🔥 BACHATA INFLUENCE BOOTCAMP
with Tarek Etman (Certified Melvin & Gatica Methodology)
Rīga | 2 days of training, connection & social dancing
We invite you to a special Bachata Influence Bootcamp with Tarek Etman — professional bachata artist and Certified Bachata Influence instructor, trained in the Melvin & Gatica methodology.
This bootcamp goes beyond steps and patterns.
It’s about breath, connection, energy control, and dynamics — the elements that make your dance feel alive, grounded, and powerful on the social floor.
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👤 ABOUT THE ARTIST
Tarek Etman
Professional Bachata Artist
Certified Bachata Influence Instructor (Melvin & Gatica methodology)
Tarek’s teaching focuses on breath-led connection: syncing breath with your partner to guide leading and following, control energy with less effort, and create clean changes in levels, speed, and dynamics, while staying deeply connected and musical.
He teaches extensively across Europe, including France (Paris), Poland, and Lithuania, bringing dancers a clear, structured methodology they can apply immediately in social dancing.
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🧠 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
✨ Bachata Influence fundamentals
✨ Breath-led connection & partner awareness
✨ Energy control without force
✨ Clean level changes & speed shifts
✨ Soft vs powerful dynamics
✨ Musicality you can use instantly on the social floor
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📅 PROGRAM
🔹 Friday – Pre-Party Workshop + Party
🕗 20:30 – Pre-party Workshop
A social-floor friendly class focused on connection that feels alive, not forced.
We’ll work with breath, timing, and energy so your basics, turns, and transitions feel smoother, clearer, and more musical.
➡️ After the workshop: Party, with Tarek dancing until the end, sharing the floor and energy with everyone.
Price:
• €10 — with studio subscription
• €15 — without subscription
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🔹 Saturday – 4-Hour Intensive Bootcamp + Party
🕓 16:00 – 20:00 | Intensive Bootcamp
A deep dive into Bachata Influence fundamentals and dynamics:
• building and maintaining consistent connection
• creating contrast (soft vs powerful)
• using breath to make level changes and speed shifts feel natural and comfortable for both partners
🕗 20:00 – Party until the last dancers
A relaxed and energetic social night where you can immediately apply everything you learned during the bootcamp.
Price:
• €35 — 4-hour intensive bootcamp + party
• €5 — party only
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🌟 WHY YOU SHOULDN’T MISS THIS
This bootcamp is a fantastic experience for dancers who want to deepen connection, dance with less effort, and bring true Bachata Influence quality into their social dancing.
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