MODERNA BACHATA
MODERNA BACHATA
EVOLUTION
COUNTRY vs URBAN
MODERNA BACHATA or MODERN BACHATA IS ALSO KNOWN AS URBAN BACHATA.
INTERESTINGLY THE NAME URBAN BACHATA DIRECTLY CONTRASTS THE FOUNDATIONS OF TRADITIONAL BACHATA WHICH WAS BORN IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
MODERNA BACHATA IS WIDELY CONSIDERED TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN SPAIN CIRCA 2005.
HOWEVER, AS WITH ALL EVOLUTIONS, THERE IS A WIDE VARIETY OF OPINION & DEBATE SURROUNDING ITS PRECISE ORIGINS.
SALSA-LIKE MOVEMENT
MODERNA BACHATA IS NOT SALSA
MODERNA RETAINS THE BASIC THREE STEP & A TAP BACHATA FOOTWORK, HOWEVER THE BASIC STEPS ARE DANCED TO THE SIDE ON THE COUNTS 1,2,3 & 5,6,7 WITH A TAP ON BEATS 4 AND 8 RATHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL SQUARE-LIKE SHAPE PATTERN OF DOMINICAN.
MODERNA BACHATA ESSENTIALLY COMBINES SALSA LIKE-TURN PATTERNS & COMBINATIONS WITH THE BASIC BACHATA FOOTWORK.
THIS COMBINATION CREATES MORE INTRICATE MOVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY UPPER BODY MOVEMENTS.
HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILST SALSA IS ONE OF ITS INSPIRATIONS, MODERNA BACHATA IS A DISTINCT DANCE IN ITSELF AND IT WOULD BE WRONG TO CATEGORISE IT AS SOMEHOW AN ADD-ON TO SALSA.
MODERNA BACHATA MUSIC
URBAN BACHATA BANDS
THE BIG CHANGE THAT COMES WITH MODERNA IS THAT IT ALLOWS BACHATA DANCING TO BE EXTENDED TO A WIDER RANGE OF MUSIC.
MODERNA BACHATA IS BEST DANCED TO URBAN BACHATA BANDS SUCH AS AVENTURA, WHOSE BREAK-OUT SONG INTO THE MAIN STREAM WAS CALLED “OBSESION”.
