

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: BACHATA & BOLERO WITH FLOW! New exciting class with Professional dancer Marek Lynch @BOH Studios
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: NEW! 

Something exciting and NEW  in Bournemouth at our beautiful  BOH Studios on Thursdays with professional dancer Marek Lynch Starting this Thursday 14th January 7pm

★ BACHATA MIXING IT WITH BOLERO

?? CUBA &amp; DOMINICAN REPUBLC
? Thursday 15 January 2025
? BOH Studios
? 7pm
?️ £13 Class/Social
? T: 07969633701

✨7pm Bachata Mixing it with Bolero 
✨8pm Salsa All levels
✨9pm Social DJEnrique

BOH STUDIOS
104 Commercial Road
Bournemouth
BH2 5LR

HOW BOLERO COMPARE WITH MODEN BACHATA

Bolero had a deep and direct influence on bachata, especially in its origins, themes, and musical structure.

1. Emotional &amp; lyrical influence (the strongest link)

Bolero is all about romantic longing, heartbreak, jealousy, and love — and early bachata inherited this almost entirely.
	•	Early bachata was often called “bolero campesino” or “bolero guitarrero”
	•	Lyrics focus on unrequited love, sorrow, betrayal, very much in the bolero tradition

? In short: bachata kept bolero’s soul.

2. Musical structure

Bolero influenced bachata in several technical ways:
	•	Slow to moderate tempo
	•	4/4 time signature
	•	Romantic melodic phrasing
	•	Call-and-response singing common in bolero trios

Early bachata songs often sounded like boleros played with a Dominican rural guitar style.

3. Guitar style

Bolero helped shape bachata’s guitar-based sound:
	•	Use of arpeggios and melodic guitar lines
	•	Emphasis on lead guitar carrying emotion
	•	Bachata later added the distinctive requinto (lead guitar), but the expressive phrasing comes from bolero

4. Cultural transition in the Dominican Republic

In the early–mid 20th century:
	•	Bolero was already popular in the Dominican Republic via radio and records
	•	Dominican musicians blended Cuban bolero with:
	•	Son
	•	Ranchera
	•	Local rural styles

This fusion eventually crystallized into bachata in the 1960s.

5. Key difference over time

While bolero remained:
	•	Orchestral or trio-based
	•	Polished and elite-associated

Bachata became:
	•	Guitar-driven
	•	More rhythmic
	•	Rooted in working-class and marginal communities

Summary
	•	Bolero = emotional and melodic foundation
	•	Bachata = bolero + Dominican rhythm, guitar style, and social context

You could say:

Bolero gave bachata its heart; the Dominican Republic gave it its voice.

If you want, I can also explain how bolero compares to modern bachata or how son and merengue shaped it too.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Bournemouth
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: BOH Studios
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- **long**: -1.88349
- **full address**: BOH Studios, 96 Commercial Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5LR, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: Salsa Explosion UK (https://allevents.in/org/salsa-explosion-uk/24111617)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** BOH Studios, 96 Commercial Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5LR, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Salsa Explosion UK
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, workshops, live-music, dance, nonprofit
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