bachata sensual instructors in nyc

Veronika Grinstein, a native of Vilnius, Lithuania, is a classically trained dancer in ballet and modern dance. She has a competitive Ballroom dance background, with a focus in Latin dance. She has been teaching sensual bachata with Sensual Movement for six years, directing performance teams, and teaching workshops at festivals all over the USA, as well as internationally. She is also one of the main instructors and directors at Sensual Movement, as well as one of the Sensual Movement‘s managers.

Tayler Stinnett, originally from Kentucky, now has made NYC her home for the past four years. Tayler began dancing at three years old and is well diverse in styles such as ballet/pointe, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, musical theatre, improv, bachata/salsa, & street styles. Tayler spent a year training in a contemporary company ( Found Movement Group) out of Nashville, TN before she moved to NYC on scholarship to study singing, dancing, & acting through The Institute for American Musical Theatre. During this time, she had the opportunity to be the assistant choreographer of an immersive show (The Hidden Ones) as well as the dance captain for Broadway Dance Lab. Tayler continued expanding her career by training in Latin dances such as Salsa (Chiara Tofani’s Ladies Team) and Sensual Bachata. She has now been a company member/ main instructor for Sensual Bachata over the past two years through Sensual Movement where she is currently teaching Styling. She also performed and taught in various Congresses throughout the United States. 

Johanna Pellerin is a teacher and choreographer born and raised in Paris, trained in different dance style (ballet, jazz, contemporary, belly dance). She graduated in Jazz and Contemporary choreographic program before moving to New York to integrate the Alvin Ailey School in fall 2017. In the US she trained in modern dance and hip hop as well as other dances. She graduated from the scholarship program and started her training in sensual bachata and salsa, she is a very successful teacher and choreographer working internationally.