THE HISTORY OF BACHATA - DOCUMENTARY MUSIC & DANCE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Historia De Bachata Documental

Mainly known as the most sensual music and dance in the world, Bachata reflects the Latin spirit amazingly with romantic lyrics, passionate grooves, and attractive movements. Bachata is a genre of music that originated in the Dominican Republic. Bachata a great way for any tourist to get into the culture and onto the dance floor to get their groove on and join in the fun of the dance. Bachata is a very sensual dance. Intense swaying of the hips with rhythmic syncopation of the feet contrast still shoulders and minimal upper body movement. It has moved beyond the island of the Dominican Republic and its rhythm and beats have taken the world by storm, filling clubs and dancehalls throughout the United States, Europe, Africa and worldwide.
The first recorded compositions of bachata were done by José Manuel Calderón in 1962 ("Borracho de amor") from the Dominican Republic. Bachata originates from bolero and son (and later, from the mid-1980s, merengue). The original term used to name the genre was amargue ("bitterness", "bitter music" or "blues music"), until the mood-neutral term bachata became popular. The form of dance, bachata, also developed with the music. Bachata arose in the poor and working-class areas of the country. Bachata's instrumentation changed from nylon string Spanish guitar and maracas of traditional bachata to the electric steel string and guira of modern bachata.
The typical bachata group consists of five instruments: requinto (lead guitar), segunda (rhythm guitar), bass guitar, bongos and güira. In the 1960s and 1970s, maracas were used instead of güira. The change in the 1980s from maracas to the more versatile güira was made as bachata was becoming more dance oriented.
Soon enough, José Manuel Calderón recorded "Borracho de amor" and "Que será de mi (Condena)"). Following Calderon's bachata debut, recordings by the likes of such as Rodobaldo Duartes, Rafael Encarnacion, Ramoncito Cabrera, El Chivo Sin Ley, Corey Perro, Antonio Gómez Sacero, Luis Segura, Louis Loizides, Eladio Romero Santos, Ramón Cordero were also released. Ramon Pichardo, an entrepreneur, offered bachateros the option to finance records-paying the service fee in installments-and publish them on a record label. Singers such as Melinda Rodriguez and Tatico Henríquez were a few of the rural artists who were able to take advantage of this opportunity and start careers in the Dominican music industry.
Radio Guarachita, hosted by Radhamés Aracena in 1966, broadcast popular bachata songs and worked with bachateros to produce music.
The popularity of bachata music steadily rose during the 1970s and 1980s but Bachateros were still barred from performing in upper-class venues.
By the 1980s, different styles of Bachata music began to appear. Blas Durán took la musica de amargue and "introduced musical innovations such as an electric rather than acoustic lead guitar, faster tempi, and multitrack recording. "Durán was the first to record with electric guitar in his 1987 bachata-merengue song, "Mujeres hembras. Other Dominican bachateros that emerged from this time period were Marino Perez and Leonardo Paniagua. Beyond the Dominican Republic, Dominican people continued to migrate outside the Dominican Republic years after Trujillo's death, carrying bachata music with them where they went such as New York City.
By the early 1990s, the sound was further modernized, and the bachata scene was dominated by two new artists: Luis Vargas and Antony Santos. Both incorporated a large number of bachata-merengues in their repertoires. Santos, Vargas and the many new style bachateros who would follow achieved a level of stardom that was unimaginable to the bachateros who preceded them-they were the first generation of pop bachata artists. It was also at this time that bachata began to emerge internationally as a music of Hispanic dancehalls. Juan Luis Guerra's Grammy-winning 1992 release, Bachata Rosa, is credited with making the genre more acceptable and helping bachata achieve legitimacy and international recognition.
Aventura took bachata to the next level. Led by lead singer Anthony "Romeo" Santos, they revolutionized and modernized the genre. They released countless top ten hits on the hot Latin charts including two number one hits "Por un segundo" and "Dile al Amor". Other big bachata acts in the decade included "Monchy y Alexandra" and Los Toros Band.
And finally, many different artists produced Bachata songs, including Deja Vu by Shakira, Promise by Usher and Loco by Enrique Iglesias.
Bachata is one of the most famous Latin music and dance styles today. With romantic lyrics, beautiful melodies built around guitar, and sensual dances, Bachata offers many new horizons to musicians and dancers of all levels. We hope that this video helped you understand Bachata better and inspires you to get out there and enjoy it!

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Wow, I am only 8 minutes and wow! Amazing.

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Awesome documentary! I've been waiting a long time for something this well researched about bachata! 🎶💯👍

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440 JLG sounded like Mr. Salaman and Jose Miguel Class "el gallito de Manatí". Singers from the 50's. José M Class mixed ranchera with bolero creating a very peculiar sound which feels like bachata.

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DR was influenced by México too. DR and many other countries in Latin America had those same influences. That’s why in Ecuador they had the same bolero style, but it was in DR that it evolved into what we now call “bachata”.