Bachata Dominicana RD

Dominicaneando Estocolmo was a success and we want to thank everyone who made it possible! We also want to welcome the 22 new members of our Bachata Dominicana Certification & Teacher Training to the community. They have gained the tools, resources, and most important, our methodology to teach Bachata Dominicana. We can’t wait to see them in action and support them along the way!

If you want to learn more about our programs or sign up for future dates, make sure to visit our website for information — space is limited! 🌴🗒🎸

First day of our Certification. ✍️🇩🇴📕Today we started with History, Musicality, and introduction. Tomorrow we dive deeper into our teaching pedagogy and regional elements 😍

Join us in our next certification event

Sep 23th - 25th Stockholm Sweden

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The time is finally here. We are officially just a few weeks from the launch of our Bachata Dominicana certification taking place in Madrid at the Dominicaneando Festival. If you have not yet registered, register now to secure your spot in this amazing journey to take your teaching career to the next level🎶😍

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Ya ha llegado el momento. Estamos oficialmente a solo unas semanas del lanzamiento de nuestra certificación de Bachata Dominicana que tomara lugar en Madrid durante el Festival de Dominicaneando. Si aún no te has registrado, hazlo pronto para reservar tu registro en este increíble proyecto cual llevar tu carrera como maestro al proximo nivel 🎶😍

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✨Meet Johanna Rosanna Novas Pérez✨ Johanna was born in 1988 in Santo Domingo, DR, and moved to Spain at only 5 years of age…

She kept traveling to DR every year keeping her Dominican roots, and at the same time learning about the Spanish culture.

Even as a little girl she loved dancing and started to dance the different styles of the island, taking her first steps in family. She considers herself a lover of bachata, merengue and salsa, and was part of a Salsa Caleña group between 2010-2016.

In 2013 she met her life and dance partner, , and with his love and passion for the Dominican culture she was inspired to take the first step to dedicate herself professionally to bachata.

Johanna is not only a creative and passionate dancer, but also a very talented fashion designer, as you can see in their amazing stage outfits.

have been dancing together since 2013 and have won several bachata competitions. Since 2016 they have been teaching and traveling on a professional level, while residing in Madrid where they also have their own group of students. Their goal is to share their work with the world and to spread the Dominican culture.

✨Meet Alejandro Luís Gil Lindström (a.k.a. Sueco)✨ Sueco was born in 1988 in Gothenburg, Sweden, but moved to Spain at the age of 4…

Sueco loved dance from a very young age, and at 13 he started a breakdance group along with five Dominican friends. Sueco became more and more involved in the Dominican culture and started to go to Dominican parties and clubs where he took his first bachata steps. He fell in love with the music and to this day he still has no favorite among the bachata artists as he thinks they all have their own essence and style.

In 2013 he became part of a group of Salsa Caleña where he met his current life and dance partner , who inspired him to learn even more about bachata and bring his dancing to a professional level. He loves all Latin and Caribbean rhythms but his favorite styles are bachata and merengue.

have been dancing together since 2013 and have won several bachata competitions. Since 2016 they have been teaching and traveling on a professional level, while residing in Madrid where they also have their own group of students. Their goal is to share their work with the world and to spread the Dominican culture.

✨Meet Edwin Ferreras✨ As the International Ambassador of Dominican Arts, Edwin is a knowledgeable and enthusiastic educator of music, dance, and ethnomusicology…

Born in 1984 in San Pedro De Macoris, he moved to Washington Heights at a young age. While in New York City, he earned his BA in Music Education with a secondary concentration in Music at City College.

After graduating, Edwin began an international dance and teaching career. Today he works as an international teaching artist with partner and their company .

As a world-class educator, he has taught and trained dancers from all over the world; his professional credits as educator and curator include HBO Max Romeo Santos “King of Bachata,” Facebook Global, Youtube Studios, Curriculum development and teacher training for NYC Department of Education, City College Dominican Studies Institute, NYU Afro Caribbean studies, Dream Project Bachata Academy in the Dominican Republic and New York.

His trajectory has reached 65+ million video views for cultural dance videos on social media, including his work with his partner at Areito Arts.

✨Meet Dakhóta Romero✨ Dakhóta was born in Santa Monica, California on the Summer Solstice of 1987…

Following in the footsteps of her grandmother and great-grandmother, both professional dancers, Dakhóta began studying ballet at the tender age of 4. She distinctly remembers the moment her passion for Afro-Caribbean dance emerged, when her grandmother taught her Chachachá.

In 2007, while earning her degree in Music at Loyola Marymount University, Dakhóta was introduced to Bachata and completely fell in love. She has been passionately studying the dance and music ever since.

In 2017, along with dance partner , she founded , an Afro-Caribbean Dance company specializing in history, music, and culture.

Together, Edwin and Dakhóta have worked at dance festivals across 5 continents and 13 countries, teaching many world class international artists along the way, and have been featured educators at teacher trainings, which have professionally developed dance instructors around the world.

Dakhóta’s dance credits include Insider, Telemundo, News Stations in the US, Canada and Dominican Republic, Bachata Academy (DR), Lincoln Center (NYC), Museum of New York, and Guinness World Records.

As an Indigenous person, her passion for culture, history, and recognition translates into her creative work and love for Dominican arts.

✨Meet Carolina Bustamante✨ Carolina was born in Quindío, Colombia in 1991 and from a very young age she started to fall in love with dance…

In 2007 Carolina left Colombia and moved to the north of Sweden but continued learning and taking dance classes by regularly traveling to the capital Stockholm. In 2012 Carolina decided to move to Stockholm permanently to dedicate herself fully to the dance. Starting from zero with only a desire to dance and evolve, she was soon a highly skilled dancer, teaching both salsa, bachata, and kizomba. She started traveling to congresses and festivals all over the world to learn more, and has during the last couple of years dedicated herself fully to bachata, merengue, and the most popular dance styles in the Dominican Republic.

In October 2015 Carolina spent a month in the Dominican Republic taking classes and dancing while falling even more in love with the Dominican culture. She has since then developed her own style and enchants dancers and students all over the world with her femininity and sensualness.

With her dance partner, , and their pro and student teams, Carolina has taught and performed at congresses, festivals, and other events all over the world. During the last couple of years Carolina is also leading her very own team of ladies, , with some of the best female bachata dancers in Stockholm and Sweden.

Since 2021 Carolina runs her own dance school in Stockholm together with her dance partner Junior Aquino, , which specializes in the dance styles originated from the Dominican Republic.

✨Meet Junior Aquino✨ Junior was born in the Dominican Republic in 1987 and took his first dance steps as a child...

At the age of fifteen, Junior began studying bachata, salsa, and other traditional dance styles at Plaza de la Cultura in Bonao, after which he continued his dance career at several dance schools in the Dominican Republic. At nineteen years of age, he became an important representative of bachata in his hometown of Bonao when he began organizing competitions, socials, and other events.

Junior has been teaching bachata and salsa since 2008 in the Dominican Republic and has also participated in national competitions. He has also acted as a dancer in film and television productions. Since 2014, Junior has taught and performed at congresses, festivals, and other events all over the world together with his dance partner , and their pro and student teams.

Junior is the founder and owner of Keloke Dance Company who organizes , the first all Dominican festival in Scandinavia, and , a dance tour in the Dominican Republic.

Since 2021, he runs his own dance school in Stockholm together with his dance partner Carolina Bustamante, , which specializes in the dance styles originated from the Dominican Republic. He is seen as one of the most renowned artists and instructors in the world in his genre and one of the biggest promotors of the Dominican culture, dance, and music.