Bachata Dance Steps: Side to Side

Series Summary

Bachata is a type of music and dance originally created in the rural countrysides of the Dominican Republic. Similar to the blues, bachata music is often sad, relating tales of heartbreak and bitterness. Bachata dancing is relatively up-tempo though, and consists of basic back and forth or sideways motions. Because of its history as a dance between lovers, there are many sensual hip and body movements, with the opportunity for dance partners to move very close to each other.

Why not spice up your dance moves by learning how to bachata dance with the expert dance lessons in this free video series. Our experienced dance instructor will teach you how to do the basic and advanced dance steps in this sexy Latin dance with easy to follow, step by step instructions. You will learn how to do the basic step, forward back steps, turns and cuddle turns. If you are looking for a fun and exciting dance to learn by yourself or with a partner, check out these sexy dance lessons on bachata dancing!

Video Transcript

"Alright, we're going to start with our side to side Bachata basic. We're just going to show you first and then we'll turn around and break it down. It's pretty simple, we're just going to go from side to side, starting with out right foot we're going to go step, together, step, tap. Step, together, step, tap. Step, together, step, tap. Step, together, step, tap. Keeping to remember is that when I say, "tap", you're not putting any weight on that foot, you're just going to touch it and then step on it again. So, now we're going to break it down from the back and really, whether you start with your left foot or right foot it doesn't really matter, Bachata isn't at structured as, for example, Salsa is. There's not a lot of rules. So, facing this way, we're going to go ahead and start with the left foot this time. We're going to step to the side left, together with the right, to the side and then we tap. And we just touch the foot, no weight on it. Going back the other way. Step, together, step, tap. Step, together, step, tap. Step, together, step, tap. Good! You can also add a hip, if you want to, girls and guys can do this, although the girls probably want to exaggerate it a little bit more. And it would look like this, going to the left. Step, together, step, hip. Step, together, step, hip. One, two, three, hip, and five, six seven. That's your side to side basic for Bachata."