Artist’s

heidi vique

Heidi Vique was born in Barcelona, Spain and spent her childhood listening to bachata since her mother, Lorena Abril was a big fan of traditional bachata especially Aventura. Being of Ecuadorian descent, she moved to Ecuador with her parents and two sisters when she was 8 years old. Once Heidi arrived to Ecuador, she was able to gradually appreciate the Latin culture, the town's festivities, the dance parades and the family traditions always with background music, food, smiling people and her family dancing.

That's when Lorena, seeing that her daughter was interested in dancing and taking advantage of the summer vacations, began to enroll her in dance courses. There, she began to learn the basic steps of bachata, merengue, salsa and urban. When she was 11 years old, Heidi enrolled in Belly Dance classes and without knowing exactly what type of dance it was, in her first class she was so enchanted that she spent 5 consecutive years attending Belly Dance classes. Since Heidi lived in a very small town in Ecuador called Cumandá, she did not have the opportunity or the resources to attend a dance academy to train as a dancer, however she loved participating in any dance activity there was in her school, town or at her family parties. That was the only way of satisfying her immense desire to dance.

At the age of 16, Heidi and her family, looking for a new opportunity, traveled to the US and settled in Budd Lake NJ. It was a small own totally far from the Latino community and culture where Heidi finished school, learned English and began to work to help with the expenses of her home. There was never a lack of music since Heidi's father, Edwin Vique and her middle sister Alis Vique were passionate about singing. This influenced the love of the musical art to always remain. Heidi never gave up on dancing and was looking for a way to train as a dancer and found a place where she began to learn about Cali salsa with the instructor Jorge Ariscos. There she stayed only for a few months, due to the distance, the cost and the time it took for her to travel there.

Heidi continued listening to bachata at home practiced her basic steps. She danced with great passion until one day by chance she saw a viral video of “Ace Fusión” dancing. That was when Heidi fell in love with traditional bachata and began to try to learn by watching videos and tutorials on the internet. At 20 years old, Heidi's family decided to return back to Ecuador and she decided to move to Queens, NYC to follow her dream as a dancer where she began taking classes in January 2022 at Empire Dance Studio with instructors such as Katlyn Rodríguez, Guillermo Reyes and Margie Montes.

In November 2022 she began taking classes with Amargue flow where she dedicated herself to training in bachata with her mentor and big idol Andrea Arenasvazquez aka “AceFusion”. Also, Heidi is a certified Amargue flow instructor. She has had the opportunity to be part of the leadership team at Amargue flow, which has allowed her to assist in classes and host practice sessions alongside Angely Francisco, Team Captain of Amargue flow. Apart from training at AF, Heidi trains with Desiree Godsell’s AnD Formation bachata Team.

Heidi considers herself a passionate bachata dancer and educator who admires, respects and loves the roots and culture of traditional bachata. Her objective is to raise awareness and encourage this dance not to lose its essence. Her mission is to educate either in person or on the internet platform to countries where perhaps people who are passionate about dancing but do not have the reach or resources to attend a formal academy.