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Bechata is a beautiful, sensual kind of dance, which originated in rural areas. Dance instructor Amy Weisman from Salsa- demonstrates some basic Batchta steps. |
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Video Transcript
"Hi, I am Amy Weisman de Mamani, a dance instructor with Salsa-Art.com. So, let's talk a little bit about Bachata Dance Steps. First, let me introduce you to the style of music and dance called Bachata. The term, Bachata, was actually originally used to refer to an informal party and now it's most widely used to refer to a dance genre that originated in the Dominican Republic and was made popular by early Bachata hits that came out in the early sixties. Jose Manuel Calderon was credited with the first Bachata hits, including "Borracho de Amor," and several hundreds of thousands of hits were released following that. It's a very sensual, beautiful music to listen to and to dance. And you'll notice in the themes of Bachata songs, they're often about unrequited love, romance, heartbreak and the like. It's popular for many reasons, one of which it's very sensual and very beautiful, but it's also a very easy rhythm to hear and to dance. When one dances Bachata, they basically step three steps and then lift on the fourth beat of the music and then repeat that to the other side. You can do it from front to back and side and side. And it's popular, again, because it's very esthetically pleasing to hear and to dance and it's also easy to do. So, it's becoming more and more popular around the world. Another thing about Bachata is you can dance it at a really basic, simple level by dancing front to back and side to side, but you're also seeing more and more around the world that people are stepping it up a notch and dancing Bachata at the level that often accomplished Salsa dancers and Tango dancers and other styles of dance use. So, Bachata is really moving up in the dance scene in terms of how complicated dancers are treating it."