It was every Wednesday and Sunday evening when we met for dance rehearsal. We were creating a dance routine for Corina’s “Quincenera,” known as a sweet sixteen. since I didn’t have a life I loved . One Sunday evening we all gathered around the couch waiting for the others to arrive. After ten minutes of waiting Corina showed us the video, to the song, she was going to dance with her brothers. There were four guys leaning against a black car, the music started playing, and I heard the most beautiful, sweet and relaxing voice singing “hermanita.” “I want to watch it again” I said, I was completely mesmerized with the lyrics, rhythm of the song, and his voice. I became instantly fascinated with Bachata music. From that moment all I wanted to listen, sing and dance to was Bachata. Aventuraworldwide.com is all about a Bachata band that intrepid a genre in Latin music, which music revolves around Bachata. This genre was discovered in the early 1960’s and it emerged as guitar music in the Dominican Republic. Soon after a dance was associated to it , which was inspired by Cuban typical dances , and that’s where the “1,2 and pop” came into play. Allow me to explain: when dancing to this genre you take two steps to the right and then the girls pop their hip, but boys slightly pick them. After stepping to the right you take two steps to the left, there’s also turns involved, but they’re fairly simple steps.
Before having a breakthrough in the music industry Aventura struggled for eight years to get their talent noticed. In the year 2002 their lives changed dramatically as the hit single “obsession” climbed to the top of the Latin music charts. Aventura was the first band to mesh Bachata and R&B, as well as hip hop together. They were also the firsts to perform Bachata in English, Spanish and “Spanglish.” They managed to make Bachata music have a bigger impact all through out the U.S, South America, and even Europe.
Aventura started their adventure in New York. At first they weren’t completely accepted by the “Latino” community because the music that they intrepid was not popular in the U.S. The younger people were the ones that did recognize their talent and music. They, unlike others, did appreciate and embraced what Aventura had to offer. Teenagers, simply , liked their music and quickly adapted them as the “underground” hit group. Because of the of the younger Latin community they became more recognized in New York until one day they finally got discovered.
If Aventura was never acknowledged, as what they are now, Bachata would not be what it is today. Their website would of never existed, for any of the fans, to explore if they never made it in the music business. It’s because of their incredible talent and creativity that Bachata has been recognized in more countries then we could ever imagined. Now I realize, that Aventura is the reason why I enjoy and treasure Bachata music so much. Keep in mind that if anyone wants to learn the “ 1,2 and pop” step I’m more than willing to teach it , just kidding!