Bachata Dance

and then bachata dancing came along, and at first, we were not fans. We were die hard salsa dancers after all. It took us quite some time!

We get it now. We’re total converts! But not in the way you might think. We teach traditional bachata technique, as a close partner dance, focussing on lead and follow fundamentals versus endless body rolls. Over decades, as you see the progression of salsa dance, and now bachata dance, social dances seems to evolve into harder and harder core basics, leading to technique over fun and the loss of the basic passion of the dance. This “evolution” often leaves social dance behind as people turn social dance into performance dance, limiting it’s overall social dance reach.

As with salsa, we focus on the social dance first! We get people dancing as quickly as possible, socially, perfecting our lead and follow skills to dance with multiple partners, regardless of skill levels (ie adaptability). There’s simply no one else who does this, and yes THIS is the basis of growing a social dance scene.

In the early 2000’s, and yes, 1990’s, this was the basis of both salsa and bachata dance, worldwide. More culture, camaraderie and a far easier dance to progress in. There was way less “ballroom”. As years pass, the dances evolve into more and more practiced, difficult, and “elite” versions of themselves limiting the dance’s appeal to new people and it’s overall appeal as a social dance entirely.