Pat Calzadilla (Ritmo Latino)

http://www.ritmolatino.com.my/

Pat Calzadilla is a true Latin American professional instructor, dancer and choreographer with more than 14 year of teaching experience in Malaysia alone. Fired with the passion of Salsa at a very young age, Venezuelan-born Pat came to Malaysia and co-founded Havana Estudio in 1998.

Since then she has moved on, opening her own Ritmo Latino Dance School in 2000. To date, Pat has taught more than 3000 students including some who have moved on to becoming instructors themselves.

She has also taken part in various international events and is the only Salsa Choreographer to be called for two consecutive years for "So You Think You Can Dance" Malaysia.

In keeping with the aim of promoting Salsa for Malaysians, Pat's full-support and encouragement was given to the "1st Malaysian Salsa Festival 2006", along with a showcase of 4 groups from RITMO LATINO and which made it the largest number ever from a single dance institution to represent the country.

She was also hugely responsible for her assistance in co-organizing the "2nd Malaysian World Latin Salsa Congress" in 2008.

Instructors of Malaysian Salsa Festival