~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With a passion to capture the heart and soul of salsa dura & latin soul music, LSD Projects Latin-fusion choreographies are a combination of Salsa,
Mambo, Latin Jazz, Tango, Ballroom, Modern, Flamenco, Guajira Cha Cha and Afro-Cuban influences in
high-lifting & jaw dropping theatrical productions.
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LSD PROJECTS & LSDANCE ENTERTAINMENT
is a
professional Latin Fusion Dance Company
co-founded by Cynthia La China & Hector El Guajiro Peña.
This
dynamic duo has created some soulful masterpieces that dazzle audiences in a
spellbinding Latin musical journey along with original, dynamic choreography.
Hector and
Cynthia met in 2007. Soon they found that they shared common goals as dancers,
instructors and creative ideas as performers, choreographers. In 2009, they had
an opportunity to teach and perform at The 1st Hawaii Salsa Festival, and LSD
Projects was co-founded. Together they had traveled extensively for teaching and
performance gigs in Northeast US (NY, NJ, CT, Boston, Philadelphia), Washington
DC, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Miami, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Canada and more.
LSD
Projects has graced many stages at multi-cultural
dance festivals, salsa congresses, artistic & cultural venues, corporate events,
private functions and entertainment venues. And we also
offer group workshops, guest motivation dance lessons and professional dance
shows at private parties for up close and personal dance entertainment.
Contact Cynthia at
917-941-1246 for more info, or send
e-mail to
nysalsababy@gmail.com for rates and bookings.
Cynthia La Chinais a passionate teacher
and social dancer specializing in NYon2 Salsa and other Latin dances. A designer
by day, dance coach & performer by night, she has been teaching dance and
choreographing routines to K-12 students as alternative outlets for her artistic
expression and creative thinking since 2000.
Cynthia first took up Ballroom dancing and was swept away by the rhythmic flow
of smooth elegant dances, however it was the flirtatious and exuberant side of
Salsa that got her hooked.
With a dedication bordering on obsession, she spent
all her spare time training in techniques and other dance forms in Jazz, Modern,
Ballet, Flamenco, Belly dance, Ballroom, Cha Cha, African, Argentine Tango, Hustle, Swing, Salsa and especially NYon2 club-style Mambo. In fact, her trainers are a
Who’s Who of the Best Instructors, including Eddie Torres (Pioneer of NYon2
Mambo), Duplessey Walker (Styling & Technique), Frankie Martinez (Afro
Latin Funk), Jami Josephson (Ballroom & Hustle), Dave Paris
(Lifts & Tricks), Michael Fielder (Latin Jazz), Amanda Estilo & Karisma Dance
Studio (Styling & Partner work), SantoRico Dance School (Spin Technique), just to
name a few.
Having
excelled in Salsa within the first year, Cynthia was invited to perform with an
all-female dance team ifrom Brooklyn in 2000. Since then she has danced and
performed with many professional dance companies, including Duplessey Latin
Dance Factory, ENIXE Dance, Mambo2ChaCha Dance Company, Revelation Dance
Company, Michael Fielder Latin Jazz Team and Jami Josephson's Rhythm Divas.
Cynthia is now the Artistic
Director for LSD Projects & LSDance Entertainment, and had traveled
extensively for teaching and performance gigs in Northeast US (NY, NJ, CT,
Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Miami, Puerto Rico,
Dominican Republic, Canada and more.
Hector El Guajiro Peñawas born in Texas, and had
grown up around Spanish/Mexican folklore music. Since early age, he was hooked
on Cumbia dance. Coming to New York in 2000 had opened his eyes to NYon2 Salsa,
and also began his Salsa/Mambo journey with "The Mambo King" Eddie Torres, and
had furthered dance training with Frankie Martinez of Abakua Dance Company in
Afro-Cuban movement, styling and Cha Cha Cha.
In 2004, Hector joined
Revelation Dance Company as a performer and co-choreographer, and had performed
in numerous Salsa festivals & congresses in Puerto Rico, L.A., Boston,
Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and more.
Hector met Cynthia in 2007,
and found that they shared common goals as dancers, instructors and creative
ideas as performers, choreographers. In 2009, they co-founded "Latin Soul Dance
Projects & Dance Entertainment" (LSD Projects) where they draw inspirations from
all dances (Afro Caribbean, Latin Jazz, Modern dance, Tango, Ballroom and Funk)
to incorporate into their choreography. Together they have performed and taught
at multi-cultural dance festivals, salsa congresses, cultural institutes,
artistic venues, corporate venues, private clubs and entertainment venues in
Hawaii, Las Vegas, NY, NJ, Boston, Washington DC, Punta Cana, DR, Canada and
more.
"Having been dancing Latin
dance professionally for over 10 years, I want to offer a different approach to
dancing and new Ideas as a performer and instructor along with Cynthia. I want
students to understand body
movement after they learn the basics, so they can become an instrument in
the music. They can enjoy the dance while having the freedom to have their own
style with basic techniques. Cynthia and I continue to take classes in other
forms of dance so that we continue to grow. And at the same time share with
students our knowledge so that they can also be great dancers simply for fun or
for the serious minds." ~ Hector el Guajiro
