Bachata is to the Dominican Republic what jazz is to the United States of America. It is a genre of music but it is also a dance and a vector of Bachata is to the Dominican Republic what jazz is to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once viewed by elites with disdain, bachata has become popular worldwide. Erika Santelices/AFP via Getty Images What began as ...

June is busting out all over and the featured dance from the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) will be Bachata, taught by Harry and Dottie Adams. The Bachata is a vibrant and passionate genre of ...

Arriving in a sunset-drenched Santo Domingo, I’m enchanted by the lyrical rhythms of bachata music floating from car speakers, corner stores and homes in the Dominican Republic’s cosmopolitan capital ...

A superb new collection of vintage bachata singles is titled Bachata Roja: Amor y Amargue, and indeed the music itself was originally called amargue — which means "bitterness" — for its slow-moving ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Wilfredo José Burgos Matos is an Adjunct Assistant ...