Who is Rodchata?
Posted by InfoFreak at 10/31/2007 10:14 AM and is filed under Bachata,SF,Casino,rodchata,Bay Area,Timba,merengue,aquino,Latin,Psychology,San Francisco,rueda,Salsa,rodney aquino 
Rodney "Rodchata" Aquino is a popular and entertaining dance instructor in the United States.
Solely responsible for popularizing bachata dance in San Francisco, 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 Casino Salsa), chachacha, merengue and bachata. He had his first bachata encounter in the East Coast 6 years ago. He had been dancing bachata and studying the culture ever since. He was the first instructor to ever teach a bachata workshop in San Francisco.
He is the founder of the popular salsa website, Salsagang.com, iTimba.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, Sonoma County Salsa Fest, Salsa Extravaganza (Palm Springs), Summer Splash (Palm Springs), North West Salsa Congress (Seattle), Chico Dance Sensation, Sacramento Salsa Fest, Hawaii Dance Sensation and Dallas Salsa Congress.
He also teaches regular bachata and salsa classes all over the Bay Area. You can obtain more information regarding his dance classes, workshops and events at Rodchata.com His new projects to date in 2007: iBachata.com and Dance2Success.com
Aside from being a gifted teacher, Rodchata has MA in Counseling Psychology. He is a certified Personal Fitness Trainer and holds a 4th Degree Black Belt in the Martial Arts. Teaching and competing in Martial Arts for 20 years, Rodney’s kinetic and cognitive expertise has always played a vital role on his effectiveness as a dance teacher.
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