Category: Bachata

An Introductory Look at What Goes Down at a Latin Dance (Bachata, Salsa) Festival: with La Fuerza Dance Company
Have y’all seen those “What they think I do vs what I actually do” memes? Well, I thought I’d give my readers, and my friends who aren’t a part of the latin dance scene, a behind the scenes look at a weekend in the life of a traveling dance company. Here’s a quick look at La Fuerza Dance Company’s recent trip to the 3rd Annual Upstate ...

BTS Videos from the D’Cor and La Fuerza Collaboration at Utopia
Here’s a quick excerpt from the BTS video, showing all the hard work the D’Cor and La Fuerza dancers went through to make the collaboration piece a reality! 🙂 For those who want to see the full video (which includes the final full run-through of the piece) please click on the following vid: And for ...

Performance Videos from Utopia (salsa, bachata, hip hop, zouk)
La Fuerza & D’Cor: D’Cor: Henri Velandia & Claudia Palestini: Yamulee: D’Cor Apprentice Team: WRT Dance Co: La Fuerza: Zafire Dance Project: Roberto Lesiati & Ivana Padoleccia: Movimiento Dance Company: Formula F: Pura Vida: Elite Stars Dance Academy:

Invite to UTOPIA by D’Cor & La Fuerza Dance Company
On behalf of La Fuerza Dance Co & D’COR Dance Co, I’d like to invite everyone to UTOPIA, to be held this Friday, July 11th at 9pm. Utopia is a fundraiser that Fausto Felix and Maria Ramos have collaborated on for their company dancers. “Each company has a dream and a vision that they want to share with ...

Creative Movement’s Noche de Rumba
Wanted to give a shout out to everyone involved at Creative Movement on an awesome night of debuts! Though they may be young in age, their collective talents and passion for dance are really unmatched. Amongst their core staff of directors and instructors (led by Charlie and Amber Garcia), are some of the most inspiring dancers ...

Videos and Photos from Carnival: Dominican Independence Day Bash
Here are a few pics and the performance videos from our recent Carnival event. I’m always humbled by the incredible level of dancers that we are exposed to here in NYC. Our performers for the night included 3 World Salsa champions, the recent 2nd place finalists in the World Bachata masters, and one of the hottest international ...

Ready, set, gooooooooooo!
Wow, I can’t believe how quickly this year has been rolling by! I knew that the frequency of blog posts would probably take a hit due to the holidays, but I can’t believe my last post was in November ’13. A lot has happened since then, both positive and negative, but definitely all of which ...

Salsa & Bachata Videos/Pics from Foreplay by F&F
Great turnout last Friday for F&F’s monthly Latin Night. Big props to all the performers who came out that night and threw down on the dance floor! Here are the vids from Friday night, listed in order of appearance: 1: Divna & Fausto (salsa) 2: NY Touch (bachata) 3: Pura Vida (bachata) 4: Candela Dance ...

Movember with F&F
It’s been a busy few days here in New York after having spent a much-needed week back home in LA. The team has been busy getting ready for our upcoming gig at the Montreal Bachata Zouk Fest and before leaving, I had to make sure that I got our flyer out for our Movember event, ...

Looks like an F&F Weekend!
Not only do we have Saleya Latin Night and a performance by the Pro Bachata team at Club Cache going on tonight, tomorrow (Fri, Oct 4th) F&F Dance Company will be celebrating one of our co-Directors’ birthdays at our monthly Foreplay event. Congrats to the boss-man Fausto Felix, on finishing out your 20’s strong, and I hope you have a decade full of ...