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Rodney Rodchata Aquino - ArticlesRodney “Rodchata” Aquino is a Latin Dance instructor, writer and lecturer in the United States. Solely responsible for popularizing bachata dance in San Francisco Bay Area, RODCHATA, as bachateros intimately calls him, has been in the Latin Dance scene for over 15 years and is considered one of the foremost authority in salsa and bachata dance. A certified instructor, his dance background includes Latin International Ballroom, salsa (on1, on2 mambo, and Cuban son, Casino), chachacha, merengue and bachata. His 1st encounter of the bachata dance was in the East Coast in the 90’s. He embarked himself into dancing and teaching bachata and concentrated in studying the culture ever since.
He is the founder of numerous popular dance websites; Salsagang.com, iBachata.com, BachataNews.com, Rodchata.com, iTimba.com and CEO of Rodchata Enterprises, LLC. Since creating Salsagang, he had the opportunity to teach the Latin Dance at big events all over the world such as San Francisco International Salsa Congress, Reno Dance Sensation, Sonoma County Salsa Festival, Salsa Extravaganza (Palm Springs), Summer Splash (Palm Springs), North West Salsa Congress (Seattle), Chico Dance Sensation, Sacramento Salsa Festival, Hawaii Dance Sensation, Sydney Bachata Festival (Australia), Sweden Bachata Festival (Gothenburg) and Dallas International Salsa Congress. He also teaches regular bachata and salsa classes all over the Bay Area and is constantly sought for teaching Latin Dance workshops in United States as well as overseas. He has written numerous dance articles including Bachata Innovation, Bachata Is Not Grinding, Pseudo Instructors and others. You can search his articles with the exact titles or search under “Rodchata Articles.” Aside from being a gifted teacher, Rodchata has MA in Psychology and presently pursuing his Phd in Cognition, Brain and Behavior. He is a certified Personal Fitness Trainer and holds 4th Degree Black Belt in the Martial Arts. His experience in the Martial Arts for 20 years and his background in Fitness Training plays a vital role on his effectiveness as a dance teacher. You can obtain more information regarding his dance classes, workshops and events at Rodchata.com, or email him - Contact@Rodchata.com Memoirs of a Bachatero (finland Bachata Festival)When Vesa Parkarri approached me--after teaching a workshop at the Swedish Bachata Festival last May 2008--saying, "I would like to bring you to Finland to teach the traditional based bachata style," I thought he was just thinking aloud. After all, I have met some individuals that have offered the same thing with no "follow-through." Diary of an Ambitious BachateroRodchata writes about the making of the successful Reno Bachata Covention with over 400 attendees Salsa Dancers, Wash Your Damn Hands!I call them WGB - Walking Germ Bomb. Your momma taught you and explained why you should wash your hands after bathroom, right? Well, obviously, you haven't listened to your momma 'cuz I just saw you last night at Café Cocomo's restroom NOT washing your hands! Salsa Music on Crack: a Salsero's FrustrationI think that there's a miscommunication between the salsa bands and salsa dancers. And maybe, some salsa bands do not know the difference between a seated audience and dancing salseros. The bands have to keep in mind that salsa dancers are also human. They cannot possibly dance to a 5 to 10 minutes songs everytime for 6 hours. This article provides a true to life description. Bachata InnovationJust like salsa, Bachata Dance is becoming progressively popular not only in the United States, but in the world. But there are some dancers out there that instead of rejoicing over bachata's popularity, they have become prejudiced to whomever is dancing bachata dissimilar to the way they dance. Perhaps I can partly elucidate in this article on why bachata is where it is supposed to be going.
It's called innovation. Innovation in Latin Dance is really not a modern phenomenon. Salsa Dance: Incorporating the Walk in a RoutineIf you have ever seen a geek trying to be a playa, you'd instantly notice that his gestures, actions and even words just don't fit him - this is how I see some of the performers when they do "the walk.
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