Chattanooga DanceSport & BachataDVD.com
Presents

The Blazing Bachata
Boot Camp Workshop International Tour
and Sizzling Latin Dance Social

Sunday, April 5, 2009
at the Chattanooga DanceSport Studio

Learn to Dance Bachata Right
Here in Chattanooga From
Lee "El Gringuinto"

"Lee 'El Gringuito' has taught over 100,000 people in
47 states how to dance Bachata in the USA."
From Fox Television

"You can't find a better class ... from barely holding hands to
drop-dead dirty moves ... to get your pulse pounding!"
From the Washington Post

• Lee "El Gruinguito" has taught more people to dance Bachata in the United States than anyone in the world!. 

• He has been seen on the final episode of America's Got Talent, Fox Television, Ambush Makeover, Telemundo, and Univision. 

• Get ready for amazing lessons that will take your Bachata to the next level.

• Together with his beautiful wife, Nohelia, they are traveling around the country
  in 2009. 

• Workshop dates have been scheduled in Reno, San Francisco, Harrisburg,
  San Antonio, Milwaukee, DC, Baltimore, Honolulu, Charlotte, the UK, and now
  right here in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

• Their four-hour workshop, Latin dance show, and DJ experience will leave you wanting more!

Here are Some YouTube Links to
Check Out "El Gringuito"

Performance at 2008 Reno Bachata Festival

Lee Teaching at the 2008 DC Salsa Congress

Clips from Lee's Magic Show with Salsa 

Workshop Description

• 2:00 - 2:50 pm ... Bachata Foundation/Dominican Style Bachata
  Get ready to learn a great foundation of moves including Bachata motion, turns, footwork, and Dominican motion.  This class sets the foundation of the entire workshop.

• 3:00 - 3:50 pm ... Bachata Hot Combinations
  Get ready to learn amazing signature Lee "El Gringuito" Bachata moves.  This class will utilize many of the principles taught in Bachata foundations.  You will start to develop your Dominican style Bachata step with moves like La Dominicana and then be ready for exciting combinations like Extreme Bachata.

• 4:00 - 4:50 pm ... Bridging the Gap Between Bachata and Salsa
  In this class, you will learn how to take Salsa combinations and convert them into Bachata moves.  Both dances share some basic musicalities.  You will learn a number of Salsa combinations and then we will convert them into Hot Bachata moves.

• 5:00 - 5:50 pm ... Bachata Tricks and Dips
  Get ready to spice up your Bachata with amazing tricks and dips.  This "LA Style Flair" can be added at key moments in songs to give that extra punch.  You will learn Bachata Dip, Tango Lift and Dip, and Hypnotic Bachata.  We will also discuss safety and common elements among moves.

• 6:00 - 7:00 ... Dinner Break

• 7:00 - 7:30 ... Introductory Bachata Lesson with Lee "El Gringuito"

• 7:30 - 11:00 pm ... A Sizzling Latin Dance Social
  We'll be dancing to a mix of Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, and Cha Cha with DJ
  "El Gringuito" from DC.

   

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  Workshop Price

$50 for All Four Workshops, Including the Evening Latin Dance Social

OR

$15 per Workshop and $10 for Latin Dance Social

About "El Gringuito"

• Lee Edward Smith, Jr ... "El Gringuito" ... has traveled around the world performing his exciting Latin dance and magic shows. 

• Over the past eleven years, he has performed in over 47 states and 6 countries.  In fact, in the last two years alone Lee has taught over 100,000 people to Latin dance throughout the United States. 

• Throughout his career, he has taught more college students  to Latin dance and taught more students Bachata than anyone in the World!

• Recently he has appeared in episodes of Ambush Makeover, FOX Television, NBC, ABC Univision, Telemundo, as well as the final episode of America's Got Talent. 

• In 2005, he was nominated Salsa Instructor of the year. 

• In 2006, he was chosen to represent Latin America at the World Bank International Showcase of Talent seen in over a hundred countries around the world.

• In 2007, Lee taught over 6,000 Microsoft employees to dance at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, and was nominated as Novelty Act of the Year by the APCA Entertainment Bureau.

• He has won countless awards and competitions including the Natura Park Dance Competition, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, as well as being a Finalist in the DC Ortanique Salsa Competition.

• In 2007, Lee debuted his first instructional DVD, which is being called "the most comprehensive beginner Salsa DVD ever made!" 

• In 2008, he released his much anticipated 3 DVD Bachata Set. 
  
  Every "Flirting On The Floor" show creates "exhilarating passion" as you are transported to a tropical paradise through hot Latin music, amazing Latin dance routines and cutting edge magic.

• Lee's DVD "Dance Like Magic's" combination of Latin dancing and magic has been called  "Amazing from beginning to end."

• Reno Hilton and Fox Television's Ambush Makeover calls Lee "One of the Hottest Dancer's in the country."

• Lee brings a fun, sexy form of entertainment that will leave your audience breathless!

• www.DanceLikeMagic.com  President

• www.FlirtingOnTheFloor.com  President

• www.SalesMagicTour.com  Creator/Lead Performer

• www.WeddingDJMagic.com  President

• www.BachataDVD.com  Creator/President