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Bachata Fundamentals - 9 Lessons to Dance with Confidence

Go from zero experience to a confident social dancer. Learn timing, connection, technique, and musicality directly from world-renowned instructors Marco & Sara. Short, focused lessons. Practical drills. Real social results.

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Basics • Connection • Musicality

Master the 3 Skills That Unlock Social Dancing

Basics

Nail Your Basics

Learn a variety of basic hips, moves and concepts to help you find the rhythm and enjoy social without panic.

Connection

Lead/Follow with Connection

Frame, tone, and clear signals that feel smooth – clean preps, turns, and popular steps you can use on any social floor.

Musicality

Move with Musicality

Hear the energy changes, add simple body movement, and choose when to travel or pause with confidence.

What you'll get

Turn Beginner Steps into Real Social Skills

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Understand the Bachata Basics

Build a clear foundation of Bachata steps, posture, and rhythm so every move feels grounded and intentional.

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Move Your Hips in Various Ways

Explore different hip actions and variations so you can express the music instead of just walking through steps.

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Execute Simple Body Movements

Add easy, structured body movement so you look fluid and natural instead of stiff or overthinking.

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Lead/Follow with Clear Frame

Lead and follow partnerwork with clean frame, prep, and flow so your partner always knows what’s coming.

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Read the Music’s Dynamics

Recognize energy changes in the music and adjust your steps, travel, and movement quality naturally.

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Grasp Basic Musicality

Understand chorus vs. verse so your energy and movements match the music’s storytelling.

Bachata Fundamentals
Course Snapshot

A Short, Powerful Training You Can Finish in One Sitting

Get everything you need to start dancing with confidence—without hours of overlong lessons or confusing theory.

9 Core Lessons
62 Minutes
Short and Focused
Class duration between 5 to 10 minutes
Meet Your International Bachata Instructors

International Artists. Thousands of Dancers Trained.
Real Social Results.

This course isn’t theory from a textbook. It’s distilled from a decade of teaching and performing around the world—what actually helps dancers feel calm, clear, and confident on a real social floor.

Marco & Sara
10+
years teaching experience
30+
countries & festivals
100k+
students online & in-person
Who This Course Is For

Perfect if you're...

If any of these sound like you, this program is built to give you clarity, structure, and real progress on the social floor.

Beginner Dancer

You’re a Complete Beginner

A complete beginner who wants clarity without overwhelm and needs to build strong foundations from the very first step.

Rebuilding Foundations

You’re Rebuilding Your Foundations

You’ve taken classes before but feel gaps in timing, tension, or confidence. You want to fix bad habits and feel in control again.

Focused Progress

You Want Focused, Real Progress

You value clean technique over copying moves and want a clear, structured path with short, consistent practice to build real skill.

Course Curriculum

Here’s EVERYTHING You Get Inside Bachata Fundamentals

9 short, focused lessons that guide you step-by-step from basics into confident, musical social dancing.

1. Basic Step

Learn precise foot placement, clear weight transfer, tap, and posture basics for confident movement.

2. Connection

Introduction to open, social, and closed connections—understand contact, tone, and comfort.

3. Basic Turns

Learn left and right turns, prep technique, and clean hand positions for both leaders and followers.

4. Hip Movements

Learn natural, correct hip action and Figure-8 motion without force, and apply them in different frames.

5. Body Movements

Torso and hip dissociation, waves, and movement control without losing balance or breaking frame.

6. Musicality

Verse vs. chorus, music dynamics, and how to dance musically from day one.

7. Transitions

Smoothly link basics, turns, and travel with clean entries, exits, and optimal flow.

8. Diagonal / Madrid Step

Learn the Madrid step with variations: traveling diagonal, angles, lines, and twists.

9. In Practice

Combine everything into a simple, musical routine you can confidently dance in real socials.

STEP BY STEP

Learn from Marco & Sara

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Real Beginners. Real Results.

BACHATA FUNDAMENTALS COURSE

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What Do Other Dancers Say About Our Courses?

★★★★★

This course is a must-do for every teacher! I found the short and focused classes easy to fit into my schedule. I managed to go through it very quickly and go…

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Review by Anna
Anna R.
Bachata Teacher
★★★★★

I love how easy it is to apply all of this in social dancing. As a leader, socials can be challenging and this course helped me a lot. Marco is such an inspiration and to b…

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Review by Lucas
Lucas M.
Social Dancer
★★★★★

I am a beginner and I love watching Marco and Sara on Instagram. I could never attend their classes before—now I can learn from the best even as a…

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Mia S.
Beginner Dancer

FAQ

Yes and No — you can work on the fundamentals alone first, but you will find it beneficial to practice with a partner.

With 20–30 minutes of practice, 3× per week, most beginners report solid confidence in 4–6 weeks.

True beginner to early improver. It’s the foundation we wish everyone had before learning complex moves.

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