Latin
Instructors
Francesco Batti
When Francesco Battigaglia wound up in a Salsa club in Miami completely by chance during a holiday, he was hooked. The colourful mixture of people he encountered, the effortlessness on display as well as the music sparked a Salsa fire in him. Originally a primary school and languages teacher, he gave up his vocation to completely dedicate his future life to dance and “would do so again in a heartbeat.” During an era when Latin-American dance was barely established in Germany, Francesco set about acquainting himself with the various local facets of Salsa on-site in New York, Puerto Rico and Cuba. As the first instructor in North Rhine-Westphalia, he also offers Salsa lady styling.
Ivana Scavuzzo
Ivana Scavuzzo has been working as a dancer in international stage shows by artists like Cascada, Debora Woodson, Addys D’Mercedes, Dana Smith as well as for product presentations of notable firms. She is active as a choreographer for the Crazysalsa Dance Company, TV and theatre productions and as a Salsa coach for musical “Miami Nights”. There is a longstanding and continually intensifying work relationship between Ivana and tanzhaus nrw. In her classes, Ivana imparts fundamental basic steps and turns that build into interesting combinations. They concentrate on rhythmic schooling, expressiveness, dance technique as well as on musical interpretation.
Ivana Scavuzzo & Francesco Batti
La Cati
La Cati works as a freelance flamenco dancer, choreographer and flamenco dance teacher and for Latín lady styling, both nationally and internationally. She danced and choreographed for “Carmen” at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein as well as for the Apollo Varieté and others. She is not only invested as an emotional and expressive dancer within her own ensemble “Agridulce”, she is also a patient and motivating teacher who knows how to put across the multifaceted complexity in flamenco and the feeling for the feminine body work in Latín lady styling in a motivating and rousing manner. La Cati skilfully connects modern influences with traditional dance styles and is impressive with her innovative freshness and her feminine, elegant and powerful dancing style. Central topics in Cati’s workshops are female dance technique as well as feminine movement quality, in lithe elegance and powerful harmony.