Latin Dance Australia LDA Team

JAIME JESUS
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The Instructor

Jaime Jesus has been the lead Instructor for Latin Dance Australia since 2003. His amicable personality and ability to explain the most intricate of details has earned him a reputation as Australia’s best male Instructor and one of the best instructors in the world.

His reputation has carried him to instruct thousands of dancers all over the world in places such as:

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2002: Germany
2003: Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne,
2004: Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and USA
2005: Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Spain, USA, Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Japan
2006: Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Alice Springs, USA, Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, China and Belgium.
2007: Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Alice Springs, USA, Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, China, Belgium and many more to come……


The Performer

As a performer Jaime has turned himself into one of the most sought after dancer’s world wide.
His original style and trade mark choreographies have taken audiences by storm and landed him international offers to perform in every major international congress around the world.

His success has also seen him take both professional and students teams from Latin Dance Australia to perform on the international circuit. Below is a map showing just how far and wide around the world Jaime has being invited to perform: (Red dots mark the spots)

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The Judge

After spending the last 2 ½ years winning 7out of 8 salsa Competitions with his last competition giving him the title of
“Australia Salsa Champion” contested by some of the best salsa dancers from all over Australia.

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Jaime became a regular judge in most of Australia’s Salsa Competitions and has been invited to judge International Salsa Competitions such as the “World Amateur Salsa Championships” in San Marino and recently being a guest judge in competitions in Spain, China, Korea, New Zealand and many more.

His biggest achievement as a judge was his success in being selected as one of the judges in the 2nd and 3rd series of the
ABC Television Series Strictly Dancing Australia’s number 1 dance competition: Here Jaime became the face of Australian salsa as he was viewed by over 1.5million viewers around Australia every Friday night during the 2005 and 2006 series.
The Person

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Outside of Salsa Jaime’s is a movie buff, owning a collection of over 200 DVD’s and it is still growing. He also has an undying passion for the World Game, a fanatic for the
Socceroos and his birth country Uruguay, jaime can spend countless hours watching his football and refuses to miss a single match when its time for the world cup.

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At only
26 years of age Jaime has a drive and urge to be the best he can be in everything he does. Having achieved so much in such a short time, Jaime believes he is destined for much greater things and thanks God for all his blessings.