Kona Luseni
Owner & Instructor

Konajilo Luseni is a native of Brooklyn, NY and has been dancing since the age of five. With a dance background spanning genres including modern, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop and African, Kona has choreographed, performed and taught for various children, teen and adult groups in the New York area.

Kona's love for dance set her sights to explore a new style of movement: Salsa/Mambo on2. After a year of basic training at La Salsa De Hoy, her passion for this exciting form of dance led her to seek more advance instruction at Salsa Dance Studio.

Kona demonstrated a unique ability to quickly capture technique and concept and translate it into practice. Less than a year after joining the studio, she was asked to formally become a part of the staff. While with Salsa Salsa, Kona became known for her energy and unique brand of ladies social styling. As an instructor, she co-taught and led, several beginners, intermediate and advanced individual, partnerwork and ladies' styling workshops.

In 2007, Kona formed the all women's dance group, Bella Salsa, which currently performs throughout Brooklyn. Not only a teacher but also a performer at heart, she joined international performance group, Enixe Dance Company.  In 2008, Kona won the New York Daily News Salsa Dance Competition and danced for Frankie Negron and Johnny Rivera at the New York Puerto Rican Day Parade.

Known for her patience, passion, and unique body movement and style, she helps to inspire all levels of dancers to find their own love for dance.

Therene Alston
Owner

Raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn by her mother of Hispanic decent and father of Afro-American decent, Therene was introduced to Latin music at a very young age. While always having a love for the music and sounds of her culture, she didn’t endeavor to formally learn to dance salsa until 2007. After watching her niece, Sara Cruz, perform with La Salsa De Hoy’s dance team, “Simply Salsa/Salseritos,” she decided to explore lessons at Salsa Dance Studio under the instruction of Ray Colon, Marcus Gonzalez and Noel Caccamo.

During one of her classes, she had the opportunity to meet Kona Luseni, then an instructor at the studio, who was covering for Ray Colon. From that first moment, Therene was determined not only to continue her salsa training but also learn with Kona. Therene notes that Kona inspired her in more ways that she can explain and that her passion for salsa has increased under her influence.

Dancing salsa has become more than just a dance and stress reliever for her but also overwhelms her heart and soul. More importantly, she looks forward to this new partnership to share with others that same desire, passion and love for dance that inspires her.