meet the team
Anastasia Supernova
Anastasia Supernova is an international Bachata artist, performer, and educator known for her powerful stage presence, dramatic style, and deep understanding of body mechanics and musical expression.
With a strong professional dance background, Anastasia has developed her own teaching approach — the Supernova Method — which focuses on body awareness, emotional connection to music, and the development of authentic feminine movement for followers.
Rather than simply teaching steps, Anastasia helps dancers understand how movement travels through the body, how to connect technique with emotion, and how to build a magnetic presence on the dance floor.
She is also the founder of Supernova World, an online community where followers from around the world train in styling, technique, musicality, and embodiment.
Anastasia’s mission is to inspire dancers to move beyond choreography and discover their own artistic voice through dance.
guest teacher | April-May
Stephen smith
Stephen Smith is a Bachata and Salsa Instructor with 12+ years experience teaching Latin Dance. During the last two summers, Stephen has toured country wide teaching Bachata in 29 cities across 14 states. Prior to moving to New Mexico he was teaching progressive Bachata programs with Bachata Sensual Orlando, one of the top bachata studios in the country. And Prior to Orlando, Stephen ran a dance business on Maui, where he taught Bachata and Salsa for 7 years.
His own training has included extended visits to Spain, birthplace of Bachata Sensual- where he's trained with renowned artists such as Daniel and Desiree, Sara and Marco, Luis and Andrea, and Korke and Judith.
joanie atkinson
Joanie is a multi-disciplinary dance artist with 16 years of teaching experience. Starting with Irish Step dance at age 5, she transitioned to belly dance at the age of 14, and by age 18 was teaching and performing regularly. She spent 8 years as a senior faculty member at Saffron Dance, one of the largest belly dance schools in the country, serving as Artistic Director from 2017-2020. During this time she also spent 5 years as a soloist and company dancer with Nomad Dancers, a Persian and Central Asian performance troupe in Washington DC. In 2017, she discovered partner dance, starting with Bachata and soon expanding to Brazilian Zouk.
Liz Gomez
Liz’s love for dance began at the age of six, when she was immersed in the world of ballet throughout her early childhood and pre-teen years. As a teenager, she explored a wide range of dance styles before discovering modern and contemporary dance.
In 2015, she graduated from the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Faculty of Fine Arts in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Dance with a minor in Pedagogy.
Elizabeth is also a Licensed Massage Therapist, currently practicing in Taos, New Mexico, and teaching at UNM Taos.
Her love for Latin dance is deeply rooted in her heritage. She fell in love with Cuban salsa during her first visit to Cuba. More recently, she has been diving into Bachata, continuing to expand her dance journey with presence, joy, and heart.
Zuhey Quezada
Zuhey Quezada grew up in Chihuahua City, Mexico, where dancing different styles of Cumbia was an everyday activity. In 2021, she started dancing and competing in ballroom dance. Soon after she began dancing and performing Latin styles such as Bachata, Mambo, and Lambada, as well as regularly traveling to Cuba and Brazil to train.