Bachata Shines
Learn 50 popular bachata shine steps to spice up your Bachata dancing.
Shines are pieces of fancy footwork that will take your Bachata dancing to the next level. They can be used to shine independently in the context of a partner dance (similar to Salsa Shines), but they can also be used to add style to your footwork when dancing with your partner.
Given that shines can be danced solo or while maintaining social distancing, they're the perfect way to keep dancing (or start dancing) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this comprehensive online course, you will learn more than 50 different shine steps that you can use to spice up your social Bachata dancing. In addition, you will learn how satisfying shines are structured so that you can confidently improvise your own on the dance floor.
The shines in this course will primarily be taught in the Lead's timing, starting on the left foot, but we'll also show you how you can easily convert each of these steps into the Follow's timing.
Welcome to Bachata Shines!
How We Teach
Course Overview
Intro to Bachata Music
Basic
Basic with Cross in Front
Basic with Cross Behind
Basic with Touch in Front
Basic with Touch Behind
Basic with Touch to the Side
Basic in "1-2-3-4-and" Timing
Basic with Fallaway "4-and"
Basic with Crossover "4-and"
Basic in "1-and-3-4" Timing
Forward and Back Basics
Box Step
Corner Step
Left Turn
Right Turn
Left and Right Turns
Right and Left Turns
Backing Right Turn
Backing Left Turn
Double Right Turn
Double Left Turn
Away and Re-Turn
Bounced Right Turn
Bounced Left Turn
Continuous Bounced Turns
Instant Left Turn
Instant Right Turn
Quick Double Left Turn
Quick Double Right Turn
Step Touches
L Touches
Crossover Step Touches
Fallaway Step Touches
Interrupted Left and Right Turns
Triple Taps
Heel-Toe Step
Touch Steps
Touch Step Heel-Toe Combo
Break Steps
Touch and Go
Side and Cross
Reverse Basic
Reverse Basic with Sweeps
Cross Touch (Flare)
Here's a preview of some of the music this course will teach you to dance to:
In this course, you'll learn more than 50 different Bachata shine steps through more than three hours of step-by-step instruction. While each shine will initially be taught in the Lead's timing, you'll also learn how to convert each shine into the Follow's. In addition, you will learn how to incorporate shines into your social dancing, how to improvise new shines and dance more musically, and how to incorporate body styling.
In our online classes, everyone gets the best view, instead of having to crane their neck to see what the teacher is doing. In addition, when learning online, you can watch the lessons over and over again (now, and any time in the future), as well as rewinding or slowing down the video if you need more help with a particular step.
In developing this course, we evaluated hundreds of shine steps we could teach you, then picked only the very best ones: the ones that we see the most often on the dance floor, the ones that our students most enjoy dancing, and the ones that will most useful for you to know in the future. Then, once we had a list of the very best shines, we thought long and hard about the most effective ways we could help you learn each one. As opposed to many other online sources of shines where you might only get a quick demonstration of the step, in the 3 hours of instruction you will receive in this course, you'll actually get a step-by-step breakdown of each individual shine as well as many specific tips about the finer points of dancing them.