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OUR TEACHERS

Ballet, Hip Hop, Tap, Jazz Dance Instructor

Sarah Katherine Hamang danced often from childhood through her time at Indiana University, and re-discovered her love of the art once she moved to DC as a way to disconnect from its fast pace. She has trained in and performed a variety of dance disciplines including hip hop, dancehall, West African, modern, jazz, tap, and ballet. In the DC area, Sarah has performed as a company member with Raediant Movement, Fierce Collabo, UpRooted Dance, and Momentum Dance Theatre in venues including the Howard Theatre and the Kennedy Center. She has over 10 years of experience teaching classes for young movers and enjoys encouraging movement and dance in all ages.

Sarah’s second career and personal passion is in the environmental space, as a fundraiser and advocate for one of the world’s largest conservation organizations.

Lead instructor, Ballet, Jazz, Modern

Kara means Joy in Greek. She has been teaching dance for over a decade and thinks dance is for everyone! She loves helping people find their unique way of moving and boosting body image through dance. Ms. Schmidt has her undergraduate bachelor’s degree in Dance from Eastern University in St. Davids, PA, and her masters degree in Choreography from Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance which was completed in London. She has danced at the Philly Fringe Festival, Martha Graham School for Contemporary Dance and other venues in New York City, as well as several original shows with her non-profit Third Space Dance.

Acro, ballet, hip hop dance instructor

Natasha Therese Czarniewy, originally from Washington DC, began her training as a gymnast with GMS and the Arlington Aerials in VA. She then ventured into the world of dance, studying at the Washington School of Ballet, Joy of Motion, and Dance Place and was a member of Carla & Company’s 2000-2001 season. She performed at the Warner Theater, Kennedy Center, and Verizon Center as a Mystic Mayhem cheerleader with the WNBA.

She began her teaching career in WDC in 2001 at Dance Place and Ballet Petit. With a BA in dance, she began her career in NYC as a principle dancer with the Amy Marshall Dance Co. She toured nationally and internationally performing and teaching in Macau, Poland, and Mexico. She has also been a member of KDNY dance, the Dance Theater Company, as well as a guest artist in residency with the Olga Dunn Dance Co. in MA.

Ms. Czarniewy continued her teaching throughout the NYC area at New York Dancers Studio and Stamford Performing Arts Center as well as universities, studios, schools, and numerous outreach programs along the East coast.

She has been a featured dance model for Lois Greenfield and has appeared in numerous calendars and her new book “Lois Greenfield: Moving Still.”

Ms. Czarniewy has spent the last 6 years performing as a dancer and aerialist with POET Theatricals on Celebrity Cruise Lines elite ships, performing Broadway, Pop, and Cirque style shows around the world. She was the cast Dance Captain, Aerial Captain, and ballroom instructor. While on the ship, Natasha choreographed numbers for various shows and featured as an atmospheric performer and magician’s assistant for Martin Brock’s guest entertainer’s show. Natasha is excited to be back in DC with her husband Brian Delker and daughter Lily, where her love of dance began and to share this love of movement with you!

Camp educator/Latin, jazz, contemporary dance instructor

Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Mario began dancing jazz and Mexican folk dance at academies and dance companies in his hometown at a very young age. Dance continued to be an important part of his life as he grew up, and he has trained with instructors from around the World in a variety of disciplines, including classical ballet, jazz, contemporary, Mexican folk dance, and Latin rhythms.

At the age of 15, Mario began teaching Latin rhythm dance classes in his local neighborhood, and used the money to pay for continued, formal dance training that allowed him to become a recognized professional dancer in Monterrey. He has danced for governments institutions and in the city’s top dance companies, and represented Mexico in international folk dance competitions in Italy, Russia and the United States. He has also staged choreography for amusement parks, private events, cultural and governmental institutions, and for television, including Televisa Monterrey, which regularly gave him air time to transmit live classes in a variety of styles of dance and perform choreography with the channel crew and visiting artists.

Currently, Mario has dedicated himself to continuing his study of Latin rhythm dance, including salsa, bachata, cumbia and merengue, in which he carries more than 10 years of experience teaching classes and workshops in his hometown. He has taught groups of children, adolescents, adults, and senior citizens in a wide variety of disciplines in academies, competitive dance groups, and private lessons.

He teaches each class with the ultimate purpose to help others enjoy the musical rhythm and learn to express themselves through dance. Mario joined the Salsa With Silvia instructors team in 2017. Mario teaches adult group and private lessons in variety of styles as well as children dance camps and classes.

Jazz & Hip Hop Dance Instructor

Deisy Juica, originally from Perú, started dancing Bachata at the age of 5. During her Summers as a kid, her parents would take her to Hip-Hop dance classes, and that became her favorite genre. She would always make little choreographies with songs she would listen to on TV.

Her family knew she loved dancing so they cheered her on wherever she would perform. Once she started high school, she had to choose her career path and she chose dance. Her teachers saw she started off a little shy, but over such short time, she was totally comfortable with dancing on stage. She blossomed!, they said.

She started taking Hip-Hop and Jazz lessons at a higher level, and became part of her High School Latin dance team ‘Calor Gladiator’ winning 3rd place best in show ‘Baile4Life’ in 2019. She studied Child Development, and had the opportunity to teach preschoolers before heading to kindergarten.

After graduating from high school with the help of her teachers, her dance skills have become much stronger. She also teaches little kids at another well-known local dance studio, and has happily joined the Salsa with Silvia team of kids’ dance instructors, as well. Her dream of becoming a well-known dance instructor is sure to be a reality soon.

A quote she goes with is “When in doubt, dance it out,” and since then she never doubted herself!

Camp Educator, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop Dance Instructor

Passionate about dance from a very young age, Aniah Moore first began dancing when she was just three years old at Ifetayo Cultural Arts Center, in Brooklyn, NY where she studied African, Ballet, Modern, and Hip Hop. In Middle and High School, she danced competitively. This passion for dance motivated Aniah to pursue an education and career where she could live out her passion. A proud graduate of Morgan State University, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Applied Liberal Studies with a concentration in Dance Education. Throughout all four years of her college career she has been a member of the Magnificent Marching Band Dance Line, Modern Dance Ensemble, and volunteered for physical education programs. She also has experience teaching Baltimore youth.
Her most notable professional dance experiences include marching and dancing in the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, performing at the pregame of a Baltimore Ravens Sunday night football game, and choreographing an opening dance number in a scholarship pageant.
Aniah adores being a part of the Salsa with Silvia team, as she can grow in her art form and share her love of dance with others. She truly enjoys helping the youth discover their performance technique and confidence, and inspiring others, which credits her dreams of opening a nonprofit dance studio to provide low income/underrepresented communities with an opportunity to experience this art form that can be both fun and beneficial is many ways.

Camp Educator, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop Dance Instructor

Isa Martinez-Aleman, originally from Miami, Florida, learned to dance salsa and merengue at family barbecues where the music was always too loud. These roots led her to join the team at Salsa with Silvia over a year ago. Through her adolescence, she studied Latin ballroom, jazz, ballet, and other styles, using the activity of dance as an outlet for emotion and creativity. This continued at Georgetown University where she led the Latin dance team, Ritmo Y Sabor, and finally learned bachata! Her teaching philosophy centers the power of dance to connect people to themselves, culture, and community. She has worked with children as a teacher’s assistant since high school and loves the joy and freedom they bring into the classroom.

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