Next Step: Free Online Dominican Bachata Footwork Challenge with Bachata Dance Academy - www.bachatadanceacademyonline.com/freedominicanfootworkworkshop
I’m Dominican, but didn’t grow up dancing. I’ve struggled with getting down the Dominican basics while adding ladies’ styling. I took it back and watched your video. I appreciate seeing Nicole’s hip movement being a result of her footwork and her pushing into the floor/earth/ the “ma’jao” mashing that causes a slight hip flick down-out. Latin is not Kizomba going up down hips and it’s not big, tearing out hip sockets pop-locking either. I feel confident in my taps now. Natural and can focus on regaining confidence in my timing and rhythm! ¡Gracias! ❤️🇩🇴
focus on the body movement and weight transition. hips will come naturally. without this as basics all the footwork effort is just pointless or looks very silly at best.
Island neighbor hear from Haiti. Learning about Haiti/DR history through music, dance, spirituality. My Dominican fam suggested this video. Thank you so much
Finally a tutorial that teaches Dominican-style Bachata!!! Thank you. Your direction is very easy to follow. Im in ATL but travel to Santo Domingo several times a year.Now I can Bachata with confidence, bro!
01:20 - Basic steps 02:00 - Dominican Basic Step #1 02:40 - Dominican Basic Step #1 - With partner 03:37 - Dominican Basic Step #1 - With music 04:15 - Dominican Basic Step #2 - Double Step 04:52 - Dominican Basic Step #2 - Double Step - with partner 05:27 - Dominican Basic Step #2 - Double Step - with music 06:06 - Dominican Basic Step #3 - Triple Step 06:48 - Dominican Basic Step #3 - Triple Step - with partner 07:18 - Dominican Basic Step #3 - Triple Step - with music 07:56 - Dominican Basic Step #4 - Cross on 3 or 7 08:40 - Dominican Basic Step #4 - Cross on 3 or 7 - with partner 09:59 - Dominican Basic Step #4 - Cross on 3 or 7 - with music 10:36 - Dominican Basic Step #5 - Left shoulder back on 1, right should back on 5 11:20 - Dominican Basic Step #5 - Left shoulder back on 1, right should back on 5 - with partner 11:39 - Dominican Basic Step #5 - Left shoulder back on 1, right should back on 5 - with music 12:17 - Tips 13:56 - Tip #2 - Keep the steps nice & small, don't make the steps too obvious. 18:07 - Matching the Triple Step to the music 20:42 - Examples of all basic steps with partner & music
This was so good! I’m Puerto Rican and i never been one who was interested in dancing bachata at all growing up and now that I’m older I’m intimated cause i feel like i have no clue and everyone knows lol. Learning this made me realize as long as I’m confident it makes all the difference. I love it!
I was blessed to have been taught this dance by a DR native at the age of 7! I remember falling in love with bachata the moment I heard "Hoja en blanco" by Monchy y Alexandra.. I'm in my 30's now y sigo enamorada (y bailando). This tutorial was hands down the best one I've come across. Sigan bachateando. With love 🤍🇸🇻
great tutorial and very professional teachers - happy to see folks like you teaching stuff clear and without the "i am the best dancer in town" attitudes of other teachers
I love Dominican Bachata! I learned basic from my adult ESL students at our end of semester party. They had so much fun teaching their OLD Anglo teacher and I had so much fun dancing with them! Haven’t had a chance to learn more till I saw this cool vid. Thank you so much!❤️
My favorite Bachata instructors!!! I love Dominican Bachata and I appreciate all the different tips you guys can give us. Thank you so much !!! I love it!!!
Thank you for this great dance lesson 🥰. I love the track you’re playing & I love traditional Dominican Bachata music😍! I’ve always wanted to learn this style of dancing. Now I feel I can get started and do it.
You guys are so smooth and I appreciate how you guys danced the steps for us with music at the end because for gods sake all these other videos are just tutorials with no music and it’s hard to see the full picture of the dance like that. Saludos from Houston ❤️
Thank You so much!!!!!! It was so simple an and informative. A door just opened and I am on a new level! Exciting. Thank you so much,I am so grateful!!
