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Chris_Yannick said:
What the heck is Bachata Influence?
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You may actually even like this movement, because it may disintegrate bachata into pieces.
Groove On said:
The dance equivalent of speaking fake French without actually knowing French. Apply that to Bachata and you have (voila!) ... Bachata Influence. For those people, who want to dance "bachata" without actually learning Bachata ...

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As nearly always in bachata videos one can't see the feet, so the altered stepping isn't visible in the video: the tap at 4 / 8 is left out. And english pop songs:
"Baby, you burn so hot
You make me shiver with the fire you got"
 
eclo said:
There was an insta reel that went viral of a follower in sensual bachata injuring her neck quite dramatically because of the lead pushing her into exaggerated neck rolls etc, so I fear the worst.
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It was during a J'n'J competition, and similar happened last year in J'n'J at Geneva festival. This we will see more often probably, because at competitions leads try to "express" stronger and competitions always get filmed.

I wonder if J'n'J becomes popular in salsa if then L.A. style with many dips becomes more popular again.
 
Chris_Yannick said:
My scene suffers from small scene syndrome but is also dictated by a strong desire to keep the status quo.

Discovering new music, teaching good basics and producing good dancers are things not among the status quo.
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In small scenes, if you want to improve your experience you might have to become a dj and instructor and try to build a little tribe and then become an organizer and throw socials for your tribe. You can even start mini weekenders and invite artists to teach or djs. I’ve seen it happen but def a lot of money, time and effort to see that slow resurgence. It ends up being easier just to travel to good festivals.
 
Peutetre said:
In small scenes, if you want to improve your experience you might have to become a dj and instructor and try to build a little tribe and then become an organizer and throw socials for your tribe. You can even start mini weekenders and invite artists to teach or djs. I’ve seen it happen but def a lot of money, time and effort to see that slow resurgence. It ends up being easier just to travel to good festivals.
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Yeah it's been done at the cost of a lot of time and effort, most of whch fell on deaf ears.

Small scenes need time to grow and be continuously nurtured week in week out. One off parties or weekenders don't have legs to stand on and usually fail without the support of the locals.

People flock to the most minimal effort enterprise, which is SbK.

In the end, it's definitely easier to travel to a lively scene.
 
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eclo said:
I know we're in different scenes in different countries, but sounds like our scenes are very similar!
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I think in towns where SBK reigns supreme will look similar across the board, which is bad for people like me.

I accept that I can not have fun anymore at those kinds of parties because I've become too much of a music/dance snob.

'I Just wanna have fun' doesn't cut it for me. I need good music and good dancing and need other people to feel the same way.
 
Chris_Yannick said:
I think in towns where SBK reigns supreme will look similar across the board, which is bad for people like me.

I accept that I can not have fun anymore at those kinds of parties because I've become too much of a music/dance snob.

'I Just wanna have fun' doesn't cut it for me. I need good music and good dancing and need other people to feel the same way.
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Bet
 
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