Rodchata

What's so fun about dancing a dance in a side to side manner with twings and twangs of the guitar anyway?This is what non-bachateros ask us. I am sure you heard such question before, right? You could still remember their smirk and mocking facial expressions.But you see, bachata dancing is beyond side to side steps...It's being ONE with the music.I didn't realize it then, but in my 12 years of dancing bachata, it had become an eye-opening journey. Based on my extensive research, my article, "Bachata Dance, an innovative approach" (search google), I wrote how innovation as an intensive process, a journey, a life changing experience.Today, as I travel the world over, teaching bachata, I have seen and experienced it all; Dominican bachata, bachatango, European style, Modern, Moderna, tracidional, bachata rueda, the lists goes on and on...bachata has grown and is growing fast!Bachata is also now being recognized by DJs, clubs, Latin promoters, Grammys, and mind you, even the current president of the United States (Obama honors Aventura, search google).How is bachata suppose to be danced anyways?From what I've seen so far, bachata is danced with different interpretations. Most...