What is bachata?

Welcome to the Dance Forums, redhead

Yes, I love the bachata too. I also like to add the little dip. Sometimes after you have been dancing fast salsa and merengue all night, bachata is a good dance to change the mood. I think it's good when the dj adds a set of bachata.
 
Another question about the music; are there any well known songs with that rhythm?

Trying to get an idea here.
 
Hey guys,

A couple of things to note about bachata.

The side to side is a pretty basic step, you can go forward
and backward, a side to cross to side step, dipping forward
and backward...and then there are the spins that are danced
a lot in DR...

Another thing is that although bachata is slower here in the
United States, typical Bachata is actually faster in rhythm
and dance...

The slower ones are of the "amarge" genre, meaning sad,
or depressed...

However, Bachata can be as fast enough if not faster than
Merengue.

As far as some songs to check out, do searches on the
following artists:

Monchy y Alexandra

Aventura

Anthony Santos

Juan Luis Guerra (His style of Bachata is different)
 
salsarhythms said:
The side to side is a pretty basic step, you can go forward
and backward, a side to cross to side step, dipping forward
and backward...and then there are the spins that are danced
a lot in DR...
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That's why I prefaced it with 'the basic is...' I can do all kinds of fun stuff with it, but I thought Spitfire just wanted a description of the basic.
 
Right Youngsta...you know what else I love...

Like you mentioned, you can do so much with it
that it's limited to your imagination...another thing about
bachata is that, to me, you really have to feel the music
and the story of the music to truly enjoy it...would you
say that this is true?

Of course, the music must be felt in all types of dance, but
there is something very particular about bachata...don't know
what it is, but it's there and I feel it everytime I dance to it.
 
Oh definitely! I think you feel the music a bit more because the dance is so sensual. At least for me the connection with my partner feels 'stronger' than it does with other music I dance to.
 
youngsta said:
123 (left side-together-side) 4 (right hip rotation right) 567 (right side-together-side) 8 (left hip rotation left) btw I was dancing it while typing this :lol:
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Getting back to this discussion...

:?: So kind of like ECS triple time with the hip rotation instead of rock step. Is that an accurate description?
 
No, because the feeling and flavor are of a totally different order...it's a Latin dance, not a swing. Also, technically speaking, the triple step of ECS is not done to even timing whereas this is, here we're dealing with 4/4 timing danced evenly with one step/action per beat.
 
SDsalsaguy said:
No, because the feeling and flavor are of a totally different order...it's a Latin dance, not a swing. Also, technically speaking, the triple step of ECS is not done to even timing whereas this is, here we're dealing with 4/4 timing danced evenly with one step/action per beat.
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I was referring to the resemblence of the pattern and the direction in which it is moving. So is it different in that regard?
 
Still different, at least if you're talking about ballroom ECS, because each step in bachata is on a whole beat – so of equal size – whereas ECS triple steps (again, if the ballroom version) are not. In very general terms I think you're heading in the right direction but, technically, there is a difference.
 
I have a dumb question. What is all this uproar over bachata? Is there a lot to the dance? You know, lots of unique steps, and styling and such? I ask because I've never had any lessons in it. I just went to a salsa club, and when one came on, I danced. Did I miss anything? Should I go out and look for a Latin dance teacher to sharpen my skills?
 
LOL :lol:

No! Actually, I don't think I've seen it even taught more then once! If you see it done, that's pretty much enough to understand the basic if you have any other dance background.
 
Yeah most people just dance the basic the whole song, nothing wrong with that. I've learned several cool bachata patterns and add more and more to it when I get the chance.
 
Exactly what I'm thinking. Just dance the basic, and if the guy can "teach" me more patterns, follow him. If not, the basic is pretty entertaining by itself, because I like the music.
 
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