Randy Atlas

Randy Atlas is an accomplished dancer & deejay in the Swing, Salsa, & Hustle dance worlds. He has taught Ballroom, Latin, & Hustle dancing to support himself through graduate school at Florida State University in the 1970’s. While at FSU he formed the Ballroom Dance Club & taught more than 5000 people how to dance. Atlas competed on Dance Fever in 1983 in the Dallas Semi-finals. In 1999 he danced in the Miami Superbowl half-time show that featured Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, Gloria Estephan and Stevie Wonder. Randy was one of the founders of the South Florida Swing Dance in the 1980’s, and sponsored the Swing Into Spring national dance event in 1996 and 1997. In 1998 he partnered with Katie Marlow and Billy Fajardo to form the International Hustle and Salsa Competition (IHSC) in 1999, that lasted 20 years, and featured hustle and salsa dancers from around the world and USA.

While most people know Randy for his role as a deejay and dance instructor, in real life he is an architect and criminologist, and he received his Doctorate in criminology from Florida State University. He practices here in South Florida, and still enjoys dancing socially around the world in his travels. He is married to Trish Warren Atlas, whom he met at IHSC in 2003.

Donna Boyle

Philadelphia 's own Donna was the regional dance champion on the national TV show "Dance Fever". For 30 years, she has been competing, performing, and exciting audiences with her polished and sensual style.  She performed for acts such as Billy Crystal, Tu-Pac, Sammy Hager, Ben Vereen to name a few. Her TV credits include Discophonic scene and "on the air" with the Geater, 1999 QVC National Dance Promotion, two appearances at the Phillies game with the Phillie Phanatic, Good Day Philadelphia (with Dick Clark), Good Morning America,1999 PBS show "Crazy Dancing" aired in England & USA , & two appearances on the CBS nationally syndicated competition " Dance Fever" in Los Angeles. She Placed third in the cabaret division at the Harvest Moon Ball. Her performances in Atlantic City include the "Disco Fever Show" At the Tropicana Hotel, Also Ballys Hotel , Resorts as well as Ceasars Hotel. Donna was also one of the Event Directors for Hustle USA 1995. Donna has been teaching, coaching and promoting Hustle in the Philadelphia area as well as traveling throughout the United States to conduct workshops and promote her dance event Disco America. She is also the proprietor of Party Pros Entertainment, and is a Hypnotist certified with the national guild of hypnotist since 1997. She is currently on the teaching staff of Sandy Fortuna's Universal DanceSport Center (NJ), Bucks County Dance Center (PA),YMCA ( Lansdale Pa ) Stardust Ballroom (NJ).Currently she is a DJ & MC for parties and events. Donna's success is evidenced by her awards and participation in competitions.

Lori Brizi

Although one of the 'Original' Hustle dancers and dance teachers, a passion ignited in her to start up Hustle dances in NYC at the turn of the new millennium, a time when Hustle dancing appeared to be dead and was only being danced in underground venues. This passion was inspired by a burning desire to pass this exciting dance down to younger generations. She did not want it to be lost as a 'period dance' of the 70s and 80s that would die with her generation. Soon afterwards, she became the originator of the 'Hustle Congress' and she ijust completed her 13th 'NY Hustle Congress' in NYC on July 24-29, 2024. Her weekly Hustle parties include 'Millennium Dance Jam' and the legendary 'Monday Night Hustle' parties held at '412' in midtown Manhattan.She has been Voted 'Person of the Year' for 7 years by the readers of DanceTalk, the country's largest newsletter for Hustle dancing. During the time of her primary career as a competitor and performer of Ballroom dancing, she has won numerous dance championships in International Latin, Theater Arts, and Cabaret, and is a 3 time winner of the iconic Zachary's Dance Contest. She was a featured performer of such prestigious dance companies as American Ballroom Theater and Swing Dance America and toured as a teacher and performer on several cruise ships around the world. She has been teaching the Hustle lessons for Lincoln Center's Hustle Nights and performing at the Rainbow Room, the Copacabana, Latin Quarter, and other NYC nightclubs. She has also made numerous TV and movie appearances and was featured for her work in the Hustle community in the documentary 'Crime Cutz' which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. When not running her own events at home, Lori is traveling as a teacher and judge for many of the Hustle events throughout the United States 

Elizabeth Darchi

Elizabeth has been an instructors for dance events: IHSC, Disco America, Tri-State Dance Festival, Canada Salsa and Bachata Congress, LA Hustle Congress, plus more.  Elizabeth has attended Performing Arts High School as a Ballet major. She also has an extensive dance repertoire of Jazz/Theater, Salsa, Ballroom and Hustle. As a choreographer she has touched the realm of show productions and choreographing for major Dance events.

 Beth’s workshops are fun and informative and will have you wanting more. She strives to introduce her innovative funky/rhythm and creative style in Hustle by utilizing Classic House, Hip-Hop, Soul, R&B and old school Disco music. Her diversity in hustle has been the hallmark of their career.

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Leah Duque

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Leah Duque, originally from Toronto, Canada, is one of the most versatile dancers in the Latin community. She has been dancing for 35 years and was Classically trained in ballet, jazz, tap and lyrical. She trained under the Canadian Dance Company travelling the US and Canada. She attended Cawthra Park Secondary School for the Performing Arts as a dance major. During this time, she also trained under Stelio Calagias at Metro Movement. During college, Leah made the switch to Latin dancing specifically salsa and Bachata. Since then she has competed and been very successful at several competitions such as The World Latin Dance cup, World Salsa Summit and The Summit Championship, in salsa, Bachata, Latin Hustle, Cha Cha and lyrical/contemporary. Leah currently trains under Billy Fajardo, and is currently his main instructor/team Director at Fajardo Elite Dance Academy, located in Davie, FL.

Billy Fajardo

With over 40 years of dance performance experience, Billy began his dance career at the age of 14. With his beginnings as a club dancer, he then immersed himself in ballet studies at ABT and jazz studies with Phil Black and Frank Hatchett. Billy Fajardo has been a pioneer in Latin Hustle since the dance was created in the South Bronx in the 1970’s. He started The Dance Dimensions, one of the first dance companies to perform Latin Hustle on TV, in movies, and live around the world. n 1978, Billy’s dance company, the Dance Dimensions were discovered by the late Tito Puente while they performed at the Chateau Madrid in New York City. Tito spread the word to Ralph Mercado, who then brought Billy Fajardo and the Dance Dimensions in to perform at Madison Square Garden; a venue they would find themselves in frequently, performing at headliner salsa concerts throughout the late 70’s and 80’s. Billy and the Dance Dimensions also performed weekly on NBC from 1978-1982 as part of the nationally televised “Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert” In 1993, Billy was the the co-director and choreographer for the RMM dancers for the world-renowned "Combinacion Perfecta Salsa Tour", which featured such stars as Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Marc Anthony, La India, Cheo Feliciano, Tito Nieves and many more. He is a multi- world champion, an event organizer, and the founder of The Summit, one of the largest and most prestigious international Latin dance competitions.