Start with a class. Build a skill. Dance a song. Then see how far you want to go.
A real learning path for real people. Start with your first step, your first social dance, and every milestone after it. We’ll give you the information and tools you need to become a confident social dancer. Did you know that learning one dance style can make learning other styles easier? That’s right — we’ve got you :)
A welcoming Salsa & Bachata pathway with real instruction, visible progress, and achievements you earn at your own pace.
From first class to dance floorYour place to begin
You don’t need a partner, a dance background, or a closet full of dance shoes. We teach the rhythm, technique, connection, and confidence that let you enjoy an actual social dance — not just memorize a routine.
Bachata Addiction, founded by Brandon & Skye, focuses on high-quality instruction, proper dance etiquette, community building and connection, and real-life places to use what you learn. Our highly specialized Latin Dance Academy brings that experience into one clear journey, from your first class to increasingly confident social dancing.
Experience you can learn from
The Bachata Addiction Latin Dance Academy curriculum was shaped by Brandon & Skye’s decades of combined teaching experience, years of real-world social dancing, and firsthand experience working with world-renowned artists.
From your first basic to your next breakthrough, you’ll find clear instruction, thoughtful feedback, and people who are excited to see you succeed.
Your comfort. Your goals. Your way.
Every dancer starts somewhere different. You might want personal attention before joining a group, a focused class where you can track your progress, or a fun night out with a lesson and dancing. There’s a place for all of it — and for you.
Focused, progressive group instruction with a clear learning pathway. Revisit skills, receive feedback, and track what you’re mastering as you work toward your next milestone.
A great fit when you want structure, consistency, and visible progress.
Fun, standalone lessons on Thursdays and the 2nd & 4th Saturdays, with beginners and more experienced dancers learning together. These classes aren’t a progressive course; they’re a welcoming way to try new material, meet people, and enjoy dancing afterward.
A great fit for a relaxed introduction or more opportunities to dance.
Individual attention shaped around your comfort, questions, and goals. Begin with private lessons until you feel ready for a group, or use them alongside classes to refine technique and work through specific challenges.
A great fit when you want a personal starting point or focused support.
Real classes. Real people.
We often encourage a mix of all three: Sunday classes build your foundation, private lessons give you individual guidance, and social-night classes and dancing help you put it into practice.
That’s an invitation, not a requirement. Start with what feels comfortable and fits your life. You can enjoy one option, combine two, or weave all three into your routine — and change the mix as your confidence and goals grow.
Your week might look like: focused learning on Sunday, a Thursday lesson followed by social dancing, and an occasional private to work on something specific. Or your first step might simply be one private lesson. Both are welcome.
Help me find my starting pointA first chapter you can picture
This is one possible journey when you attend and practice consistently. You can begin whenever you are ready and stay with each skill as long as you need.
Learn the basic, simple turns, and how to connect comfortably. Your first full song can start with just a few reliable moves.
Add footwork, position changes, and smoother transitions. Practice with different partners and start recognizing what the music is asking for.
Build a social dance from the skills you know. Notice the progress, get specific feedback, and decide which milestone you want to earn next.
Yes, twelve weeks is possible! But don’t worry — Academy certificates are earned by demonstrating skills, whether that takes less time or much more. In other words, you can move at your own pace.
The Dance Academy pathway
The first two levels are open, so you can join and revisit lessons as you grow.
Before Level 3, you’ll demonstrate mastery of Levels 1 and 2 and complete Dancer Fundamentals — a focused milestone in body motion, balance, and control.
Feel at home with the music and your partner.
Turn your vocabulary into a dance that feels good.
The game changer most dance training skips.
You can learn hundreds of moves — but without the right foundation, something can still feel missing. That natural rhythm.
This is the layer that can change your entire dance.
Dancer Fundamentals goes beyond learning what step comes next to develop the body mechanics, control, and connection that make your dancing look better, feel better, and work better. These essential skills are often never specifically taught — or rushed past — even though they influence nearly everything you do on the dance floor.
This is the game-changing difference between knowing the moves and becoming a fluent, natural-looking dancer. You can see & feel the difference.
Master the foundation. Unlock the dancer.
Required before Level 3 · Fundamentals AchievementBuild precision, control, and responsive partnerwork.
Make the dance your own, together with the music.
Your bridge to Level 3: Dancer Fundamentals is completed after Social Flow and before Sensual Technique. Focused classes may be offered within Social Flow. Before entering Level 3, you must test out of both Levels 1 and 2 and demonstrate mastery of body motion in the basic, balance, control, and an established frame.
Every milestone is yours to earn
Feel the difference. See how far you’ve come. Celebrate what you can do.
Bachata Addiction’s Latin Dance Academy gives you a visible path: what you are learning, what you can already do, and what comes next. Your certificate recognizes demonstrated ability, not a certain number of classes.
Student Academy · Earned proficiencyLEVEL 02Social FlowCertificate of Demonstrated AchievementYour name. Your achievement.Recognizing consistent rhythm, clear connection, controlled transitions, and confident social dancing.
