Meet the Team
SRDC teaches regular classes and workshops based in Belgium, as well as teaching and performing internationally at many salsa en bachata festivals and congresses. The team also attends workshops given by the best dancers and teachers in the world to continually self-improve and bring back for you new and exciting elements.
Our team is here to help you on your dance journey.
Dance Teacher
Rinus Cannegieter
A passionate dancer which has his roots in Curaçao, where there’s a lot of talent, started dancing breakdance and hip hop to rebel against the cultural dances from the islands. But after having danced a lot of years in discotheques, he was brought back to his roots after losing a bet about dancing salsa where he fell in love again with the dance.
After learning and teaching a few years in Eindhoven he started out Salsa RiCa (the first 2 letters of his name) in Belgium with a few friends. He started his own showteam and won also the Dutch Open Salsa Championships, teams divisions.
Having performed all over Europe he decided that it was time to really focus on the region of Geel and Turnhout, and with all the knowledge he gathered by dancing and training with the best teachers in the world, he is now spreading the passion of the Latin dance in Belgium for everyone to enjoy.
So welcome to Salsa Rica and start enjoying the Latin dance as they do in Latin America!
Organization/ Dance Assistant
Ingrith Miruna Stan
Ingrith started dancing after a long search on the internet where she found out that Salsa Rica had the diversity that she was looking for. After a few years of dancing passionately she is now not only assisting the Salsa and Bachata classes but also being the motor behind the organisation and promotions.
Dance Teacher
Donato Rizzi
A passionate dancer, embarked on his journey at age 14, exploring boogie and loose dance. His dance world expanded in 2004 when he discovered salsa in a café in Hasselt. For five years, he honed his salsa skills at Bailando dance school in Halen. In 2009, he further broadened his dance repertoire, learning Cuban salsa with Ritmo Latino in Genk and LA-style salsa with Bas, Laili, and Jeroen. Joining the Salsa Rica Dance Company in 2014 marked another significant milestone in his dance career. His love for dance didn't stop at salsa, as he started learning Bachata at Elance in Stein six years ago and Kizomba with Michaelis eight years ago. Today, Donato Rizzi is a seasoned dancer, known for his diverse dance styles, from the energetic salsa to the sensual Bachata and rhythmic Kizomba, bringing a unique blend of passion, skill, and creativity to the dance floor.
Sill being a part of Salsa Rica Dance Company, he will be teaching with Sarah.
Dance Teacher
An Kauwenberghs
An started very young dancing Freestyle which resulted in winning the Flemish and Belgian championship Freestyle Dance in 2001. In this same timeframe she was also teaching for 14 years all levels of dance in categories like: Jazzdance, Hip Hop and Streetdance.
Having also her own dance school “Urban Dance Floor”, she gave choreography and dance training, which have won several National and International Championships.
After she stopped dancing in 2012, she was always being drawn back to dancing and after 10 years she gave in, in the cravings and found her new dance passion in Latin dance; namely Salsa & Bachata.
Dance Assistant
Sara Boi
In het dagelijks leven is deze Vlaamse met Italiaanse roots de partner van Tom, mama van 2 zonen en een verpleegkundige intensieve zorg waar ze de hartjes opnieuw laten kloppen. Wanneer ze op de dansvloer staat , begint haar hart ook sneller te slaan.Op haar 5e werd ze, na het zien van een demonstratie, gebeten door het turnen. Onmiddellijk wist ze wat ze wilde. In de disciplines acrogym en tumbling deed ze meer aan Nationale en Europese kampioenschappen met verschillende podiumplaatsen waaronder ook enkele gouden medailles als resultaat.Na de studies verpleegkunde was het tijd voor een nieuwe uitdaging. Flamenco ... Olé!!!Na 4 jaar Flamenco proefde ze voor het eerst salsa in Antwerpen en ondertussen werd er van dansschoen verwisseld. Met veel passie ging ze deze nieuwe uitdaging aan.Na meer dan 15 jaar danservaring, tal van lessen (waaronder ook bij Salsa Rica), workshops en congressen, is ze in de gelegenheid om Rinus bij Salsa Rica te assisteren tijdens de lessen, cursussen en workshops