Arriving in a sunset-drenched Santo Domingo, I’m enchanted by the lyrical rhythms of bachata music floating from car speakers, corner stores and homes in the Dominican Republic’s cosmopolitan capital ...

A guitar twanged a high-pitched arpeggio, crying an almost tragic complement to the smooth voice crooning a love story. Underneath, a bongo beat out an energized, agile rhythm; the bass guitar ...

For almost a decade, the music hasn't stopped at Bachata Vida Dance Company. Now the Virginia Beach studio is celebrating nine years of bringing people together through music and movement, just in ...