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 Congratulations to dancer Jonathan Platero, who recently made the top 20 of the 5th season of So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD), a U.S. based reality dance competition show.
A former gymnast, Jonathan has performed individually and with the Orlando, Florida based dance company Salsa Heat. To our knowledge, Jonathan is the only dancer to place in the top 10 of the World Salsa Championships in three separate divisions (cabaret,on1,team) in addition to placing in the top 5 in four separate divisions of the World Salsa Federation competition, all before he turned 21. He also performed in High School Musical. Jonathan is now based in New York, where he also dances with Sekou McMiller.
In an interview with Access Hollywood, Jonathan mentions that the first season of SYTYCD actually inspired him to start dancing. We hope to have an interview with him on our blog this week. At the 2007 World Salsa Championships (WSC), The Netherlands based (and 2006 WSC on2 division finalist / Salsamentary couple) Taiti Walter and Cristel Beijkirch interviewed Jon and partner Sophia Luna for Nuevotec.
Special thanks to Benjamin Cartagena of Salsa Dynasty for the heads up.
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World Salsa Championships
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World Salsa Federation
- 2006 1st Place - World Showdance - Jonathan Platero & Yahaira Sierra
- 2006 2nd Place - LA Style division - Jonathan Platero & Yahaira Sierra
- 2006 3rd Place - World Undisputed - Jonathan Platero & Yahaira Sierra
- 2007 1st Place - World Showdance - Jonathan Platero & Sophia Luna
- 2007 1st Place - LA Style division - Jonathan Platero & Sophia Luna
- 2007 1st Place - World Undisputed - Jonathan Platero & Sophia Luna
- 2007 2nd Place - Team division - Salsa Heat
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Jonathan Platero and Caitlin Kinney interview from SYTYCD
| Jonathan Platero & Sophia Luna interview with Taiti Walter & Cristel Beijkirch at the 2007 World Salsa Championships 
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Jonathan Platero & Yahaira Sierra social dance at the 2007 World Salsa Championships 
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| Jonathan Platero & Sophia Luna - on1 finals performance at the 2007 World Salsa Championships 
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Salsa Heat - team division semifinals performance at the 2007 World Salsa Championships 
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