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LATIN AMERICAN DANCES:

These are essentially divided into two categories:

The authentic, traditional dances that fall lately into the domain of the folkloric, many of these dances vary from region-to-region, and generally involve a rhythmic character as opposed to a set of choreographic distinctions.

The standardized expression of popular Latin dances embraced by cultures other than Hispanic, such as the Cha Cha, Samba, Rumba, Bolero, Mambo and Paso Doble. These dances are danced both on a social and competitive level.

The choreography of Latin America dances varies greatly according to region and time. However, it is possible to indicate the principal types of choreographic figures described in such terms as amorous dances, in which the partners hold each other closely, handkerchief dances, in which the partners dancing apart from each other wave handkerchiefs, and so on.

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Ten principal may thus be established:

1. Amorous dances such as Rumba, Merengue, Tango, and Milonga.

2. Handkerchief dances, such as Bailecito, Marinera, Sanjuanito and Zamacueca.

3. Finger snapping dances: Gato, Chacarera, Jarana.

4. Street dances: Choros, Guajira, Guaracha.

5. Pursuit dances: Fimeza, Escondido, Bambuco, Jarabe.

6. Square dances: Perican, Punto, Mejorana.

7. Rustic dances: Ranchera, Pasillo, Joropo.

8. Ritual dances: Jongo, Macumba.

9. Carnival dances: Samba, Conga.

10. Topical ballads: Corrido, Zandunga, Calypso.

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ALEGRIAS: The Alegrias is one of the oldest of Spanish Gypsy dances and is oftencalled the "Queen" of Flamenco dances. It is the purest and more refined ofthe repertoire. It suggests the movements of the bullfight and is usually danced by awoman alone. https://www.flamenco-world.com/tienda/shop.php?&vshopferca=8670054ee5956213a3b6166076944127&op_shop=show&id_prod=1627&id_cat=96

ARGENTINIAN TANGO: Originated in the West Indies where it was dancedonly by the lowest classes. The name is from the African Tanganya. The dance found itsway into Argentina and then to France and finally into the United States in a modifiedform about 1914.

BAION: A type of slow Samba rhythm from Brazil that became popular in North Americaduring the 50's.

BAMBA: An old Mexican air from the province of Vera Cruz, Mexico,to which a charming folk dance depicts two lovers who throwing a narrow sashon the floor manage to tie in into a knot with their dancing feet.

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Flamenco

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BAMBUCA: The national dance of Colombia, South America. It is characterized by crossaccents in the music. It was formerly danced only by the Natives but became a ballroomdance to be added to the gentle Pasillo, a favorite with Colombian society.

BEGUINE: A type of Rumba in which the accent is on the second eighth note of thefirst beat. Origins spring from Martinique and Cuba.

BOLERO: Originally a Spanish dance, the pace was changed in Cuba initially and lateragain. It is now present as a very slow type of Rumba rhythm. The music is frequentlyarranged with Spanish vocals and a subtle percussion effect, usually implemented withConga or Bongos.

BOLERO SON: Just what the name implies. It starts as a Bolero and finished as a Son.The Son is faster, with sharper percussion and is less subtle than the Bolero.

BOTECITA: The "Little Boat." It is Cuban dancing with a very exaggerated swayingof the shoulders.

BULERIAS: A Spanish Gypsy dance. Livelier and more spirited than mostof the repertoire. It's usually danced by a whole group and could be called aFlamenco jam-session.

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CARIOCA: A native of Rio de Janeiro. Also the abbreviation of the Brazilian dance, the Samba Carioca. At the Carioca Carnival, from the moment the music starts until itdies off, people get together in cordoes (chains or cues). Holding hands in thisfashion they sing and sway their bodies to the Samba-Carioca and the Marchas.

CHA CHA: From the less inhibited night clubs and dance halls the Mambo underwentsubtle changes. It was triple mambo, and then peculiar scraping and shuffling soundsduring the "tripling" produced the imitative sound of Cha Cha Cha. This then became adance in itself. Mambo or triple Mambo or Cha Cha as it is now called, is but an advancedstage in interpretive social dancing born of the fusion of progressive American andLatin music.

CHAPANECAS: A Mexican Folk dance from the province of Chiapas. Its popularity isdue to the charming air plus the audience participation during the time the dancers requestthe audience to clap hands with them. It is based on Spanish patterns.

COMPARSA: Afro-Cuban dance play.

CONGA: An African-Cuban dance characterized by the extreme violence ofaccents on the strong beats. The Conga beat thus used has a rhythmicanticipation of the second beat in every other measure. The Conga wasvery popular in the late thirties. It was performed in a formation known as theConga chain. The steps are simple, one, two, three, kick at which time the partnersmove away from each other.

