Caribbean Vibes & Remembering Roots with Toni Llanos

Toni Llanos is a professional dancer, choreographer, and fitness instructor whose experience spans over two decades.  She began her specialty aerobic/fitness class featuring Afro-Caribbean music in 1996.  After receiving her degree in Dance Education from New York University, she added the modern techniques of Jazz and African Caribbean dance to her repertoire.  She eventually became a Certified Fitness Trainer and developed an exciting African Caribbean Aerobics & Fitness class which she has taught for over 19 years.  Her training, an exhilarating combination of African, Latin, and Caribbean movement has been experienced and enjoyed by hundreds of participants throughout the Hudson Valley, Brewster, Westchester, New Jersey and New York City.  As an Adjunct Professor of Black & African Dance Studies at SUNY New Paltz, Ms. Llanos has continued to use her talents and skills to connect and communicate her passion for the art of dance and the importance of utilizing it as a means to release stress and gain a balanced lifestyle. Ms. Toni Llanos is a director and choreographer who instructs & guides students to increase their physical abilities, strengthen their dance skills & develop and maintain respect for themselves and others.  In creating dances, maintaining integrity and value of self within the music that is used as well as their dance movements is highly stressed.  They are encouraged to become leaders instead of followers of society's mainstream music, dance videos and performances that are so often imitated by our youth.   http://www.mpowercfcf.com/