2nd Reno Bachata Convention

The first International Bachata Festival for 2010!

January 7-10, 2010
Silver Legacy Casino Resort, Reno – Nevada

For the second year in a row, Juan Ruiz will be attending this prestigious event, representing the Australis’s Bachateros. Josie Cote is also coming to teach Bachata Moderna with Juan.

It is said that this event will host more than 1000+ bachateros. WOW!!! An event not to miss! Read more

Bachata styles and evolution

This article is written to find out more about something that we all love in an effort to standardize the different styles in Bachata. This article is open for discussion as we would like to hear from you.
I will certainly gain more knowledge from this – and hopefully you too! – Peter

For some time I’ve (together with my wife Christine) been organizing events, teaching and watching the evolution of the Bachata dance which we learned to love for so many different reasons.

Personally I love the variety on HOW to dance ANY dance, but I’m starting to be worried when students are asking about styles which for me never would count as a STYLE of (in this case) Bachata. Why? Well… Most of the “styles” encountered today, are just one of the main styles (if you could call them that) that is somewhat expressed differently than another teacher somewhere else in the world teaching the same style – leading to inconsistence; which in turn will lead to the teacher calling the style something of his own – so that you cannot claim the style to be false in any way.

Well… That is ONE way to solve the issue. Read more

Bachata DVD 3 – NORTH AMERICA Release!

NORTH AMERICA (USA and CANADA) Promotion

The new Bachata Moderna DVD 3 is about to be released!! As Juan will be traveling around USA and Canada during this 2009 Christmas period, the DVDs will be only available for the North American region.

You can purchase them online (see below) or directly at the Reno Bachata Festival, as Juan and Josie will be there as instructors.

Volume 3: Advanced Bachata Moderna Combinations brings you more of this ground breaking style. Once you have mastered the Bachata Moderna fundamentals, now it’s is time to take your Bachata to the next level!

Juan Ruiz and Samantha Cilia, the main Bachateros dancers, together with Josie Cote, the 2009 Australian Salsa Champion, will show you how easy it is to lead and follow these advanced Bachata combinations.

This DVD includes 3 Moderna Fundamentals, 8 Advanced Bachata Moderna Combinations plus a BONUS Move – The Vine with flares Read more