Why the name Salsatricity? When we started nearly 10 years ago there was minimal Bachata …and no Kizomba classes or clubs in the UK so originally just taught Salsa but from day1 played Bachata Cha Cha and Merengue too in the club….and always created a dance storm generating a lot of energy…..but we love dance so we have grown from then We were one of the first to provide classes in Bachata and Kizomba and a place to dance….. and want dance to be for all…and tonight we are adding Cali again…xx we believe in dance and the power of dance and proving excellent lessons in a number of levels and genre and a place to dance where you can come to dance..what ever your level…what ever your background in dance…we are not a bar or restaurant/cafe with a dance school attached we are the dance school and party night with a bar attached…so we are doing it for dance…for dance sake… xxxx and now managed to secure 2 halls for every Saturday

Another dance genre with an 8 beat count, Bachata emphasises the pause with a hip ‘wiggle’ or ‘hick flick!’

Originating in the Dominican republic it can either be a sensuous or as ‘hectic’ as the salsa scene.

FOR NOW WIKIPEDIA DEFINITION!!

“Bachata is a style of dance that originated in the Dominican Republic. It is danced widely all over the world but not identically.

The basics to the dance are three-step with a Cuban hip motion, followed by a tap including a hip movement on the 4th beat. The knees should be slightly bent so the performer can sway the hips easier. Generally, most of the dancer’s movement is in the lower body up to the hips, and the upper body moves much less.

In partnering, the lead can decide whether to perform in open or closed position. Dance moves, or step variety, during performance strongly depends on the music (such as the rhythms played by the different instruments), setting, mood, and interpretation. Unlike Salsa, Bachata dance does not usually include complex turn patterns but they are used more and more as the dance evolves. The leading is done just like in most other social dances, with a “pushing and pulling” hand and arm communication. Hand and arm communication is better conveyed when most of the movement is performed by the lower body (from waist down); i.e. hips and footwork.

The original dance style from the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean is a basic dance sequence in a full 8 count moving within a square. Dancers in the Western World later began developing a more simple pattern and added dance elements from other dances as well, the basic is also in a full 8 count, but with a side-to-side motion. Both Styles consist of 3 steps normal and then a tap step. The tap is often accompanied by a “pop” of the hips, and is sometimes substituted with syncopations (steps in between the beats – some similar to cha-cha-cha steps and others much different). Bachata music has an accent in rhythm at every fourth count. Often, this is when dancers will tap-step & pop their hips – this is called dancing bachata to the basic rhythm of the music (because the first step after the pop falls on the 1st beat of the measure). But bachata can be danced to different timings as well if it’s danced to one particular instrument instead. The tab or ‘pop’ is done in the opposite direction of the last step, while the next step is taken on the same direction as the tap or pop. The dance direction changes after the tap or fourth step.”