We perform exciting, hot, original dance pieces unlike any other group in the Uk in this style. Reggaeton incorporates many Latin dance styles of movement and the dance movement tends to differ from country to country- in Cuba, a lot of body isolations have been incorporated for example. We have combined all these styles along with contemporary moves to make our own unique new flava.

Reggaeton is most closely associated with Puerto Rico, as this is where the style popularized and became most famous, and where the vast majority of its stars originate from. Reggaeton dance is most commonly thought of as originating from Here, the dance style eveolved, mixed with the Puerto Rican perreo dance. Puerto Ricans have claimed the genre reggaeton as their own partly due to the fact that the movement was originally anti-establishment, with the government attempting to ban the perreo dance. Reggaeton is now more accepted within the country. Reggaeton blends influences of reggae and dancehall and hip hop with Latin American music such as bomba and plena.

We also give reggaeton classes, which are great fun, a great work out and accessible for all levels of dancer. Reggaeton classes work well at all Latin events.

About Reggaeton

The specific rhythm that characterizes Reggaeton (also spelled with the Spanish accent as Reggaetón, and sometimes as Reguetón in Spanish) - is referred to as "Dem Bow". The name is a reference to the title of the Jamaican dancehall song that first popularized the beat in the early 1990's.
The origins of reggaeton begin with the first Latin-American reggae recordings being made in Panama during the 1970s. Before reggaeton exploded in Puerto Rico in the mid-nineties, young street artists, heavyly influenced by East Coast hip hop and turntablism, rapped in Spanish over tracks from the US. This genre was called "underground. The themes which featiured in underground still feature today in reggaeton music. A Puerto Rican government agency called Morality in Media intervened and banned selling "underground" music, however it kept going and artists began mixing the rapping with the Dem Bow rhythm. By 1993 Dj Negro released The Noise 3 with a mock up label that read Non-Explicit Lyrics. The album contained no cursing until the last song. The album was a hit and "underground" music further crept into the mainstream.

Reggaeton has been a huge hit all across the globe, especially in Latin American countries, such as the Caribbean nations like Dominican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela and Central America where it has become staple music, complementing the common mix of merengue, salsa and electronic music and has paved a huge fan base.

In the United States, reggaeton is highly popular among Hispanic youth. Reggaeton is now popular in cities all over the United States, including Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Houston, Miami and almost every city with a significant Hispanic American population.

Reggaetón has become popular in the Uk, Spain, Italy, in particular popularized by the late Panamanian rapper Lorna's "Papi Chulo (Te traigo el Mmm)" in 2003, and Daddy Yankee's Gasolina in 2005, and more recently by Don Omar , with singles like 'Pobre Diabla' and 'Dale Don Dale'. Reggaetón artists have toured the UK and Spain, and Italy, and artists are now emerging in all three countries.

Reggaeton Beats

Reggaeton beats can be based on merengue, bachata, bolero, and especially hip-hop beats. Reggaeton's most notably unique feature is a driving drum-machine track, which sounds almost identical in virtually all reggaeton songs. Many of the sounds found in a typical reggaeton beat are electronically synthesized. Other forms of electronic dance music have significantly influenced reggaeton beats, such as techno, house. The introduction of bachata into reggaetón beats in particular has been credited as a development that has expanded the genre's musical vocabulary beyond its original two- or three-chord song structure.