Festival Performer, Music Production and Remix.
05/27/2024
Los Angeles WSF 2024 Bachata Sensual Workshop ZoukChata Style by Orlan Mat & Liudmyla Thank you for the bachata remix of the song Hold On by also thanks to for taking video. Zouk LA Fusion Dance &
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05/24/2024
Sensual Bachata "Que Fluya" 2nd dancehall at World Salsa Fest Los Angeles also in 3rd room Urban Latin this weekend. May 24-27 workshops shows concerts socialdancing pool party!
Sunday 1PM I'll be teaching Bachata Sensual / ZoukChata styling at the Los Angeles World Salsa Fest, Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport hotel dance place. ZoukChata was first dubbed by my ex-gf telling me I can't dance bachata, I dance only Zouk and Salsa over a decade ago. haha Then I ended up teaching it in dance cruises and festivals worldwide because I've been predicting and sharing the their style in spain Bachata Sensual will be fire! So dont miss it, Flowy Zouk moves in Bachata Sensual this Sunday at 1PM "QUE FLUYA!", we will flow to my buddy from Poland sensual remixes by DJ Cat flow bachata sensual remixes, one of my favorite DJ remix producers. :) Piotr Kot Full
We train and video taking to Hold On song and spanish songs like Que Fluya and I like his remix on La Ocasion Perfecta ft Karol G & Yandel :) Tu Dices / You Say by Lauren Daigle is amazing too :)
https://youtu.be/_b6sRQRnR-Y?si=ArZIAPbmCVhNcgKh
Yera, Andy G - Que Fluya (DJ Cat Bachata Remix) Yera, Andy G - Que Fluya (DJ Cat Bachata Remix ft. Camilo Bass)I invited to this unique project all best Polish Bachata Instructors.All got my new Remix and ...
05/24/2024
Fluyamos Sensual Bachata, also not only Salsa 3rd room Urban Latin this weekend everyone May 24-27 :) Sunday 1PM I'll be teaching Bachata Sensual / ZoukChata styling at the Los Angeles World Salsa Fest, Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport hotel dance place. I will be teaching how to do Flowy Zouk moves in Bachata Sensual this Sunday at 1PM "QUE FLUYA!", we will flow to my buddy from Poland sensual remixes by DJ Cat flow bachata sensual remixes, one of my favorite DJ remix producers. :) DJ Cat Piotr Kot Full
We do Hold On song and spanish songs like Que Fluya and I like his remix on La Ocasion Perfecta ft Karol G & Yandel :) Tu Dices / You Say by Lauren Daigle is amazing too :)
Yera, Andy G - Que Fluya (DJ Cat Bachata Remix) Yera, Andy G - Que Fluya (DJ Cat Bachata Remix ft. Camilo Bass)I invited to this unique project all best Polish Bachata Instructors.All got my new Remix and ...
05/14/2024
My own quote of the day :)
"Passion doesn’t end if you keep learning a new, such is true love."
Thought of the day - sharing my fun experience of a lifetime and sharing about the coming event in LA, got me all sentimental and thought of the quote of the day. :)
Coming up this month May 26th, 2024 is my workshop at Los Angeles Burbank Airport Marriott all memorial weekend, I'll be playing music Friday and Saturday :) at the Los Angeles Salsa Fest World Salsa Fest. Save on tickets with my discount code before it’s too late, if you order from me, I will give you free one session private lesson :) Contact me Orlan Mat or at IG for my discount code for fullpasses.
