Bachata
Paseo
Also known as: The Stroll, paséala
A walk together. Danced in the relaxed social embrace, the couple strolls along the line as one — the unhurried promenade that fills space and breathes between patterns.
What This Move Is
A travelling figure danced in the social position — the comfortable, slightly offset close embrace of the social floor. Rather than turning or wrapping, the couple simply walks together along the line of dance, connected through the frame.
Key Points
Stay in the social frame the whole time: close but relaxed, weight shared through the embrace, steps matched so you move as one body. It is about together-ness and musicality, not figures.
Style Notes
Let the walk breathe with the song — stroll on the smooth parts, pause on a break. This is the move that proves social bachata is a conversation, not a routine.
A video walkthrough for this move is on the way.
- Musical use
- Travelling
- Level
- Intermediate
- Type
- Travelling
- Frame
- Social
- Style
- Modern
Chains into
Layer this onto any move.