Alex Da Silva (dancer)

Alex Da Silva
Born March 27, 1968 (1968-03-27) (age 43)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation Choreographer

Alex Da Silva is a dancer and choreographer, specializing in Salsa dancing. Da Silva is also known for being a recurring guest choreographer on the Fox TV show So You Think You Can Dance.[1]

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Biography

Da Silva was born March 27, 1968 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] He discovered Salsa dancing at the age of 20.[3] He is credited with contributing to the "LA Style" of Salsa dancing. Da Silva started his career as a salsa dancer and instructor in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Choreography for So You Think You Can Dance

Season Show Dancers Style Music
Season 1 Week 1 Michelle Brooke
Jonnis Tannis		 Mambo "Caravan"—Eddie Torres and His Mambo Kings
Melissa Vella
Ryan Conferido
Week 2 Salsa "Cubanjam"—Orquesta la Palabra
Week 5 Kamilah Barrett
Nick Lazzarini		 Mambo "Mambo Cool"—Ernesto Marquez and his Orchestra
Ashlé Dawson
Artem Chigvinsev		 Cha Cha "El Sabroso Son"—La Palabra
Week 6 Ashlé Dawson
Blake McGrath		 Argentine tango "Santa Maria"—Gotan Project
Week 7 Ashlé Dawson
Jamile McGee		 Salsa "Oh Mayi"—La Sonora Poncena
Week 8 Alex Da Silva
Lauren Sánchez		 Guest performance "Caravan"—Eddie Torres and His Mambo Kings
Season 2 Week 1 Allison Holker
Ivan Koumaev		 Salsa "El Tamblor"—La Palabra
Natalie Fotopoulos
Musa Cooper		 Mambo "Nina"—Joe Cuba Sextet
Week 3 Heidi Groskreutz
Ryan Rankine		 Cuban rumba "Rumba del Solar"—Angelo Rodriguez
Allison Holker
Ivan Koumaev		 Argentine tango "Libertango"—bond
Week 7 "La Cumparsita"—Orquestra Esquela de Tango
Heidi Groskreutz
Benji Schwimmer		 Mambo "Black Mambo"—Angel and the Mambokats
Week 9 Salsa "La Comay"—Sonora Carruseles
Season 3 Week 1 Ashlee Langas
Ricky Palomino		 Argentine tango "Sentimiento Tango"—Trio Federico-Berlingieri
Lauren Gottlieb
Neil Haskell		 Salsa "Friday Night Rhythm"—Mazerati 5
Week 4 Shauna Noland
Cedric Gardener		 Mambo "Flauta Y Timbal"—Tito Puente
Week 7 Sara Von Gillern
Danny Tidwell		 Argentine tango "Whatever Lola Wants"—Sara Vaughan and Gotan Project
Season 4 Week 2 Chelsie Hightower
Mark Kanemura		 "Mi Confesión"—Gotan Project
Susie Garcia
Marquis Cunningham		 Salsa "Anguanilé"—Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe
Week 4 Kourtni Lind
Matt Dorame		 Mambo "Ban-Con-Tin"—Super-All-Star
Week 5 Chelsie Hightower
Mark Kanemura		 Salsa "Fuego"—Joe Bataan

Sexual assault accusation

In 2009, Da Silva was charged with "four counts of forcible rape, two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object."[4] Da Silva stated he was innocent and pleaded not guilty to all charges.[4] He stated that the sex was consensual and that the women were trying to extort money from him and they may have known each other as they came from the same small town.[5]

He was arrested in August 2009, and unable to pay bail set at two million dollars, he has remained in jail for two years as mistrials and delays prevented his case from reaching a conclusion.[6][7]

On September 16, 2011, a downtown Los Angeles jury found Alex Da Silva, 43, guilty of raping a 22-year-old woman in August 2002 and assault with intent to commit rape involving another woman in March 2009.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Fox Broadcasting Company: So You Think You Can Dance
  2. ^ Alex Da Silva: Dance Instructor - Dance Aficionado - Online Dance Resource Of Los Angeles
  3. ^ http://www.alexdasilva.com/bio.html
  4. ^ a b "So You Think You Can Dance Star Pleads Innocent in Rape Case". Eonline.com. http://www.eonline.com/news/you_think_you_can_dance_star_pleads/183838. Retrieved 2011-10-23. 
  5. ^ "Alex da Silva - His Story". Salsafreak.com. 2011-09-16. http://www.salsafreak.com/alexdasilva.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-23. 
  6. ^ "Alex Da Silva Trial in Court to Start Soon". Salsahook.com. 2011-02-09. http://www.salsahook.com/archive/details/2011/02/09/64/Alex-Da-Silva-trial-in-court-to-start-soon. Retrieved 2011-10-23. 
  7. ^ "Alex Da Silva Trial Delayed Multiple Times". Salsahook.com. 2011-06-23. http://www.salsahook.com/articles/details/111/Alex-Da-Silva-trial-delayed-multiple-times. Retrieved 2011-10-23. 
  8. ^ "'So You Think You Can Dance' choreographer guilty of rape - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 2011-09-16. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/so-you-think-you-can-dance-instructor-convicted-of-rape-and-assault.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23. 

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^2 Season 7 featured only three dancers as finalists at the end of its run. Although Torbert technically finished fourth, he was eliminated the week prior to the finale.