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African
Harriet Adimora has taught for over 14 years, trained as a theatre artist in Nigeria and specialises in teaching improvisation. 'H' Patten is currently a tutor for Step Afrika! International Festival. He is a choreographer, performer, visual artist and storyteller.

Ballroom
From Ruby's Dance Club in London, Ruby and Jocelyn have been teaching social dance in the West End for the past 10 years.

Break Dancing
Kwesi Johnson specialises in street dance, jazz-fusion and hip hop and is artistic director of Kompany Malakhi.

Cajun
Tim Rutherford and Madeleine Doherty of Filé Gumbo were instrumental in bringing Cajun dancing to Britain, having learnt it from top teachers in Louisiana.

Capoeira
Antony Early is a teacher at the London School of Capoeira. Dimolax De Oliveira is from Salvador, Brazil, and is Creative Director and co-founder of the AFA (Academy of Folkloric Arts, UK).

Contemporary Caribbean
Carl Campbell Dance Company 7 will teach their 'Live it Up' workshop, incorporating jazz, hip hop, samba and African/Caribbean rhythm.

Ceroc
Top teachers from the CTA (Ceroc Teachers Association) will make all the moves clear and easy to follow.

Clog Dancing (Appalachian and American)
Penny and Anthony Allen have over 13 years dance and teaching experience, and are directors/choreographers of Broken Ankles.

East European Folk
Maggie O'Regan specialises in dance from the Balkans and eastern Europe and runs classes for newcomers to international folk dance at Cecil Sharp House.

Egyptian
Theresa Hardy has been bringing the universal appeal of Egyptian dance to pupils and audiences since 1986 and is co-founder of the Raqs Sharqi Society. Anne Ashcroft has over 15 years performing and teaching experience around the world. She is a leading soloist and assistant choreographer with Suraya Hilal and Company.

Filmi (Bollywood style)
Chix Chandaria brings her experience of dancing and choreographing alongside top stars in Bombay's Bollywood to her work as Dance Training Officer at Akademi.

Flamenco
La Joaquina is artistic director of flamenco express and a resident flamenco teacher at Greenwich Dance Agency. Elizabeth Holmes choreographed for Flamenco Nuevo and is a professional dancer.

French Folk
Nik Holliman is amember of 'On bouge', the French traditional music and dance club.

Greek
Theodora Constantinides has been teaching her modern version of Greek traditional dance across London for 10 years.

Historical
Jane Gingell has been a choreographer, teacher and performer of Period Dance for more than 15 years and is founder of Time Dance.

Irish
Máire Clerkin is currently re-working choreography for Dancing on Dangerous Ground and has been teaching ceilidh for over 20 years. Geoff Holland has been teaching Set Dancing for a decade, and specialises in regional styles and in helping novices become class dancers.

Javanese
Gill Roberts trained with Javanese teachers in Indonesia and London, and has coached leading actors in the West End's The Lion King.

Jive
A dedicated jive, Rock 'n' Roll and Lindy Hop dancer and teacher, Ruzzit Buzzit will teach jive based on the jitterbug. He guarantees that everyone will be dancing simple but impressive looking moves by the end of the lesson.

Kathak
Sujata Banerjee has been teaching Kathak for over 15 years and is an outreach Dance Artist of The Commonwealth Institute.

Lambada
Patricia Rezende specialises in acrobatic Lambada moves and choreographed and danced in BBC1's Children in Need.

Lindy Hop
Simon Selman is founder of The London Swing Dance Society and is 1999 American Swing Dance Champion (Blues Division). Other teachers are Hattie Ladbury, Richard Dixon and Natasha Hall.

Line Dancing
Greg Ricks loves working with absolute beginners of all ages, and is founder of Phoenix City Line Dancers. Sharon Thompson is a tap teacher who then discovered line dancing, and now teaches at Morley College and in Tower Hamlets.

Merengue
Alexandra Pereyra and Dessi Shtereva are both merengue experts from Hampstead Latin Dance and Cultural Centre.

Morris Dancing
Laurel Swift from Cecil Sharp House is a second generation Cotswold Morris dancer who specialises in solo jigs.

Rock 'n' Roll
Taina Kortelainen is several times Finnish Rock 'n' Roll champion, and is dropping in for Feet First as part of her worldwide teaching programme.

Salsa
Xihomara Granados is from Colombia, and is one of the people who first introduced London to salsa over 10 years ago. Orod Ohanians is head of Hampstead Latin Dance & Cultural Centre. Jose Olivares and Kath Manners have been teaching salsa and latin dance together across London for over 10 years.

Samba
From Sao Paolo, Brazil, Marcella regularly dances and sings at Brazilian events in London, in addition to teaching. Prize winning Iris de Britta has toured Europe extensively showcasing Brazilian dance and music and guest teaches in and around London.

Street Jazz
Hakeem Onibudo specialises in street-style dancing 'Xpress Yo Self' and 'Soca Express' and is founder of Impact Dance Productions. Irven Lewis has toured globally with his own style of British street jazz, and is founder of Old School Jazz dance company.

Tango Argentino
Biljana Lipic believes in Tango for everyone and is founder of the 'Zero Hour' tango venue in London. Mina is founder of Danza Latina Cultural Project and danced in the film Evita and in Tango Por Dos.

Tap
Maurice Kachuk has been tap dancing for 18 years. He presents his one man cabaret song and dance show nationally. His motto for his class is 'walk in and tap dance out'.
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The Feet First World Dance Party in London on 23rd July 2000, Finsbury Park.
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