Saturday 23 May and Sunday 24 May 2009!!
About Phil
Phil is passionate about Salsa. He has been dancing salsa for eleven years and has been teaching for eight years. As well as teaching, he enjoys competing in Salsa Championships!
Phil has been an Associate of the United Kingdom Alliance (UKA) of Professional Teachers of Dancing since March 2005 and is a fully qualified dance teacher.
In July 2007 he became a Licentiate of UKA and is qualified to coach others to become Associate Teachers.
- June 2006 Instructors Diploma - American Style Swing, Foxtrot, Walz and Tango.
- Member of World Salsa Federation.
Championships
- Grand Finalist at IDO World Dance Festival, Seefeld, Austria 2007
- Ranked 6th IDO World Champion Salsa, 2007
- Ranked 6th IDO World Champion Merengue, 2007
- Ranked 7th IDO World Cup Champion Bachata, 2007
- Ranked 7th IDO World Champion Latino Show, 2007
- 1st Place Winner of IDO European Cup Salsa, Latvia 2007
- 1st Place Winner of IDO European Cup Bachata, Latvia 2007
- Finalist in the World Salsa Federation Championships - LA Style, Miami 2006 - Go to WSF web site for pictures and more WSF web site pictures
- Ranked 7th World Salsa Federation Champion - LA Style Salsa, 2006
- Grand Finalist IDO World Championships Salsa, Seefeld, Austria 2006
- Ranked 7th IDO World Champion Salsa, Seefeld 2006
- 3rd UK Salsa Champion 2006 - UKA
- Runner up Irish Salsa Open Champion 2006
- 13th European IDO Salsa Champion 2006
- 6th UK Salsa Open Champion 2005
- 14th World IDO Salsa Champion 2005
- Midlands Salsa Champion 2005
- 4th UKA Salsa Champion 2005 (Chris and Jaclyn of Cuban Groove came 1st and went onto win the World Championships for the 3rd year in a row)
- 4th British Salsa Champion 2003
- North West Salsa Champion 2003
- 3rd British Merengue Champion 2002
- Joint 2nd British National Salsa Champion 2002
Teaching/Performance Credits
- June 2007, Turkey Salsa Festival, Performances
- May 2007, Dublin, Irish Salsa Congress, Performances
- April 2007, Latvia Dance Festival, Performances
- March 2007, Radcliffe, The Latin Crew Salsa Charity Noche, Performances and Teaching
- February 2007, Ilkley, Hollygarth Party with Blukana Cuban Dance Band, Performances and Teaching
- February 2nd 2007, Interview on BBC Radio Lancashire Tony Livesey show
- January 2007, Newbury, Janet's Party, Performances and Teaching
- January 2007, Penrith, Salsa Silhouette Party, Performances
- December 2006, Next Generation Club, Team Building Day, Teaching
- November 2006, Harrogate, Dance Carnival, Performances and Teaching
- November 2006, Miami, World Salsa Federation Championships, Teaching
- October 2006, Preston, Ignite Night Club Opening Night, Performances
- October 2006, St Helens, Houghwood Golf Club
- September 2006, Bradford, Salsa Workshop
- August 2006, Hollygarth, Ilkley, Silver Fox Salsa Party
- July 2006, Manchester, Claire and Phil's Wedding
- June 2006, Lancaster University, Charity Event
- June 2006, Bury, The Latin Crew Salsa One Day Event
- June 2006, Imperial Hotel, Blackpool, Company Event
- May 2006, Kendal, Charity Event
- April 2006, Preston, World Dance Day
- April 2006, Swallow Hotel, Preston, Zaco African Party
- January 2006, Newbury, Janet's Party
- December 2005, Hollygarth, Ilkley, Silver Fox Salsa Party
Plus numerous other private bookings for performances/teaching
Phil's Dance Partners
Leah Pritchard
- Grand Finalist at IDO World Dance Festival, Seefeld, Austria 2007
- Ranked 6th IDO World Champion Salsa, 2007
- Ranked 6th IDO World Champion Merengue, 2007
- Ranked 7th IDO World Cup Champion Bachata, 2007
- Ranked 7th IDO World Champion Latino Show, 2007
- 1st Place Winner of IDO European Cup Salsa, Latvia 2007
- 1st Place Winner of IDO European Cup Bachata, Latvia 2007
- Finalist in the World Salsa Federation Championships - LA Style, Miami 2006
- Ranked 7th World Salsa Federation Champion - LA Style Salsa, 2006
- Grand Finalist IDO World Championships Salsa, Seefeld, Austria 2006
