Learn Salsa With World Champions
Diego &
Yaritza
Live + recorded weekly classes, step-by-step courses, and personal feedback
on your dancing — 100% online, so you can train with us from anywhere in the world.
★ #1 Salsa Academy on Skool · Champions across 40+ countries · 750+ members
Who We Are
World champions
who love to teach.
Diego and Yaritza came to New York City chasing salsa on the highest level — and have spent over a decade competing, performing, and teaching across 40+ countries. Now they help dancers around the world build real foundations and dance with confidence.
Diego Rivera Ibarra
Diego grew up in Costa Rica, where salsa wasn't a dance style — it was just how life sounded. He moved to New York City to train under the legendary Adolfo Indacochea of Latin Soul Dancers, and the city never really let him go. That immersion in New York's On2 scene shaped everything: the way he moves, the way he hears music, the way he teaches. Over more than a decade of touring and competing, Diego has taken that approach to 40+ countries and earned titles at the sport's most celebrated stages — Euroson Latino, the World Salsa Summit, and the Las Vegas Ultimate Latin Dance Championship. His teaching is just as specific: New York-style On2 partnerwork, footwork, and body movement, delivered with the kind of detail that makes the music finally make sense.
Yaritza Arboleda
Yaritza grew up in Lima, Peru, where she started dancing at ten and never really stopped. She trained in everything she could find — ballet, jazz, contemporary, Afro-Peruvian dance, gymnastics — and by her teens she was competing internationally and appearing on national television. At eighteen, she did what her ambition demanded: she packed up and moved to New York City to train under Adolfo Indacochea of Latin Soul Dancers — the same teacher who had shaped Diego's understanding of the music. That shared foundation became the beginning of D&Y Salsa Academy, the Latin Fever Ladies women's dance team, and a career built entirely on doing the thing she loves in front of people who feel it too.
Why Salsa
Salsa changes more than your dancing.
Scared to talk to strangers? Feel unsure of yourself in social situations?
→Salsa trains you to connect with anyone — calm, confident, and completely at ease.
Feel awkward around friends or freeze up when you meet new people?
→Dancing makes you more fun and easier to talk to — and that confidence spills into everything else.
Want to look more attractive?
→Salsa makes you move better and stand taller. People notice — a lot.
Tired of workouts you can't stick to?
→Salsa burns serious calories — and it's so fun that staying consistent takes care of itself.
Ways To Train With Us
Level up your dancing
💻 Just so you know — we don't teach in-person classes. All of our classes and coaching happen right here on our online platform, so you can join from anywhere in the world. (You can still meet us in person at festivals below!)
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Learn salsa online with world champions
Live + recorded weekly classes, a full step-by-step course library, and a community that keeps you dancing — everything you need to go from stuck to confident, 100% online, from anywhere in the world.
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1-on-1 Coaching
Private online lessons with a professional teacher from our staff, focused entirely on you — faster progress, real accountability, and bad habits corrected before they stick. By application only.
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Meet Us at Festivals
We don't teach regular in-person classes — but you can catch Diego and Yaritza at festivals and congresses worldwide. See where they'll be next.
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