🇨🇺✨ Fuákata (@fuakata_salsa_nyc) is thrilled to welcome back to NYC the one-and-only, Master Instructor, Kati Hernández (@katihernandez_cubandance) (Cuba/LA)! ✨🇨🇺
🔥 Don’t miss this rare evening of Cuban Dance Workshops with one of the most sought-after instructors in the U.S.! 🔥
🗓️ This Monday, June 30th
📍 Adelante Studios — 25 W 31st St, 2nd Floor, NYC
💃🏽 All Levels Welcome | No Partner Needed 🕺🏽
🕕 Workshop Lineup:
🔸 6:30 PM – Cuban Styling: Drills & Combos for Expressive, Flavorful Dancing 🇨🇺✨
🔸 7:30 PM – Ajiaco: Kati’s Signature Salsa Suelta “Dance Stew” 🥘💃
🔸 8:30 PM – Cuban Rumba: Rooted, Rhythmic, and Soulful 🔥🪘(Bring skirts, scarves, and/or handkerchiefs)
💲 Pricing:
🎟️ $30 – One Workshop:
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🎟️ $50 – Two Workshops:
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🎟️ $70 – All Three (Best Value!):
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💳 Pre-register now via:
▪️ Credit Card link (above)
▪️ Venmo: Chris-Rogicki
▪️ CashApp: $FuakataSalsaNYC
▪️ Zelle:
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💵 Cash accepted on-site (space permitting)
🚨 Spots are limited — Don’t wait!
Experience the joy, depth, and energy of Cuban dance from one of the Absolute Best! 🌍💫
Con Cariño Casinero,
Evelyn, Nayelli, Nikki, Svetlana
Javier, Mark, Nick, Ryan, Chris & the Fuákata Crew
🇨🇺 🎶 💃🏼 💥 🕺🏼 🎶 🇨🇺
Private Lessons:
Kati is also available in a limited capacity for one-on-one instruction. Email
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💃 Bio:
Kati Hernández brings to the to the United States her humble, yet explosive & uplifting energy. Kati's knowledge of dance & choreography reveals her intricate & versatile style, making her a highly sought-after performer, both nationally & internationally.
A native of Cuba, Kati grew up surrounded by the sounds of the drum & the Afro-Cuban tradition. Her dance studies included folkloric, popular, modern, ballet, choreography, composition & staging. Her earlier performances include the Havana International Jazz Festival with Cuban stars such as Bobby Carcases & Chucho Valdéz & the Bienal Internacional de la Habana with Afro-Cuban music & performance icon, Mercedita Valdéz & visual artist Manuel Mendive.
Kati's international journey began where she went to Spain to tour with the well-known orchestra Manolito Simonet y Su Trabuco soon after graduating from Art School in Cuban (en la especialidad de Danza). Kati's fiery, refined style awarded her the invitation to tour Internationally with several Cuban music & dance productions throughout Portugal, the Bahamas & Costa Rica, where she later resided for five years. This gave her the opportunity to refine her talents in teaching & choreographing dance & to expand her range as an actor & dancer/choreographer for television. Kati also volunteered her time & skills teaching dance to children & young women in impoverished communities throughout Central America, empowering them to use dance as a medium for expressing emotions, experiences, hopes & dreams.
Following her extensive travels, Kati moved to the United States. In California, she took on the responsibility to teach & cultivate Afro-Cuban culture by producing regular events & workshops that create a community that bridges dance & music across cultures. She is the co-founder of KimBamBula Production which produced the annual "Essence of Cuba", a paramount reunion of Afro-Cuban masters in Los Angeles including members of the renowned group Los Muñequitos de Matanzas with California's finest Cuban folkloric masters. Kati recently created one of her dream projects, "Isupo Irawo", an ensemble of Legendary Afro-Cuban masters from around the world. This group features Maestro Lázaro Galarraga, one of founding members of the Conjunto Folklórico de Cuba, who has been a lifelong inspiration to Kati, & recently a mentor to her development. Their most recent performances include the Esalen International Music & Dance Festival & the opening act for the world-renowned Brazilian jazz percussionist, Airto Moreira at Avila Beach, CA.
Kati's other accomplishments in Los Angeles include: The Ford Amphitheater popular Cuban music production of "La Charanga Cubana", "Tropicana in Hollywood" where she was a choreographer, costume design advisor & production coordinator; the dance installation "Fire" directed by Judith Davis & presented at Pomona College; UCLA's film project, "Raiz" & choreographed for the Santa Monica College dance company, Global Motion. In addition, she is praised for her tribute piece to legendary Afro-Cuban master percussionist Francisco Aguabella at Esalen in Big Sur, CA.
Kati guest teaches dance classes & lectures at several colleges & universities & dance studios in the country including the University of California, Irvine and the University of Oregon, Eugene. She continues to tour, bringing her flavorful Afro-Cuban dynamite to national Afro-Cuban folkloric & salsa dance conferences. Currently, Kati is the artistic director & choreographer of her own community-based, Afro-Cuban dance & music experimental project, Afro-Cuban/Casino (cuban salsa) "KimBambula" and “Pa’ La Orilla”. Eager to spread the roots of Cuban Dance, she is now the co-founder of Afro-Timba, a dance fitness program that she is currently touring nationwide along with her own training dance Programs “Oricha Therapy,” “Kati’s Cuban dance Map” & “Afro-Cuban 4 Mambo”.
Kati is known for her unique teaching techniques, her vibrant energy, & flavor on the dance floor. Her work is a true illustration of her heritage & an endless celebration of Cuban dance & music.
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