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Damian Guzman (The Don) is best known for his social dancing admiration and focus thru the world. During his childhood in Puerto Rico, he developed he developed a special passion for salsa and bachata Carribbean-style. This passion led him to take his skills beyond the Caribbean style feeling to a more technical level since 2006. In 2011, he developed a special passion for Bachata Sensual which led him to pursue further understanding of this emerging style of bachata developed in Europe leading him to further training and dancing in Spain, France, Italy, and Germany becoming one of the first Bachata Sensual dancers in the United States. Eventually, his love and passion for this dance also led him to train to become one of the first certified bachata sensual instructors in the United States. The Don is also the founder of The MOB Dancers Group which comprises over 6,000 dancers in the US focused on Salsa & Bachata Social Dancing. As a dancer and DJ he has taught and shared his love for Bachata all around the world including over 80 dance Congresses thru the United States, England, Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Russia, Vietnam, Australia, and Aventura Dance Cruise, The Largest Latin Dance Cruise in The World.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Damian Guzman (The Don) is best known for his social dancing admiration and focus thru the world. During his childhood in Puerto Rico, he developed he developed a special passion for salsa and bachata Carribbean-style. This passion led him to take his skills beyond the Caribbean style feeling to a more technical level since 2006. In 2011, he developed a special passion for Bachata Sensual which led him to pursue further understanding of this emerging style of bachata developed in Europe leading him to further training and dancing in Spain, France, Italy, and Germany becoming one of the first Bachata Sensual dancers in the United States. Eventually, his love and passion for this dance also led him to train to become one of the first certified bachata sensual instructors in the United States. The Don is also the founder of The MOB Dancers Group which comprises over 6,000 dancers in the US focused on Salsa & Bachata Social Dancing. As a dancer and DJ he has taught and shared his love for Bachata all around the world including over 80 dance Congresses thru the United States, England, Japan, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Russia, Vietnam, Australia, and Aventura Dance Cruise, The Largest Latin Dance Cruise in The World.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2020-djs","category-2020-music"],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cThe Don\u201d \u2013 Puerto Rico\/Texas - Texas Salsa Congress<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/txsalsacongress.com\/?p=3530\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cThe Don\u201d \u2013 Puerto Rico\/Texas - Texas Salsa Congress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Damian Guzman (The Don) is best known for his social dancing admiration and focus thru the world. 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