Los Angeles World Salsa Fest 2024 are featuring amazing LA Style Salsa on1 and other dances Bachata with amazing local Los Angeles artists united. In addition, last year amazing organizers Janette and Rogelio brought my favorite Frankie Martinez on2 New York Style Mambo legend, the year before Eddie Torres the Mambo King. But this year 2024 they are bringing two other Mambo legends Franklin and Adolfo New York Style on2 Salsa in addition to our own legend LA Style On1 Salsa creator Francisco (I learned LA Style from his brothers and him Luis and Johnny long ago so he's always special to me.). A decade ago, I learned proper Sensual style from D&D in USA Bachata Kizomba fest in New Jersey. Now, I continue to share the knowledge and fun with all styles including Modern Zouk from Salsa pros who also became Zouk pros Brazilian friends like Carlos daSilva previously Salsa pro and styles from Claudio Gomes legendary Salsa pro in Europe and Adillo ZoukFusion creator from Brazil who lived in Netherlands many years ago. I also learned UrbanKiz Portuguese and French pros, amazing pros who did amazing, legends in Europe. This is why my partner work social dance moves are very diverse with many styles including my LA Style Salsa fusion with many styles :) I share this because it might inspire people by just going out enjoying, many possibilities happen but for sure "FUN" and "Learning" happens :)
This 2024 WSF LA, I will teach Bachata Sensual workshop on Sunday 1PM. I will teach 3 cool Zouk moves/patterns that you could use for Bachata Sensual. Of course, quickly show fundamental real Bachata fundamental and body motion fundamentals, then go straight to the 3 partnerwork pattern Lead and Follow, I will be assisted by amazing Bachata Sensual dancer who also dances Contemporary Lyrical Zouk and other amazing dance styles. :)
About my Bachata Sensual fusion with Modern Zouk motions background. Long ago, I learned UrbanBachata/SalChata from Christina Haggerty & Mike Ticas, may Mike rip, they been teaching and pioneers in LA long time. Then I travelled to Europe learned Modern Zouk, Kizomba Moderna/UrbanKiz, and a new Bachata style that was not known to many in Spain yet, I called ZoukChata because they dancing Modern Zouk to Bachata. My understanding is maybe it trickled down from Bachatango in Spain and Salsa/Zouk pro Claudio, as in 1999/2000 Zouk fusion/Rio Zouk was created same year as in Brazil as in Netherlands by Brazilian immigrant in Netherlands Salsa teacher Claudio Gomes/taught by creator Adilio Porto who created the RioZouk Love fusion in 1998, the last Lambada champion with his ex-wife. Claudio was a pro instructor in Salsa who traveled all over Europe, Bachata piggy back Salsa events back then so the only way I see Zouk moves being introduced long ago, used in Spain (Then was loved by people and at one point a bartender creator in Spain who called it Bachata Sensual and amazing champions D&D used the styling as they said they use Zouk along with Tango and other dances for their choreo.) My hypothesis is either the MZouk founder in Mallorca Zouk Island in Spain or it was taught by Salsa pro Claudio in Netherlands who traveled all over Europe and Spain, introduced it :) Anyway, I went to those countries Netherlands and Spain and after introducing some KiZouk and ZoukChata pioneer in LA in 2010-2012 when I visit home, little that I know I was featured in Bachata event USA Bachata & Kizomba in New Jersey in 2014 where the first time I learned about Bachata Sensual from Daniel & Deserey legendary Bachata Sensual champions first featured in USA. :) So then, I was the first in LA to teach Contemporary R&B Lyrical style Modern Zouk moves used also for UrbanKiz and Bachata Sensual in Los Angeles in 2013. Those were the time I went back home in LA, after going to university in Europe. And by chance, as my ex-gf joke around about my Bachata style, not being bachata but Zouk danced into Bachata remix music. I'm your LA pioneer in "ZoukChata" since 2013 when Sensual was not a thing yet in USA and ZoukChata Uprizing was being formed by my buddy that I helped out when it started in LA :)
