Meet the Community EP1

Tyler Crandall and Misha Crandall from Dsantos Dance Ca
      Meet dancers from around the San Fransisco bay area! Dance is more than a few dance steps, dance is the journey that one takes to get there. In this video series we meet local dancers that love to share the art of dance. We all have our reasons why we dance, see how these skilled individuals became who they are today.
Stay tuned for EP2 next week with (Jami Fitzgerald)

The Instructors

Tyler Crandall 
Tyler is the director and owner of Dsantos Dance CA and is the founder and former owner of the Vermont dance company, DsantosVT.  

Tyler has been a dancer since 2002, where he started as a social salsa dancer, who's weekly persistence in classes and social dancing brought him into the realm of teaching dance in 2007. 

In 2010 Tyler expanded his repertoire of dance beyond Salsa, Merengue, and Bachata to include Kizomba, Semba, and Kuduro.  Tyler ran DsantosVT from 2011 to 2016, hosting monthly socials, teaching weekly classes three days per week, and performing and teaching at schools, company events, and weddings.  Our Dsantos success has come from the inclusive environment focused on getting every student through the moves shown, all while having a lot of laughs.
Misha Bailey
When Misha discovered DsantosVT in 2014 she immediately fell in love with partner dancing and the unique sensuality of Latin and African dances. She also fell in love with the profound aspects of "following" in these dance forms. She has performed in Montreal, Los Angeles, Seattle, Barcelona, and on the Aventura Dance Cruise.  She is passionate about the mission of Dsantos Dance, and thrilled to bring this to her home community in Sonoma County.

Misha began studying dance at the age of four, focusing on ballet and modern dance.  Ever since she has loved the transformational power of movement, and sharing this empowerment with others.  In college she studied modern dance intensively, training in Graham and Release technique, with some of the leading artists in those genres.   She understudied for the Joe Goode Performance Group, performed with Ellis Wood Dance for five consecutive years in San Francisco, and traveled and performed with the Bay Area Repertory Dance Company.

In 2010 she joined the Big Action Performance Ensemble (BigAPE) in Vermont, directed by Tiffany Rhynard.  With BigAPE she had the opportunity to perform "Everyone Can Dance" throughout Vermont in 2011.
Jami Fitzgerald
Jimmy "JSmooth" Bui 
In 1999 Jimmy began to take salsa lessons from instructors in the bay area. Rather than sticking to just one instructor, he educated himself with classes from a variety of instructors very early on. Lessons offered from dancers such as Josie Neglia, Alex D'Silva, Jake Jacobs, and Jean-Carlo helped shape a dance style that was unique to him.

Since August 2002, Jimmy has been an instructor of Salsa and Bachata dance at his startup non-profit, J Smooth Salsa. Based at the Miraido Studio in San Jose, he has made many contributions to his community by offering free dance lessons, donating time and money to various organizations, participating in youth guidance programs, and supporting many of his peer dance instructors through assistance or advertising.

In 2007 Jimmy began to take Bachata lessons from Bachata pioneer Rodney Rodchata Aquino. The years of experience have enabled to dance all forms of Bachata which include Dominican, Modern, and Traditional while teaching his own style of Bachata.

Now a seasoned dance instructor and entrepreneur, Jimmy devotes his attention to event management and guest dance instructions.

DANCE - CULTURE - COMMUNITY
IT'S WHAT WE DO!

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Private lessons
Parties & Events
Schools
Weddings
Performances

SALSA

KIZOMBA

SEMBA

BACHATA

CHACHA

MERENGUE

Private Lessons

Private lessons are the best way for individuals and small groups to polish and refine their skills.  We work with you to focus on what you want to improve, so you can grow your dancing and keep having fun!
Private Lesson Prices:
  • Individual Lesson: $70 for 1 hour
  • Individual Lesson Package: $60 for 1 hour. >5 lessons.
  • Couples Lesson: $85 for 2 people, 1 hour 
  • Couples Lesson Package: $75 for 2 people, 1 hour. >5 lessons.

Parties, Special Events & Schools!

Get everyone dancing, laughing, and smiling!  We make this happen. Working with you, we cater your event to your goals and interests. While getting your whole group dancing and loving it, we can focus on cultural learning, physical movement education, or just fun party vibes!
We have thrown classes and parties for: 
  • public and private middle schools,
  • high schools,
  • colleges,
  • weddings 
  • corporate events.
Our parties, events, and big group classes are professionally led, designed for the audience and purpose, and are extremely effective at building community, fostering cultural learning, successfully teaching new dance moves, all while having a blast!
​We also MC and DJ events, bringing our inclusive and engaging energy, and gigantic library of Salsa, Kizomba, Bachata, Semba, Merengue, and Cha Cha music.  
​Contact us for pricing.

Weddings

For weddings we choreograph FUN and SENSUAL wedding dances created specifically for you. We can also DJ the hottest Afro-Latin music for your special day and do a large group lesson to get everyone dancing and laughing!  All abilities and levels of dance experience welcome.  

Dance Socials

We regularly throw our own parties! Sign up for our email list so you don't miss out! Practice your moves, enjoy the music, and catch up with friends! 

Performances

Tyler Crandall has been on the Kizomba Canada professional dance team since 2011.  Misha Bailey has performed and trained in modern dance and ballet since 1990, and started performing professionally in 2004.  She joined Kizomba Canada's professional dance team in 2015.  We look forward to performing for you here in Sonoma County!

MEET THE DIRECTORS: TYLER & MISHA

Photo Gallery

Video Gallery

Dsantos Dance CA
Tyler Crandall choreographed this "Pink Panther Mambo" for the local fundraiser, Dancing With the Stars.  As the Star, his dance partner Renee Mengali had never danced Salsa before this routine! Look at her kill is with this performance. They won the Grand Prize with this routine.
Dsantos VT
An informational video created in 2014 about Dsantos Dance VT.  This video shows the amazing community Dsantos Dance built in Vermont, the monthly socials and classes we host, and introduces our teacher Manual Dos Santos.