Swing Latino is a salsa dance school academy in Cali, Colombia, founded in the late 1990s by its current director, dancer and choreographer, Luis Eduardo Hernandez (also known as "El Mulato").[1]
Swing Latino has won multiple salsa dance contests in their home country Colombia and in the United States including the 2004 World Congress "Salsa Open" in Philadelphia, the 2005 World Salsa Dancing Federation's Championship, in Miami and the 2006 and 2007 Las Vegas Salsa Championship, which aired in ESPN.
Swing Latino has also performed abroad in Puerto Rico and toured throughout the United Kingdom.[3]
Television
In 2009, Swing Latino was a guest performer in the Polish television show You Can Dance: Po prostu tańcz! and the following day made another appearance on that same country's morning show Dzień Dobry TVN.[4] Swing Latino also appeared on the Colombian telenovelaUn Sueño Llamado Salsa which aired in the United States on the Spanish language network Telefutura in 2010.[5]
In 2012, after a visit from fellow salsa singer Marc Anthony, Swing Latino was featured as one of many Latin artists appearing in the television show ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen, airing in both Fox and Univision networks.
Swing Latino appeared and competed on the first season of the 2017 reality program World of Dance. They were the winners of the team division and competed in the finale against Les Twins and Eva Igo.
Current members
Nilson Emir Castro Riascos
Deisy Alejandra Roldan Zapata
Kevin Alberto Alzate Mosquera
Steven´s Rebolledo Montaño (MAIN DANCER)
Yinessa Ortega Ulcue (MAIN DANCER)
Angie Osorio (MAIN DANCER)
Leidy Giraldo (MAIN DANCER)
Ingrid Vanesa Tabaez
Lina Marcela Montoya
Jhon Andres Lucual Colorado
Cristian David Montenegro
Jhon Jairo Cabezas Caicedo
Paula Tatiana Guevara
Jeimmy Fabian larguelia
Yohana Molina Calambas
Jonier Francisco Torres
Luz Adriana Posso
Jenny Lorena Rodríguez
Carlos Fernando Marquez
Andres Felipe Diez
Saray Gonzales Duque
Johan Moreno
Eliana Katherine Feijoo Saavedra
Emanuelle Antonio Campaz
References
^"Swing Latino". Elmulatoysuswinglatino.com. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
