Hunter Houde is a Latin Dancer based out of New York City with over 13 years of professional experience teaching and performing internationally. Hunter has been competing for 13 years and is two time rising star champion in salsa and recently together with his partner Judith Petri won 2nd in the world in salsa on2 division. He has worked in film dancing in the ensemble of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In The Heights," and in theater playing two lead roles in the off broadway immersive theater production "Carmen: to Havana and Back." In addition to these achievements he has danced with several teams throughout his career such as Balmir, Iroko, and the Latin Soul Dancers.