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤ 3 cheers for BDA. Just spent 20 something minutes on TH-cam; it was enlightening, good for my health, and I get to learn how to dance. Kudos guys 👏🏽
Wow, thank you both so much for this video! It is so detailed and I really love how you both take your time and explain every step and how to do it correctly. The biggest concern I’ve had when dancing bachata with a partner was always worrying about how I’m supposed to know what step my partner is going to make next and if I have to copy them, I would always get so confused and always end up messing the flow and having to restart the dance, but after watching this video and hearing you guys say that you don’t have to do the exact same foot steps as long as you’re stepping side to side, doing a basic step in place, and following your partner while doing a square is so helpful! Thank you so much! Can’t wait to learn! Your videos definitely make it so much easier!! ❤️🙏🏽
I really like how you guys are so simple and not trying to show off....you guys are such a great dancer...I wish I can learn how to move my hips like she does😌
This is a beautiful video! It's basic and advanced at the same time! Perfect! Why? The steps are all basic and easy. However, with the proper execution in sync with the music, it looks so advanced!
Yesterday I wish to learn THIS!!! Thank you so much 💋💋💋💋 Here is no teacher for this!!! This is dancing with feelings.,.. Please stay in lovely mood Layla from Germany
Man I have learned so much from these videos. I love the explanation and detail for each basic and footwork you guys do. Appreciate the video! Will have to learn the basics to dance in front of my girlfriend's parents in 2 weeks
Glad I found out about you guys, I'm little better at doing the bachata, just need some more practice to get comfortable with everything taught here. Thanks for the help, will definitely checking out your other videos and courses!
I love it! Thank you so much....I can follow this, there is nothing fancy to have to keep up with just good dancing.....Once I learn then I can add fancy....This is great! THANK YOU
Bravo! Bravo! What an amazing tutorial?! It was brilliant thinking to have multiple angles of each style! Being able to see male and female styles seals the deal! Your smoothness is as smooth as butter over a hot stove! Amazing! Thank you for sharing a piece of your culture with us! Please share both song titles and Artists names. Thanks again
This video is amazing! Im normally a salsadanser (and not really fan of how they dance bachata at mix parties- sensual is a very neat word for it :x) But I thought I would check this out during this long quarantine and I find it great! Ive never seen the basic steps on the spot this well explained. I think Im going to get this salsa partner of mine to do this with me so we can have fun little bachata dances together in between salsa. Keep it up :)!
I went to DR and danced like this and all the guys were staring....I had NO IDEA it was a real dance! This is my little dance I've been doing for years!! I want to get that triple down tho!
It’s footwork time, let’s go!! 🤣 I’ve definitely felt led by leads that made it a performance and I had to keep looking down to see wth was going on… 🤣🤣
Next Step: Free Online Dominican Bachata Footwork Challenge with Bachata Dance Academy - www.bachatadanceacademyonline.com/freedominicanfootworkworkshop
The last song- the name? Where you combine the three steps with the music
Porque no ablando en castellano los profes ya que hay muchos latinos que los ven gracias
Thanks for teahing people who don't have another way to do so
John Whateverson no problem! :D
I’m Dominican, but didn’t grow up dancing. I’ve struggled with getting down the Dominican basics while adding ladies’ styling. I took it back and watched your video. I appreciate seeing Nicole’s hip movement being a result of her footwork and her pushing into the floor/earth/ the “ma’jao” mashing that causes a slight hip flick down-out. Latin is not Kizomba going up down hips and it’s not big, tearing out hip sockets pop-locking either. I feel confident in my taps now. Natural and can focus on regaining confidence in my timing and rhythm! ¡Gracias! ❤️🇩🇴
no problem brittany! :D
focus on the body movement and weight transition. hips will come naturally. without this as basics all the footwork effort is just pointless or looks very silly at best.
I love bachata!!!
Thankyou for the tip of digging into floor for hip movement. That’s helps a lot
The best detailed bachata teaching & training I've seen on the web....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Appreciate that!
Island neighbor hear from Haiti. Learning about Haiti/DR history through music, dance, spirituality. My Dominican fam suggested this video. Thank you so much
That's awesome! Thanks!
2:05 Style #1
3:34 Style #2 - double step
6:07 Style #3 - triple step
7:59 Style #4
😀 Thanks for watching!
