Kristina Spirolis

For as long as I can remember I have always been interested in dancing and music. As soon as I was able to walk I started to dance and the first specific dance was the Greek kind at parties that were held in Boras, the city were I grew up.

A couple of years later I danced ballet and jazz, but later on I started to practise competitive gymnastics instead. In my later teens I started to compete in Sports aerobics and for a short period of time I also danced Hip Hop.

It wasn’t until I first moved down to Malmo I got in contact with salsa through my friend Diana, who originally comes from Colombia. She taught me the basic steps, which I worked on at different Salsa places in Malmo. During this period I have also danced Colombian folk-dance with a group called Candela Viva since fall –04. A little different compared to Salsa, but it has meant a lot for my progress as a dancer.

But it wasn’t until I started to dance with Jesse Shuja, who also dances with Candela Viva that my Salsa skills started to develop. He taught me Cuban Salsa and the history behind it. I have now danced Salsa for about two years and I am totally hooked on both the music and the dance itself, including the joy it brings.