Career
He is most notable for his performance on season 1 of the Univision television program ("Look Who"s Dancing"). (MQB) debuted on Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 8 p.m. On September 8, 2010, Chevrolet, Target and American Telephone & Telegraph Company were announced as the lead corporate sponsors of the program
Henri performed with Jackie Guerrido, weather anchor and journalist, and placed second overall.
Velandia founded HotSalsaHot, a salsa school in the central New Jersey area in 2005. Henri performed at the Miami Salsa Congress in Miami, Florida, on August 6, 2010.
HSH students performed there at the semi-professional level on August 7, 2010. Henri also performs and trains in modern dance.
Velandia performed at Dancers in the Square in Princeton, New Jersey, on July 16, 2010 in a piece choreographed by Marie Alonzo Snyder.
This case was taken up by LGBT rights activists campaigning against DOMA and the non-recognition of state-sanctioned same-sex marriages for immigration purposes. After a protracted battle in which Vandiver unsuccessfully attempted to obtain a green card for Velandia, Velandia"s deportation was cancelled and he received formal notification of this on 29 June 2011.