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CORRIDOS: The musical ballads called the Corridos play a very important part inLatin American musical life. The words are often topical and relate to political events.It has been suggested that the word Corrido is derived from the word correr, to run,because the singer has to run for his life when caught in the process of reciting asubversive ditty. Corridos are particularly popular in Mexico.

DANZON: A Cuban dance which starts slowly and gradually accelerates at certainmelodic intervals between chorus and verse: the dancers stop to talk but remain on the floor until a certain beat tells them to resume their dances. This dance, whichmight be called a Rumba variation faster. Its stately music is popular in the tropics because it is not strenuous. It is know as the aristocrat of all CubanDancing because of its dignified and stately appearance. (A variation ofthe Spanish Danza which is a much slower ballroom dance.)

CUMBIA: slave dance, lively, origin black dance music from coast of Colombia, nowmestizo (blood mixture), irresistible, compulsive backbeat. In this, Cumbia resemblesrocksteady forms from Jamaica much more strongly than it does the fluid subtleties ofsalsa and Afro-Cuban music. As a dance the cumbia is characterized by the dancers' feetremaining directly one in front of the other practically all the time. But mostly in clubsnowadays (as opposed to "folkloric" settings) people perform salsa dance steps to the music.

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Cumbia

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FADO: Originally a Portuguese song and dance absorbed by Latin America and especiallyby Brazil as a pattern for the Samba. The steps of the Fado are based on a hop, a skipand a kick. It makes a charming exhibition folk dance.

FANDANGO: Most important of the modern Spanish dances, for couples. The dancebegins slowly and tenderly, the rhythm marked by the clack of castanets, snapping offingers, and stomping of feet. The speed gradually increases to a whirl of exhilaration.There is a sudden pause in the music toward the end of each figure when the dancersstand rigid in the attitude caught by the music. They move again only when the musicis resumed. This is also characteristic of Seguidillas, similar to Jota.

FARUCA: The dance of Spain most suited to a man. It is a pure Gypsy danceconsisting of heel work, fast double turns and falls. It is consideredone of the most exciting of all the same Flamenco dances.

DOMINICAN MERENGUE: The dance of the Dominican Republic is interpreted by thedancers as a slight limp. It became popular in 1957. It was popular throughout theCaribbean and South America in the 1940s and 1950s. Also known in Haiti, Puerto Rico,Colombia and Venezuela. It has its origins in Afro-Cuban rhythms and dances. There isa belief that the tumbao, two steps of the merengue was caused by trying to dance likethe man who lost his leg in a battle and danced with a stick leg.

ESCONDIDO: An Argentine dance called Escondido (literally hidden for in itthe female partner hides from the male) belongs to the Gato type rhythmicallyand choreographically.

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GUAJIRA: This dance was originally a Andalusian dance derived from Sevillanos. Thisdance which was played fast was a Cuban Country dance as well, performedin Conga rhythm to the music marked Son Guajira. In ballroom terminology a Rumbais slow to medium tempo, or danced as a very slow Cha Cha, with subtle body movements.

GATO: Argentine dance performed by two couples. In rhythm it resembles a very fastWaltz in steady quarter notes. A very popular form is the Gato con Pelaciones - that isGato with stories. The stories are the diversified content; amorous, philosophicalor political.

GUARACHA: This lively Cuban song and dance of Spanish origin is performed anddanced by the more expert and agile dancers only, as its speed is rather imposing.a) An old Spanish dance in two sections. One is lively triple and the other indouble. b) A modern Rumba usually played very fast.

HAITIAN MERENGUE: Haitian music stems directly from African rhythms.Divested of mysticisms, its traditions and beliefs from the folkloric basis from whichthe Haitian Merengue derived. It is simple and smooth in its slow version and canbe colorful and exciting in its faster forms.

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Merengue

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HAUPANGO: The Mexican Haupango is ultimately traced to the Spanish Son, but itsrhythm is definitely of the New World. The Haupango creates cross rhythms of greatcomplexity. It makes a most interestinglively dance.

IBO: The Ibo rhythm belongs to the faster Haitian Merengue group of dancers. It iscolorful, native in style and can be classified as "Caribbean dancing." A pronouncedmovement of hips and turning of the head is typical.

JARABE: The Jarabes are typical Mexican Folk dances. Usually done by a couple, itdepicts a flirtation and conquest. It is well known in America by its other name,"The Mexican Hat Dance." The Mexican Jarabe is a descendant of the Spanish Zapateado,and its rhythm resembles that of a Mazurka.

