Mariana Parma is an instructor, choreographer and performer and has a B.A. in dance from Rutgers University. She has been featured in motion pictures, national commercials and has worked with Broadway choreographers for musical and film productions. She specializes in Latin dancing: Salsa, Mambo, Tango, and Latin American Folk.

Her achievements have included:
-- Principal dancer and supervising choreographer in "Todo Tango" at the Thalia Theatre in Queens, NY, in 2001.
-- Produced and performed in the off-Broadway dance show Swango the Fusion
-- Worked with Hinton Battle, 3 time Tony Award winner, in the musical workshop, The Bronx Casket Company.
-- Featured dancer and co-choreographer of the Tango Show at the Thalia Theatre in Queeens
-- Featured dancer in the national tour of SWING the Musical from Dec '05 through Jan '06.

She can be seen around the world performing Salsa and Tango and most recently took first prize, with her partner Omar, in the Argentine Tango competition held in NYC in July 2008.