Lazaro Lopez is an independent professional dancer, teacher and choreographer.  He graduated with honours from the Cuban National School of Art and Dance, in Havana and started dancing professionally in 1989 with the dance company Raices Profundas. With this company Lazaro performed as a soloist dancer and he went on tour to Mexico and Japan with the show “Noche Tropical” which celebrated 50 years of Cuban traditional music, working alongside famous artists such as conga player Tata Güines, the singer Omara Portuondo, the flautist Richard Egüe (the founder of the Orquesta Aragón), and the excellent Rumba singers Celeste Mendoza and Carlos Embale.

Paola Lopez began her dance training of Salsa and Cuban traditional dances in 1996. She has been dancing and teaching with Lazaro for the past 4 years. Paola’s teaching focuses on building confidence in all the basic steps, feeling and counting the rhythm, developing a good technique and style, body movement, leading and following skills and musical interpretation, which is combined with a dedicated and patient approach.

Lazaro & Paola Lopez at Buffalo Bar (YouTube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7-uaXk0Ws8