Evelyn la Negra

Evelyn Viana Loveran “La Negra” Venezuelan journalist, producer, DJ, and instructor of salsa and Latin rhythms, based in Barcelona, Spain, where she has been teaching dance since 1997. She specializes in Cuban salsa, Dominican bachata, and salsa fused with ragga/dancehall and other urban rhythms with a strong Caribbean influence.She currently directs the country’s most important digital magazine dedicated to salsa and Latin rhythms, www.lanegrasalsa.com . She is the founder of the prestigious Barcelona International Salsa Freestyle Championship, as well as the organizer of the Marina D’Or Salsa Congress and, more recently, the La Negra Salsa Festival. She currently teaches regular classes in Barcelona (Escuela by La Negra at Virgin Active Heron City) and in Ibiza at Passion Dance School. During the summer, she directs and hosts salsa sessions in Ibiza, and throughout the year she works as an instructor and DJ at numerous national and international congresses.