Daniel y Desiree, The World Champions Who Redefined Bachata Sensual

Who Are Daniel y Desiree?

Daniel y Desiree (Daniel Sánchez Berlanga & Desirée Guidonet) are a Spanish bachata dance couple considered among the most famous bachata dancers in the world. They are back-to-back world champions (2012, 2013) and global ambassadors for bachata sensual.

With over 460,000 YouTube subscribers and 99 million total views, their fluid, cinematic performances have introduced countless people to bachata. They also launched the fashion brand Gueguere and offer online courses for dancers worldwide.

Origin Story

Daniel started as a hip-hop dancer at age 10, before moving into Latin dance and bachata. Desiree began her dance journey with salsa at 13.

They partnered in 2010 and the chemistry was immediate. Within two years, they were world champions. Their partnership quickly won over audiences and judges alike.

Off the dance floor, Daniel and Desiree are married and welcomed a daughter in 2018 , proving their connection goes far beyond choreography.

Championship Titles

• 2010: Spanish Bachata Champions 🇪🇸
• 2011: European Championship Runners-Up 🇪🇺
• 2012: World Bachata Champions 🌍
• 2013: World Bachata Champions 🌍 (back-to-back)

Their Style

Daniel y Desiree dance bachata sensual with a distinctive twist: they build theatrical, story-driven choreography around it. The result is a style that's technically demanding, deeply emotional, and visually stunning.

• Fluid body rolls and isolations that flow like water
• Contemporary dance lifts adapted for bachata
• Extreme musicality, every finger, every head tilt matches the music
• Storytelling, each performance has an emotional arc

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From Dos Hermanas to the World Stage

Daniel and Desirée come from Dos Hermanas and are based in Seville. Their full names are Daniel Sánchez Berlanga and Desirée Guidonet Esteve. Before dance became his profession, Daniel served in the military. When their local paper, La Semana, interviewed them in 2013, Desirée had been dancing for ten years and Daniel for five.

Their very first competition was BachataStars España in 2010, part of the BachataStars contest founded by Korke Escalona, and they won it. By 2013 their video from that event had passed one million views on YouTube. Their 2011 European result came at BachataStars Europa, and both world titles were won at the World Bachata Masters in Madrid.

How Their Style Took Shape

In 2013 the couple described their specialty as Dominican bachata, both urban and sensual, and said they could also hold their own in salsa and cha-cha-chá. Today festival listings describe them as leaders in sensual bachata fusion, and they call themselves fusion artists. By 2013 they had already visited more than 200 cities in and outside Spain, and their stated goal was to keep learning while teaching “our particular style” around the world.

Where to Learn From Them

• Festivals: they teach and perform at congresses around the world. In 2015 they made their first trip to the BachaTu festival in the Dominican Republic, the birthplace of bachata, and current listings show them booked in Bucharest in 2027.
• Judging: in 2021 they sat on the jury of the ADN Bachata World Festival Live alongside Ataca y La Alemana.
• Social media: their official YouTube channel, @DANIELYDESIREEOFICIAL, has been running since 2016, and their official Instagram is @danielydesireeoficial.