The dancing of Samuel Checkal & Kalia Hernandez
Samuel Checkal
Samuel & Kalia compete in International Standard Ballroom which is comprised of five dances: Slow Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Foxtrot, and Quickstep. If you watch nothing else, watch these clips....
Tango
Dancing Tango at the U.S. National Amateur DanceSport Championships; Samuel and Kalia are number 182
Samuel's Dance Journey
Samuel fell in love with ballroom dancing in Shanghai at ten. He trained and competed there until he was fourteen, then moved to Seattle and has danced through high school.
He has enjoyed seeing and experiencing the dance world in China and the US. When he started dancing in China, he was fortunate to have Weiping (Danny) Li and Cen (Angela) Zheng as his mentors and coaches. In the US, he has trained at Aria Ballroom under the guidance of Kora Stoynova, Simeon Stoynov, and Misha Vorobiev.
