[CHOA's Shorterview 17] "Best thing I ever did was get married~" K Jack & Jill champs Daewoo & Sinbalkkeun catch-up (a lil bachata talk too lol not that important)

“I got a lot of chances to watch, right up close, how the people who are really good were growing. Copying them a bit, building my own thing a bit — and it hit me that this is a dance with so much room to be creative in.”

Talking about watching the bachata scene grow while competing

“When you have the fundamentals, that stuff (the creative moves) is so easy — but when you don't, the move itself becomes agony.”

Realizing how much the basic principles matter, watching the creative moves of the dancers who are really good

“I think variety has just been added on — the bachata we dance hasn't actually changed. Traditional bachata, Dominican style, they were already there, and sensual is just one more current in that same flow.”

Talking about where the bachata scene is going and its variety

“I think what matters is building up the capacity to do all of that variety yourself. These days a lot of songs come out where you can express all kinds of things within one single track.”

On the variety within bachata and the range a dancer needs to handle it

“I hope I can become a dancer who can take in all that variety.”

CONTEXTWrapping up on bachata's variety and the attitude a dancer should have