Ava Apple, a San Francisco native, has been dancing professionally since her teens.
She has performed & taught throughout the USA, Hong Kong, Italy, and The Netherlands, and has received honors for her contribution to the world of Salsa & Latin Dance at the
2002 West Coast Salsa Congress,
the...
Rodolfo Guzman, a native of Mexico City, Mexico – grew up listening to the classic Mambo music that his father loved dancing & listening to.
Rodolfo started taking classes from Ava in 2002, joined The Latin Symbolics in 2004, and became Ava’s dance partner in 2005. Their first performance...
Phoenix Paz is a teacher at the Circus Center in SF, she is also a Contortionist,
and is a member of two of Ava Apple & Rodolfo Guzman’s teams – The Latin Symbolics, and SF Touch Salsa.
At Symbolic Dance & Fitness she teaches monthly stretching workshops.
Check our calendar for dates
Delilah is an Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) certified fitness instructor,
and along with teaching BollyX, she also teaches Total Body Burn at BurnSF.
She is also on the track to earn credentials to work as a Registered Dietitian.
She also studies and performs Cabaret style Belly...
Melanie was a bit of a latecomer to the world of dance.
She took her first jazz dance class in college and instantly fell in love.
Her training is based in jazz dance with a bit of ballet and hip hop.
After graduating, she joined a competitive partner-aerial salsa team in San Francisco,
The Latin Symbolics,...
Capoeira is a collective art form that brings together dance, music, acrobatics and martial arts. Created four centuries ago by African slaves in Brazil in their struggle for freedom & survival, capoeira was still illegal to practice until the 1930s, but since then has acquired enormous popularity...
