Event Directors

Billy Fajardo has over 30 years of dance performance experience. As a young man, he was the founder and lead performer of the Dance Dimensions, the internationally acclaimed dance company who appeared on NBC's Don Kirshner's Rock Concert for four seasons. He has appeared at Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, Radio City and numerous top venues around the world. He has worked and choreographed for numerous headliners, including Gloria Gaynor, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Bob Hope...the list goes on... Film credits include "Carlito"s Way", "Cross Over Dreams", "Summer of Sam". Look for Billy on the new UPN Series "South Beach" dancing with the lovely Vanessa Williams. Visit the stie:
http://www.billyandkatie.com/#

Albert Torres There’s no place like LA, no place like LA Salsa clubs, and no one who ensures who makes it happen like Promoter Albert Torres. Albert Torres lives, breathes, and thinks about Latin entertainment 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Thousands of people buy tickets to attend his world-class events and concerts. Dancers talk and rave about the “extraordinary” time they had at his clubs all week, anticipating and checking his calendar for the next “extraordinary” evening they’re certain to have. Albert is one of the few promoters in the world who caters specifically to the dancers. A dancer himself, Albert not only realizes that dancers are much more sophisticated and intelligent than most spectators, but also how fast rumors and word-of-mouth advertising can spread amongst them. He understands their excitement, their desires to self-express, their passions, their thirst for knowledge, and their sophistication.

Albert Torres takes the word Responsibility to a different level. He’s in your face if the dance floor is not up to dancers standards. He’ll turn down a club offer if it’s in a questionable neighborhood, keeping in mind the many single women whom he ensures their safety at his clubs. He’ll make sure the atmosphere is well lit enough so dancers won’t fall because of a missed lead in a poorly lit club. Years ago, when smoking were still allowed in Los Angeles, he never allowed smoking in any of his clubs. His clubs are impeccable, his bands are spectacular, the instructors are world-class, and his reputation, spotless.

Tito Ortos and Tamara Livorsi are considered by many to be the most in demand salsa team in the world, this multi-faceted team creates magic when they perform. They have appeared in the films "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights", Yellow, El Cantante: Hector Lavoe y American Gangster.

Their hectic schedule has them established as both dancers and choreographers. They provide all the choreographic work for Gilberto Santa Rosa and Víctor Manuelle and have choreographed for El Gran Combo, Michael Stuart, Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz, Domingo Quiñones, Ismael Miranda, Elvis Crespo, Modesto Cepeda, Andy Montañez and Tego Calderón. In addition to all this, they also choreographed the "Bomba" and "Cha-Cha-Cha" intervention of Ricky Martin in the presentation of "Miss Universe 2001 Pegeant" and the 2003 tribute to Celia Cruz, the TV Special "Azúcar" which was held in Miami. Even though they are known for their incredible salsa performances, they are also accomplished in jazz, hip hop, modern dance, and more…. And have performed with Melina León, Yaire, Elvis Crespo, Olga Tañón and among others. Tito will join Billy Fajardo and Albert Torres this year as a partner in the Puerto Rico Hustle and Salsa Festival, taking place in October 2007.