Masterclass — Island Touch Dance Academy

The truth about teaching

Dancing bachata is one thing. Making a living teaching it is another game entirely.

You can have talent, experience and great moves — but without a system, your classes plateau and your students drift. The teachers who fill rooms aren't better dancers than you. They're better structured.

That structure exists. It's been refined for twenty years in front of thousands of students — and for the first time, you can learn it level by level.

The path

From dancer to teacher, level by level.

LEVELS 1–3 · BEGINNER

Teach your first class with confidence

How to structure a beginner class, explain fundamentals so they actually land, and build the habits your students will thank you for.

LEVELS 4–6 · INTERMEDIATE

Keep students coming back

Introduce harder material, correct without discouraging, and keep people progressing — and enrolled — once the easy wins are gone.

LEVELS 7–9 · ADVANCED

Teach what almost nobody can

The advanced material most instructors never reach — how Ataca & La Alemana take students all the way to the top.

Who's teaching you to teach

This isn't a course about teaching. It's the system they get paid to teach.

Every progression in the Masterclass has been tested where it counts: twenty years of packed workshops, congresses and academies, in front of thousands of students around the world.

Jorge "Ataca" and Tanja "La Alemana" don't teach this way because it looks good on paper. They teach this way because it's what built the biggest name in bachata — and it's how they earn their living to this day.

When you teach with this system, that name stands behind your classes.

What's inside

9 levels. 106 lessons. One clear order.

Beginner

Masterclass Level 1

12 lessons

Beginner

Masterclass Level 2

12 lessons

Beginner

Masterclass Level 3

12 lessons

Intermediate

Masterclass Level 4

12 lessons

Intermediate

Masterclass Level 5

12 lessons

Intermediate

Masterclass Level 6

10 lessons

Advanced

Masterclass Level 7

12 lessons

Advanced

Masterclass Level 8

12 lessons

Advanced

Masterclass Level 9

12 lessons

Your study tools

Built for how you'll study the system.

Mirror mode

Flip any video to study each progression from both sides before you bring it to your class.

A–B loop

Loop any explanation or sequence while you break it down and prepare how you'll teach it.

Continue watching

Pick up exactly where you left off — between classes, on any device.

Any device

Prepare your classes from the studio, home or the road — phone, tablet or desktop.

Join the Masterclass

Their method. Your classes.

$79.95/month

Billed monthly · cancel anytime

All 9 Masterclass levels · 106 structured lessons
Everything in ITDA included — the full course library
Mirror mode, A–B loop & continue watching
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Questions

Everything you're wondering.

I'm not a teacher — is the Masterclass for me?

It's built for two people: teachers who want a world-class methodology in their studio, and advanced dancers who want to understand the deeper structure behind what they've been learning. If you're one of the two, yes.

What's the difference between ITDA and the Masterclass?

ITDA teaches you to dance the Island Touch way. The Masterclass teaches you how Ataca & La Alemana teach — the system, the progressions, the class structure. And it includes all of ITDA, so you get both.

Do I need a studio or students already?

No. Many members study the system before they start teaching, or use it to structure private lessons. The material works at any scale — from one student to a full academy.

How is it structured?

Nine levels — three beginner, three intermediate, three advanced — with 12 lessons each, designed to be followed in order. You always know exactly what comes next.

What devices can I use?

Any of them. Phone, tablet and desktop, with your progress synced across all of them.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes — one click, no lock-in. Cancel before your next billing date and you won't be charged again.

Someone in your city is going to be the teacher everyone talks about. Make sure it's you.

The method is proven. The levels are laid out. The only thing missing is you.

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