BACHATA

About Bachata

• Bachata originated in the Dominican Republic.
• Originally upper class men looked down on the dance saying it was for "little people", country folk, and the uneducated.
• It almost wasn't a dance anymore

About Bachata

• It slowley started to come to New York with a help of Luis Vargas and Antony Santos
• Popular now and also around the 1980s
• Many types of styles of Bachata

Dominican Republic

New York