Karen Forcano

Salsa queen Karen Forcano is a nine-time Salsa World Champion and one of the most famous salsa dancers on the planet. Along with her partner Ricardo Vega she has won almost every international salsa competition thanks to their jaw-dropping cabaret style of salsa involving acrobatic lifts and breath-taking tricks. A World Salsa Summit World Champion in both 2016 and 2017, Forcano has danced her way around the globe captivating audiences in countries including Japan, France, Australia, Spain, New Zealand and many more. Her popularity sky rocketed after appearing with Vega on the second season of the popular TV dance competition World of Dance. The talented couple were nominated as best choreographers in three dance routines for the 2019 Emmy Awards, and later the same year won the award for Best TV Show Choreography at the World Choreography Awards in Los Angeles.

Born in Argentina, Forcano was inspired to begin dancing when she was just 6 years old by her mother, a talented ballet dancer. Forcano switched to dancing Salsa when she was 7, and attended several different dance schools across Argentina before joining forces with Ricardo Vega to form the popular dance group Karen y Ricardo. The dancing duo soon turned heads with their combination of acrobatic dance moves and classic salsa, and after appearing on America’s Got Talent in 2017 garnered even more popularity with their appearances on World of Dance two years later.

Forcano now judges international salsa competitions along with Vega, and also runs online classes teaching people how to dance salsa. She also regularly shares dancing content with over a million social media followers.