Students from Trexler Middle School dance salsa and merengue during a Latin dance competition Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, at Allen High School. Students from South Mountain Middle School dance salsa … ...

See middle school students compete in the 12th Annual Latin Dance Competition at the William Allen High School.

On Sunday, UNC's Qué Rico hosted La Compentencia, a three-round dance competition for Latin dance groups across North Carolina, attended by Duke's Sabrosura and UNC-Greensboro's Ritmo Latino.

Instructors coach 60 kids from all four ASD middle schools over eight weeks, and teach them the spirit of the culturally-rich dances.

Across the U.S., dancers are making the Latin dance genre more inclusive, creating spaces and increasing visibility for same-gender dance couples and nonbinary performers.

Ariana Nsharian, 8, of Watertown, and Jack Song, 11, of Needham, became competitive Latin dance partners and recently won eight first place medals.

A judge on “Dancing with the Stars,” Hough has become one of the country’s most visible dancers. Now his “Symphony of Dance” is touring to 60 cities.

Bust a move at the Latin Dance Comp in West Palm Beach, try a snorkeling trip into the mangroves in Boca Raton, check out Zumba in Wellington and more.