What is Dominican Bachata Dancing Dominican Bachata is not to be confused with other bachata dance genres, such as modern, sensual or bachatango. Often the terminology Dominican Bachata is used from many Instructors and from different dance schools wrongly without really knowing what original Dominican Bachata looks like. Because Bachata originated in the Dominican Republic this might therefore be the reason why many call Bachata "Dominican Bachata". Dominican Bachata is very
rich of footwork; we have to bear in mind that there is no
clearly defined sequecence in the footwork. It is more a
question of improvisation and interpretation of the music.
This is by no means anything resembling Salsa shines. Due to its peculiarity of
being rich of footwork variations, this make learn Dominican
Bachata at an advanced level harder but at the same time
it's more fun because you really toy with the rhythm;
Here are just a couple of examples of Domincan Bachata danced with the partner
To me, it is like playing a solo
with an instrument, say a guitar, on a basic background.
Here the background is the music, the basic time is that
dictated by the music and your feet are the instruments with
which you play your solo. We shouldn't forget that the
bottom line is that we dance to the music. If the music is
not apt to the dance, we won't be able to enjoy the dancing. |