How did this experience I had, happen to be? I was blessed to be noticed by Albert Torres in Europe while I was living there although I'm from Los Angeles, may Albert rest in peace. He featured me in a couple of his events in US, after he noticed in Germany when I was going to university in Europe, that I dance all dances styles and I dance with all the ladies from left to right during social dancing. Especially when I asked a senior citizen German lady who came with her husband, to enjoy their granddaughters show performance. Well, she was on the way from left to right I asked to dance, on the way of my goal to dance nonstop from left to right asking all the ladies haha Although it was huge place in Hamburg Germany festival over 5,000 attendees, one of Albert Torres founder co-organized around 40plus festivals worldwide. As of the senior lady dancing with me, of course I asked her German husband's permission who laughed and gave me the biggest smile and clapped that his dear German wife could enjoy. (Let’s just say I wasn’t able to go from left to right half way because women started lining up after I danced with old lady with her husband clapping for us getting other ladies attention "only instructors dance stars gets a line in these events and I was not a star, far from" :) After that on the door way, hall way towards the wc where I change sweaty shirts many times, Albert noticed me by the door and gave me his card then followed up messaged me later, to this I kept his card in my file. :) I did not follow up because I thought he didn’t mean it, just being nice being normal Angeleno :). But what inspired me to focus on teaching is when I danced with legendary lady LA Style salsa star, I was told same as Liz Lira who asked me to teach at her academy long ago. I thought they are just being nice, but sure enough they treated me as an artist pro because of my love for social dancing and learned skills. For people who don’t know Albert Torres, he was the LA Salsa Festival organizer ESPN competition organizer and featured movies like Dance with me staring Vanessa Williams and Chayan. Albert was the first ever festival organizer of its kind, attracting over 7,000 people to Los Angeles event 3 decades ago same year as Puerto Rico festival when I was too young to go in the Sportsman’s Lodge Studio City LA social dances with shows and the Mayans big LA event featuring pioneers like today’s organizers Janette's group Salsa team, Salsa Brava with Luis V. & Joby Brava legendary LA Style team and Rogelio’s team with Francisco V and Johnny V back then. People I don't really belong to be mention in, but Albert noticed my willing to dance with everyone in that thousands of people including the senior citizen lady that I simply asked and enjoy the dance with, for all to enjoy such an occasion of over 5,000 people from all over Europe and the world dancing Salsa (Salsa festival are piggybacked with two other rooms back then, Bachata and Kizomba/Zouk rooms as there were no Bachata festivals or Kizomba or Zouk festivals). I then got invitations to feature in big events as DJ and/or instructor, largest events in west US in Las Vegas all three events LVSBSuperCongress, AfroLatin and LVSalsaFest along with LABF and as far as Hawaii were among many over 50 major dance festivals counting the many times I returned featured in these large events in USA and Europe, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Denmark and Poland also featured some in TorontoCanada, CancunMexico, Asia and Caribbean Cruises ADC Miami to countries like Cuba, Bahamas, DR and other islands with over a thousand attendees.
Today I still love sharing with people my love for Salsa, Mambo, Bachata, Sensual, Zouk, Kizomba, Chachacha, and my childhood LA pop and Hip-Hop crew dance. and soon WCS/Zouk fusion and soon NeoTango with of course Zouk fusion :) See you on the World Salsa Fest dance floor Memorial Day weekend May 24-27, 2024! :)
What does this mean? "Que sigua la tradicion!" it’s got history in Los Angeles as mambo died and LA legends revived it and with new Latin music the dance evolved and reborn in LA as simply called the dance name they cheered the name Salsa, commercialized as Salsa in Hollywood movies and concerts. It means, "Lets continue the tradition of Los Angeles Salsa, celebrating all Latin styles music and dance."
However, it means more to me as I love this dance. To me it means, "Passion doesn't end if you keep learning a new, such is true love. LA Style!"
05/14/2024
My own quote of the day :)
"Passion doesn,t end if you keep learning a new, such is true love."
Thought of the day - sharing my fun experience of a lifetime and sharing about the coming event in LA, got me all sentimental and thought of the quote of the day. :)
Coming up this month May 26th, 2024 is my workshop at Los Angeles Burbank Airport Marriott all memorial weekend, I'll be playing music Friday and Saturday :) at the Los Angeles Salsa Fest World Salsa Fest . Save on tickets with my discount code before its too late, if you order from me I will give you free one session private lesson :) Contact me Orlan Mat or at IG for my discount code for fullpasses.
