Featured Testimonial

"The quality of instruction, the willingness of the master teachers to put so much into it and to give us as much feedback as they could, the intensity of the sessions - it was all absolutely incredible!"

Dorothy Bassett
Pittsburgh, PA

After Hours Las Vegas

Instructors

Our fabulous instructors are:
Billy Fajardo - Hustle
Christy Coté & George Garcia - Argentine Tango
Jami Josephson - Salsa & Hustle
Michelle Kinkaid - WC Swing

Christy Coté

Dancing, choreographing and teaching professionally for more than 25 years, Christy Coté is the Creator and Director of the Academia de Tango Argentino at San Francisco's famed Metronome Ballroom.

Christy developed the Dance Vision Argentine Tango Syllabus and is a DVIDA National Examiner in Argentine Tango.

George Garcia

Trained by some of the best Argentine Tango performers/teachers in the world, George Garcia has been a dance instructor, performer & choreographer for over 25 years and has given Argentine Tango its foundation in Hawaii.

George is also a DVIDA National Examiner in Argentine Tango.

Jami Josephson

Jami Josephson is a professional dancer, performer, choreographer and a certified dance instructor in Ballroom and Latin dancing with over 100 titles in competition dancing including US Mambo Champion in 1997. Jami also runs the Instructors Forum for salsa instructors from around the world for Salsaweb.com and has made over 21 instructional dance videos throughout her career.

Jami's titles include:

Gold Medallist in the World Disco Classic in Salsa

Winner of the Sabado Gigante Latin Competition

Silver Medallist in the I.D.O. World Salsa Championships

Silver Medallist in the I.D.O. World Merengue Championships

Silver Medallist in the International Salsaweb Championships

Silver Medallist at U.S. Open Pro American Rhythm Championship

Eastern U.S. Champion

Fred Astaire Champion

United States Rising Star Champion

Michelle Kinkaid

Michelle is known for her smooth, interactive dance style. She is a three-time U.S. Open Classic Division Winner as well as winner of the U.S. Open Jack & Jill and many other titles including two-time winner of the Phoenix Champion of Champions. In addition to running her own studio, organizing & directing the Mountain Magic Swing Dance Convention (Lake Tahoe, NV), hosting the Sea Magic Dance Cruises and Train Magic Adventures, producing a line of instructional video tapes (in west coast swing, hustle & night club two step), and directing several local events, Michelle travels the USA, Canada, Europe and Japan teaching, competing, judging and promoting dance. Michelle is a Feather Award recipient for Best Classic Swing Dancer, was voted "Queen of Swing" at the 1994 National New Year's Dance Championships in Dallas, and was inducted into both the World Swing Dance Council National Hall of Fame and the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame.

Billy Fajardo

Billy has over 30 years of dance performance experience. As a young man, he was the founder and lead performer of the Dance Dimensions, the internationally acclaimed dance company who appeared on NBC's Don Kirshner's Rock Concert for four seasons. He has appeared at Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, Radio City and numerous top venues around the world. He has worked and choreographed for numerous headliners, including Gloria Gaynor, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Bob Hope...the list goes on... Film credits include "Carlito's Way", "Cross Over Dreams" and "Summer of Sam". Look for Billy on the UPN Series "South Beach" dancing with the lovely Vanessa Williams.