Bachata Curriculum
Basics (5 Weeks)
level-0
Goal: Foundation, basic steps, and simple partner connections and social combinations
Foundation
- Basics & Solo Foundation
- Partner Connection Basics
- Simple Turns & Arm Patterns
- Social Basics & Musicality
- Assessment & Repetition
Beginner (5 Weeks)
level-1
Goal: Foundation, basic steps, and simple partner connections and social combinations
Social Basics
- Rompe Delante and Exit
- Block in 5 and Shadow Position
- Basic Waves and Hip Rolls
- Hammerlock and Culito, Bretzel and Wave
- Assessment & Repetition
Improver (15 Weeks)
level-2
Goal: Clean basics, basic musicality, space usage, shadow position intro, sensual basics
Module 1: Sensual Basics (5 Weeks)
- Basic Circular Movements
- Hips, Culito & hammerlock
- Cambre & twist
- Flatback & shoulder rolls
- Assessment & Repetition
Module 2: Turns, Musicality & Isolations (5 Weeks)
- Bass Step, TapTap, Slide, Box Step
- Traveling basics (Paseos)
- Basic wave and side wave
- Intros with waves, hip rolls
- Assessment & Repetition
Module 3: Positioning & Transitions (5 Weeks)
- Rompe delante in shadow
- Block in 5 with transitions
- Shadow position variations
- Lasso into shadow
- Assessment & Repetition
Improver Intermediate (15 Weeks)
level-3
Goal: improver turn variations, improver musicality, direction changes (open doors-madrid), improver bachata sensual
Module 1: Improver Turning & Direction Changes (5 Weeks)
- Prep turn & Shadow Turns variations
- Delayed turn & Bretzel
- Inverse turns
- Use of Elasticity in turns & walking
- Assessment & Repetition
Module 2: Diagonal - Madrid - Open Doors Step (5 Weeks)
- Madrid Step
- Madrid Step variations & Open doors
- Shadow Position with Madrid & Open Doors
- Basic Musicality: Majao, Derecho, Mambo
- Assessment & Repetition
Module 3: Bachata Sensual (5 Weeks)
- Introductions & Sensual Basic Repetitions
- Basic Transitions - Dancing to melody vs. percussion
- Chess isolations & pinzas - Recognizing different instruments
- Accents & Dynamics: legato vs staccato
- Assessment & Repetition
Intermediate I (15 Weeks)
level-4
Goal: Advanced turns, tradicional musicality & technique, bachata sensual intermediate techniques, and bachazouk fundamentals
Module 1: Bachata Moderna & Tradicional (5 Weeks)
- Double Turn & 1 Leg Turn
- Madrid & Elastico
- Bachata Traditional Turns
- Bachata Traditional Footwork & Blocking Technique
- Assessment & Repetition
Module 2: Bachata Sensual (5 Weeks)
- Inverse Wave
- Hiproll to Head Movements
- Twist Headmovements
- Sensual Movement Transitions
- Assessment & Repetition
Module 3: Bachazouk Basics (5 Weeks)
- Infinity Energy - Circular Movement
- Bachazouk turns: walking vs spot turning
- Dive in turn
- Bachazouk Transitions
- Assessment & Repetition
Intermediate Advanced (15+ Weeks)
level-5
Goal: Advanced moderna, sensual, and bachazouk techniques
Bachata Traditional Intermediate (15+ Weeks)
level-4-traditional
Goal: Bachata tradicional advanced techniques with musicality & styling
Bachazouk (15+ Weeks)
level-5
Goal: Advanced bachazouk technique and transitions