10 Techniques to Master BACHATA by Marius | Improve your Bachata in 2024

[@mma93067]

Honestly this gotta be the best channel to learn all aspects of bachata

[@MariusElenaBachata]

Thank youuu :D We try to make it the best, free and accessible source of information about bachata :D

[@DHofmann]

So important and entertaining at the same time. I never get bored watching your videos til the end.

[@MariusElenaBachata]

Thank youuuu :D

[@xploder5758]

Finally some clear and basic infos. about the techniques ty Marius

[@MariusElenaBachata]

Thank you. Hopefully it’s gonna help a lot of dancers😇

[@BWater-yq3jx]

I've realized after watching this that most people I see doing Bachata socially aren't really dancing Bachata. They're just stepping through turn patterns. I'm going to just focus on this basic movement for a few weeks.

[@BWater-yq3jx]

This might be helpful to others: I broke down the movement slowly into a count of 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & Practised without music at first, then on very slow tracks that are almost half the speed of typical bachata music. Just stepping in one direction continually, then coming back the other way. What really helped me to get this, is to count the steps on the beat and the hip movement off the beat. So... (Hip) Step Hip Step Hip etc ( & ) 1 & 2 & Get that going, then add the chest/arms. Then do the regular basic left & right with the tap. 😁👍

[@BWater-yq3jx]

In order of tempo, some of the tracks I used... Hey Now - Romare Jealous Guy - Donny Hathaway Through the night - 6th Borough Project All on a Spotify playlist - Slow Funk Mix

[@AH-xh5uo]

The small nuances that make the difference between a robot and a passionate bachata dancer. Great tips, thank you Marius.

[@MariusElenaBachata]

My pleasure :D

[@enesay3374]

This video should be in bachata university if there is exist one 🤣 🤩🤩

[@MariusElenaBachata]

Hmmm... Good idea. I should make a Bachata University if i win the lottery :D

[@ProfessorTzoul]

appreciate it

[@BWater-yq3jx]

I watched your original version of this from 5 years ago, just yesterday. This is a good update. 👍

[@MariusElenaBachata]

Hey, thanks! I actually thought of this as an update :P Goona have to find the old video and put a card on it for the updated version.

[@frilipp1348]

do you also go other salsa vods in your analysis series?

[@MariusElenaBachata]

I can also do Salsa, yes.

[@MrRusee44]

This is the one of the Best video of the channel! Thank you To be honest what I'd like to see more is analizing dances from the members. It was amazing few weeks ago. Plus, I don't find many good videos about home practicing (in front of the mirror) sensual moves. Thank you All the Best!

[@MariusElenaBachata]

As much as I can I will keep up with that project as well. If only the day would have 50 hours =)) About practicing sensual moves (solo) I am creating a playlist with warm-ups/practice videos. I will add unto that things like waves, isolations etc training session you can do alone.

[@BWater-yq3jx]

* analyzing. analizing sounds like something completely different, lol. 😬

[@PDonovanTango]

amazing thank you

[@andressolanoalvarez9504]

Great video. So clear

[@MariusElenaBachata]

Thx. Big hug :D

[@amax2020]

Superbă explicația!!! 😱🤩 Abia aștept să exersez mișcările ca să văd ce iese. 🤩

[@MariusElenaBachata]

La cat mai multe :D

[@Julia.WildNothing]

I'm so tired of looking like a frickn duck when I dance. 😅 My pelvic tilt is crazy. Can you make a longer video for this? Seem like a common problem for many followers! Like in close position, I'm ducking like crazy. 🦆😁 Not pretty, and my lower back gets completely... fucked! 😄 Love you guys!! ❤️💕 Thank you.

[@MariusElenaBachata]

Definitely will do a video. Until then, what I can recommend are exercises. Usually any tilt is because of an area being tensed and one being to relaxed. In general, to fix that you need to do exercises for the opposite side. So, to tense the relaxed part, and relax the tensed part. This isn't medical advice, and a kinetotherapist will greatly help you more. :D

[@Julia.WildNothing]

@MariusElenaBachata Thank you for the reply! Will continue practice this and try to be aware of it in the dance! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Pls come to Sweden one day! 🥳 Thank you ❤️

[@MariusElenaBachata]

@@Julia.WildNothing Thank you :P Maybe we will come. Gonna let our manager know that Sweden wants us :P The paradox of the dance world is that teachers don't travel to teach as much entertainers travel to... teach =))

[@BWater-yq3jx]

Not helped by the fact that women are encouraged to arch their backs and stick their butts out. As he kinda said, you need to reverse that by bracing the core and lifting the pelvis the other way. This is fundamental in arts like Tai Chi; bending the knees also, helps to get your hips back under your body.

[@henry7330]

Amazing you keep producing the best bachata content, loving it since 2019 (since the GoT final season 😄, no idea how you even remembered that reference)

[@MariusElenaBachata]

Wow, thank you! My ADHD brain remembers all the stupid things, but can't remember the combo I learned yesterday =)))))

[@AN-us2en]

Where do i get such a fancy t-shirt? :D

[@frilipp1348]

should i also step on the inside edge of my feet like in some ballroom latin dances?

[@MariusElenaBachata]

No. Different techniques. If you have professional training in ballroom then you can adapt that technique, otherwise don't use it because without proper training your mess up your legs.

[@frilipp1348]

@@MariusElenaBachata interesting thank you

[@Andrey-s6w]

❤❤❤

[@zorianasnovida9588]

Please link tutorial for chest

[@MariusElenaBachata]

Ohhh I forgot about that. Gonna fix it

[@entomb91]

At tip 5 can you please explain to me why ladies do the exact opposite and try to arch their back as much as possible?

[@MariusElenaBachata]

Because... social media. It's not healthy nor necessarily to arch it like that. But... people without proper dance training (anatomy, technique, etc...) just do it because it looks better. Also, there are some persons that have a forward tilt, which is a "defect" and they have the lower back over-arched, but that's again... not healthy.

[@BWater-yq3jx]

To accentuate their butt, especially if they don't have much of one. 😉

[@entomb91]

​@@BWater-yq3jxyeah, but in my opinion they look like dancing ducks

[@BWater-yq3jx]

​@@entomb91 Yes one of the other comments refers to exactly that, lol. Though it can be done in such a way as to appear less duck-like. 😄

[@frilipp1348]

i thought the sensual and the 8 are the same?

[@MariusElenaBachata]

Nope. Definitely not. There are even more ways of moving the hips, but the "sensual" is when you push straight as you touch the floor. The 8 is different. ALso for the dominican there are more variations, but I was trying to keep it as simple as possible.

[@frilipp1348]

@@MariusElenaBachata where can i find out about this cause I only knew about side to side by bending and stretching plus the 8

[@MariusElenaBachata]

@@frilipp1348 Do you mean about the difference in more details? Because in the video I showed the difference and explained the concept. Or is there something specific you are thinking about?

[@UpInYourGrills]

I wouldn't go as far as to use the term "master" as it takes far more than these beginner/intermediate tips than these, but great tips for a solid foundation!

[@MariusElenaBachata]

It's true that there is more than this to master but 2 reasons for the thumbnail : 1. if we don't use what youtube recommends, we don't reach dancers (youtube actually gives us thumbail a/b testing and this was the one that won). So, I don't want to click bait (putting naked girls on the thumbnails which exists in our niche lol, or over hyped thumbanils) but we can't either put "10 Techniques to learn" - this was the other thumbnail which failed :P We do what we have too :)) 2. These are not beginner/intermediate tips. This are the fundamentals (not all of them). I can show you "advanced" dancers that lack majority of these.