Addie Diaz' Resume
Photo Credits on this page: Pablo Munoz of Mambon2.com, Damian Achilles & Manny Siverio
Addie Diaz (Director, Choreographer & Dancer): Addie Diaz, with a background in Mambo Cha-Cha, Merengue, Hip-Hop and Jazz was trained to be a professional Latin dancer by the late Evelyn Leon. She began performing with "Dancers Fantasy Stars" and was fortunate enough to be trained by some of the best dancers in New York City. She gives Evelyn along with Mario Diaz (no relation), Angel "Negro" Rodriguez and Nelly Cotto credit for their influence in her dancing skills. She then went on to dance in Stacey Lopez’s "New York Salsa Dancers". In 94' she was called to be one of the "RMM Dancers" (Ralph Mercado Management) for the "1994" & "1995" Combinacion Perfecta Tour. She has also freelanced for the "Mario Diaz Dance Revue" and with Luis Zegarra’s "Fuerza Latina". Addie joined "Descarga Latina Dance Company" in 1996 where she assisted Nelson Flores, Director in running the team and along with the other members participated in new choreography.



Addie has had the opportunity to choreograph dance numbers for other teams as well as travel all over the U.S. and throughout the world to perform and teach dance workshops. She has moved on to form her own dance company in early 1999 and is the choreographer of the company’s routines. She is acknowledged for her creative and diversified dance choreography. Several of her numbers have been featured in the Off-Broadway Mambo Musical: Latin Madness.

New York:
 

• DJ El Rumbero Dance Social (Friday Night for Dancers) @ Dance New York (June 11, 2004)
• Mambo Mama's Dance Social, Manhattan NY (May 8, 2004)
• Latina's Fight Breast Cancer @ Wild Palm, Bronx-NY (May 1, 2004)
• Salsa Fridays with Rodney Lopez Dance Social @ Dance Manhattan's Social (April 16, 2004)
• Piel Canela Social @ Dance New York Dance Studio (March 28, 2004)
• Green Tree Country Club for Hispanic Woman's Leaders of Westchester (March 26, 2004)
• Club Cache, Manhattan, NY (February 12, 2004)
• China Club, Manhattan, NY (February 7, 2004)
• Con Sazon, Bronx NY (November 2003)
• Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY (November 2003)
• Plum Pointe Catering Hall, New Windsor, NY (November 2003)
• Latin Madness IV (October 2003 - 13 Shows)
• Fredonia University in Fredonia, NY (September 2003)
• New York Salsa Congress (August 2003)
• Stardust Kutshers Country Club, Monticello NY, (November 2002)
• Latin Madness III (November 2002 - 10 shows)
• Salsa Hustle Dance Party, Dance Manhattan, November 2002
• Hispanic Day Parade - October 2002
• French Club - Chelsea, MA
• Terrace in the Sky, Manhattan
• Celebrity Showcase - Con Sazon Night Club - July 2002
• Suburban Temple, Wantah, Long Island - NY, May 2002
• West Chester University at West Chester - Philadelphia, April 2002
• La Maganette, February 2002
• Jimmy Anton Social Dance @ Dance Manhattan, February 2002
• CCAGN (Chinese Cultural Association of Great Neck) Chinese New Year Celebration, Feb. 2002
• Starlite Caterers - Mambo Showdown, January 2002
• Latin Madness II (October 2001)
• 1st Annual East Coast Salsa Congress (Catskills NY), August 2001
• Latin Madness Off-Broadway Musical (3 show run)
• Diamante Cable TV Show (5/01)
• Latin Festival - Paramount Theatre Middletown, New York
• Salsa Profiles Cable TV Show
• Starlite Caterers – Mambo Performers Showdown
• Harlem Jazz Festival (2000)
• Nutrament - Corporate Annual Dance
• Dance Manhattan Ballroom -Social Dance
• MTV - Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
• Ballroom on Fifth - Social Dance
• Moe Ginsberg - Grand Opening Celebration
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Diamante Show - Cable TV Show
• Madison Square Garden - "Combinacion Perfecta Tour '94
• Madison Square Garden - "Memorial Jam" 
• Madison Square Garden - "Noche de Amor Concert"
• United Nations - Hispanic Heritage Month Event
• Lehman College – "India" in Concert
• FILM: Carlito’s Way – Background Dancer

