HAWAII SALSA FESTIVAL INSTRUCTOR

Yuko Akiba

Tokyo, Japan

Contact: YukoSalsa@gmail.com

http://yukoakiba.com/

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BICTGznl4U0

 

Salsa Dancer/Performer/Instructor/Choreographer
 
Born in Yokohama, Japan, Yuko has traveled worldwide performing with Salsa dance teams from Japan. Her presence, grace, passion and unique style always excites audiences.

 
She has performed throughout Japan, and in California, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Korea, Australia, Beijing, and more.  She also represented Japan at the World Salsa Championships 2006-2009. Yuko has performed live with the Eddie Palmieri band and the Jimmy Bosch Band in the US.

Fluent in Spanish, studying at University in Japan, Yuko is well versed in an extensive Salsa music library. She feels it, lives it, dances to it, and makes her living in the Salsa world.

In Tokyo, Japan, Yuko teaches beginner and advanced Salsa dance classes. 

Yuko was professionally trained in Ballet, Jazz and Modern dance since the age of 10 years old and has been studying Salsa with many of the great dance instructors from Japan, New York City, Israel, Los Angeles, France and more for over 6 years…

She has been seen on TV programs and has participated in live performance music DVDs.