有关11月7，8日TONY和CECILIA WORKSHOP里头的BACHATA课程，代表他们俩在这里说说有关Dominican Bachata.

Bachata history and styles:

Bachata, also called “music of bitterness” due to its high passion content; it is a rhythm born in Dominican Republic and it has been part of Dominican people for decades. At the end of the 80s this rhythm began to expand in order to reach the top of success and popularity.

Batacha emerges from a mixture of son and Cuban bolero; It was discriminated and considered low class music but nowadays it has a privileged place in Dominican Culture.

The style developed in Europe and US (Traditional, Modern, Bachatango) is a basic dance sequence of a full 8 count in a side-to-side motion. The Dominican style basic dance sequence is a full 8 count moving within a square. Counts 1 through 3 and 5 through 7, when taken, generate a natural hip motion. Counts 4 and 8, consists of a “pop” movement. The "pop" depending on a person’s style is executed lifting or tapping a foot or using stylish footwork while popping the hip to the side opposite of the natural Cuban hip motion. Bachata music has a slight accent in rhythm at every fourth count, indicating when the “pop” should happen. Note: The “pop” will always be done in the opposite direction of the last step, while the next step will be taken on the same direction of the pop.

(In Dominican Bachata the man doesn’t give the lady too many turns unless he wants to be left standing alone on the dance floor.)

那么，这次在TONY和CECILIA的WORKSHOP里面大家将学到的BACHATA内容为：

Workshop with Tony Luna (Dominican & Venezuela) to learn the authentic Dominican style Bachata! What you can get:

- Dance like a Dominican! A completely different method to learn and dance Bachata

- Learn quickly and easily with detailed explanation of body movement, footwork & coordination between dancers

- Learn bachata styling to suit your personality with style

- Perfect your timing with cues on how to listen to Bachata music and appreciate its features and details

- Learn new ways to dance Bachata according to the music

- Free CD of  best ever bachata songs, with lyrics for 1-2 song (in Spanish, English & Chinese). A start to understand truly the music, the expression, and the dance for real bachata lovers!