Los Angeles World Salsa Fest 2024 are featuring amazing LA Style Salsa on1 and other dances Bachata with amazing local Los Angeles artists united. In addition, last year amazing organizers Janette and Rogelio brought my favorite Frankie Martinez on2 New York Style Mambo legend, the year before Eddie Torres the Mambo King. But this year 2024 they are bringing two other Mambo legends Franklin and Adolfo NewYork Style on2 Salsa in addition to our own legend LA Style On1 Salsa creator Francisco (I learned LA Style from his brothers and him Luis and Johnny long ago so he's always special to me.). A decade ago I learned proper Sensual style from D&D in USA Bachata Kizomba fest in New Jersey. Now, I continue to share the knowledge and fun with all styles including Modern Zouk from Salsa pros who also became Zouk pros Brazilian friends like Carlos daSilva previously Salsa pro and styles from Claudio Gomes legendary Salsa pro in Europe and Adillo ZoukFusion creator from Brazil who lived in Netherlands many years ago. I also learned UrbanKiz Portuguese and French pros, amazing pros who did amazing, legends in Europe. This is why my partner work social dance moves are very diverse with many styles including my LA Style Salsa fusioned with many styles :) I share this because it might inspire people by just going out enjoying, many possibilities happen but for sure "FUN" and "Learning" happens :)
This 2024 WSF LA, I will teach Bachata Sensual workshop on Sunday 1PM. I will teach 3 cool Zouk moves/patterns that you could use for Bachata Sensual. Of course quickly show fundamental real Bachata fundamental and body motion fundamentals, then go straight to the 3 partnerwork pattern Lead and Follow, I will be assisted by amazing Bachata Sensual dancer who also dances Contemporary Lyrical Zouk and other amazing dance styles. :)
About my Bachata Sensual fusion with Modern Zouk motions background. Long ago, I learned UrbanBachata/SalChata from Christina Haggerty & Mike Ticas, may Mike rip, they been teaching and pioneers in LA long time.. Then I travelled to Europe learned Modern Zouk, Kizomba Moderna/UrbanKiz, and a new Bachata style that was not known to many in Spain yet, I called ZoukChata because they dancing Modern Zouk to Bachata. My understanding is maybe it trickled down from Bachatango in Spain and Salsa/Zouk pro Claudio, as in 1999/2000 Zouk fusion/Rio Zouk was created same year as in Brazil as in Netherlands by Brazilian immigrant in Netherlands Salsa teacher Claudio Gomes/taught by creator Adilio Porto who created the RioZouk Love fusion in 1998, the last Lambada champion with his ex-wfie. Claudio was a pro instructor in Salsa who traveled all over Europe, Bachata piggy back Salsa events back then so the only way I see Zouk moves being introduced long ago, used in Spain (Then was loved by people and at one point a bartender creator in Spain who called it Bachata Sensual and amazing champions D&D used the styling as they said they use Zouk along with Tango and other dances for their choreo.) My hypothesis is either the MZouk founder in Mallorca Zouk Island in Spain or it was taught by Salsa pro Claudio in Netherlands who traveled all over Europe and Spain, introduced it :) Anyway, I went to those countries Netherlands and Spain and after introducing some KiZouk and ZoukChata pioneer in LA in 2010-2012 when I visit home, little that I know I was featured in Bachata event USA Bachata & Kizomba in New Jersey in 2014 where the first time I learned about Bachata Sensual from Daniel & Deserey legendary Bachata Sensual champions first featured in USA. :) So then, I was the first in LA to teach Contemporary R&B Lyrical style Modern Zouk moves used also for UrbanKiz and Bachata Sensual in Los Angeles in 2013. Those were the time I went back home in LA, after going to university in Europe. And by chance, as my ex-gf joke around about my Bachata style, not being bachata but Zouk danced into Bachata remix music. I'm your LA pioneer in "ZoukChata" since 2013 when Sensual was not a thing yet in USA and ZoukChata Uprizing was being formed by my buddy that I helped out when it started in LA :)
