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Bachata is a genre of music that originated in the Dominican Republic in the 20th century. It contains elements of European (mainly Spanish music), indigenous Taino and African musical elements, representing the cultural diversity of the Dominican population. [1] The form of dance, bachata, also developed with the music. [2]
"Bachata: A Social History of Dominican Popular Music". Hispanic American Historical Review. 78 (1): 144– 145. - Also at ProQuest; Reily, Suzel Ana (1997). "Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 3 (2): 169– 170. doi:10.2307/3034382. JSTOR 3034382. - Also at Gale Group
From the late 1990s, dancers in the Western world started creating novel dance forms inspired by bachata music. The most well-known example of this is the made-up basic step commonly referred to as the "side-to-side step", which is sometimes accompanied by an exaggerated "pop” of the hips during the tap.
As recently as the 1980s, bachata was considered too vulgar, crude and musically rustic to be broadcast on television or radio in the Dominican Republic. In the 1990s, however, bachata's instrumentation changed from nylon string Spanish guitar and maracas of traditional bachata to the electric steel string and guira of modern bachata.
Cabrera credited their success in part to their early singles' roots in the vallenato genre, noting that vallenato lyrics traditionally are "sweeter [and] more romantic" in contrast to the traditionally bitter lyrics favored in the male-dominated bachata scene. [3] The following year, they released their first live album Unplugged.
Bachatango (often classed as a sensual form of modern bachata) is a style of dance that fuses the four-step Dominican bachata with Argentine tango moves, including elaborated kicks, dips, turns, ganchos, leg wraps and long pauses. The dance is characterized by sensual hip and body movements.
While traditional bachata songs were often risque and suggestive, Raulín Rodríguez's idealized romantic lyrics widened the appeal of the genre of bachata, helping it get regular radio play. [1] Rodriguez is known as "El Cacique" and is one of the most established musicians to ever come from the Dominican Republic.
Dime Si Recuerdas" is a bachata song. A musical bolero -based genre that originated in the Dominican Republic and spread to parts of the world including Latin America while becoming popular in places such as Puerto Rico .