Bay Harbour: December 07, 2016
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PAGE 6 BAY HARBOUR<br />
Wednesday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2016</strong><br />
News<br />
Salsa success<br />
PERFORMER: Caitlin Quinn has been dancing for four years, taking part in<br />
numerous competitions. <br />
• By Caitlin MIles<br />
IT MAY have been the first time Caitlin<br />
Quinn competed in an international Salsa<br />
dancing competition but that didn’t stop her<br />
from taking home a second and two thirds.<br />
The 14-year-old of Woolston competed in<br />
the World Salsa Solo competition in Brisbane<br />
at the weekend.<br />
Caitlin came second in Salsa Shines<br />
Youth category and received two thirds in<br />
the Youth Freestyle and Mixed Latin Duets<br />
categories. Caitlin said since she had never<br />
competed at this competition before she<br />
wasn’t focused on winning.<br />
“For me it’s more about the experience of<br />
being there with all of these dancers from<br />
around the world,” Caitlin said.<br />
Earlier this year she competed in the youth<br />
section of the New Zealand Salsa Solo competition.<br />
She placed first in youth couples,<br />
third in salsa soloist and fourth in salsa<br />
teams. These results made her able to qualify<br />
for the World Salsa Solo competition.<br />
She has been dancing with Latin Fire<br />
Dance Company for four years, spending<br />
five hours a week training.<br />
Caitlin started with hip-hop and then jazz<br />
dancing, she decided to try out salsa when<br />
her friend Natasha suggested it.<br />
“I thought I’d try a youth salsa class with<br />
my friend and it just went from there,” Caitlin<br />
said.<br />
Caitlin has been training in hip-hop, jazz,<br />
contemporary, salsa, bachata, cha-cha and<br />
zouk ever since.<br />
“It’s a lot of fun and the tutors are really<br />
great too,” she said.<br />
DANCING: Caitlin decided to try a<br />
salsa class for fun four years ago, since<br />
then her passion for Latin dancing has<br />
grown.<br />
Dancing isn’t the only extra-curricular<br />
activity she does, while being a Marian College<br />
student she also manges to fit in speech,<br />
drama, basketball, netball, water polo and<br />
swimming as well. She said it’s hard work<br />
juggling everything and fitting in time to<br />
be with her friends and by the end of the<br />
week her muscles are “pretty sore” but she<br />
wouldn’t change it.<br />
Caitlin plans to keep dancing and competing,<br />
aiming to constantly improve and grow<br />
her skill set.
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