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Rodchata
Aquino
www.rodchata.com
San Francisco
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Teacher/Promoter
With over 100,000 subscribers in his newsletter and over 10,000 friends combined at myspace and facebook, Rodney Rodchata Aquino is a popular Latin Dance instructor, writer and lecturer in the world. 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 the foremost authority in the 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 New York area in the 90’s. He embarked himself into dancing bachata and studying the culture ever since.

He is the founder of the popular Salsagang.com, iBachata.com, Rodchata.com, and iTimba. He produces events such as Reno Intl Bachata Convention, San Francisco Intl Bachata Convention, Latin Hipnosis, Bachata Social SF and Havanisimo events. Since creating Salsagang, he had the opportunity to teach the Latin Dance at big events all over Europe, Asia, Australia, USA and beyond. Aside from teaching all over the world, he also teaches regular dance classes all over the Bay Area.


Rodchata has MA in Counseling Psychology and is presently a PhD student. He is a certified Personal Fitness Trainer and holds a 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.

Rodchata's Interview: http://www.ilovebachata.com/wp/interview-rodney/

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