Jeff Tarpinian’s inspirational style generates enthusiasm and commitment to the art of Salsa & Latin dancing. He was been dancing various styles of dance for more than 30 years. At the early age of 13 he excelled in the street dance style of Popping and Locking, as well as Jazz, winning many competitions and touring Europe doing performances, as well as many TV slots/shows. Coming from an Armenian background and brought up in London, Jeff learned to appreciate a wide variety of good music from an early age. Dancing Salsa LA and NY style, On1 and On2, Bachata, Cha cha etc.. for more than 20 years – Jeff has already travelled the world, teaching and dancing in over 90 worldwide congresses, and is set this year for many more. His varied inspirations have lead Jeff to dancing a very unique style of salsa, blending hip hop, jazz and contemporary. As a choreographer, DJ and Salsa instructor, Jeff enjoys every aspect of dancing, from encouraging the novice to working with the advanced, always inspiring the best out of everyone. Focusing on technique, rhythm, correct mindset and core movement, Jeff manages to teach his classes to a high level, whilst injecting great humour and fun. His company Incognito Dance, runs regular Latin dance nights in London catering for over 500 dancers each week. Also due to his excellent taste in Latin music, Jeff is highly regarded one the best UK Latin DJ’s and was awarded “UK’s Best Latin DJ” award 2010.
Mia started dancing at the age of 7 and has been in many Performance Group formations in Latin Ballroom and standard Ballroom. Qualified full training with Incognito Dance, then recently trained with Karel Flores, Frankie Martinez, Eddie Torres, amongst many others. Now living in London, she teaches Salsa (On1 & On2), Bachata, and Cha Cha from both followers’ and leaders perspectives. She teaches salsa at all levels from beginners to advanced regularly for Incognito Dance Company at all their clubs in and around London, as well as ladies styling, shines, and musicality.
She has appeared in film and TV and taught recently at The Move It Exhibition in Olympia which had over 35,000 dancers. With the experience of different dance styles, she believes in encouraging others to develop expression and creativity in all aspects of their salsa dancing. A dynamic dancer with loads of energy and style.
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Mia teaches Salsa & Bachata at all levels from beginners to advanced regularly for Incognito Dance Company at all their clubs in and around London, as well as ladies styling, shines, and musicality.
Is one of the most talented members of the Incognito family. Alex was born and raised in Bulgaria, she has been passionate about Latin music and dance all her life. Started Ballet at 7 and has been performing regularly for the past 5 years. She started Bachata and Salsa at the age of 18 in Bulgaria and when she came to London, she immediately joined the Incognito Dance family.
Dancing and performing have always been her passion, with an incredible background in dance Alex is a great teacher and huge positive influence with everyone around her. She is a charismatic dancer and performer, full of enthusiasm with an eye for detail and a strong presence on stage. Also, watch out for one of her 3 hour Ladies Styling Workshops 12-week Performance courses
Alex is one of those rare talents to be gifted with style, beauty, flair and an incredible ability to pick up any dance style in ultra-quick time. Dance has been her biggest passion and the centre of her life from a very young age.
NINELA IVANOVA
Ninela has been dancing almost all her life. She started with ballet, jazz and
contemporary at an early age and has expanded her knowledge to other dances such as salsa, bachata, cha cha cha, NY Style On2, LA Style On1, Cuban, etc. Originally from Bulgaria, she has been dancing salsa for about 6 years now, performing as well as teaching across Europe.
With her experience of different dance styles and warm personality, she believes in encouraging others to develop expression and creativity in all aspects of their salsa dancing. A dynamic dancer with loads of energy and style, Ninela can lead and follow in many styles of dance, which makes her an inspiring teacher for students at all levels.
Ninela teaches salsa at all levels from beginners to advanced regularly for Incognito Dance Company at all their clubs in and around London, as well as ladies styling, shines and musicality.
