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  2. Bachata (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Description. Bachata is a social couple dance with a lead and follow that can be performed in open, semi-closed or closed position. The basic step involves an eight-count side-to-side movement, with many variations and styles that can be added. On counts 4 and 8, bachata includes an exaggerated hip check that gives it a characteristic look and ...

  3. Bachata (music) - Wikipedia

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    Bachata arose in the poor and working class areas of the country. During the 1960s and early 1970s, while bachata was known as amargue music, it was seen as music of the lower class by middle-upper-class Dominicans. The genre's popularity rose in the 1980s and early 1990s when the rhythm began to reach the mainstream media.

  4. Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music

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    Popular Music and Society. 24 (2): 172–175. Morris, Nancy (1999). "Bachata: a social history of a Dominican popular music". Latin American research review. 34 (1): 187–200 – via Gale Group. "Rumba: Dance and Social Change in Contemporary Cuba; Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music". Hemisphere. 9 (1). Miami: 50. December ...

  5. Romeo Santos Is Both a Bachata Innovator and a Proud ... - AOL

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    When Romeo Santos became the first Latino artist to sell out two consecutive shows at Yankees Stadium in 2014, it was clear he was a force to be reckoned with. Starting with his teenage days in ...

  6. Music of Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Bachata is more recent arrival, arriving in the first half of the 20th century, [8] taking influences from the bolero and derived from the country's rural guitar music. Bachata has evolved and risen in popularity over the last 40 years in the Dominican Republic and other areas (such as Puerto Rico) with the help of artists such as Antony Santos ...

  7. Music of the Dominican Republic - Wikipedia

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    However, the release of Juan Luis Guerra's Bachata Rosa album in the early 1990s propelled bachata into the mainstream, eventually surpassing merengue in both popularity and album sales. [6] Despite this, bachata flourished and has now gained worldwide acceptance. One of the most popular bands making bachata music was the former band Aventura. [7]

  8. List of Caribbean music genres - Wikipedia

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    The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Here provides a list of Jamaican/Jamaican influenced music genres, sub genres and derivative forms: Ska. Rocksteady.

  9. Traditional bachata - Wikipedia

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    Traditional bachata is a subgenre of Bachata music genre. It refers to the acoustic style of bachata that was popular in the Dominican Republic from the 1960s until about 1990. For most of that period, bachata was performed with two nylon string guitars (often with fishing line for string), an acoustic upright bass or marimbula, maracas, and ...