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About Us
Sally Robertson & Oscar Burgos
- Founders of !Bailemos-Let's Dance!

Sally Robertson
Sally is the daughter of parents who met while ballroom dancing almost 50 years ago. She is originally from
England and moved to New York in 1994.

She started taking ballroom and latin dance lessons and started to compete. A year later, she met Oscar
and they took their very first dance steps together! The rest, as they say, is history ...

Sally and Oscar are the very proud parents of Eva (8), Francesca (5) and Leo (1) who have inherited their
love of dance and some very fancy moves!

Sally plays piano and guitar. She has taught piano to 6-12 year olds and adults in the UK and in New York.

She trained as a stand-up comic at the American Comedy Institute in New York and has performed at many
New York comedy clubs including Caroline's, Stand Up New York! and Gotham Comedy Club.

She is the founder of "Stand Up, Mama!" (www.standupmama.com) a coaching resource for mothers who
have been inspired by motherhood to figure out what they really want to do with their lives and what is
holding them back.

Oscar Burgos
Oscar is a professional Latin and Ballroom dancer who has taught children and adults to dance in New York
and New Jersey for almost 20 years.

His dance career was born in the night clubs of New York City in the early 80's where he perfected his hustle
moves. He won a hustle competition and his prize was to train as a dance teacher which was when he
started to train as a ballroom and latin dancer. He discovered that he loved to teach as much as he loved to
dance.

He has trained in the US and the UK in both Latin and Ballroom dancing. He has competed professionally
throughout the US and at the World Dance Festival in Blackpool, England. He was thrilled to be asked to
audition in LA for the first series of "Dancing With the Stars".

He is the founder of Oscar's Ballroom NY and YourSpecialDance.com.

!Bailemos - Let's Dance!

!Bailemos-Let's Dance! was founded in September 2005 with just one Saturday class per week. We are
thrilled to be approaching our second anniversary and will be planning a Latin dance fiesta to celebrate. We
are incredibly grateful to the families who have supported us during the past two years and especially to
those who have been taking classes with us since that very first session.

In our house, we play a lot of latin and ballroom music and the idea for !Bailemos - Let’s Dance! came from
watching how instinctively and rhythmically our daughters responded to the music they heard. Their
attitude, moves and energy were completely different if they heard a salsa than if they heard a foxtrot. And
the drama always showed in their attitude when they heard a tango!

What they both demonstrated when they heard music (especially latin dance music) was a very natural and
enthusiastic interpretation of what the music said to them. They were so genuinely excited to hear the
music and couldn’t help but dance!

!Bailemos - Let’s Dance! was initially conceived as simply a latin dance and music class for young children to
share our love of Latin music with other families. However, as we searched for music and planned the
classes, it occurred to us that this might be a wonderful opportunity to introduce very young children to a
second language (Spanish) while they enjoyed and danced to the universal language of music.

The response of both children and parents has been very enthusiastic and extremely encouraging. As
teachers, we wanted this to be a stimulating learning environment but, as parents who have almost earned
a PhD in “Mommy and Me“ classes with our two girls, we also wanted it to be a class that was fun for both
the child and the parent or caregiver. A class that would follow you home as you danced together in your
living room. We are happy to say that parents and caregivers seem to be having almost as much fun as
their children! The most gratifying comments we receive from parents are when they tell us that they now
salsa at home before dinner or that their daughter started counting in Spanish in the bathtub or that their
son counts in Spanish as he climbs the stairs at night.

This is what we hoped for - that a love of latin music and Spanish language would be planted. The big hugs
from students, children in my lap during storytime and many little friends we meet in the Shipyard Park,
Starbucks or on Washington Street are a wonderful bonus!

We hope that you will choose to join us for one of our classes. If you have any questions, please don’t
hesitate to call us at 917.922.1061 or e-mail us at info@fred-n-ginger.com