Episode 14 | Salsa Around the World Goes to Turkey

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Episode 14 features Büsra & Emek Yete representing Istanbul, Turkey. Watch as they perform to the Celia Cruz track “La Dicha Mia” from her 1986 album La Candela. This episode was filmed in front of the beautiful and iconic landmark, the Duomo di Milano, also known as the Milan Cathedral.

Since 2011, Büşra & Emek have been one of the most popular salsa couples in Turkey. They opened the Busra & Emek Dance Academy in Istanbul, Turkey in 2019 and have trained countless students and trainers since. Their most recent achievements include Top 10 at the 2022 Salsanama Italy World Championship; 1st place at the 2021 IDO Online World Championship - Couple Adults; 1st place at the 2021 Turkey Salsa Championship - Adults Couple; 1st place at the 2021 Turkey Salsa Championship Caribbean Dances - Adults Group; 3rd place at the 2021 World Latin Dance Cup Online - Pro Couple On2; 2nd place at the 2018 World Latin Dance Cup - Pro Couple Improvisations; amongst many more.

They have made it their mission to be an exemplary couple
with their characters and stances. Aiming to renew and improve themselves in every show they stage, Büşra & Emek; They sum up their perspective on dance with this sentence: "Successful people are not just naturally gifted, they are simply those who work with their whole heart."

SALSA AROUND THE WORLD is a new groundbreaking dance series where, for the first time ever, Fania Records selects top award-winning salsa dance professionals from around the world to showcase their best moves, all set to exciting Fania salsa music. Each episode, co-produced by acclaimed dancer and DJ Edwin Rivera, is dedicated to a couple performing at a landmark location in their city. Last year, Edwin and his wife Erika, known as “The Riveras,” were featured in Fania’s We Love To See You Dance salsa instructional series also available on this channel. The selected top-level dancers represent countries from the United States, Italy, Colombia, Spain, Japan, among many others.

ABOUT THE WE LOVE TO SEE YOU DANCE CHANNEL: 
Fania Presents We Love To See You Dance is a dance focused channel created by legendary label Fania Records. Highly influential, both musically and culturally, Fania was founded in 1964, and by the 1970s, the iconic label had spread the sound of salsa music from the clubs of New York City to the rest of the world and became a revered global brand in the process. Salsa music and dance go hand in hand, therefore the We Love To See You Dance channel was created to showcase dance tutorials, competitions, performances and more. Fania’s dance channel is the perfect place to find and learn about both traditional and current Latin dance styles and movements.  

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