Biography of the Instructor Beatriz Gil Albertelli
A pioneer of Los Angeles Salsa in Seville, she had her first contact with Salsa in Turin in 1998, the year she was invited to join the teaching team at the “Bruno D.L” Salsa School in Turin. This was thanks to her dance training and having grown up in a family of dancers: Manuel Gil, a “bailaor” and Flamenco teacher, and Jeannette Albertelli, a Cl
assical dancer. However, her professional experience began earlier, in 1993, as a Sevillanas teacher, an activity she continued in various academies in Seville. At the same time, she completed her training as a Fitness-Aerobics instructor with honors from the Spanish Federation of Aerobics and as a Ballroom Dance instructor with O.R.T.H.O.S. In 1999, she returned to Seville and introduced the much-appreciated Puerto Rican Salsa from Italy through various workshops. That same year, in collaboration with other instructors, she created the “Movida Salsera,” teaching first at “Sala Chicote” and then at the large “Palenque de Sevilla,” until she and Pepe Puerto founded the “Luna Park” school. Throughout these years, she continued to develop her knowledge with the great Salsa masters: from Jayson Molina, Stacey López, Palladium Mambo Legends, Tropical Gem, Johnny Vazquez, Agustin Williams, Rogelio Moreno, SuperMario, Manuel Mascarell, Jhesus Aponte, Juan Matos, Frankie Martinez, Tito Orthos and Tamara, Hacha y Machete, Adolfo Indacochea, Carmen Lorente, Sandy Ramos, Susana Montero, Candy Mena and Shaka Brown, to the great Eddie Torres. Additionally, she complemented her training with Argentine Tango, mainly under the guidance of Alejandra Sabena and taking classes with Miguel Angel Zotto and Osvaldo Zotto. She participated in numerous Salsa and Tango shows in Andalusia, collaborated as a Salsa DJ, and has been a regular presence at major Salsa Congresses since 2001. This is all combined with professional teaching in various Dance Schools: Antonio y Marisol School, Alicia Vega School, Salsa VL of Huelva, Isla Mágica Pavilion, Sala Latino, Sala Tequila, La Compañía School, Casino School, Julia Robles School, Muevete School, until she founded her own School, “Circulo de Danza de Sevilla.”
In September 2007, she settled in Lisbon, collaborating with various Dance Schools: Artist, White Lounge, Barrio Latino, Mirage Beach Club, 1001 Danças, Woman Fit, teaching Lady Styling, Latin Rhythms, Sevillanas, Salsa, and Musical Interpretation. She developed her activity as a Salsa DJ in Seville (Spain) and as "DJ ESSÊNCIA" in Barrio Latino, Teatro da Luz, EDSAE, Club Carib, Alto do Moinho, Mirage-Odivelas, all in Portugal, as well as in World Salsa Congresses in Spain, Portugal, Angola, and Puerto Rico, and in dance halls in Paris, Coimbra, Lisbon, Seville, Luanda, and Puerto Rico. Today, she lives near Fredericton and resumed her Salsa and other Latin rhythms classes, such as Bachata, in January 2024, aiming to continue for many more years.
