Oliver Pineda & Vali Damaskou

Latin Motion Dance Academy

Born in Australia and of Chilean descent, Oliver PIneda, 5 times World Salsa Champion, has been dancing salsa for 15 years and is Australia's most undisputed talent. His unique style of dance and clear precise teaching methods make him one of the most admired and sought after latin dancer and instructor in the world.

Although passionate about salsa and mambo, Oliver's dance experience also extends to rueda, merengue, zouk lambada, kizomba, samba, cumbia, cha cha, rumba, Afro Cuban rumba, and all the ballroom dances such as jive, paso doble and the modern dances such as the waltz, slow foxtrot and quick step. In addition to his dancing expertise, he is also a well known percussionist playing in some of Sydney's top Latin bands, mastering the timbales, congas and bongo amongst other percussive instruments. His early performance experience within the Brazilian culture has also enabled him to handle Brazilian style instruments such as the snare drum, surdo, pandeiro and the repinique.

Oliver Pineda and his partner Vali Damaskou represent Latin Motion Dance Academy as one of the world's newest and hottest dance sensations coming out of Australia & Greece.

This dynamic new partnership specializes in zouk lambada as well as some of the highest calibre salsa the world has seen.

Oliver an Vali are one of the first international couples to introduce zouk lambada to the international salsa congress circuit, at a level of teaching unsurpassed by most couples today.