Bachata

about 20 years ago the Latin genre of music known as bachata was undesirable in its country of origin. Bachata is known as guitar music that originated in the Dominican Republic during the 1920s around the time when dictator, Rafael Trujillo, took over. The Dominican Republic is right next to Haiti and close neighbors with Cuba. The capital is Santo Domingo and also the largest city in the country. Like many other styles of Latin music bachata came from the poorest social class in the country, it

According to him, growing up around both musical genres influenced him to develop a passion for the music. At the same time, it had a big influence on the music he likes and interprets. By my own experience, as a proud Dominican, I could say we have Bachata and Merengue in our blood. Those genres are part of our identity and culture, which shape our views in terms of music. Both genres are characterized by their unique rhythms, and specific ways for dancing. This caused many people to get interested

paper will be comparing and contrasting Merengue Tipico music, which is a type of merengue, and bachata music of the Dominican Republic. Merengue and Bachata are the two most popular music genres in the Dominican Republic. These two kinds of music represent the Dominican Republic and its people. Many Dominicans have taken their music and traditions to different parts of the world. Mainly, the Bachata and Merengue have expanded to different cities of the United States and Latin America. Although both

Merengue is the official dance and music of the Dominican Republic. While Merengue has been part of the Dominican culture since the 19th century, it was in the mid 1030s that Merengue became the dominant dance and music of the island. What makes Merengue so special is that it manage to raise from a considered “low-quality” music to an international sensation that not only dominated the radios stations all over the island but influenced all over North and South America. The toxicant beats had everyone

Origins and routines of bachata music and dance Latin America is rife with cultural and social traditions that can be traced back generations. Many of these traditions have roots in the grandeur and hardship of the societies from which they spawned. The bachata denomination of dance and music came from the Dominican Republic, and bears scars from the hardships of rural life. Over a span of about fifty years the genre has grown from songs passed from player to player and played in brothels

As my second quarter taking salsa, I still find it exhilarating. I still want to improve on salsa and bachata. I enjoyed the lessons for salsa and bachata during the showcase because I got to learn some really cool moves for those dances. Even though this is my last quarter in UCSD, I will try to continue improving on my salsa and bachata. My goal is to become comfortable enough to social dance a whole song without thinking too much about what to do next. I want everything to feel natural and just

The genre bachata was developed in the Caribbean island of Dominican Republic. This genre was created based on boleros (slow-tempo Latin music), son cubanos, waltzes, Mexican music and merengue. Bachata is well known as love and depressing songs in which many people describe them self with this genre. At one point back in the earlier 1960s, bachata was considered vulgar and low-class. “Acceptance of the music has increased significantly in the last two decades, although some dominicans, both individuals

doesn’t leave a written history trail it is assumed, but not proven, to have originated over 2500 years ago. However, dance continues to evolve even today. Take for example the odissi dance from India that is almost two thousand years old versus the bachata dance from Dominican Republic that is only about 50 years old. Both of these dances originated in complete separate parts of the world at very

factors and to this day influence specific groups. On an international latino level, this specific community has become highly recognized in today’s world. The Latin Music consists of many sub genres but the most influential ones are Reggaeton, Salsa, Bachata, Samba and Mariachi and Tango

of the Bachata music genre. Before making his two solo albums he was the singer leader of the band Aventura. He gave a live concert on June 20, 2015, at the American Airlines Arena located on 601 Biscayne Blvd of his tour vol2 that I was able to assist. He performed twenty pieces during the concert including some of his most famous songs. “Cancioncitas de amor”, “Yo tambien”, and “Eres mia” were three different pieces that allowed the audience to experience different styles of the Bachata genre.