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 emotions. It is said it is a way for Dominicans to express their joy, their pain, their suffering.

“In the Samana peninsula the Dominicans recall the history of this dance which is so popular in Europe,” explained euronews correspondent Raphaele Tavernier in the Dominican Republic.

“Actually there is a lot of Dominican people who still do not like Bachata because Bachata used to be illegal in the Dominican Republic and it was considered a vulgar and sensual dance that shouldn’t be danced by people of high class and it was very lowly to do it.

‘So there is still a stigma to Bachata and it is still isn’t as popular as the national dance which is Merengue. But it is growing more and more thanks to Romeo Santos and Juan Luis Guerra who have taken Bachata all over the world,” pointed out Rudy El Tiguere Director “Island Touch Dance Academy”.