25 bachata elements for beginners – Roberto & Magdalena

What 25 elements of bachata should you know how to do to dance beautifully and in a variety of ways. List and names of bachata elements with a video lesson on how to do it.

1. Side to side, in closed and open position – Side to side Basic step
2. Front Basic Steps
3. Box step, square step.
4. Woman’s Turn (inside, overhead)
5. Men’s Turn (inside, waist level)
6. Two-handed pivots (inside, overhead)
7. Pretzel turn with a walk
8. Hammerlock, arm breaker (push-inside with lower arm wrapped around waist)
9. Open-close, tap-step to the side.
10. Side Basics, weight transfers sideways with a figure-eight, in place or with a step-off
11. Changing places, changing positions.
12. Half-turn man, partner moves into inverted position, partner changes feet
13. Bass bounce, syncopated step sideways
14. Changing positions with her inside turn.
15. Breaking forward, in-and-out
16. Walk her, pasela
17. 180/360, prep-turn the pair by half a turn or a full turn
18. Shadow position, inverted position.
19. Half-turned-woman, same upside down, but a different run.
20. Step-tap, step-set to the side
21. Walk-around, she goes around him clockwise when viewed from above
22. Slide, long slide for four counts.
23. Elbow-in, throwing his elbows over her hands.
24. Footfork, a reciprocal step towards the open side of the pairing
25. Windmill turn with continuous prep without throwing hands

The names of the items may differ from school to school, from country to country. Dance bachata to your heart’s content, friends!