Ben Santos-Richmond

Ben’s reputations for cool moves, precise and friendly style of teaching are the main reasons for his popularity as an instructor in the Hertfordshire area. Also known as THE salsa DJ this end of London, Ben has also acted as consultant choreographer to Granada TV. Ben is widely known as Maria’s sidekick husband, and although Ben is the driving force behind Salsa Machine, is relatively new to salsa. Bitten by the salsa bug his dance genes sprung into action – his parents were accomplished in the field of Ballroom with many medals, and his dad at the age of 80 still heads up the local tap dancing school! Ben’s founding was in martial arts where he made black-belt in record time whilst doing a BSc degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Doing martial arts, and sport through his life “has given me the precision, balance and composure to understand and teach salsa”. Teaching salsa, with his wife Maria, is Ben’s main passion in life – second only to his wife of course!