Next series starts Oct. 6, 2026

Every Tues - San Jose, CA (Tingna)

Every Wed - San Francisco, CA (Sunset Movement Arts)

Every Thurs - Berkeley , CA (Luna Dance & Creativity)

Baychata Dance Academy

First International Bachata Sensual Academy in Bay Area, California

International Bachata Training

Welcome to Baychata Dance Academy’s Summer Edition!

Join us this July 2026 for an exciting lineup at Baychata Dance Academy! We’re thrilled to welcome the talented bachata artist Lasinhaa from Madrid, Spain. With her dynamic energy and engaging teaching style, she will guide you through traditional bachata techniques, bachata fusion, bachazouk, and follower styling. Lasinhaa is beloved by dancers of all backgrounds, making her classes an experience you won’t want to miss!

From August to end of September, we’re excited to host Gioia, a four-time World Champion Jack & Jill from Italy. With a rich background in bachata, she excels in both leading and following. Having taught with some of the world’s best artists, Gioia currently teaches at a prestigious dance academy in Barcelona. She will be joined by Alex Hernandez, a Baychata certified instructor and Bachata Sensual Certified Instructor. Together, they’ll introduce you to new dance styles that will elevate your bachata skills!

This fall, we’re honored to welcome renowned bachata artists Angel Garcia and his partner Rocio Luna as our resident instructors for the 8 Weeks (October-December 2026). With top credentials from Spain and numerous awards for their captivating performances, Angel and Luna are versatile dancers in Bachata Sensual. They will cover a wide range of topics, including flow, cadence, musicality, and styling.

We have three convenient locations in San Francisco (Sunset Movement Arts studio), San Jose (Tingna Dance Studio), and Berkeley (Luna Dance & Creativity) to accommodate dancers from all bay area regions. Don’t miss this opportunity to train with the best in the craft! Sign-ups are available now through the Gomry registration link below. We can’t wait to see you on the dance floor!

Baychata Dance Academy is a Bay Area bachata training program offering weekly classes, international artist residencies, styling courses, body movement training, bachazouk, and sensual bachata instruction in San Francisco, San Jose and Berkeley, California.

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Course Schedule

Courses Offered

8-Week Course (starting week of October 6)

  Each course meets once a week

Lead Styling (SJ) focuses on developing cleaner, more confident, and expressive movement as a leader. This course works on body movement, footwork, posture, arm styling, musical interpretation, and transitions that allow leaders to add personality and style without interfering with the lead. The goal is to help leaders look more polished, intentional, and musical while maintaining a clear connection with their partner.

Trending Bachata Movements focuses on current and popular bachata movements commonly seen on the social dance floor. Students learn how to execute and connect modern movements with proper technique, timing, control, and partner connection, while adapting them naturally to different partners and music.

Jack & Jill Training focuses on developing the skills needed to adapt confidently to different partners, music, and dance styles in a social or competition setting. This course focuses on connection, lead-and-follow clarity, musicality, adaptability, timing, floorcraft, improvisation, and making strong choices in the moment. Students will also work on presentation, partnership awareness, and maintaining clean technique while dancing with unfamiliar partners.

Develop more confident, elegant, and expressive movement while maintaining a strong connection with your partner. This course focuses on body movement, arm styling, footwork, posture, musical interpretation, balance, and timing. Students will learn how to add personal style and creativity without disrupting the lead, creating movement that feels natural, polished, and connected within both social dancing and partnerwork.

Explore how to blend the rhythm, footwork, and playful character of Traditional Bachata with the fluidity and body movement of Bachata Sensual. This course focuses on smooth transitions between styles, musical interpretation, partner connection, and knowing when to use each technique. Students will develop more versatility in their dancing and learn how to create a balanced, expressive style that feels natural to the music.

Learn how to interpret the music together and turn musical details into intentional movement. This course focuses on rhythm, breaks, accents, tempo changes, dynamics, and different instruments while maintaining a clear connection between lead and follow. Students will develop the ability to make more musical choices, adapt movements to the energy of the song, and create partnerwork that feels more expressive, connected, and natural.

Build a stronger, more responsive connection between lead and follow through clear communication, body awareness, and intentional movement. This course focuses on frame, tension, weight transfer, timing, responsiveness, and nonverbal cues to create smoother and more comfortable partnerwork. Students will learn how to listen and adapt to their partner, improve clarity in leading and following, and create a more connected, natural, and enjoyable social dance experience.

Learn how to move smoothly and creatively between different bachata positions while maintaining connection, control, and flow. This course focuses on seamless transitions, direction changes, hand changes, body positioning, and creative pathways that make partnerwork feel more dynamic and less predictable. Students will develop the tools to connect movements naturally, create more variety in their dancing, and transition confidently without interrupting the music or connection with their partner.

Take your Bachata Sensual to a higher level through more refined technique, control, and body awareness. This course focuses on advanced waves, isolations, head movement, body rolls, cambres, circular movements, transitions, and partner connection. Students will learn how to execute more complex movements safely and smoothly while improving precision, balance, timing, and musicality. The goal is to create partnerwork that feels fluid, controlled, expressive, and comfortable for both lead and follow.

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