• Name Show Team: Mel’s Dancing Divas
• Founded in: April 2012
• City: Karlsruhe, Germany
• Director: Melissa Fernandez
• Current members: Paola Parnizzari, Vanessa Ahrens, Nadine Noir, Diana Nano, Valentina Anipchenko, Maryline Delmas, Jana Hopphan, Nicoleta Veredas, Maryline Delmas, Iva Busic, Nina Pryakhina and Melissa Fernandez.
• Dance styles: Mambo, salsa, New York style and Cuban

Short Group Description

Mels Dancing Divas is an international student dance performance team that was formed in April 2012 by World Renown Salsera Melissa Fernandez. The team consists of dancers from Italy, Ukraine, France, Bulgaria, the USA, Russia, Croatia, Palestine and Germany. These girls auditioned to be part of this show team. They are a group of hot, sexy, talented salseras who love to social dance, perform and always want to improve their dance.

Mels Dancing Divas began touring their sassy HIT THE ROAD JACK Salsa Show in June 2012 and performed at festivals and congresses in cities such as: Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Konstanz, Hamburg, Freiburg and Metz, France. The first tour was a tremendous success. The Season 2 Divas touring with their Chorus Line Show around Europe. Mels Dancing Divas Season 3 was an incredible hit as they performed ‘Mels Dancing Divas Airlines’. That’s right, the Divas took you on a dance trip around the world. And now, they are working on their latest choreography ‘Mambo of the Times’. They are set to premiere their 2014-15 tour October 2015.

For more videos – www.youtube.com/DanceWithMelissa

Special thanks to Salsa LACE for the costumes, Son Latino Dance School (Dendi and Sandra Caballero) in Karlsruhe for Studio Sponsorship.

Un beso y abrazo, Melissa Fernandez
www.melissafernandez.com