Junior & Carolina



We are international artists, instructors, animators and event organizers residing in Stockholm, Sweden with a desire to spread our knowledge of the Dominican culture to the whole world.


Junior "El Show" Aquino


Junior Aquino was born in the Dominican Republic in 1987 and took his first dance steps as a child.

At the age of fifteen, Junior began studying bachata, salsa and other traditional dance styles at Plaza de la Cultura in Bonao, after which he continued his dance career at several dance schools in the Dominican Republic. At nineteen years of age, he became an important representative of the bachata in his hometown of Bonao when he began organizing competitions, socials and other events.

Junior has been teaching bachata and salsa since 2008 in the Dominican Republic and has also participated in national competitions and acted as a dancer in film and television productions. Since 2014, Junior has taught and performed at congresses, festivals and other events all over the world together with his dance partner Carolina Bustamante and their pro and student teams.

He is the founder and owner of Keloke Dance Company who organizes Keloke Bachata Festival, the first all Dominican festival in Scandinavia, and Keloke Bachata Adventures, a dance tour in the Dominican Republic. Since 2021 he runs his own dance school in Stockholm together with his dance partner Carolina Bustamante, Keloke Dance Studio, which specializes in the dance styles originated from the Dominican Republic. He is seen as one of the most renowned artists and instructors in the world in his genre and one of the biggest promotors of the Dominican culture, dance and music.

Carolina Bustamante


Carolina Bustamante was born in Quindío, Colombia in 1991 and from a very young age she started to fall in love with dance.

In 2007 Carolina left Colombia and moved to the north of Sweden but continued learning and taking dance classes by regularly traveling to the capital Stockholm. In 2012 Carolina decided to move to Stockholm permanently to dedicate herself fully to the dance. Starting from zero with only a desire to dance and evolve she was soon a highly skilled dancer teaching both salsa, bachata and kizomba. She started traveling to congresses and festivals all over the world to learn more and has during the last couple of years dedicated herself fully to bachata, merengue and the most popular dance styles in the Dominican Republic.

In October 2015 Carolina spent a month in the Dominican Republic taking classes and dancing while falling even more in love with the Dominican culture. She has since then developed her own style and enchants dancers and students all over the world with her femininity and sensualness.

With her dance partner, Junior Aquino, and their pro and student teams, Carolina has taught and performed at congresses, festivals and other events all over the world. During the last couple of years Carolina is also leading her very own team of ladies, BachaQueens, with some of the best female bachata dancers in Stockholm and Sweden.

Since 2021 she runs her own dance school in Stockholm together with her dance partner Junior Aquino, Keloke Dance Studio, which specializes in the dance styles originated from the Dominican Republic.

Junior & Carolina at Summer Sensual Days in Opatija 2019