Freddie Ruiz

Freddy Ruiz

Freddy Ruiz is of Puerto Rican heritage, born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. In the streets of Brooklyn, Freddy was introduced to break dancing in the mid 80's, which began his love for dancing. In the late 80's, when old enough to enter New York clubs, "House" music became the new style. His performing experience began in high school, where he performed Break dancing numbers in the 1985 Christmas show. Here he developed the performing bug and kept dancing whatever came his way. In the late 80's/early 90's, Freddy began learning salsa in the various clubs of New York City, but had no formal training except for the passion in his heart.
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During this year, Freddy also trained and preformed with Yamulee Bajari dance team under direction of Osmar Perones.

In the summer of 2003, he also began training in Afro-Cuban dance and rhythms with master Felix "Pupi" Insua to add some movement to his dance. Upon returning to Santo Rico dance school he further excelled in his spinning and partnerwork skills Freddy eventually became the captain of the semi-professional team and taught different level classes including the challenging Saturday partnerwork section where he taught along side Thomas Guerrero. Performances with these different instructors include Club Cache ,Piel Canela, Colombian festival in Queens, Lincoln Center, Cuban Parade, Puerto Rico salsa Congress, NY Salsa Congress, Philadelphia salsa Congress, Hispanic Festival South Street Seaport. Upon his departure from the SantoRico dance school Freddy felt ready to explore and develop his own dance style and share his Knowledge of these different art forms.

Freddy is currently teaching and rehearsing at the Sandra Cameron Dance Center where he is currently developing a performance team "0n2 Fusion" representing his salsa style. This will represent Freddy Ruiz's New York dance experience as he continues to develop and explore.

Freddie Ruiz

Freddy Ruiz
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Freddy Ruiz Freddy Ruiz is of Puerto Rican heritage, born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 2001, he began to take classes with James Carr, an instructor from the Salsa de Hoy dance studio. n the summer of 2003, he also began training in Afro-Cuban dance and rhythms with master Felix "Pupi" Insua to add some movement to his dance. Freddy is currently teaching and rehearsing at the Sandra Cameron Dance Center where he is currently developing a performance team "0n2 Fusion" representing his salsa style. (more)