Marina & Jakov have been friends and collage buddies for years before he took her to her first salsa class. Three years after they meet again on dance floor as salsa partners.Since she was a kid she danced, started in kindergarten, later in school. At the age of 7 she enrolled in jazz dance and a year after she began competing in acrobatic rock’n’roll.
Few years after she decides to start dance in the same studio but as cheerleader. During 6 years she was working as MTV Dance and cheerleading coach and also competing and performing as member of Dance cheerleading team “Spalatine”, cheer dance champions and vice champions (Croatian, European and World’s). In the meantime, she attended different workshops in contemporary, ballet, hip hop, tango argentino, ballroom dances. 

In 2009 she found salsa again when she started to work for salsa school “Fever”. Now she is teaching and performing with Jakov. She is mentored by Hrvoje Kraševac, Ela Jauk and Jakov himself. Marina is one of best Zumba instructors in Split, licensed for B1, B2 & Zumbatomic classes.In January 2011 she is becoming first official Adidas fitness ballet instructor in Croatia and region. 

Jakov had no dance background or talent before he got involved in salsa in 2006. He discovered it when a friend asked him to check out the class. After exploring all salsa styles on local classes and international salsa congresses he falls in love with salsa On2. The passion for dance eventually grew so big that he moved to New York City for a couple of months to study Afro Latin Funk and train with Frankie Martinez. It is unique fusion of dances, founded on classic mambo with Afro Caribbean movements and hints of modern, ballet and jazz. When he came back home he became a full time dancer/instructor in salsa school “Fever” and after 2 years he went back to NYC for some more training.He focused on Frankie’s work again, but also went to learn some from Mambo King himself, Eddie Torres. He trains Dunham dance technique to increase strength, flexibility and sense of Afro Caribbean rhythmic fluidity with Ned Williams and Afro Cuban folklore with master Felix Pupy Insua. He became familiar with pure Latin Soul and Boogaloo, Pachanga and Charleston.As an ex professional basketball player, he was always interested in training the body. He is very into stretching and yoga as key to flexibility and body alignment and uses athletic abilities in his dancing.He likes all kinds of dance music and he is salsa DJ. 
Marina & Jakov are interesting mix of styles on salsa scene in Croatia, he likes New York style with afro body movement and she is more into salsa hip hop and jazz.
They live for dance!