CORINA WURSCH
Corina is one of those rare talents to be gifted with style, beauty, flair, and an incredible ability to pick up any dance style in ultra-quick time. Dance has been her biggest passion and the center of her life from a very young age. She completed her training with a BA(Hons) in Dance from the prestigious Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Dance. Whilst being professionally trained in Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz and Commercial dance styles at her university Corina branches out and discovers her love for traditional dance styles from around the world. She trains in Salsa, Bachata, Rumba and Afro with the best teachers in Europe and Cuba which resulted in her winning the Swiss Salsa Championships 2014 and she lands a featured role as a competition dancer in the cinema movie Cuban Fury (2014).
Corina established herself as a professional dancer and has performed all over the world including Bangladesh, Bahrain, India, Norway, Spain, and Germany to name but a few. Corina has also appeared as a dancer on popular TV Shows such as The X Factor, Eastenders, The One Show, The Last Leg and The Crown and several national commercials for Linx, Redbull, and BT, not to forget her appearances in future featured movies such as Housefull 3 (2016), Love Yatri (2018) and Cobra (2019). Corina is part of several established dance companies in London and also performs regularly with her dance partner at cooperate functions and Salsa events in the UK and internationally.
Corina is a passionate teacher who loves sharing her love for dance and her unique style in our classes in Putney and Hammersmith. Also, watch out for one of her Ladies Styling workshops, performance courses.
In 2020 Corina work together with Jeff Tarpinian to produce a full Online Salsa & Bachata syllabus for Ladies Styling and Partnerwork.
Born in Sweden and brought up in Bolivia Valentina has always had an incredible passion for Latin music and a special love for Salsa and Bachata.
Valentina has been dancing Salsa and Bachata with Incognito for over three years and has performed multiple times at congresses in Europe in front of large audiences. Valentina has performed at World Class events, on the same stage and been trained by modern greats like: Frankie Martinez – USA, Daniel & Desiree – Spain, Marco & Sara – Spain, Katerina & Dmitry – Russia, Charlie Garcia & Tania Cannarsa – Italy/USA, Johnny Vazquez & Luis Vazquez – Mexico Barbara Jimenez – Cuba, Angelo Rito – Italy, Selene Tovar – Mexico, Italian Groove – Italy, Alegria – France, Marcelo and Belen – Bachata – Spain, Champions of World Bachata Maters, Andrei and Adriana, Pasito Latino – Romania, Alma Libre – Komotini, Baila Conmigo – Alexandroupolis, Kavalatino – Kavala Dawda Foulah – Suriname, Railey Gijsbertha – Curacao.
Dancing and performing has always been her passion, with a background in belly dance and has participated in many performances. She is a charismatic performer full of enthusiasm with an eye for detail and a strong presence on stage.
Susie has been dancing ever since she could walk, and arguably before that; beginning her journey with ballet as a child, then exploring an eclectic mixture of dance forms, from street and modern dance to flamenco and belly dancing.
She was introduced to salsa in 2010 and completely fell in love with it. In 2018 she joined the Incognito performance team which she continues to be an active and enthusiastic member of, performing at many salsa venues and congresses across the UK.
A big believer in the positive power of dance she is passionate about encouraging and helping others learn, discover and develop their own form of dance expression.
Aliki Siganou
New to the Incognito family, but not new to dance. Aliki originally from Greece was brought up with dance and music all her life. Starting with Ballet at the age of 4, then trained in Greek Traditional Dance, R&B, Latin Ballroom, all through her teens. She then discovered a special love for Salsa and Bachata whilst studying at University in London.
Having now been trained by Incognito Dance for the last few years, she regularly teachings at Incognito’s most popular clubs to hundreds of students every week, has performed multiple times at congresses in Europe in front of large audiences on the same stage by modern greats like: Frankie Martinez – USA, Daniel & Desiree – Spain, Marco & Sara – Spain, Katerina & Dmitry – Russia, Charlie Garcia & Tania Cannarsa – Italy/USA, Johnny Vazquez & Luis Vazquez – Mexico Barbara Jimenez – Cuba, Angelo Rito – Italy.
