Michelle Brannan
Michelle has studied Latin Partner dances since 2000, she trained in Ballroom Latin dance for four years and now concentrates solely on Lambada.
Michelle has been lucky enough to be trained by the best Lambada teachers in the world including Patricia Cruz, Braz Dos Santos, Berg and Solange Dias. Michelle is passionate about Lambada because of it’s grace and fluidity and believes Lambada is sexy and sensual whilst still maintaining the elegance of ballroom dance.
Michelle is currently studying for an Exercise to Music qualification, which will put her on the Register of Exercise Professionals at level 2.
Patricia Cruz
Patricia has danced and taught Lambada for many years after discovering the dance at the age of 17 in Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil. Captivated by the dance Patricia moved to Bahia from her hometown of Curtiba and since then has worked with some of the best Lambada dancers in the world including Didi, Bráz Dos Santos and Luiz Lula Filho. Patricia has danced professionally performing and teaching Lambada and Axe at some of the best places to dance Lambada in Brazil including ‘Reggae Night’, Boca da Barra and Axe Moi. Patricia then toured as a dancer all over the World to places including Brazil, France, Buenos Aires, Pakistan, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Greece, Turkey, Germany and Spain.
Patricia holds a United Kingdom Alliance (UKA) qualification to teach Lambada and is seen as one of the best Lambada dancers in the World.