Medals in ballroom and Latin dance as a youngster plus a healthy teenage passion for bop, jive and sharp funk moves led to Richard's eventual abduction by salsa dance and music in 1997.

Teaching and DJing since 2000 in a wide variety of London Clubs, Richard's two-year stint with Cuban dance troupe Cudance saw him performing nationally and internationally. Richard is an instinctive dancer, at ease dancing and teaching Casino and Rueda, as well as Mambo and Cross Body On1. Richard values clarity in his teaching: being able to break elements down into their constituent parts and put them back together again. As a DJ he's a musical fanatic with a keen eye for what's happening on the dance floor. While he enjoys and plays a range of Latin music, his one true, overriding love is for the wild montunos and shouted coros of Timba and Cuban Salsa, which is just as well, as that's what he spins at La Clave Cubana!

DJ Richie

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