Cuban dancer Alcides is also a trainer and choreographer. His repertoire includes Salsa Cubana, Bachata, Son, Cha Cha, Afro-Cuban Rumba, Mambo Afro Dance and Reggae. For many years he was the Lead Dancer in Ballet Folclorico Oriente in Santiago de Cuba. Along with his students he founded the Salsa Dance Group Cuba Japon, who interpret Salsa with the exotic influence of Japanese and Cuban cultures.