Sherylanne McLeod

sherylanneFounder, director and choreographer of Salsa Republic

Sherylanne has devoted her life to latin music culture she has been teaching dance and performing for over 15 years and has been dancing salsa for the past 7 years, and is well known for her fun, quirky, clever choreographies. Competent in Cuban, Colombian, LA Style and New York/Puerto Rican Salsa as well as Bachata, Zouk and Cha Cha Cha On 2. She has studied Salsa, Rumba and Son in Cuba with the Ballet Folklorico National in Havana and Cutumba International touring dance group in Santiago de Cuba (where salsa was born) as well as many classes, congresses, and workshops in Los Angeles, New York and Paris with the worlds best!

Sherylanne has also been lead singing with Sydney Salsa band BarrioSalsa ,and attended the musicians seminar of the West Coast Salsa Congress in Los Angeles also singing at the opening night of the Los Angeles Salsa Congress. She was also invited to sing with some legend latin musicians at a club in the Bronx.

As well as presenting on ‘Latin Dance Alive’ television show in Sydney, she also has the radio show ‘Salsa Republic Radio’ on Bondi FM – she speaks French, Italian, Spanish and some Portuguese