YI-WEN SUN

Yi-Wen grew up in Belize and attended university in the US. He began to learn salsa in 2008, under instructors Manny Gutierrez and Cory Thomas of Tropical Vibes Dance in Phoenix, Arizona. Soon after he came back to Taiwan he continued his study of salsa under the renowned instructor Sol Hwang before joining Bailalo and becoming the principal dancer, instructor and eventually joining a full partnership with Maggie.

Together with Maggie, they have trained under the top salsa instructors in the world, and in the past 5 years, they have been under the mentorship of Ernesto Bulnes and Denisse Cambria, who have won 10 world salsa championships as a couple and with their teams IROKO and The New York Movement. 

REBECCA WONG

Rebecca started to dance at a very  young age. She has 6 years of combine experience in Classical Ballet and Chinese Cultural Dance. During her study at the university Rebecca joined the dance club where she had a chance to learn Jazz Dance and Hip-Hop dance. After she graduated from school, she started working with professional singers, dancers, doing various shows and performances. She also teaches dance. She had traveled to New York, Hollywood several times between 2005 and 2011 to study under world class dancers. She has done various collaboration with well known Artist 張惠妹、蔡依林、王力宏、張韶涵、周筆暢、SHE、楊丞琳、徐若瑄、王心凌、許慧欣 in Music Vidoes and concerts. 2011 She started learning Salsa and Bachata. 2014 and 2015 she was in New York City to further her training in Latin dances. She has danced with Alma Latina NYC、Karel Flores、La Fuerza. 2016 Rebecca came back to Taiwan to promote Bachata. She was the founder for the first All Bachata party Bachata Rosa in Taipei. 2016 to 2019 she has travel to Korea and Singapore doing Bachata Bootcamp hosted by international artists. She founded Adicción Bachata Ladies Styling Team and now she is teaching Sensual Bachata, Bachata Fusion Style, and Bachata Ladies Styling in Bailalo.

KAREN SHEN

Karen was born and raised in Taiwan. At a young age, she learned ballet and traditional dance. During her University years she learned Street dance and Flamenco and went to Spain to take more advanced training in Flamenco. She was introduced to salsa by coincidence on a business trip to Miami. After the trip, she started to learn salsa at Bailalo Dance Studio in 2013.

Besides continuously learning and taking classes, Karen also joined several performance projects locally and abroad to gain more experience. Her day job allows her to travel often, giving her opportunities to attend events and meet dancers from all over the world. In 2020, she found a new passion and began learning how to DJ, quickly becoming one of the favorite salsa DJ’s in Taipei.

RICKY LEE

Ricky was born and raised in Taiwan. In 2018, he came to Bailalo Dance Studio with his friend and quickly fell in love with social dancing. Under the guidance of Bailalo senior teachers, he obsessively dances and studies Salsa, Bachata and Brazilian Zouk, the latter being his favorite dance.

As he took dance classes almost every day of the week for the first 3 years, he quickly progressed to Teacher Assistant level, and now is teaching both Brazilian Zouk and Bachata. He joined Bailalo’s Pro Dance team in early 2020, only 3 years after he began his dance journey. His work ethic and passion for the dance are contagious and impressive and he loves sharing this passion with his students.

CHINWEI HSU

Chinwei started his dance journey in high school with Locking (part of funk dance, which is today also associated with hip hop) in 2008. In 2016, he discovered the beauty of partner dance in Salsa and Lindy Hop (swing dance) and began learning Salsa from  Maggie and Yiwen at Bailalo Dance Studio.

To explore the knowledge and accumulate experience, Chinwei participated in competitions, performances, workshops, and events abroad, in Europe, North America, and Asia (with Naughty Swing and Bailalo performance team). To share his passion for dancing, Chinwei has been teaching Lindy Hop and Salsa since 2016. He thinks partner dancing is not just about skills and fancy moves, but also about a solid foundation and genuine connection between two dancers.

In 2023 he won the 3rd place in the Jack & Jill competition at SBTS in Singapore.

Isaac Hou

Teaching Assistant – Zouk

Yuyu Tsai

Teaching Assistant- Bachata

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