- Ranked 7th IDO World Champion Salsa, Seefeld 2006
- 3rd UK Salsa Champion 2006 - UKA
- Runner up Irish Salsa Open Champion 2006
- 13th European IDO Salsa Champion 2006
- 6th UK Salsa Open Champion 2005
- Midlands Salsa Champion 2005
- Member of World Salsa Federation
Leah became an Associate of the United Kingdom Alliance (UKA) of Professional Teachers of Dancing in July 2007 and is a fully qualified dance teacher. Leah is my niece and has only been dancing Salsa since 2004, but within the first year, due to her unique but natural dance style, she became my dance partner. She learns new moves extremely quickly and easily brings in her own style to the moves, which makes her dancing very attractive to watch. In 2005, we won the Midlands Salsa Championship, held in Birmingham, which qualified us for the UK Salsa Open Champion 2005, held in Bognor Regis, where we came 6th. Leah also went to Aruba where we came 1st in a pre World Championship Competition.
As well as entering competitions, Leah is my partner for shows, performances and demonstrations, which we are invited to present all over the UK and abroad!
Phil's Previous Dance Partners
Andrea Hulme
1st Place UKA Medallist of the year 2006 (Gold and above 25 and over)
I met Andrea in 2004. We started dancing together after she came to both my private Salsa Lessons and Salsa Classes in Mamma’s Too in St Anne’s and Bello’s in Preston. Andrea is extremely keen on learning new moves and is a very fast learner, with natural rhythm and styling. She had danced for many years before Salsa, which helped her progress so fast in Salsa. In 2005, Andrea became my support teacher and was also my partner for demonstrations, which we were invited to present all over the country. Andrea is a great dancer and works very hard on new moves and presentation. In April 2006, Andrea partnered me in the Salsa World Cup in Turin, where she did extremely well.
picture courtesy of Latin ART Online. Go to www.latinartonline.co.uk where you may find a salsa picture of yourself!!
Kasia Mierzejewska
In 2002, Kasia started Salsa lessons at Dancers, where I met her. She then became one of my students and due to her dancing talent progressed to support teacher in 2004. In 2005, at Blackpool, Kasia won the medallist of the year (gold and above) and became my partner, as Geraldine’s substitute, in the World Championships. These were held in Aruba, and we became 14th World IDO Salsa Champion 2005.
Geraldine Ling
I also met Geraldine in 1997 at the same classes as Jackie, so we had danced together before we became partners for the UKA IDO Salsa Championships 2005, held in Blackpool, where we came 4th. This was the qualifying championships to represent the UK in the World IDO Salsa Champion, held in Aruba. Geraldine is an excellent dancer, well known for her ladies styling.
Jenny Griffiths
I met Jenny at Lancaster Salsa classes. We started dancing together after she came to my private Salsa Lessons and she then became my support teacher at Mamma’s Too in St Anne’s and Next Generation Club in Chorley. Jenny is a very talented dancer and teacher.
In 2003 Jenny and I qualified, in Manchester for the British National Salsa Championship. Along with Jenny and her Mother, we produced a beginners and an improvers salsa teaching video.
Jacqueline Moss
My first dance partner. I met Jackie in 1997, when I first started salsa, at Jim and Heather’s Salsa classes at Chorley. I was a bit nervous to ask Jackie to dance because she was already a really good salsa dancer, with a long history of dancing. However, we danced really well together and we became dancing partners.
In 2002 we became Joint 2nd British National Salsa Champion and 3rd British Merengue Champion, held in Blackpool. The next year, in 2003, we became North West Salsa Champion, held in Manchester and 4th British Salsa Champion, held in London.
I would like to thank all my dance partners for their hard work and dedication. - THANKS
