How to dance bachata

Tips on finding your time in bachata

Bachata is in 4/4 time - which means there are four emphasized beats in every measure. Here are some queues to help know where you are: The low bongo usually plays on the 4th beat. The voice accents the 1st beat - often that means that vocal phrases end on the first beat rather than start on it. The bass tends to play on the 3rd, 4th, and 1st beats - but this can change. Dancers usually step on beats 1,2 and 3 - stepping in place on 4. Sometimes, people will dance on different timings. Bachata is informal, it's not a ballroom dance, so the rules defining it are not rigid.

How to dance bachata:
This short video explains the basic step in simple terms Teacher shows street style
How to get fancy while keeping authentic Two girls dancing
Fancy turns like this are unusual, but their moves are good.

Two girls dancing #2
Same dancers showing authentic style.

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quiero aprender a bailar bachata vivo en españa soy de africa

cherif 29-Jul-10

Hola, me encanta la bachata pero no se bailarla y me fascinaria aprender a bailarla

osvaja 27-Jul-10

hola me gustaria aaprender a bailar bachata y pues me parese muy bacano aprender a bailarlo

maury 20-Jul-10

pz bailan muy bien tienes buenos movimientos

jeiser 20-Jul-10

oye quebuena estalado vailan muibie so ysidro de chicago comuniquense con migo como a miga

ysidro 18-Jul-10

verifica este video

betty 18-Jul-10

hola me gustaria aprender a bailar la bachate. es muy chevere me gustaria una pista o algo mejor explicativo..... besos

diana tenia 13-Jul-10

me encanta la bachata auq se me complica un poco pero es lo mas chido en bailes gracias por existir bay

yuli 08-Jul-10

we were in Republica Dominicana, on holidays, we are from Argentina, at the hotel, the animatio group tauhgt us to dance bachata, but, we were there only a week, it is a wonderful dance , we love it, bye bye

julia 05-Jul-10

mass finoo sonn pasos faciles de aprenderr.. Estee mee gustann cmoo bailannn..

morena 01-Jul-10

Mee gustaa comoo bailann mz

maita 01-Jul-10

hola soy boricua y me encanta la bachata. son pasos faciles pero siempre se aprende mas, grax por el video esta superrrr!!

yalimar 26-Jun-10

estesitiomehaensenadoabailarlabachatamybien gracias

rafael 22-Jun-10

jai joinendra very good and stylish with simplicity parikhhc.dr@gmail.com

doctor 16-Jun-10

hola bailan bien

brenda 12-Jun-10

hola siempre me a gustado la bachata es lo mejor igual que la salsa y estos videos son muy buenos

kelly 12-Jun-10

perdon digo que parese mas bien tongo y no bachata que orror lo unico que falta esque se quiten la ropay agan sexo bailando en algunos.

Kiara 04-Jun-10

Estan locos esos profesores dan mucha vuel es sierto que la bacha es sensual pero no para tanto pares mas bien que bailaran tago eso parese mas y no bachata. es mi opinion cada quien opina laque quiera

Kiara 04-Jun-10

muy buena musica

jahaira 31-May-10

hola soy de Ecuador y me encanta la bachata la verdad es que estos videos estan muy bien.......

Fernando 29-May-10