Dominican Bachata Fundamentals, Techniques & Musicality
With Steven Chanpong of Bachatalics Anonymous,
assisted by Annina Kovanen
Sundays, Weekly, 7pm-9pm
April 29 – June 10 (no class May 27)
9 hours of lessons and 3 hours of practice!
CLASS 7:00-8:30pm
Everything you need to get you dancing Dominican Bachata with confidence and looking good on the dance floor. Fundamentals as well as challenging and playful techniques in Dominican Bachata will be broken down for easy understanding and practice. In addition, musicality & connection with your partner will be covered to help you dance better! Whether you are a beginner or have been dancing modern bachata for many years, this is a great class for you to understand and dance Dominican Bachata the fast and simple way!
PRACTICE and social dance time for students 8:30-9:00pm
Nothing helps reinforce learning better than practice, and these lessons come with a half hour practice and social dance time after class for students to practice with each other what you learn in class.
About Steven
Steven is from Mauritius where he grew up with the Sega dance, a national dance of African origins. He has been dancing salsa and bachata for many years and now focuses mainly on Dominican Bachata. He has attended many international Bachata Festivals and travelled to the Dominican Republic three times already to learn from some of the best instructors in the country. He will return to the DR this summer for more dancing! Recently, he taught Dominican Bachata workshops at the Flirt Festival in Seattle.
Steven is very involved in growing the Bachata community in Vancouver at the Dancey Ballroom and through his involvement with the Vancouver International Salsafestival. Come and share his passion for Bachata whether it’s in his classes or on the dance floor where he can be seen dancing up to seven days a week!!!
Assisting Steven will be Annina Kovanen.
About Annina
Annina has been dancing since the age of 11. After her first classes in Jazz and Hip Hop, she knew dancing would be part of her life. In her teen and early adult years she trained in Ballet, Ballroom and Show dance. Dancing grew to be one of Annina’s biggest passions and this prompted her to start a dance company which she co-managed for several years. She has performed in numerous dance groups and enjoys the feeling of being on stage. After moving to Canada Annina became more involved in Latin dance and after four years her passion for Latin dances, especially Dominican Bachata, continues to grow.
COST:
$95 for six week session (9 hours) (no class May 27)
Drop-in $20 per class
Register in advance and receive free admission to the Sunday Salsa Social dances
earlier in the afternoon (3-7pm) the weekends of the Bachata classes- a $60 savings!
LOCATION:
Dancey Ballroom and Dance Studio, 505 Hamilton Street (map)
REGISTRATION:
