About Your Instructor - Bridget Ellis

Dance Education and Training

• Received formal training from a top ballroom franchised studio and tested thru Master Silver Level I
  
• Training in both Ballroom and Latin from Leslie Spearin, Ingvar Giersson, Raphael Cologne, Rosendo Fumero, Jesse and Linda Smith and Kimberly Mitchell

Street Salsa Specific Training

• Training in "on1" Salsa with Liz Lira, Solomon Rivera,The Swing Guys, Edie "the Salsa Freak", Joby Martinez, Youngblood and more
  
• Training in "on2" Salsa with Bernard Martinez, Griselle Ponce, Ismael Otero, Seaon Stylist, Shaka Brown and Magna Gopal
  
• Graduate of the Universidad de Salsa: Certified in Folkloric Salsa with instructor-Jorge Santana of Papa Tambor

Accomplishments

• 2007 Colorado State Salsa Champion
  
• 2006 Carnaval de Rumba Salsa Champion
  
• 1st Place Female Instructor at the Spring 2001 Showcase Championship
  
• Instructor of the Top Newcomer Male Student at the Spring 2001 Showcase Championship
  
• 2nd Place Female Instructor at the Fall 2001 Showcase Championship
  
• 1st Place Female Instructor at the Spring 2002 Showcase Championship
  
• Instructor of the Top Newcomer Male Student at the Spring 2002 Showcase Championship
  

Affiliations

• Dance Director and Board member for Salsa Central Denver from 2004-2007.
  
• Former dancer in Salsa Caliente, Denver's Salsa Dance Performance Team
• Performed with Salsa Caliente in the 2004 & 2005 Puerto Rico Salsa Congress and also in the 2006 West Coast Salsa Congress