About Us

Burak Can Cihan

Founder, dancer, choreographer and DJ. Burak Can is a highly accomplished professional Latin dancer with 16 years' experience, award-winning background and 10 

years of teaching experience. He first began competing when he was 9 years old and has won numerous competitions, 

including the International Dance Organisation Competition 

IDO Salsa Competition as named Champion. As a teacher and President of his home city's Akdeniz University, Turkey, he organised various dance festivals whilst heading the salsa organisation at the University. 

Burak Can founded Havana Dance Academy to inspire and educate people with his passion for dance. Although offering technical lessons, he hopes to also inspire and nurture people's interest in social dancing. Havana Dance Academy is built on the idea that everyone can dance, and 

should dance for the enjoyment of the music, people and 

atmosphere. It is with this philosophy that Burak Can hopes 

he can provide technical and informative lessons but also encourage the social aspect of Latin dance, so that everyone, 

no matter their time schedule and background can learn in a relaxed, fun environment.