About Us:
 Dance for Life
is a way of learning to dance through the expression of
each individual by dancing with the passion and desire of
all those who have danced before us. The Latin and
Smooth dances bring out every emotion that can be felt in
life. The essence of each person can be brought out
through any dance that one has a desire to learn. So
open your mind, body, and soul to a new experience and get
ready to DANCE FOR LIFE!
Barry Masten, Founder is one of Long Island's
premier professional dance instructors and
performers. With over 22 years of experience, he has
taught at numerous public libraries, private affairs,
colleges, and public and private schools and has been a
guest instructor at almost every major dance studio on
Long Island.
He has performed Argentine tango, swing, salsa, and samba
exhibitions for the dance recitals of Positions Dance
Studio, Dance Fever Studio Dance Concert, Swing Street
Studios and many others. He has done special guest
performances for the Long Island Alzheimer's Association,
the Friends of Aides Organization, the Babylon Village
Fair, the Weston Music School in Weston, Connecticut, and
most recently at New Life Community Church in Sayville,
St. John the Baptist High School in West Islip, the
Mediterranean Manor in Patchogue and with the Bella Voci
singers at Christ Church in Oyster Bay, New York.
His dance exhibition in the 2001 and 2002 Puerto Rican Day
Parade on Long Island and in New York City was aired on
Cablevision as a commercial for the 2002 and 2003 Puerto
Rican Day Parades.
In addition, Mr. Masten was
a guest speaker on Something
to Talk About for Public Access Television
Corporation, hosted by Bonne D. Graham on the topic of
ballroom dancing and was the choreographer and dancer
for the soap opera pilot Americana for Cablevision. He
has won 1st place awards for both the Latin Festival
held by Briar Cliff College and the Merengue Contest
held in Westbury, New York. He has studied all
forms of Latin and ballroom dance with Andrea Jordan and
Jerry Guiseppone in New York and Argentine Tango with
coaches Natalia and Juan Fossati in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Presently, he is studying Middle
Eastern Dance with renowned dancer, Electra Underhill
and performs regularly with his partner, Stephanie
Watt. Mr. Masten is the founder and director of Dance for Life and
currently teaches group and private lessons at Starlite
and Kellie's dance studios.
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