bachata by rodchata, rodney aquino

Rodchata, as bachateros intimately calls him, has been in the dance scene for over 13 years. His dance background includes Latin International Ballroom, Salsa (on1, on2 and Cuban Timba), Chachacha, Merengue and Bachata. He had his first bachata encounter five years in ago in the East Coast. He had been dancing bachata and studying the culture ever since. He was the first instructor to ever teach a bachata class in San Francisco and one of the few people that popularized bachata dance in the Bay Area. He is the founder of the popular salsa website, Salsagang.com, Lalunaclubs.com and CEO of Rodchata Enterprises.

Since creating Salsagang, he had the opportunity to teach the bachata dance at big salsa events such as San Francisco International Salsa Congress, Reno Dance Sensation, Salsa Extravaganza (Palm Springs), Summer Splash (Palm Springs), North West Salsa Congress (Seattle), Chico Dance Sensation, Sacramento Salsa Fest, Hawaii Dance Sensation, Sonoma Salsa Festival and Dallas Salsa Congress.

Here are his Workshop Tour Schedules:

July 15: Metronome Dance Center, San Francisco (www.metronomedancecenter.com)
July 17: Glas Kat in San Francisco (www.glaskat.com)
July 19: Maxwells Lounge in Oakland, CA (www.maxwellslounge.com)

August 2: Karribean City, Sabor Salsa Thursday, Oakland, CA (www.saboryritmo.com)
August 12: Metronome Dance Center (www.metronomedancecenter.com)

August 21, 2007, GLAS KAT in San Francisco, 8:30 PM - www.glaskat.com
August 25: Mountain Salsa Dance in Truckee, CA (www.mountainsalsadance.com)

September 1, 2007 - HAVANISIMO 3, Bachata Workshop at 9 PM, Oakland, CA - www.latazadecafe.com

September 6, 2007 - Karribean City in Oakland, CA, Bachata @ 8:30 PM - www.saboryritmo.com
September 8, 2007 - 2nd Annual Sonoma County Dance Festival, Santa, Rosa, CA (www.santarosasalsa.com)

September 18, 2007 - BACHATA BY RODCHATA @ THE GLAS KAT (www.glaskat.com)

Ocotber 6, 2007: TIMBA SATURDAY @ La Taza De Cafe, Oakland - Bachata  at 8:30PM (www.lalunaclubs.com)
October 11-14: Chico Dance Sensation in Chico, CA (www.chicodancesensation.com)

October 16, 2007: BACHATA BY RODCHATA @ THE GLAS KAT (www.glaskat.com)

 November 1-4, 2007: SAN FRANCISCO SALSA CONGRESS (sfsalsacongress.com)

November 3, 2007: BACHATA BY RODCHATA AT LA TAZE DE CAFE - iTimba.com (www.latazadecafe.com)
November 10-11: Dallas Salsa Congress, Dallas, TX (www.dallassalsacongress.com)
November 14, 2007: Salsa Class Every Wednesaday  at Lunch, San Francisco - www.dance2success.com
November 17, 2007: BACHATA DANCE, Oakland Every Saturday - www.latazadecafe.com
December 6, 2007: Salsa Classes, Every Thursday in SF www.dance2success.com
December 20-23: Hawaii Dance Sensation, Hawaii (www.hawaiidancesensation.com)

Note: Rodchata Private Lessons now offered every Wednesday at Club Azul. Send your inquiry to anceLesson@rodchata.com">DanceLesson@rodchata.com This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

"If you’ve never taken my bachata workshops before, and even if you’ve had, my 2007 workshops tour provides you with a unique and valuable experience! Every time you take it there is always a new technique, history and important tips to learn. Not to mention all my workshops are always fun and entertaining!" exclaims Rodchata.

Rodchata's schedules are subject to change, so we urge you to constantly keep checking his workshop schedule at rodchata.com or salsagang.com