(1973) in daily life is known by the name of Jaïr Tchong. Right now he works as a project leader world music with Muziek Centrum Nederland and is a member of the supervisory board of Global Dance Lab. In the past he was, among other things, world music programmer at the Melkweg and chair of the commission on internationalisation at the Fonds Podiumkunsten. In addition to being a dj Jairzinho is also a world music journalist. He has an Aruban-Chinese father and a Dutch mother. From the age of fifteen music has been his passion, sussessively punk, new wave, soul, jazz, funk, African, Brazilian and Salsa/Latin. In 2000 he started working in Amsterdam as a dj and freelance journalist with OYE Listen, Het Parool, De Groene Amsterdammer, Nieuwe Revu, Preludium, Ontdek Afrika and NIW. Jairzinho mainly plays afro-latin: all kinds of black dance music have his interest. In addition he increasingly uses East European and oriental music in his eclectic mix. Jairzinho performned among other venues at Oerol, in the Bloemendaalse Republiek, RASA in Utrecht and at the Bimhuis, Bitterzoet, Melkweg and Paradiso in Amsterdam.

Salsaventura is the leading dance school for Salsa, Zouk and Bachata. There are many branches throughout the Netherlands. The school in The Hague teaches Salsa, Zouk, Zumba and Bachata dancing. In addition, there is a great number of dance courses like Styling, Mambo On2 and Cha Cha. Beside offering a good atmosphere Salsaventura has a unique and uniform curriculum based on more than 13 years' experience. It is being used by dozens of schools both at home and abroad. That's what distinguishes Salsaventura from other dancing schools. Salsaventura's programme is recognisable by the 6-Turn Pattern System. With this system the participant gets a structure of the 6 turns with which 80 per cent of all the different variations with the partner are done. Inspiring teacher and owner of Salsaventura is Morry Krispijn. www.salsaventura.nl