Nelson Torres, world renowned salsa deejay, was born from Puerto Rican descent and raised in New York City. Born to a family of musicians, it is no wonder that Nelson Torres has a keen ear for music. In fact, did you know his grandfather was a deejay too?

As a tribute to the late David Melendez, here's an interview done in December 2005 at the first Philippines Salsa Congress. organised by the man himself. For those of us in Asia who may not have had the privilege of knowing one of the stalwarts in the New York salsa scene, here's your chance to understand why the rest of the salsa world is so sad to see him go.

David Melendez told us about his passion - Salsa - and how he promoted it, shared it with the next generation and how it evolved through the 1970s till what we have today.

Dance Chic had the golden opportunity of getting cosy with Edie, The Salsa Freak, for an exclusive interview at the recent Singapore International Salsa Festival. Despite her hectic workshop schedule, Edie took time off in between to share with us how drastically Salsa has rejuvenated her at age 30, her transformation from 'IT Freak' to Salsa Freak and, on a more personal note, life after her break up with Al Liquid Silver.