A school with a dance floor beyond the classroom
Build your skills in focused Sunday Academy classes, then enjoy them with the community. Thursday and select Saturday classes at Bachata Addiction’s Rooftop Social offer a fun, broader social-class experience, with dancing afterward. Sundays give you the more focused Academy progression.
You do not need to become a performer — but if that’s where you’re headed, we can help.
Or you can simply become confident moving to the beat and enjoy life with an even fuller cup than ever before.
Your time. Your goals.
Good questions
Your first class does not require a partner, a dance background, or a decision to pursue every level.
Not at all! You are always welcome to come on your own. Many of our students arrive without a partner, and our classes are designed so you can comfortably participate either way.
During class, we typically rotate partners so students can practice with different people, meet other dancers, and develop stronger leading and following skills.
If you come with a spouse, significant other, or dedicated dance partner and prefer to stay together for the entire class, that is completely okay too. You are never required to rotate partners.
That said, many couples who attend together still choose to rotate. Dancing with different partners helps you learn how to adapt to different connections, timing, movement, and communication styles, which is an important part of developing strong real-world social dance skills. It helps make sure you are learning to truly lead or follow, rather than only becoming familiar with one person’s habits.
Whether you come solo, with friends, or with your own partner, you’ll be welcomed into class and able to participate in the way that feels most comfortable for you.
You do not have to practice outside of class to make progress, but when you’re learning a new skill, frequency matters more than long practice sessions.
The more often your brain and body are exposed to the movement, the easier it becomes to remember and reproduce it. Even short practice sessions can make a big difference.
A great goal is to have three touchpoints with the material each week. That might mean attending class once and then spending just 10 minutes practicing on two other days.
Those brief refreshers help reinforce what you learned before too much time passes, which can improve retention and make the next class feel much easier.
You do not need hours of practice. Consistency beats intensity. A few minutes, a few times a week, can go a long way toward helping the movement become natural.
Every student is different. Choose the starting point and mix that fit your comfort, goals, and schedule.
We often encourage integrating all three: focused Sunday learning, a social-night lesson and dancing, and private guidance tailored to your needs. But there’s no required combination. You can start with one, add another when you feel ready, and adjust as your confidence and goals grow.
That is exactly what Foundations is for. We start with music, basic movement, connection, and simple turns.
No. Levels 1 and 2 are open and self-paced. Practice and repeat lessons until the skills feel reliable. Next-level progression is based on what you master. When you’re ready, move forward — at your own pace!
To enter Level 3 — Sensual Technique — you must test out of both Level 1 and Level 2 and complete Dancer Fundamentals. Your progress review checks timing, partner connection, body motion in the basic, balance, control, an established frame, and how you adapt in a real dance. Fundamentals may be offered as focused classes within Social Flow; readiness is based on demonstrated mastery.
Nope! The pathway recognizes social dance skills. Performances or showcases may be optional experiences, never a requirement for the certificates.
Yes! Every Thursday and the 2nd & 4th Saturdays of each month, join us at Bachata Addiction’s Rooftop Social for a fun way to learn, meet people, and dance afterward. These classes offer a broader social-class experience.
Dave & Buster’s · Tempe Marketplace
2000 E Rio Salado Pkwy, Suite 1100, Tempe, AZ 85281.
Sundays at NRG Ballroom in Tempe, AZ are home to the Bachata Addiction’s Latin Dance Academy’s structured learning pathway and progressive classes. We also offer other classes, workshops, and events — follow @bachata.addiction on Instagram for all programming.
Partner dancing is a close-contact social activity, so a little awareness goes a long way in helping everyone feel comfortable.
Please arrive clean and fresh, wear clean clothing, and use deodorant. If you tend to sweat heavily, bringing an extra shirt or small towel is always a good idea. Breath mints or gum before class can also be helpful, especially since partners often dance at close range.
Just as importantly, we want our dance environment to feel positive, friendly, welcoming, and supportive. Treat every partner with respect, maintain appropriate boundaries, and remember that anyone may decline a dance, rotation, or movement at any time.
During partner rotation, be welcoming to dancers of all experience levels. We encourage patience, kindness, and encouragement rather than unsolicited criticism or correction unless your partner specifically asks for feedback.
If you ever have a concern about another dancer, the environment, any aspect of a class or social event, an interaction, or anything that makes you feel uncomfortable, please speak with one of our instructors or staff members. We encourage concerns to be brought to us privately & directly so we can address them appropriately and help maintain a respectful, positive environment for everyone.
Our goal is to create a space where dancers feel comfortable learning, meeting new people, making mistakes, improving, and enjoying the experience together.
Come comfortable! Our classes are casual, so wear clothing you can move freely in and feel confident dancing in. Attire should provide appropriate coverage for a group class environment.
For shoes, the most important thing is that they stay securely on your feet and allow you to move comfortably. Avoid flip-flops, slides, or other loose-fitting shoes.
