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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.
Master the 3 Skills That Unlock Social Dancing
Basics • Connection • Musicality
Nail Your Basics
Learn a variety of basic hips, moves and concepts to help you find the rhythm and enjoy social without panic.
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.
Move with Musicality
Hear the energy changes, add simple body movement, and choose when to travel or pause with confidence.
By the end, you’ll be able to…
Understand the Bachata Basics.
Move your Hips in various ways.
Execute simple body movements.
Lead/follow core partnerwork with clear frame, prep, and flow.
Recognize different dynamics in the music and have the tools to interpret them.
Grasp Basic musicality: chorus vs. verse.
9 Core Lessons
62 Minutes
Short and Focused
Class Duration between 5 to 10 Minutes
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.
10+
years teaching experience
30+
countries & festivals
100k+
students online & in-person
Perfect if you’re…
A complete beginner who wants clarity without overwhelm.
Need to rebuild foundations properly.
Struggling with timing, tension, or confidence on the social floor.
You want a clear, structured path from first steps to socials.
You value clean technique over copying moves without control.
You need short, consistent practice to build real skill.
Perfect if you’re…
A complete beginner who wants clarity without overwhelm.
Need to rebuild foundations properly.
Struggling with timing, tension, or confidence on the social floor.
You want a clear, structured path from first steps to socials.
You value clean technique over copying moves without control.
You need short, consistent practice to build real skill.
Here’s EVERYTHING You Get Inside Bachata Fundamentals
1. Basic Step
Learn all the details about precise foot placement, clear weight transfer, tap, and the correct posture.
2. Connection
Introduction to the 3 different connections we use: open, social and closed hold.
3. Basic Turns
Right and Left turns for leaders and followers, preparations and turn technique, including hand positions for the leader.
4. Hip Movements
Natural hip action from the correct weight transfer (not forcing). Working on the opposite hip action and adding the Figure‑8 basic. Learn how to lead/follow the different hip movements in different frames.
5. Body Movements
Torso and hip dissociation, simple waves, and how to add movement without breaking balance or frame.
6. Musicality
Introduction to Musicality: verse vs. chorus, change of dynamics and how to be musical from day 1.
7. Transitions
Link basics, turns and travel with smooth entries/exits, including our favorite moves to transition between frames.
8. Diagonal/Madrid Step
Teaching you the step with thousands of variations: traveling diagonal basic (Madrid step): angles, lines, twist.
9. In Practice
Incorporating all the moves into a simple routine, following the musical phrases and change of dynamics.
Learn from Marco & Sara
Real Beginners. Real Results.
BACHATA FUNDAMENTALS COURSE
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OUR REVIEWS
What Do Other Dancers Say About Our Courses?
This course is a must do for every teacher! I found the short and focused classes very easy to just slide into my busy schedule. I managed to go through the course very quickly and got so much value. Foundations get often overlooked and I'm happy I could see Marco and Sara's way of teaching fundamentals.
I love how easy it is to apply all of this in social dancing. As a leader I find socials can be challengingt and this course helped me a lot. Marco is such an inspiration for me and to be able to understand his techniques and basics changes the game!
I am a beginner and I love watching Marco and Sara on Instagram. But I could never do their classes because I didn't have the level. Now I can learn from the best even as a beginner.
FAQ
Do I need a partner?
Yes and No, you can work on the fundamentals alone first but you will find it beneficial to practice with a partner.
How fast will I improve?
With 20–30 minutes of practice, 3× per week, most beginners report solid confidence in 4–6 weeks.
What level is this?
True beginner to early improver. It’s the foundation we wish everyone had before learning complex moves.