Want to become a qualified Salsa teacher?
Contact us toladylaura@gmail.com
The LDA are currently booking students on to the 2019 Salsa Teachers Training Programs, FULLY BOOKED 2018
Taught by Susana Montero & Lady Laura Goodwin-Freeman, students can also sit the related ISTD examination to gain a recognised salsa qualification from such a revered dance body.
Susana Montero is established as one of the premier teachers, dancers & choreographers in Europe. She is currently working as Artistic Director of the Dance Council in Madrid. She travels regularly to the UK so you will have the chance to learn from her at our school.
She has recently joined Cat 7 production as a full partner and she will be representing and managing dancers,musicians and DJs. More...
Lady Laura, a professionally trained ballerina and television actress, Laura has starred in numerous dance, film and television productions including;
Dancing at The Royal Opera House with The Royal Ballet in the Nutcracker, The Colloseum with the BBC Concert Orchestra and appeared in numerous musicals and television shows... More...
The company...
The LDA is run by international salsa dancer and choreographer Susana Montero and elite business partner Lady Laura Goodwin-Freeman. Together they have more than 30 years of teaching and business experience. The LDA is one of very few dance companies that not only provide private Latin and Salsa Dancing lessons but also Corporate Entertainment, Bespoke Wedding Choreography and now exclusive Salsa-Dance Teacher-Training. The LDA has recently designed a unique, complete and professional programme of training to enable students to become better qualified and knowledgeable Salsa teachers which can be certified through the successful completion of the ISTD exams our training is made for.
Our philosophy...
The LDA strive to improve Salsa teaching standards and promote its many overlooked benefits with an aim to improve the health of both individual dancers and the communities the individual is from.
The LDA work towards this aim in numeroous ways which include educating, training and supporting plus continually reassessing an ever evolving genre of dance in order to react or adapt to this evolution.
The LDA...
We believe that social dances like Salsa can change your life for the better and with the programmes the LDA offer, teaching standards and thus the quality of Salsa dancing can be drastically improved and the beauty and passion of Latin Dance, more fully appreciated.
The LDA can prepare those of you who would like to have a recognised qualification as a Salsa Teacher. We will prepare you for the latest ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing) Salsa examination designed by Susana Montero.
Salsa has grown enormously in the last 20 to 30 years but global political and economic situations are negatively impacting the arts at present. The LDA contribute to Salsa by raising not only the standard of our teachers in the UK but also by increasing their respect and understanding of the Latin culture through one of its most popular dances.
Meet the LDA team
Susana Montero
Susana Montero is established as one of the premier teachers, dancers & choreographers in Europe. She is currently working as Artistic Director of the Dance Council in Madrid. She travels regularly to the UK so you will have the chance to learn from her at our school.
She has recently joined Cat 7 production as a full partner and she will be representing and managing dancers,musicians and DJs.
Susana was the associate choreographer for the film Cuban Fury with Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Olivia Colman and Ian Mc Shane where she was also featured as an actress.
Member of the ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing) Susana has just finished developing the new Salsa examination for teachers.
Susana has also participated in the BBC’s So You Think You Can Dance and Strictly Come Dancing,including a live performance; as well as Got to Dance for Sky TV and Let's Dance for BBC.
She was born & raised in Madrid where she starting dancing at the age of 5. She trained in Classical Ballet, Flamenco, Contemporary, ,Jazz & Afro-Cuban dance. Susana performed for The Spanish National Ballet till she moved to the UK .
She is a British Salsa Champion, also has been awarded Best Dance Performer and Teacher in the UKand other countries several times in the last 20 years. Susana has also been internationally recognised including the Award for her contribution to the Latin Dance and Culture in Los Angeles, USA.
In 1999 she debuted in the Princess Diana Memorial Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. She has done numerous TV, radio, newspaper & magazine interviews & appearances including Co-Choreographer & dancer for Pop band Eskimo’s ‘Japanese Girl’ music video,Living TV's “Diet on the Dance Show . Appearwd along-side Eddie Palmieri, Oscar de Leon, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico & the New Swing Sextet, Performance in the “Salsation” and The Magic of Salsa Broadway Musicals directed by Maria Torres . She has been interviewed for the ‘Psychology of Dance’ BBC’s Radio 4, ‘Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’ for Channel 4 television, interviewed on Channel 4 with Esther Rantzen, interviewed for GMTV's ‘Good Morning’,Interviewed for Miami TV, Indian TV and C9 TVSpain.
Susana also has a PhD in Psychology and has worked as a children’s dance teacher for 10 years including at Eton Collage in Windsor and has participated in a children’s Latin Dance book ( published 2011 by Wayland).
Check Susana’s website for more info and credentials. www.monterouk.com
Lady Laura
After retiring from stage and screen Laura became a hugely successful small-business woman with numerous 'strings to her bow'. Past companies include a recruitment company in Middlesex, an independent pre-preparatory school and nursery in Hertfordshire, founder of the corporate salsa company 'Salsa Salsa', as well as partner in the Salsa Event business 'Salsa Revolution'. Since 2011 Laura has brought her business mind, professionalism and teaching to the LDA after joining Susana Montero as a partner.
Her salsa qualifications and experience include;
qualified teaching status since 2006,
salsa performer and choreographer for Big Dance London and Watford,
salsa performer and choreographer for the Rise Festival in Finsbury Park,
corporate teacher for The London Mayors Office,
wedding performer and entertainment from small private functions to huge 300+ weddings,
private teacher and wedding dance choreographer for numerous singles, couples and groups,
featured act for and featured in a well known single mothers magazine at their yearly event and special edition magazine,
featured teacher on netmums and more...
A delight on the dance floor and in front of a class, Lady Laura is far more than just your average aristocrat!