Finally a tutorial that teaches Dominican-style Bachata!!! Thank you. Your direction is very easy to follow. Im in ATL but travel to Santo Domingo several times a year.Now I can Bachata with confidence, bro!
thank you so much for watching! :D
01:20 - Basic steps
02:00 - Dominican Basic Step #1
02:40 - Dominican Basic Step #1 - With partner
03:37 - Dominican Basic Step #1 - With music
04:15 - Dominican Basic Step #2 - Double Step
04:52 - Dominican Basic Step #2 - Double Step - with partner
05:27 - Dominican Basic Step #2 - Double Step - with music
06:06 - Dominican Basic Step #3 - Triple Step
06:48 - Dominican Basic Step #3 - Triple Step - with partner
07:18 - Dominican Basic Step #3 - Triple Step - with music
07:56 - Dominican Basic Step #4 - Cross on 3 or 7
08:40 - Dominican Basic Step #4 - Cross on 3 or 7 - with partner
09:59 - Dominican Basic Step #4 - Cross on 3 or 7 - with music
10:36 - Dominican Basic Step #5 - Left shoulder back on 1, right should back on 5
11:20 - Dominican Basic Step #5 - Left shoulder back on 1, right should back on 5 - with partner
11:39 - Dominican Basic Step #5 - Left shoulder back on 1, right should back on 5 - with music
12:17 - Tips
13:56 - Tip #2 - Keep the steps nice & small, don't make the steps too obvious.
18:07 - Matching the Triple Step to the music
20:42 - Examples of all basic steps with partner & music
😄👍
This was so good! I’m Puerto Rican and i never been one who was interested in dancing bachata at all growing up and now that I’m older I’m intimated cause i feel like i have no clue and everyone knows lol. Learning this made me realize as long as I’m confident it makes all the difference. I love it!
We are so happy to help 🙏
you really know how to dance bachata. thanks. Regards from Dominican Republic.
thank you! :D
Просто супер, спасибо за уроки.
С благодарностью из Беларуси ❤️🔥🇧🇾❤️🔥
My love is Dominican and I so much enjoy the classic Dominican Bachata. So many other “versions” have turned into gymnastics.
😄👍
I was blessed to have been taught this dance by a DR native at the age of 7! I remember falling in love with bachata the moment I heard "Hoja en blanco" by Monchy y Alexandra.. I'm in my 30's now y sigo enamorada (y bailando). This tutorial was hands down the best one I've come across. Sigan bachateando. With love 🤍🇸🇻
Wonderful! Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
I love ❤️ this! I’m Dominican and this lesson is exactly how I learned as a child w my family at home parties 🎊!
This was amazing. I've learned a lot with you guys. Kisses from Brazil.
that's so wonderful to hear!
I love the way he moves I’d love to see him really goin ham... he looks like he gets it in...OYE MI PANA!!!
Weeepaaa!!! Esoooo, por Fin asi se baila Bachata.. Dios Los Bendiga!!
Muchas Gracias!
great tutorial and very professional teachers - happy to see folks like you teaching stuff clear and without the "i am the best dancer in town" attitudes of other teachers
can unal thank you so much! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I love Dominican Bachata! I learned basic from my adult ESL students at our end of semester party. They had so much fun teaching their OLD Anglo teacher and I had so much fun dancing with them! Haven’t had a chance to learn more till I saw this cool vid. Thank you so much!❤️
I love Bachata, I am learning at home and so much fun. Thank you very much.
no problem! :D
Bachata…, Dominican blues. Love the DR. My wife and I visit about twice a year. We’ve gotten pretty good at Bachata. Great video!!
That's awesome!
Best bachata class ever!!!
Thank you Jose!
My favorite Bachata instructors!!! I love Dominican Bachata and I appreciate all the different tips you guys can give us. Thank you so much !!! I love it!!!
no problem! thank youuuuuuuu! :D
From Dominican Repúblic 📍🇩🇴🇩🇴 💕👣
your teaching is great. I love that you film it towards and away from the camera, so I can follow those steps. Makes it easy! Gracias!
This is great.. just what I was looking for..hopefully the classes are all Dominican style..