How did this experience I had, happen to be? I was blessed to be noticed by Albert Torres in Europe while I was living there although I'm from Los Angeles, may Albert rest in peace. He featured me in a couple of his events in US, after he noticed in Germany when I was going to university in Europe, that I dance all dances styles and I dance with all the ladies from left to right during social dancing. Especially when I asked a senior citizen German lady who came with her husband, to enjoy their grand daughters show performance. Well she was on the way from left to right I asked to dance, on the way of my goal to dance non stop from left to right asking all the ladies haha Although it was huge place in Hamburg Germany festival over 5,000 attendees, one of Albert Torres founder co-organized around 40plus festivals worldwide. As of the senior lady dancing with me, of course I asked her German husband's permission who laughed and gave me the biggest smile and clapped that his dear German wife could enjoy. (Lets just say I wasnt able to go from left to right half way because women started lining up after I danced with old lady with her husband clapping for us getting other ladies attention "only instructors dance stars gets a line in these events and I was not a star, far from" :) After that on the door way, hall way towards the wc where I change sweaty shirts manytimes, Albert noticed me by the door and gave me his card then followed up messaged me later, to this I kept his card in my file. :) I did not follow up because I thought he didnt mean it, just being nice being normal Angeleno :). But what inspired me to focus on teaching is when I danced with legendary lady LA Style salsa star, I was told same as Liz Lira who asked me to teach at her academy long ago. I thought they are just being nice, but sure enough they treated me as an artist pro because of my love for social dancing and learned skills. For people who dont know Albert Torres, he was the LA Salsa Festival organizer ESPN competition organizer and featured movies like Dance with me staring Vanessa Williams and Chayan. Albert was the first ever festival organizer of its kind, atracting over 7,000 people to Los Angeles event 3 decades ago same year as Puerto Rico festival when I was too young to go in the Sportsmans Lodge Studio City LA social dances with shows and the Mayans big LA event featuring pioneers like todays organizers Janette's group Salsa team, Salsa Brava with Luis V. & Joby Brava legendary LA Style team and Rogelios team with Francisco V and Johnny V back then. People I don't really belong to be mention in, but Albert noticed my willing to dance with everyone in that thousands of people including the senior citizen lady that I simply asked and enjoy the dance with, for all to enjoy such an ocassion of over 5,000 people from all over Europe and the world dancing Salsa (Salsa festival are piggybacked with two other rooms back then, Bachata and Kizomba/Zouk rooms as there were no Bachata festivals or Kizomba or Zouk festivals). I then got invitations to feature in big events as dj and/or instructor, largest events in west US in Las Vegas all three events LVSBSuperCongress, AfroLatin and LVSalsaFest along with LABF and as far as Hawaii were among many over 50 major dance festivals counting the many times I returned featured in these large events in USA and Europe, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Denmark and Poland also featured some in TorontoCanada, CancunMexico, Asia and Caribbean Cruises ADC Miami to countries like Cuba, Bahamas, DR and other islands with over a thousand attendees.
Today I still love sharing with people my love for Salsa, Mambo, Bachata, Sensual, Zouk, Kizomba, Chachacha, and my childhood LA pop and Hip-Hop crew dance. and and soon WCS/Zouk fusion and soon NeoTango with ofcourse Zouk fusion :) See you on the World Salsa Fest dance floor Memorial Day weekend May 24-27, 2024! :)
What does this mean? "Que sigua la tradicion!" its got history in Los Angeles as mambo died and LA legends revived it and with new latin music the dance evolved and reborn in LA as simply called the dance name they cheered the name Salsa, commercialized as Salsa in Hollywood movies and concerts. It means, "Lets continue the tradition of Los Angeles Salsa, celebrating all latin styles music and dance."
