by Juan Ruiz | May 3, 2012 | Articles, Community
Juan Ruiz, from Bachateros.com talks to Domenic Marte the day after the amazing Bachata concert, part of the Sydney Bachata Festival. We talked about the Festival, Australian Bachata, Bachata all over the world and also his music and where he finds his inspirations to...
by Juan Ruiz | Apr 1, 2012 | Articles, Community
I’m sure you are not the first one talking about the timing issue in Bachata. The following is from a question I got from Alon Goshen, a Bachata instructor from Israel about the timing issue in Bachata. This is the conversation we had about it… good insights for...
by Juan Ruiz | Apr 1, 2012 | Articles, Bachateros Adventures, Community
I have been teaching for quite some years now. I have taught people with no dance experience at all and also advanced and professional dancers. I have been fortunate to be part of the journeys of many different students, creating long lasting friendships along the...
by Juan Ruiz | Mar 11, 2012 | Articles, Bachateros Adventures, Community
I remember the days when there was only 1 class of Bachata at the Dance Schools, as their main priority was to teach Salsa. Then, schools had 2 Levels of Bachata, usually: Beginners and Open Level. Only few schools ventured to teach 3 Levels of Bachata: Beginners,...
by Juan Ruiz | Mar 1, 2012 | Articles, Community
Melbourne is a big Bachata lover! But this love for Bachata didn’t happen from one day to another. In this interview, I had the opportunity to talk to Leonardo Quiroz, the person responsible for pushing Bachata in Melbourne, and making of Melbourne a strong...
by Juan Ruiz | Feb 19, 2012 | Articles, Community
As you probably know, Juan Luis Guerra, one of the biggest Bachatero in the world will be Australia for the first time. This is an event not to be missed, as Juan Luis Guerra in considered a legend in the Latin industry. I had the chance to talk to Miguel Illidge,...