TheManChise ty!!! We teach all styles :D check out our online course, we have a whole course also just for Dominican style 🎉🕺🏾
Thank you for your lessons, you are the clearest teachers out there xx
Wow, thank you!
The absolute best tutorial I have found! Thanks guys you are amazing!!!
happy you loved it! thank you for watching!
Thank you for this great dance lesson 🥰. I love the track you’re playing & I love traditional Dominican Bachata music😍! I’ve always wanted to learn this style of dancing. Now I feel I can get started and do it.
I'm glad you like it!
I agree, naturally the quality of the music adds a lot to the all-round lure of learning the dance. Here everything is spot-on.
You guys are so smooth and I appreciate how you guys danced the steps for us with music at the end because for gods sake all these other videos are just tutorials with no music and it’s hard to see the full picture of the dance like that. Saludos from Houston ❤️
cesar salazar thank you Cesar! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🕺🏾
Just discovered you guys...amazing teachers.
thank you so much!
Thank You so much!!!!!! It was so simple an and informative. A door just opened and I am on a new level! Exciting. Thank you so much,I am so grateful!!
no problem david! :D
Благодарю! Это очень полезное видео!
thank you!
Hey, guys! I love it! More tutorials on Dominican please!
thanks!
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤ 3 cheers for BDA. Just spent 20 something minutes on TH-cam; it was enlightening, good for my health, and I get to learn how to dance. Kudos guys 👏🏽
thank you!
Showing the dance from all angles and views was extremely helpful. This video was great. Thanks for the good content
Rachelle Kretchmer thank you rachelle! 🕺🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Totally agree
I like your style of teaching n breaking things down thx
thank you joe! happy you enjoyed it! :D
Wow, thank you both so much for this video! It is so detailed and I really love how you both take your time and explain every step and how to do it correctly. The biggest concern I’ve had when dancing bachata with a partner was always worrying about how I’m supposed to know what step my partner is going to make next and if I have to copy them, I would always get so confused and always end up messing the flow and having to restart the dance, but after watching this video and hearing you guys say that you don’t have to do the exact same foot steps as long as you’re stepping side to side, doing a basic step in place, and following your partner while doing a square is so helpful! Thank you so much! Can’t wait to learn! Your videos definitely make it so much easier!! ❤️🙏🏽
So glad you found it helpful Breana! :)
I really like how you guys are so simple and not trying to show off....you guys are such a great dancer...I wish I can learn how to move my hips like she does😌
i love this so much, my brother went to spain and told me about this style of dance, so interesting and fun!
Happy to hear that!
Tiki pum pum pa! 🤓 lol love that
🙌🏼😄
This is a beautiful video!
It's basic and advanced at the same time! Perfect!
Why? The steps are all basic and easy. However, with the proper execution in sync with the music, it looks so advanced!
Great teachers! Very easy to follow!
thank you! happy that the video was easy to follow! :D
Yesterday I wish to learn THIS!!! Thank you so much 💋💋💋💋
Here is no teacher for this!!! This is dancing with feelings.,..
Please stay in lovely mood
Layla from Germany
L. Mahros thank you Layla! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Muy buen video! Muchas gracias!
de nada! gracias por comentar 😁
Man I have learned so much from these videos. I love the explanation and detail for each basic and footwork you guys do. Appreciate the video! Will have to learn the basics to dance in front of my girlfriend's parents in 2 weeks
no problem! glad that you are enjoying the videos! :D
You guys are awesome!
thank you so much! :D
Love to dance batchata,with sensual movement,it's so cool
yes it is!
Fantastic teaching!
Glad it was helpful!
Finally a tutorial exact to bachata Dominicana and in easy way! Thank you so much!
no problem! thank you for watching! :D
Great video, really easy to follow and learn the basics ❤
Glad you think so!
Super cool video! Looking forward to playing with the different steps in my dancing 😀
thank you lasse!
You are both GREAT teachers!
Thank you!
San Diego Creative Arts Project thank you ! 🙏🏾
thank u so much for your time and explanation. very usefull - gracias
no problem! :D thank you for watching!
Es un maestro, gracias
You explain very well and you make it very easy!!
Nice video Demetrio. Thanks a lot.
no problem enrique!
