A native of Chicago, IL Ashanti Altovese is a spirited professional dancer with a background in Ballet, Jazz, and Gymnastics. Dancing for over 19 years, Ashanti is an instructor, competitor, and performer in Salsa dance and has competed at the World Salsa Championships and performed at the Chicago Salsa Congress and internationally in Toronto, Canada. As an enhancement to her body conditioning regime, Ashanti created Erotic InnerG, a meditative dance fitness program for women that incorporates concentrated thought, focused breathing, and slow body movement to release the inner goddess through a combination of erotic dance, ballet, yoga, salsa, belly dance, and gymnastics. Email Ashanti at ashanti.griffin@gmail.com for questions, commentary, or information on SF dance fitness.