Aliki is a very intelligent, caring and patient instructor, that always gives detailed advice and tips to all her students.
Deimante Politovaite
Is one of the most talented dancers in the Latin dance scene.
Deimante is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer with a fiery personality, immense passion, and a ton of creativity. She entered the world of ballroom dancing when she was 6 years old. Took part in many junior competitions and followed this with gymnastics during her teenage years.
Deimante discovered Salsa in her early twenties and since then she has trained with international teachers in all Latin and afro dance styles such as Bachata, Kizomba, Zouk Lambada, Salsa, and Samba. Deimante has been teaching and performing in large events and stage shows across UK and Ireland. She is also a certified Zumba instructor. For the past 12 years, she has been striving to make herself the best possible dancer and teacher.
Deimante is one of those rare talents to be gifted with style, beauty, flair, and an incredible ability to pick up any dance style in ultra-quick time. Dance has been her biggest passion and the center of her life from a very young age.
Stefan is the newest star to join the Incognito family. Having begun in 2023 after completing the online teacher training program and a variety of courses, Stefan is a dynamic, charismatic and very talented instructor.
Stefan started dancing Latin and Ballroom in 2015 on the University circuit. Throughout the year, Stefan was a regular finalist, culminating in an incredible feat achieved at the 54th IVDC Nationals: Stefan was one of only 2 couples out of over 100 participants to final all four dances that year, achieving 3rd in Cha Cha Cha, 4th in Waltz, 5th in Jive and 6th in Quickstep. Stefan then went on to Salsa, Mambo, Cha Cha & Bachata with Incognito Dance. Developing a strong love and passion for the dances, Stefan went on to coordinate his in-person training with the Incognito Online Teacher Training program He has performed in the Scottish Congress 2023 and is currently teaching in all of the Incognito Dance Clubs.
He has incredible energy and passion for dance, is super talented, considerate, helpful and kind to all the students.
Stefan teaches Salsa & Bachata at all levels from beginners to advanced regularly for Incognito Dance Company at all their clubs in and around London, as well as men’s styling, shines and musicality.
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Jeff Tarpinian’s inspirational style generates enthusiasm and commitment to the art of Salsa & Latin dancing. He was been dancing various styles of dance for more than 30 years. At the early age of 13 he excelled in the street dance style of Popping and Locking, as well as Jazz, winning many competitions and touring Europe doing performances, as well as many TV slots/shows. Coming from an Armenian background and brought up in London, Jeff learned to appreciate a wide variety of good music from an early age. Dancing Salsa LA and NY style, On1 and On2, Bachata, Cha cha etc.. for more than 20 years – Jeff has already travelled the world, teaching and dancing in over 90 worldwide congresses, and is set this year for many more. His varied inspirations have lead Jeff to dancing a very unique style of salsa, blending hip hop, jazz and contemporary. As a choreographer, DJ and Salsa instructor, Jeff enjoys every aspect of dancing, from encouraging the novice to working with the advanced, always inspiring the best out of everyone. Focusing on technique, rhythm, correct mindset and core movement, Jeff manages to teach his classes to a high level, whilst injecting great humour and fun. His company Incognito Dance, runs regular Latin dance nights in London catering for over 500 dancers each week. Also due to his excellent taste in Latin music, Jeff is highly regarded one the best UK Latin DJ’s and was awarded “UK’s Best Latin DJ” award 2010.
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contemporary at an early age and has expanded her knowledge to other dances such as salsa, bachata, cha cha cha, NY Style On2, LA Style On1, Cuban, etc. Originally from Bulgaria, she has been dancing salsa for about 6 years now, performing as well as teaching across Europe.
New to the Incognito family, but not new to dance. Aliki originally from Greece was brought up with dance and music all her life. Starting with Ballet at the age of 4, then trained in Greek Traditional Dance, R&B, Latin Ballroom, all through her teens. She then discovered a special love for Salsa and Bachata whilst studying at University in London. 
