(Bachata) Bate Cabello — the very first thing Raquel ever taught us! Detail profiling unpacked the bachata way · 2023 Raquel Lady Styling Workshop (Organizer: Son Nari)

“It goes to the side, to the side, to the side. So my head moves like this — not from back here.”

CONTEXTExplaining the direction and axis of the head movement, contrasting it with the wrong way

“From the outside it looks like this, but really it's just the visual effect of this twist, twist, twist. What's actually happening is my head is feeling it the whole time.”

CONTEXTExplaining how what you see on the outside differs from how the body is actually working

“If you film it and compare doing it wrong with doing it right, they'll look almost the same. But when you do it this way, that's when the real movement comes out.”

CONTEXTAdvice that the visual gap between right and wrong technique is subtle, but the two are fundamentally different

“You tilt first, and then you open. That's the most important part.”

CONTEXTBreaking down the order of the head movement in the batte cabello (hair styling) technique

“Every time you breathe, your chest opens up and expands. And then your range of motion gets bigger.”

Connecting breath to expansion in the body as a way to widen your range of movement