Profile
Angelo Salgado was born in Brazil, and has more than 13 years of experience as a dance instructor in his home country teaching many different styles of Latin Dance.

His dance is a mix of formal training and different techniques from various dance schools in Brazil as well lots of experience in social dance in Brazilian clubs.

Angelo mixes these techniques with "malandragem", a Brazilian word meaning smooth, cheeky and playful, to create his very own style.

In August 2002 Angelo came to Australia for a year of studies and taught many students dance as well as sharing Brazilian culture.

Now he is back with the newest steps, music, techniques and different styles of dance from Brazil for those who wish to expand their dance repertoire.

He created Groove Brazil - Authentic Latin Dance in September 2005, which has already become one of the top Latin Dance Academies in Queensland.

Angelo Salgado’s many achievements as a professional dancer include

International Highlights
  • 2006 – Performed and taught at the 2nd International Lambazouk Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
  • 2006 - Invitation from the International Dance Council to participate in the 20th World Congress on Dance Research “Promotion of Diversity”, Athens, Greece 25-29 October 2006 
  • 2006 - Invited by Christine Bain, Director of Bainwave Productions to Choreograph the upcoming musical “Spellbound” which is scheduled to tour internationally;
  • 2006 – Invited to perform and teach Brazilian dance at a special Zouk/Salsa Congress in London.
  • 2006/07/08 – Performed and taught at the International Sydney Salsa Congress.
  • 2007/08 - Performed as a Australia representative at the International Brazilian Dance Congress in Rio de Janeiro, the BR DANCES.
  • 2008 - Choreographed and trained the first Australian group to perform in Brazil at the International Congress BR DANCES4
Brazil and South America Highlights
  • 1998 - Performed with Reinaldo, a popular Samba singer, known also as the ‘Prince of Samba’ (Pagode, Gafieira).
  • 1998 - Performed with the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra in a concert held at Masp Museum (Bolero, Waltz, Tango).
  • 1999 - Awarded 1st place Sao Paulo State Samba Competition (with Sao Paulo having a population of 20 million)
  • 2003-2005 - Danced in national television dance programs and commercials.
  • 2004 - Danced in a popular soap opera called 'A Escrava Isaura' on Record Channel (one of the biggest national television channels) (Bolero, Gafieira, Waltz).
  • April/2005 - Chosen in a national competition to support Frank Aguiar, a famous singer known as the 'King of Forro', appearing on his brand new DVD album, and performing in his large concert tours around Brazil.
  • May/2005 - Performed with the master of Samba, highly acclaimed singer Jorge Aragao, at Rio de Janeiro.
  • June/2005 - Chosen in a National Audition to perform around Brazil with famous musicians, including Zeca Pagodinho, Dominguinhos, Edson & Hudson, Leonardo, Fagner and Roberta Miranda.
Australian Highlights
  • 2003 - Performed with Alex Da Silva, Salsa world champion, for the Brisbane Salsa Championships at the Sheraton Hotel.
  • 2005 - Performed and taught workshops at the Australian National Salsa Championships in Sydney.
  • 2006 - Choreographed multicultural video “Song Australia” for SBS television, teaching a routine to over 280 people including Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman. The video was also produced as an SBS documentary, seen by millions of viewers around Australia.
  • 2006 - Special Guest Latin Dance Instructor at the Emerald Multicultural Festival, an event attracting more than 3,000 people.
  • 2006/07/08 - Performed and taught for the third time at the Sydney Salsa Congress, together with the best dancers from Australia and overseas.
  • 2007 - Invited as special guest to teach and perform at the Darwin Latin Dance Festival, attracting more than 100 people to the workshops.
  • 2008 - Performed and taught at the first Brazilian Dance Congress in Australia, Brazil Meets Brisbane 2008.