Rene Fayed is a Assistant Director of Gypsy Fire Dance Company.  He is a dancer, teacher, percussionist and costume designer with over a decade of teaching & performing experience. Born in Miami, Florida of Cuban/Spanish, Arabic parents, Mr. Fayed began his Flamenco and Salsa dance training as a teen at Gypsy Fire.  He later expanded his Flamenco dance education in New York City with teachers Jose Molina and Victorio, and in Spain with teachers La Uchi, Candela Soto, Maria Magdalena and Cristobal Reyes.  He studied Cuban Salsa in Miami with Enrique Santiesteban, New York Style Salsa in New York with Eddie Torres, and Argentine Tango in Miami with Roberto Maiolo and with Daniel.

 Mr. Fayed's performance credits include performances in Madrid, Spain; Buffalo, New York; and in Florida throughout Dade and Broward County Schools.  In Florida he has also performed at the Jackie Gleason Theatre of the Performing Arts, Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, Caleb Auditorium, Miami Dade  College Wolfson and Kendall Campus, University of Miami, Florida International University, Miami's German American Club, Miami Shores Community Center, Penrods Miami Beach; Lincoln Road, St. Lucie County Community Center, Vero Beach and at Gypsy Fire Black Box Theatre.

Specializing in Flamenco & Latin Dance Mr. Fayed has taught at Miami Dade College Kendall, Hialeah, Homestead, North, Medical Center, and InterAmerican Campus. He has also taught at International Student Volunteers, Loews Miami Beach Hotel, Miami Shores, Williams Island, Ocean Ballroom, Dance Empire, Gypsy Fire Studios and throughout Dade County Public libraries.