OTHER STATES
New Jersey:

• U.S. District Court in Newark, NJ For 1st Hispanic Heritage Celebration (October 2003)
• Corporate Gig for Kraft Foods in East Hanover, NJ (October 2003)
• Meadowlands Arena,
• Budweiser’s (Hudson Eagle) "Virazon" Dancer
• Ellis Island - Liberty Island
• Sands Hotel & Casino - Atlantic City, NJ
• Taj Mahal - Atlantic City, NJ

Connecticut:

• "Que Chevere" Cable Show at the Rich Forum Theater - (Stamford)

Maryland:

• Latin Palace

Georgia (Atlanta):

• Sanctuary Latin NightClub, October 2002

Puerto Rico:

• Caribe Hilton "Congreso Bacardi" - 1^st Annual Convention
• Colliseo Roberto Clemente - (Combinacion Perfecta Tour '94)

California:

• 5th Annual West Coast Salsa Congress, May 2003
• L.A. Debut Latin Madness (Off-Broadway Musical), May 2003
• 3rd Annual West Coast Salsa Congress, May 2001
• Club Cocomo
• Sportsman’s Lodge
• The Century Club
• The Mayan Theater
• The Hollywood Bowl (Combinacion Perfecta Tour '94)

Florida:

• Orange Bowl
• Calle Ocho
• Sabado Gigante - Univision

Hawaii:

• Hawaii Regent - 12 Annual Salsa Festival - (Waikiki)
• Good Morning Hawaii (KITV)

Dominican Republic:

• 1st Annual Dominican Republic Salsa Congress, Santo Domingo - July 2002

Germany:

• Skyline Night Club - (Munich)

Japan:

• El Barco – (Hiroshima)
• Shooters – (Nagoya)

Canada (Toronto):

• SalsaWeb Convention "2000" – 2^nd Annual Dancer’s Convention

England (London):

• U.K. Debut of Off-Broadway Mambo Musical - LATIN MADNESS
• Ella’s Jazz Club
• Salsa Fusion

France (Paris):

• Los Mexicano
• I’Evasion
• The Black Bear

Switerzland (Zurich):

• Zurich Salsa Festival, Feb. 2004
• Zurich Debut of Off-Broadway Mambo Musical - LATIN MADNESS, Feb. 2004
• 1st Salsa Kongress 2 night performance at Zurich "Kongress Hause", Feb. 2002
• 1st Salsa Kongress pre-party performance at "Club X-tra", Feb. 2002
• El Cubanito Night Club, 1999

Italy:

• Festival LatinoAmericano (Milan & Torino)

Peru (Lima):

•  Jerry Rivera Concerts – Muelle 1, Plaza de Torros de Acho
• "Asi Es Gisela" (Talk Show)

Columbia:

• Combinacion Perfecta Tour ’95
  (Bogota, Medellin, Cali & Barranquilla)

CHOREOGRAPHER:

