Berkeley Bachata Salsa Social w Jack and Jill Contest

PART 2 OF MASTERING THE FUNDAMENTALS SERIES FOR ALL LEVELS PLUS SOCIAL DANCING AFTER SPECIAL GUEST TEACHER - HELEN VASQUEZ + Jack and Jill contest SF Bachata Festival Giveaways! 8pm - Mastering Triple Steps and Heel Toe Footwork & Partnering w/ Rodchata & Tanya K 9pm - Mastering Salsa On2 Fundamentals & Partnering w/ Helen Vasquez 10pm - 2am - Bachata y Salsa Party w/ DJ Rodiculous & DJ Soto ONLINE PRICES $15 with Dance Lessons & Social $10 - Dance Party Only DOOR PRICES $20 with Dance Lessons and Social $15 with Dance Party only plus Jack and Jill Contest HELEN VASQUEZ is a competitive salsa dancer and dance instructor based in the South Bay. Helen began her salsa dancing career at the young age of 14, and within months became a member of Pretty Boys & Girls Dance Company’s amateur team. She has since been a principal dancers on a number of local dance companies including MamboNova Dance Company and Grizzly Dance Company. Helen is well known in the competitive salsa scene, and has won numerous titles at competitions including the Las Vegas Salsa Congress, San Francisco Salsa Congress, and US Salsa Open Championships. In 2013, she and her partner JC Camarena took first place in the Amateur On1 division of the competition. Helen now operates her own studio in Fremont by the name of “Cachet Dance Academy”, where she offers private salsa lessons as well as choreography for events such as Quinceaneras and Sweet Sixteen parties. She is also an active salsa competitor, and is an assistant coach for San Jose State University’s student salsa team, Spartan Mambo. RODCHATA is the 2nd most influential bachatero according to Dance Planet Daily and numerous dance articles. He was the founder of the first bachata festival in the USA and Dominican Republic. He has taught bachata dancing in over in 48 countries totaling 316 cities in the world including the Dominican Republic and one of the few teachers that teaches authentic bachata in the USA.