Annie Velez
Annie Velez laughing with a microphone, hosting a dance social

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Annie Velez

CEO and co-founder of UnRitmo

Something is coming to the dance floor.

I can't tell you what it is yet. But if you love social dancing, you're going to want to be first.

Built for dancers

First in Raleigh

Dropping soon

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We're launching first right here in Raleigh. unritmo.com

My story

"Music was part of my life from the start."

Annie as a little girl at a family gathering
San Diego to Tijuana

I'm Mexican and Puerto Rican, born in San Diego and raised in Tijuana. Music was on both sides of my family: parrandas, instruments, me singing with my cousins.

BoriMex Band posing outdoors with congas
At 17

I was on stage with BoriMex Band and already teaching salsa. I've been teaching ever since.

Annie dancing with a partner on a studio floor
College

Business and Computer Engineering at San Diego State, and I kept teaching all the way through.

Annie in a lilac dress, smiling against a brick and wood wall
2004

North Carolina! I built a whole corporate career in engineering, account management, and sales and marketing. And I'm a mom of two.

Annie teaching in a dance studio with a headset microphone
2013 to 2016

Aura dance studio was mine. It taught me what it really takes to build a dance community, not just classes.

Portrait of Annie with curly hair, in black, against the city
2023

I jumped! Hosting socials, teaching privates, launching UnRitmo. Entrepreneurship is a love-hate relationship, but I wouldn't change it for the world.

"Dance is a lifelong hobby, something you can carry with you every single day, anywhere in the world."

A full dance floor under a red ceiling at one of Annie's socials

Dance with me

Weekly socials and lessons

Wednesdays

Cuya

Starts at 8:30 PM

413 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27603

Thursdays

Weldon Mills

Starts at 8:00 PM

300 E Main St, Durham, NC 27701

Private and group lessons

I teach salsa, Latin social dance etiquette, styling and connection.

Book a private lesson

Have questions? Contact us

Sponsors

Got a local business? Be a part of it

I love showing off the businesses that show up for our community. Here are three ways we can do this together.

Giveaway

Donate a product or service and I'll run the giveaway online. Everybody loves winning something!

Promotion

Give us your materials, and I will promote you live at our socials.

Set Up a Booth

Send a rep and introduce your business, live, at the social.

Let's partner up

In the media

Hablemos!

Lessons, sponsors, media, or you just want to say hola? Write me!

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@annievelez15

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