6-Week Bachata Fundamentals

Join us for six weeks with Chad Detoski, learning 3 different styles of Bachata; Dominican, Modern, and Sensual. throughout the course, you'll learn the intricacies of each style, and have time to practice with peers and experts alike! By the end of the course, you'll be certified to access specialty workshops AND have access to our online course, allowing you to practice and perfect your moves at home.

This is a great way to connect with a community, meet new people, and have fun learning something new! Hope to see you on the dance floor!

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📍 Dance Life Calgary | 2312 4 St SW (Mission)
🗓 6 Weeks | Tuesdays | Sept 17 - Oct 22
🕒 8 PM - 9:30 PM

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🟣 Sept 17 | Bachata Fundamentals
🟢 Sept 24 | Traditional Dominican Bachata
🔵 Oct 1 | Modern Bachata
🟡 Oct 8 | Review & Practice
🔴 Oct 15 | Bachata Sensual
🟠 Oct 22 | Review & Practice

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🙏 Partner Dynamics | Quality of Touch with your partner
🌀 Kinesthetics | Improving the 3 T's (Travel, Turns, Tilts)
📜 History | Bachata's evolution from Bolero to Zouk
🎶 Musicality | Melody vs Rhythms like Derecho and Majao
💃 Expression | Your own unique voice as lead and follow
👀 Dance Etiquette | Reading body language

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💵 Investment is $160 | No refunds 48 hours before the series
🫱🏼‍🫲🏻 Partner discount | 1 lead 1 follow is $300

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🇩🇴 T͟r͟a͟d͟i͟t͟i͟o͟n͟a͟l͟ ͟B͟a͟c͟h͟a͟t͟a͟
Influenced by Iberian, African, and Indigenous cultures. Bachata is a traditional genre of music & dance originating from the Dominican Republic, developed during a time of government and media censorship. Bachata once disparaged for its association with the “unsophisticated”, is now a Nostalgic keepsake for many Latin cultures.

🇩🇴 M͟o͟d͟e͟r͟n͟ ͟B͟a͟c͟h͟a͟t͟a͟
As Dominican people migrated outside the Dominican Republic, the opportunity for Bachata’s commercialization would take the genre to new heights. Combining rhythmic elements of Bachata music with elements of Western music, Fusion genres would arise. Modern Bachata Dancing is influenced by elements in Salsa, ballroom, and tango.

🇪🇸 S͟e͟n͟s͟u͟a͟l͟ ͟B͟a͟c͟h͟a͟t͟a͟
A fusion style developed in Spain with an increasing following outside the Dominican Republic, this style focuses on body waves and isolations similar to Brazilian Zouk. Sensual Bachata dancing is often done with both Modern Bachata music and non-Bachata music that a DJ or producer remixed to include elements and instruments specific to Bachata music, such as the bongo drum.