(Bachazouk) Jack & Jill hip-heavy moves ✨ how bachata and zouk say it differently! Kyungsoo & Sana Sunday Bachazouk Class

“In bachata we use the breath. You go down as you exhale — that's your up and down, right?”

CONTEXTCHOA's note: in zouk the leader's height stays level with the ground, but in bachata the breath is what creates the up and down

“I'm not even holding her upper body. The connection is almost all lower body.”

CONTEXTCHOA's note: a technical point during a lead/connection demo — connecting through the lower body without an upper-body hold

“If you double it, you get there right at this moment — and that's interpreting the music.”

CONTEXTCHOA's note: explaining that doubling up a step's timing is one way of interpreting the music

“The more you use dips — short ones, heavy ones — the more people say you're dancing like real bachata.”

CONTEXTCHOA's note: explaining that controlling the depth and weight of dips is what creates bachata's signature feel