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Vivienne

At a very young age Vivienne's mother encouraged her to dance ballet. After 2 years she stopped and started doing gymnastics..this didn't last long either!

At the age of 14 Vivienne started her first salsa class with her father and hasn't stopped dancing salsa since. At that same age she also started dancing the Argentine Tango and this dance also stole her heart.

Now at the age of 21 she has danced in several showgroups and continues to dance in the group Salsaddiction (lead by Brian and Mechteld). Vivienne also wanted to use her own creativity and started dancing in 2007 with partner Ronald.

Vivienne is known for her energetic and technical dancing, with tremendous presence and very refined, elegant movement.

Ronald

Ronald was born on the third of August in Amsterdam. Raised by his Dutch mother, and his father is from Curacao.

Ronald has only a few years of (salsa) dancing experience. He used to be a professional football player until he was 18, but then his father introduced him to Salsa. He started practising and travelling a lot, and suddenly his role-model Brian Libier asked him to dance for his group Salsaddiction where he continued training and pushing his development.

Ronald's strength is his love for music, and to interpret this in his dancing. He’s very dedicated, quick and has a unique, energetic style.

Ronald & Vivienne

Ronald and Vivienne started dancing together a year ago and have won 2nd Place at the Curacao Salsatour 2008. They are one of the top couples in the Netherlands and are booked almost every weekend in The Netherlands and now across Europe.