Salsa in New York

Beverly Lopez is a Bronx native, dancer, choreographer, and educator. She is the founding Artistic Director of REDi Dance Company (2017), which comprises a professional contemporary dance company as well as educational programming for youth. Beverly earned a BFA in Multimedia Performing Arts at CUNY Lehman College. She works as a teaching artist for grades k-12 at the DreamYard Project since 2017 and is an adjunct professor of Latin dance at Lehman college.

Beverly Co-founded ¡Dame Tu Pasito! Bachata Party social in 2024 and serves as a bachata instructor in New York City. Beverly's choreography fuses multiple forms that were born out of the African Diaspora. While utilizing house, improvisation, salsa, bachata, theater and other Caribbean influences Beverly fosters collaborative spaces. She finds multiple ways to build community with an urgency to form healing connections/platforms for BIPOC artists.

Bachata 🇩🇴 & Salsa on✌🏾 Instructor teaching in NYC! 🗽

Flor is a Harlem-raised dance instructor specializing in traditional and modern bachata, fusion, and salsa on2. She’s been dancing since childhood and began formal studio training in 2018. With a background as a high school teacher, she brings a thoughtful, student-focused approach to her classes—balancing solid technique with creativity and self-expression. She’s passionate about creating safe, inclusive spaces in the social dance scene where dancers of all backgrounds can feel seen, supported, and free to grow. Her teaching is rooted in honoring the cultural origins of Latin dance while helping students build confidence and develop their unique style.

Nicolas Vanegas is the name but many people know me as Nico. I am a New York City dancer raised out Queens but born in Bogota, Colombia. I am in love with dance & it’s wonderful community. I enjoyed it frequently because of the richness of it in my city. I am mostly a Latin dancer, specialized in salsa & bachata and trained in different styles of its kind. Come take a bachata or salsa class with me and let me show you a piece of my world.

Siara, also known as Si, is a Queens-raised dance educator of Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican roots, now based in New Jersey and teaching throughout the NJ/NYC area. She specializes in traditional bachata, salsa, and musicality driven movement that emphasizes sentimiento/feeeeling, connection, and embodied expression. Dance has been part of Siara’s life since childhood from dancing en el patio con familia to training in ballet, tap, and jazz. She began formally teaching in 2025, developing her practice through community-centered workshops, classes, and social dance spaces.

Her teaching style centers body awareness, rhythm, and connection, helping dancers learn not just the steps, but how to feel the dance in their own bodies. Siara is deeply committed to honoring the AfroLatin cultural roots of the dances she teaches and to cultivating spaces where dancers of all backgrounds can feel grounded, affirmed, and connected to themselves, to each other, and to the music. 🌹