Glad I found out about you guys, I'm little better at doing the bachata, just need some more practice to get comfortable with everything taught here. Thanks for the help, will definitely checking out your other videos and courses!
so awesome! No problem and hope you enjoy the other videos and our course! :D
I love it, dance is universal
This is great!!!
Thank you guysss! More of this kind please
Mersy Maradiaga thank you!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I loved it!
Please, keep it up!
thanks for watching!
This is soooo good!!!
thank you!
I love it! Thank you so much....I can follow this, there is nothing fancy to have to keep up with just good dancing.....Once I learn then I can add fancy....This is great! THANK YOU
You can do it!
Love this lesson. Looking fwd to more. Glad to have found you.
glad you loved it Carina! thank you!
I’ll be practicing! Thank you.
This such great dance content!
no problem! thank you shayra!
Thank you for showing how the footwork ties into the music!
no problem! happy you enjoyed it!
Bravo! Bravo! What an amazing tutorial?! It was brilliant thinking to have multiple angles of each style! Being able to see male and female styles seals the deal! Your smoothness is as smooth as butter over a hot stove! Amazing! Thank you for sharing a piece of your culture with us! Please share both song titles and Artists names. Thanks again
thank you so much! :D
You guys are awesome!! I enjoy the video know am able to understand bachata a little more👌
Happy to hear that! 😊👍
Amazing instruction
Hillary Lantigua ty Hillary! :D
Content is really well structured. Thank you for showing such variety in both front and back angle of lead and follow :)
Lily Jang thank you so much lily! 🙏🏾
Excellent tutorial really helped me understand & practice the moves
Nice guys! Love your TH-cam Channel!
This best video so far I have seen tnk
Thanks for watching! 😄
Beautiful, easy to follow 😍thank you so much !
You’re welcome 😊
Amazing tutorial, thankyou 🎉❤
You’re welcome 😊
I love this and could do it all - Dominican Bachata I only dance😊!
🙏 thank you!
Awesome!
So helpful!
thank you! :D
Awesome!! Fantastic instruction!
thank you jim! :D
Great teaching guys. Keep up the good work. Hope to see you soon in person! Love from LA
88Turbo88 thank you turbo! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🕺🏾
Thank you for these videos❤
Glad you like them!
This video is amazing! Im normally a salsadanser (and not really fan of how they dance bachata at mix parties- sensual is a very neat word for it :x) But I thought I would check this out during this long quarantine and I find it great! Ive never seen the basic steps on the spot this well explained. I think Im going to get this salsa partner of mine to do this with me so we can have fun little bachata dances together in between salsa. Keep it up :)!
thank you so much! :D
I went to DR and danced like this and all the guys were staring....I had NO IDEA it was a real dance! This is my little dance I've been doing for years!! I want to get that triple down tho!
Excellent. Thank you very much
Arie Jacobi no problem! 🙏🏾😁
Now that’s a song!
Thanks a lot, very nice!!
no problem! thank you! :D
It’s footwork time, let’s go!! 🤣 I’ve definitely felt led by leads that made it a performance and I had to keep looking down to see wth was going on… 🤣🤣
You got this!
This is really awesome!!! Gracias :)
no problem! so glad you enjoyed it!
Chicos! Espero que hablen español. Excelente! Me encantó sus lecciones. Lo hacen muy bien. Sigan así!
gracias!
Amazing job you both teach me alot I love all ur work❤️👍 love from the Caribbean hopefully I can book you both to come to my country
Shanice S thank you shanice! 🕺🏾🎉🙌🏾🙏🏾
Cool man
amazing all these videos! i am gonna take a course in a few weeks and it is amazing to practice before i go there!! Thanks guys 🙏❤❤
Have fun! Our pleasure!
Such a good video!
Thank you!!
Awesome content! Easy to follow, Thank You!!
no problem javi! thank you! :D
Love your videos! Can you plise tell me if you can do Does type of steps with modern bachata like aventura or romeo santos bachata songs
Very good Спасибо огромное....Очень понравилось..
Many thanks, you're fantastic explaining.XXX
😄🙏
Fantastic
Thank you so much 😀
Thanks for the video it's very usefull. Good job!!! 😊😊😊
thank you oscar!
Love this!!!