Karelia Despaignes, CU
We are very pleased to welcome Karelia Despaigne from Santiago de Cuba as new director at Nordic Salsa Camp 2019 together with Yorge Armando from Havana in Cuba. We have been working on this since Karelia and Yorge successfully taught at Salsa Camp in Cuba in Havana in 2016 – And this year we succeeded!
Karelia Despaigne is a dancer, teacher and choreographer from Santiago de Cuba from among others Ballet Folklórico de Oriente and Sabor DKY. Today, Karelia lives in Havana, where she combine the post as founder and director of the dance group, Tierra Kaliente with a solo career, where Karelia teaches at salsa festivals in Cuba & Europe.
Karelia speaks fluent English, and she is a committed and super talented teacher with a strong dance technical and pedagogical look to promote, that the dance becomes a party, play and joy for both man and woman. Further Karelia has a great knowledge of Cuban culture, which she wants to extend to the whole world while Karelia herself learns from other cultures and spreads dance joy on her way.
Karelia Despaigne is a dancer, teacher and choreographer from Santiago de Cuba from among others Ballet Folklórico de Oriente and Sabor DKY. Today, Karelia lives in Havana, where she combine the post as founder and director of the dance group, Tierra Kaliente with a solo career, where Karelia teaches at salsa festivals in Cuba & Europe.
Karelia speaks fluent English, and she is a committed and super talented teacher with a strong dance technical and pedagogical look to promote, that the dance becomes a party, play and joy for both man and woman. Further Karelia has a great knowledge of Cuban culture, which she wants to extend to the whole world while Karelia herself learns from other cultures and spreads dance joy on her way.
