[CHOA's Shorterview 15] "I wanna go to Geneva!" Jack & Jill's strongest🏆new duo Waffle & Sera on their 2026 trend picks and bachata goals

“Styles keep getting mixed, right? Cuban gets mixed in, zouk gets mixed in. But I think putting your own color on top of that is the most important thing.”

Looking ahead to 2026 bachata trends and the way different genres keep fusing

“Putting your own color on it — and then how well you use it, how well you play with the song. I think that's how the trend shifts.”

On why your own color and your reading of the music matter inside the style-fusion trend

“There are so many tools out there right now. Bachata zouk became a thing, influence became a thing.”

CONTEXTNaming the range of movement tools in play in the bachata scene right now (zouk, influence, and more)

“I think expressing it to match the music is the way to go, and lately footwork seems to be coming back around as a trend.”

After the run-through of movement tools, pointing to musicality and the rise of footwork