For ballroom floors, shoes with a smooth or slicker sole are usually best because they allow you to turn and pivot without your foot sticking to the floor. Rubber-soled athletic sneakers can sometimes have too much grip on ballroom flooring.
Follows are welcome to wear dance heels or ballroom shoes, but they are absolutely not required. Many students begin in comfortable flat shoes and transition into dance heels later, once they feel more confident. If you eventually plan to social dance in heels, practicing in them can help you become comfortable dancing in the same style of shoe you’ll wear socially.
Phoenix tip: Some local social-dance floors, including Dave & Buster’s, are much slicker than a traditional ballroom floor, so sneakers may work perfectly well there even though they can feel too grippy on ballroom flooring.
Bottom line: Wear something comfortable, secure, and easy to move in. You do not need special dance clothes or dance shoes to get started.
You definitely do not need dance shoes to begin, but once you start dancing regularly, the right shoes can make turning, pivoting, balance, and movement feel much easier.
A few dance-shoe brands we personally like and frequently see in the Latin dance community are:
You do not have to buy from a specialty dance brand. We have plenty of dancers who have purchased dance shoes on Amazon or other online retailers that have been very happy with them. Ultimately, the best shoe is the one that feels comfortable, stays securely on your foot, works well with the floor you are dancing on, and fits your personal style and budget.
A note from us: Bachata Addiction does not currently have an affiliate partnership with these brands but we do regularly work with dance-shoe and apparel vendors at our festivals and events, so students may have opportunities to shop and try different styles in person.
When you arrive for your Sunday class, go to our Phoenix Latin Dance Academy front desk. Our welcome team will help you check in using the class check-in link and redeem your class credit.
Please do not check in ahead of time. Checking in uses your class credit, so wait until you are at the front desk with our welcome team.
You can also pay for Academy classes with cash or Venmo in person. Please arrange payment at the front desk with our welcome team when you arrive.
Sunday progressive classes at NRG Ballroom are Bachata Addiction’s Latin Dance Academy. Online class credits apply only to these Dance Academy classes.
$20 per class · 1 credit = 1 class. Buy multiple class credits in one purchase to receive the $15-per-class rate; this discount applies only to purchases of multiple credits. Credits are valid for six months from purchase.
NO REFUNDS.
If the Academy program is no longer available, remaining valid credits may be used for other classes and events we offer.
Although refunds are not offered, you may gift your credit to another student with Academy approval.
Ages 18+
Classes and socials at Dave & Buster’s are paid in person at Dave & Buster’s. Academy credits do not apply to these events.
Ages 21+ · Bring your ID
Private lessons start at $95 per lesson; discounted package rates may be available. Lessons are taught in the Scottsdale Quarter area and tailored specifically to your goals & experience level.
Yes! NRG Ballroom, home of Bachata Addiction’s Phoenix Latin Dance Academy, has a large, free parking lot directly attached to the venue, making parking easy and convenient for students attending class.
Our Thursday and Saturday events are held at Dave & Buster’s at Tempe Marketplace, where there is also a large, free parking lot directly in front of the venue.
The Phoenix Latin Dance Academy’s 2026 Fall Semester classes begin Sunday October 18, 2026.
Classes continue every Sunday · ages 18+ · online Academy credits accepted.
NRG Ballroom · Tempe, AZ
931 E Elliot Rd, Suite 101, Tempe, AZ 85284
Other weekly dance opportunities
Dave & Buster’s · Tempe Marketplace Rooftop
2000 E Rio Salado Pkwy, Suite 1100, Tempe, AZ 85281
Rooftop times above are lesson times; social dancing follows. Rooftop events are ages 21+; bring your ID and pay in person at Dave & Buster’s. We also offer special events — check our Instagram regularly for special events and any class changes. For private lesson appointments and additional workshops or events, check our class page and Instagram.
Meet your founders
Brandon & Skye started Bachata Addiction in 2016, bringing Arizona its first large socials focused on Sensual Bachata and turning their passion for dance into a community built around high-quality instruction, high-quality social dancing, building community connection, and unforgettable experiences. For more than a decade, they’ve taught multiple dance styles, with Bachata at the heart of their work, and created experiences that keep people coming back to the floor — from Bachata Addiction’s Rooftop Weekly Socials to their larger events: Phoenix Bachata Festival, Miami Dance Fusion Festival, Salsa Bachata Mastery Weekender, and Sensual Splash.
They’ve worked with and brought some of the world’s most celebrated artists in Salsa, Bachata, Zouk, and Kizomba to their events — creating unforgettable experiences for their Phoenix community to learn, dance, and share in an art that inspires unity and connection. Now their experience and commitment to building community through the art of dance are coming together in an approachable Latin Dance Academy built around your progress & success.
Your win is our win!
Nothing makes us prouder than seeing our students evolve into experienced, confident, and trained dancers.
The people. The artists. The moments.
Bachata Addiction’s Latin Dance Academy
Your first step is the only one you need today
Start with a class. Build a skill. Dance a song. Then see how far you want to go.
No partner or experience required · Phoenix area classes