Bachata dancing originated in the Dominican Republic around the 1960s, and found the way to New York into modern times. In the beginning, the Cuban bolero was the most influential in developing the dance. The dance grew from troubles of dictatorship, censorship, and cultural degradation, into a Caribbean music like style of heartbreak and romance similar to the American blues. Bachata dancing started off for the country folk and uneducated which was looked down by the higher classes during that time. However it has changed as bachata is a style of romantic music. It spread to bars and other such places before slowly going into New York by Luis Vargas and Antony Santos. Now bachata dancing has spread moreso with more freedom in style in the