Bachata dancing

 1 2 3 Tap .  Before i knew it i was dancing the latin dance bachata .  Bachata dance is a beautiful partner dance from Dominican republic . These days it is catching up in india along with dances like salsa which many have heard and Kizomba dance which very few may have heard .  These dances unlike other dances require lot of non verbal communication between dance partners . Salsa is fast paced , bachata is intermediate paced generally and kizomba is slower in some ways . 

It has been a journey learning the steps of these dances and never in my life has there been so much information put into me in such a short time . And though some of my friends had long ago warned me never to take up dancing ( they were jealous :) )  really it was challenging to learn some of the steps . Swimming , driving , martial arts , music , radiology all were much easier in early learning stage but till i got the hang of it ( still learning) dancing was no easy piece of cake . Reading google dr it is found that partner dancing though interesting is no cake walk for males in the early stages .This is because they have to learn a lot of things in the earlier stages . Not only dance properly, they have to initiate which steps to take and the followers do the initiated steps. Also in crowded dance floors without becoming territorial have to protect the space of dancing without clashing with the dancing pair in neighbouring areas.  

Though there is lot of work in the initial stages the results are amazing . Other than some degree of coffee addiction this is one of the things that has me addicted . Not only there is the joy of  doing an art form automatically you are exercising . In addition you meet a lot of interesting people . This includes both your fellow territorial males (remember the dancing space we have to protect :) ) and the women followers . I have met a person from japan who has become a good friend who came to classes during holidays , many software engineers , doctors in short a range of professionals who have taken up this interesting hobby .  

My body awareness has improved and that has both physical and psychological benefits . Also started seeing new places thanks to salsa and bachata festivals . Bachata music is also very addictive and many of the remixed songs like senorita etc are hits by themselves . Will write more on this topic some other time . As of now 1 2 3 tap . Thats how the steps go for bachata . So let me tap and end this small blog . 

I would suggest please see videos of senorita song bachata remix on youtube by cornel and rithika . I attended one session by them too . Very friendly and good teachers . 

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