATES OF JOSIE NEGLIA'S SALSA TEACHER'S CRASH COURSE
May 28-June 1,2002
From Left to Right
1. Michael- Texas
2. Terry - California
3. Christian - Mexico
Josie
4. Margueritte- Malaysia
The one-week crash course with these four dedicated student-teachers were fantastic. We all had fun and experienced the ecstasy and the stresses of the dance business.
With dance technique every morning, the four of them learned the fundamentals to all Latin dance training and skills for speed, balance and styling. We also studied teaching techniques for rapid and clear learning, professionalism and organizational skills for business.
At the end of the week, each was assigned one lesson plan to teach in full and we all learned from the strengths and weaknesses of every participant.
The nervousness and the laughter were inevitable, but they all were exceptionally great teachers with their own unique style.
I wished it were longer because the week flew by so quickly. I loved working with these four because they were all very serious learners with a great sense of the dance business world. Each has gained my respect and is highly recommended by me to teach salsa in their cities.
We all had a final evening out at the Mayan Night Club in downtown Los Angeles where Lawrence Chow (owner) treated us to a VIP table with a great view of both the dance floor and the live band.
Web pages for each of the new teacher's will be up shortly.
-- Josie Neglia June 2002
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FIRST GRADUATES OF JOSIE NEGLIA'S SALSA TEACHER'S COURSE
February 2001
1. Dania Ramirez
2. Veronica Rios
3. Christina Walker
Veronica, Josie and Christina
Veronica, Josie and Christina at the Conga Room in LA
The three weeks with the ladies were great. Every morning started out with a warm-up and technical dance exercises, then we moved on to studying the lead and follow to the set Salsa Step list. We also had business talks and goal setting on paper.
Each of the ladies had their own unique strengths and weaknesses and each of them had their own goals in what they wanted to accomplish with this course.
In the three weeks we covered the complete salsa steps list to teach a 16-week salsa course, professionalism, proper technique and training, teaching tips, choreography, business etiquette, and marketing yourself.
Many people attend a course of this nature because they are interested in dancing better themselves as well as teaching. This is why we spent equal amounts of time training them as dancers as well as professional teachers.
Everyday I could see the improvement with the turning and technique and special exercises the ladies practiced every morning. Their confidence level also built up so that each were starting to teach with more clarity and self assurance.
The last week was a special one. Each taught a lesson which was videotaped. We all sat down and critiqued each other's performance. Overall the girls had a great time and each also thought the time had flown and wished that we had more time together.
We wrote down our goals and talked about suggestions for future courses. We had our farewell party at the Conga Room in Los Angeles, where we danced the night away.
Veronica, Josie and Christina