Susana Montero

Susana was born & raised in Madrid, Spain, & discovered a passion for ballet & also flamenco (part of her ballet training) when she started dancing aged 5.  She excelled in ballet, winning competitions & creating a name for herself along the way. She taught ballet from the age of 14 whilst performing for the Silvia Yague Ballet Dance Company and The Spanish National Ballet where she danced till she moved to London in 1995. She also obtained a PhD in Psychology in Madrid.
At the age of 16 Susana turned her hand to Contemporary, Jazz & Afro-Cuban dance, studying these until she was 24. She was introduced to salsa in London in 1995. 
6 months later she won the South London salsa competition, & went on to win the first British Salsa Championship in the same year 1998 & the second title in 2000.
In 1999 she debuted in the Princess Diana Memorial Concert at the Royal Albert Hall in a group directed by Richard Marcel.  Susana has been helping Richard Marcel with the choreography & rehearsals for Strictly Come Dancing BBC famous program for the last 4 seasons, including a live performance in October 2009.   She has also been one of the choreographers working for So you thing you can dance UK 2010. She has done numerous TV, radio, newspaper & magazine interviews & appearances including Co-Choreographer & dancer for the Electro/Indie/Pop band Eskimo’s ‘Japanese Girl’ music video, Living TV’s “Diet on the Dance Floor” as a teacher/choreographer, Let’s Dance  for the BBC, Appearance alongside Eddie Palmieri,Oscar de Leon, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico , Spanish Harlem Orquestra & the New Swing Sextet, Performance in the “Salsation” and “The Magic of Salsa” shows, two Broadway musicals  directed by Maria Torres, Interview for the ‘Psychology of Dance’ programme for the BBC’s Radio 4, ‘Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’ for Channel 4 television, Interview on the ‘Esther’ programme on Channel 4, hosted by Esther Rantzen, Interview for GMTV ‘Good Morning’ programme, Interview for Miami TV, Indian TV and C9 Spain TV. .
She has a PhD in Psychology. She has also worked as a children’s dance teacher for 10 years including Eton College in Windsor.
She is also a member of the ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance) where she is currently developing the Salsa examination for teachers.

She teaches most weekends at international congresses in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and North & South America.
She is currently working in Spain as the Artistic Director of the Dance Council and choreographing her own musical “Espana Latina” in Madrid
When you watch Susana in action you see that she is the product of dancing & training hard for over 20 years, many of these years as a professional. She has a wealth of knowledge in several forms of dance, none of them done in half measures.  This gives her a great understanding of body mechanics, an essential requirement for all teachers & dancers.