However, it means more to me as I love this dance. To me it means, "Passion doesn't end if you keep learning a new, such is true love. LA Style!"
05/08/2024
See you on this dance floor this weekend at ZoukChata Uprizing 🙂 I will be social dancing some Reggaeton Merengue Cumbia in this room.
Announcement discount fullpass to LA WSF:
First two people 1 woman 1 man who hit me up in this Cumbia Reggaeton room for fullpass tickets the LA Salsa Festival WSF memorial weekend, I will give half price off fullpass ticket discount and add you in my featured artist guest-list.
Im one of the featured artist (Im teaching Waves and Rolls fusion moves.) at the WSF LA Salsa Fest end of the month May 24-27 festival north of Los Angeles in Burbank Airport Marriott 🙂 There will also be Latin Fusion room at the Los Angeles World Salsa Fest 🙂
In case you dont know how I currently look, I will be wearing this outfit in my worshop video in this IG link.
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05/05/2024
ModernZouk thought of the day:
My updated note to an article I learned a lot from written in Netherlands Europe, before the concept of count was changed from two ways SlowQuickQuick which is used in Modern-Contemporary-Lyrical-Neo-M-R&Black 1-345-781 or the other way QuickQuickSlow used in LambaZouk 123-123- to a third general count 12&34&56&78& which was just introduced and now considered as traditional Rio style Brazilian Zouk count.
Attached is my revision in high light green on the picture attached to this post. The reason Im writing an update is because of the following dilemma:
I was told by a new student to my class, a student that after going to group lessons for over two years doesnt know yet exactly if theres a system as so many leads are inconsistent follows are clueless sometimes in Zouk…
The best way I can explain is the following specially to Salsa dancers trying to learn Zouk:
My reply to the above dilemma is,
“They all have different teachers… its like cubanstyle on1 round rueda… Salsa on1 LA style linea straight and a lot of footwork mambo style on2 … they learned different ways amd you just have to know what way they are dancing and say no to that way if you dont know…” A Cuban on1 style follow dancer most of the time ELBOW a LA on1 style follow.. and On2 Mambo judge everyone like they all dont lnow how to dance on beat 😂
So my main conclusion is as an update to what Ive written before several years ago, there are now On1 ModernZouk then On3 LambaZouk and the On 1/2 half beat count that make 16 beat counting 4 bars as if it was 2 bars of music..
I hope that musically, many have mot been confused by the third way of counting. I hope this post will help many new dancers of Zouk to continue learning and get better, to not get disappointed.
I have explained the long history of ModernZouk that evolved at the same time in Europe where I learned it over a decade ago, its been in Europe Netherlands for over two decades as I wrote in the following post:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1172595203173699&set=gm.2973207996257952&type=3&mibextid=CTbP7E
Source of article: The article page I used was written by Zouk The World .
06/02/2023
Every 2nd and 4th week of the month til September we will meet in Santa Monica, CA
Learn International Zouk Day IZD choreo and join flashmob group coreogrphed done by over 100 cities on September.
05/26/2022
Tonight! Pre-party workshop at Stevens Steak and Seafood House Restaurant & Friday 1PM at World Salsa Fest WSF LA event at the Marriott Burbank Airport north of Los Angeles
Teaching how to use Modern Contemporary R&B Style Zouk moves for Bachata Sensual & UrbanKiz also you might even be able to use it for SALSA SALSA hairsplash! 😂
ORLAN MAT | INSTRUCTORS & PERFORMERS Orlan Mat (DJ Cal Z) born Orlando Mateos is an American Dance Instructor who was featured in over 40 major dance festivals across North America Caribbean Dance Cruises, Canada and Festivals in Europe, along with all the local SBKZ major dance festivals in Los Angeles and all 3 Latin dance festivals....
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