Jesse Shuja

Jesse has been dancing salsa for over 7 years in many of Malmo’s salsa places. The first 6 years he learned by observing his latin friends and then practicing in front of the mirror at home and at the same time listening to wonderful salsa music.

With time Jesse felt that it was time to evolve, he had the rhythm but he needed structure. On the fall of 2004 Jesse started to dance for Robin, Johan and Alexandra, and soon also for Lisa.
Jesse evolved the way he wanted to thanks to the pedagogic skills of Sabrosa. Now he just wants to evolve further.

Jesse is also involved in the colombian folkdance group Candela Viva. Here he has been part of several exhibitions and a carnival. For as long as he can remember Jesse has lived with the latin american music. He believes it’s important to learn from other latin american dances, so that one can comprehend the classical latin feeling.

At the moment Jesse is studying to become a teacher. With that in mind Jesse feels that he is more than capable to teach his great passion to whom ever might be interested. He has also been an assisting trainer for kids within karate (shotokan). In his opinion one can teach salsa to everyone, as long as one looks for every individuals needs.

Salsa is more health related than the normal belief. Jesse has had problems with stress and muscle tension over the last years, but dancing salsa has helped him more than he would ever have believed. This could be related to the straight posture while dancing salsa and also the blood circulation that really gets going when one dances. You have a lot of movement in the upper part of the body which helps with tensions in the neck and shoulders. It’s always good and stimulating for the mind when one uses both the left and right side of the body equally as much.

In Jesse’s opinion salsa is something that brings harmony. It’s a time when body and spirit are combined, which in turn leads to a greater feeling of life.