• Choreographer of 4 numbers in the Zurich Debut of "LATIN MADNESS" (February 2004)
• Choreographer of 4 numbers in Off-Broadway Play "LATIN MADNESS IV" (October 2003)
• Choreographer of 4 numbers in the U.K. Debut of "LATIN MADNESS" (September 2003)
• Side Street Kids Dance Company - 2003 Congreso Mundial de la Salsa in P.R.
• Choreographer of 4 numbers in the L.A. Debut of "LATIN MADNESS" (May 2003)
• Choreographer of 5 numbers in Off-Broadway Play "LATIN MADNESS III" (November 2002)
• Choreographer of 3 numbers in Off-Broadway Play "LATIN MADNESS II" (October 2001)
• Choreographer of 3 numbers in Off-Broadway Play "LATIN MADNESS" (April 2001)
• Mambo Mamies, Washington DC Dance Company, 2 separate numbers 
• L.E.S. Kids - 2001 NY Puerto Rican Day Parade Choreographer
• Con Sazon Dance Company - Debut Performance Number
• Side Street Kids Dance Company - 3rd Congresso Mundial de la Salsa
• "Addie-tude" Dance Company - Choreographer
• Descarga Latina Dance Company - Contributing Choreographer

TECHNICAL ADVISOR:

• "Saving Face", Forensic Films, October 2003
• "The Education of Max Bickford", 20th Century Fox Film Corp., April, 2002

TEACHER:

• Salsa History & Dance Course, Bushwick High School (9/03 - 12/03)

• On "2" With "Addie-Tude" Vol. 1 – Beginners Ladies Styling

VIDEOS:

• "No Me Queda Mas" Demo Music Video, August 2003
• "Mi Amiga" Demo Music Video, October 2002
• Congresso Mundial De Salsa ’97
• Combinacion Perfecta ’95
• India – "Ese Hombre"

FILM:

• Carlito's Way
• Infamous

International & U.S. Workshop Instructor:

• Zurich Salsa Festival, Zurich, Switzerland (2 workshops: Ladies Styling & Cha-Cha Open Floor Steps)
• Piel Canela Ladies Styling Workshop, Manhattan  NY 12/03
• UK International Salsa Congress, Bognor Regis (South of England) 9/03
• 3rd Annual East Coast Salsa Congress, NY, NY Ladies Styling Workshop 8/03
• 5th Annual West Coast Salsa Congres, L.A., CA, Ladies Styling Workshop 5/03
• Stardust at Kutshers Country Club, Monticello NY, Ladies Styling Workshop 11/02
• Stardust at Kutshers Country Club, Monticello NY, Cha Cha Open Floorwork, 11/02
• Atlanta, Georgia Mambo Workshop @ Atlanta Ballroom, October 2002
• 1st Annual "Salsa Kongress" (2002), Zurich, Switzerland (3 workshops)
• 1st Annual Dominican Republic Salsa Congress (July 2002)
• 1st Annual East Coast Salsa Congress (2001) - Catskills, New York
• 3rd Annual West Coast Salsa Congress (2001) - Los Angeles, California 
• Aloha Activity Center - Waikiki, Hawaii
• "Y' Community Center - Hiroshima, Japan
• 2nd Annual Salsaweb Convention (2000) - Toronto, Canada
• United Nations - New York City
• AHRC (Assoc. Help for Retarded Children) - New York City
• Pineapple Dance Studios & Las Brasas - London, England
• Club Nation Dance Studios - Paris, France
• 1st Annual Salsaweb Convention (1999) - Washington, DC
• Side Street Kids Academy - Bronx, New York
• Baltimore - Maryland
• Activ Fitness - Zurich, Switzerland
• Swingtime Studio - Los Angeles, California
• Cafe' Cocomo - San Francisco, California
• New York Sports Club - New York

Singer

• Singer Off-Broadway Mambo Musical Latin Madness IV (last 4 shows 10/31/03 - 11/2/03
• Understudy Singer Off-Broadway Musical Latin Madness IV (10/03 - 11/03)

Workshops

Classes

Articles

Addie's teaching style

Left: Hard at work during rehearsals

As Raggedy-Ann during the Muneca" number in Latin Madness III

  
Upper Left: Dancing with Vittico Pacheco during Palladium Scene of Latin Madness III
Upper Right: Choreographer and one of the Shinning Knights Zoot Suit Girls in Latin Madness III

   
Stills taken from Addie's 2nd Demo Music Video "No Me Queda Mas"

Stills taken from Addie's debut Singing Showcase