Bachata (dance)

Bachata is a social couple dance with a lead and follow that can be performed in open, semi-closed or closed position.

On counts 4 and 8, bachata includes an exaggerated hip check that gives it a characteristic look and differentiates it from bolero or son dancing.

It is increasingly danced to faster music, adding more footwork, simple turns and rhythmic free-styling with alternation between close (romantic) and open position.

From the late 1990s, dancers in the Western world started creating novel dance forms inspired by bachata music.

At some point in the late 1990s, dancers and dance schools in the Western world began using a side-to-side pattern instead of the box steps.

The "pop" count is used to add elaborated sensuality and varied Latin ballroom dance styles and also includes the characteristic kicks from tango.

A dance was developed by the Mexican dancer[4] Carlos Espinosa[5] around 2005 based on the "western traditional" basic elements.

The Sensual dance style was created in Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, by Korke Escalona and Judith Cordero.

[13] The result is a novel, independent dance form with strict principles of leading and following, with mostly circular movements and body waves similar to Brazilian Zouk, and with isolations and dips when the dancers feel the music calls for it.

The innovative new concept that was born as "role rotation" allows both dancers to exchange ideas and the lead between them to transform a dance into a more dynamic and interesting conversation.