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Addie-Tude Dance Company: Team
Member
Photo Credits on this page: mciacorp@ix.netcom.com
Michael Garcia:
Michael has a very diversified dance background
which includes Hip-Hop, Step, Salsa/Mambo, Cha Cha, Merengue, Rumba, and Samba.
He has assisted in classes at La Salsa De Hoy Dance Studio and has moved to teaching
at the C.C.A.P.
Summer Youth Program during the Summer of 2002. He begun his mambo dancing
career at the age of 12 with his mother (Sharon Garcia) along side of him while
going to the Salsa De Hoy Dance Studio in Brooklyn, New York. Michael was
fortunate enough to have Joe Delgado and Cecilia Williams (a.k.a. Cee Cee) as
his first Mambo Instructors. Influenced by the style of Latin dancing, Michael kept going to classes and was
the youngest in the adult classes on Friday nights. He was later introduced
to the world of performing groups when he began attending social dances. A short
time afterwards, Carlos
Vasquez, the owner of La Salsa De Hoy Dance Studio placed him in his student Dance Troup
with other teens
his age to perform at local events. Besides being a member of the Addie-tude
Dance Company, Michael has been a part of La Salsa De Hoy's Dance Troup
(Director: Carlos
Vasquez), Tropical Image Dancers (Director Arelis Beato) and The Revelation Dancers
(Director: Cecilia
Williams). At 14 Michael is currently the youngest member to ever have joined the
Addie-Tude Dance Company. Though young in age he is respected by his
peers for his dancing skills, his maturity and for his hard work ethics.
DANCE PERFORMANCES
New York:
- Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY
(November 2003)
- Plum Pointe Catering Hall, New Windsor, NY
(November 2003)
- Benefit Fundraiser for Master Instructor
Fran Chesleigh, Dance Manhattan,
October 2003
- Swing/Salsa Halloween Bash, Dance Manhattan,
October 2003
- NYC Education Department Arts Conference,
Bronx, NY, September 2003
- New York Salsa Congress
with Addie-tude (August 2003)
- DJ Rumbero's
Socia,
Dance New York Dance Studio, 3/3/03
- Stardust Kutshers Country Club, Monticello
NY, (November 2002)
- Salsa Hustle Dance Party, Dance Manhattan,
November 2002
- Hispanic Day Parade - October 2002
- Revelation Dancers Fund Raiser 2002 with
Revelation Dancers
- Harlem's Neighborhood party 2001 with
Tropical Image Dancers
- La Salsa De Hoy's Christmas Social 2000
with La Salsa De Hoy Dance Troup
- La Salsa De Hoy's Super Bowl Social 2000
with La Salsa De Hoy Dance Troup
- Puerto Rican Day Parade 2000 with La Salsa
De Hoy Dance Troup
Other States
California
- West Coast Salsa Congress 2002 with
Revelation Dancers
Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico's Bacardi congress 2001
with Tropical Image Dancers
International
Canada
- Canada's 2nd Annual Congress 2001
with Tropical Image Dancers
Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)
-
1st Annual Dominican Republic Congress July 2002 with Revelation Dancers
Contact Info
Michael's Photo Corner:
Michael (2nd from Left) posing
with Addie (center) and
several other members of the team at a recent
gig at Upstate NY.
Michael (Right) on stage with Addie
performing the group's
"I Like It Like That Medley" routine during the
2003 NY Salsa Congress.
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