Bio
Mambo Marci brings many years of dance experience to Mambo Marci Productions. Starting out at a very young age with a passion for ballet and classical music, Marci performed with Rose Marie Floyd's Contemporary Civic Ballet Company. Her love of music eventually brought her to Latin and salsa... and these ventures:
- Executive Director of YA Salsa, Michigan's largest, award-winning salsa dance organization (yasalsa.org)
- Creator of the Latin Dance Adventure, a six-week beginners course to learn the basics of salsa, mambo, cha-cha-chá, bachata and merengue
- Host of DSO's ongoing Salsa Dance Party and Detroit Latin Jazz Experience at Orchestra Hall (since 2017)
- Co-Creator of Park & Dance (outdoor salsa throughout the pandemic to help local businesses)
- Fox 2 television--featured on several on air segments
- "Best Beginner Instructor" at the Detroit Salsa Awards!
- Won 2nd place & 3rd place in local salsa competitions
- Festival Dancers of Metropolitan Detroit—Assistant Director
- Serenatas Latinas—Co-Host of Latin Music TV show
- Wrote several articles about salsa (Go Dance Detroit Magazine, Salsa Detroit's "Ask Mambo Marci" & more)
- Latin Extravaganza performing dance group
- Salsa Fun Productions -- Co-Founder
- Salsa Hustle Line Dance -- Choreographer
- Interlochen Music & Performing Arts Camp