Yukon Latin Dance

09/25/2026

OUR HEARTS (AND DANCE FLOORS) WERE VERY FULL LAST WEEKEND. ❤️

What a weekend! We hope everyone is feeling rested but if you're like us, you're still riding the incredible energy from the weekender!

✨6 hours of workshops.
✨4.5 hours of social dancing.
✨4 incredible performances.
✨3 amazing guest artists.
✨And an immeasurable amount of energy, connection, laughter, learning and dancing.

Our 3rd Salsa & Bachata Weekender is officially in the books, and we’re still taking it all in.

What started as an idea to bring more opportunities for Latin dance to the Yukon continues to grow into something we are incredibly proud of. This weekend was about so much more than the hours spent on the dance floor. It was about watching people challenge themselves, make new connections, cheer each other on, and share in something we all genuinely love.

A huge thank you to Wayne Barbaza, Kristal Barbaza and Arely Santana for sharing your knowledge, talent and energy with our community. Having you come to the Yukon to teach, perform, dance with us and invest in our community means more than we can say.

To every artist who took the stage, thank you for sharing your talent with us. And to our first-ever YLD Ladies Performance Team—watching months of training, hard work, nerves, laughter and growth come together on that floor was incredibly special. We couldn’t be prouder. ❤️

And to everyone who took a workshop, stayed on the dance floor all night, watched a performance, volunteered, helped behind the scenes, brought a friend, or simply showed up and added your energy to the room—thank you.

These weekends only happen because people continue to show up, participate and support what we’re building.

Our Latin dance community in the Yukon continues to grow, and looking around that room this weekend was a pretty incredible reminder of just how far we’ve come.

Three Weekenders down, and so much more still to come.

Thank you to this amazing community for making this one so special 💜

Yukon Latin Dance

09/20/2026

Hey Salseros and Bachateros, we have a few lost and found items from last night's party.

We have a black f***y pack and a cardigan. If it's yours, come pick it up today at the workshops, before 3pm.

After 3pm, we'll leave it at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Center Lost & Found.

09/04/2026

🎉 THE WINNER OF OUR WEEKENDER GIVEAWAY IS… Cathy Koot! 🎉

Congratulations, Cathy! You’ve won back the full cost of your 2026 Salsa & Bachata Weekender Pass, which means you’ll be experiencing the entire weekend on us! 💃✨ Look out for an email from us soon.

Thank you to everyone who purchased a Full Weekender Pass and entered the giveaway. We’re officially getting close now, and we can’t wait to spend September 19–20 learning, dancing, performing, and celebrating with all of you.

Congratulations again, Cathy! We’ll see you on the dance floor! 💛

📅 September 19–20
📍 Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre

🎟️ Haven’t gotten your pass yet? There’s still time to join us:

08/31/2026

The Salsa & Bachata Weekender with Wayne, Kristal & Arely from Vancouvers Baza Dance Studio! is featured in Air Norths what's happening this September! Go check it out and we hope to see everyone there!

Thank you Air North, Yukon's Airline for the mention!

One more day to enter the give away! Get your tickets here!

https://my.classmanager.com/yukon-latin-dance

08/26/2026

We are a few weeks away! Join us at our 3rd Salsa and Bachata Weekender and this time we've added to our line up. There will also be some amazing performances on the Saturday night! From our artists and local dancers including Yukon Latin Dances first ladies Salsa team!

Get your tickets now! 🎟
https://my.classmanager.com/yukon-latin-dance

08/24/2026

✨ INTRODUCING THE NEW Yukon Latin Dance WEBSITE! ✨

We’ve been working on something behind the scenes, and we’re so excited to finally share it with you!

🌐 Our new website is officially LIVE!

As YLD and our dance community continue to grow, we wanted to create a space that brings everything together in one place—from Salsa & Bachata classes and registration to upcoming events, socials, and more about who we are and what we’re building.

A huge thank you to Sebastian Lane, our web designer, for working with us to bring the website to life. We really appreciate the time, creativity, and thought he put into creating it!

We’re so excited to have a space that reflects YLD, our community, and everything we have coming up.

Take a look around, explore what’s happening this fall, and let us know what you think!

👉 Explore the new website:
https://yukonlatindance.ca/

And there’s lots more dancing to come so stay tuned!

We teach Salsa & Bachata Classes in Whitehorse, YT. Our ultimate and selfish goal is to create a thriving Latin dance community, so we can keep dancing with all of you!