JARANA: Folk dance of Yucatan, Mexico. It is possibly closer to the melo-rhythmicfoundation of the ancient Mexican songs than any other native air. The verses of theJarana are often in the Mayan language. The word Jarana means merry chatter. As an exhibition ballroom dance it can be placed alongside La Raspa and La Bamba,its cousins.

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Jarabe

Mexican Hat Dance Song

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JOTA: Native folk dance Aragon, Spain. Performed usually by one or more couples andconsisting of hoppy steps.

KANKUKUS: Afro-Brazilian dances of the Mestiso Indians.

LA CUECA: La Cueca is a Chilian dance. Originally it was danced with handkerchiefsonly, but during recent year sit has enjoyed popularity on the ballroom floor.

LA RASPA: A Mexican dance from Vera Cruz, which reminds us of our own squaredancing except that it has a peculiar hopping step of its own. It has enjoyed a wellmerited popularity for a number of years as a fun dance.

LAMBADA: This latest dance crazy has its roots from the Northeast Coast of Brazil.The exciting look of this dance on European television took the Continent by storm in thelate 80's. Introduced to the U.S. by Arthur Murray personnel, its lightheartedBrazilian/Caribbean beat combines the flavor of the Samba with the sultry passionof the Rumba.

MACUMBO: An African Brazilian ritual and like dances belonging to it.

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MAMBO: The fusion of Swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm and inturn created a new sensational dance. The Mambo could not have been conceived earliersince up until that time Cuba and the American Jazz were still not wedded. The Victorrecords of Anselmo Sacaras entitled "Mambo" in 1944 were probably the beginningand since then other Latin American bandleaders such as Tito Rodriguez, Pupi Campo,Tito Puente, Perez Prado, Machito and Xavier Cugat have achieved styling of their ownand furthered the Mambo craze. The Mambo was originally played as any Rumba with ariff ending. It may be described as a riff or a Rumba .

MAXIXE: A Brazilian dance first introduced in Paris in 1912. In this dance strictattention must be paid to the carriage of the head and the posturing of the arms.

MILONGA: The Milonga is a Spanish dance first originated in Andalusia. As thefascinating music traveled the world it assumed various aspects. In Buenos Aires the Gauchos danced it in what is called a closed position, in the lower class cafes.Here their interpretation of it emerged into what today is our Tango. TheMilonga enjoyed a popular resurgence some years ago through the Juan CarlosCopes group who performed it the world over.

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Mambo

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MODINHA: Among the Brazilian dances there is the Modinha which is the diminutiveof Moda (Mode or Style) and is directly derived from the Portuguese songs and dances ofthat name. The early Modinhas were greatly influenced by Italian music. The presentday Modinhas are sentimental in mood and similar to the Cuban Boleros.

PACHANGA: In 1955 Eduardo Davidson, a Cuban Colombian introduced theMarencumbae, a Colombian dance in Cuba. The Original music was called La Pachangawith Marencumbae underneath it. He made up patterns for this dance by watchingmusicians keeping time on the band stand. It was then introduced into the United Statesto play for the Cuban Embassy's annual affair at the Waldorf. He was simultaneouslybooked at the Palladium. He had with him two terrific boy dancers. These boys came outas part of the show and did Cha Cha's with swiveling and trucking movements. Peoplehad never seen this type of Cha Cha before and asked what it was. Since Fajardo had aCharanga band and spoke no English, his reply was Charanga. After a big conference ofdancers in 1956 the Pachanga was introduced, but they found out that the Charanga andthe Pachanga were interchangeable. So instead of some calling it Charanga and othersPachanga, they decided that the music would be called Charanga and the dancePachanga. A Charanga band is the typical Spanish Danzon type band that onlyplayed in salons, and the others that played far out and wild were called"orchestra typical."

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PASILLO COLOMBIANO: A Colombian dance very similar to the Cuban Bolero.

PASO DOBLE: The Spanish March or One Step. It makes an especially good exhibitionroutine when the man styles his body movements to look like a bullfighter's and leads hispartner in and out of the patterns as if she were a cape.

PASO DOBLE FLAMENCO: The same as the Paso Doble but it is not the ballroomversion. It is purely exhibition dancing and sometimes castanets are used or flamencoarm movements.

PLENA: Several distinctive airs have originated in Puerto Rico. Among them thePlena, which is a topical ballad similar to the Mexican Corrido. When danced it resemblesa Bolero.

PORRO: A Colombian dance. It is similar to the Cuban Rumbas in that itExpresses various activities or tells stories.

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RUMBA: The Rumba was originally a marriage dance. Many of its movements andactions which seem to have an erotic meaning are merely depictions of simple farm tasksThe shoeing of the mare, the climbing of a rope, the courtship of the rooster and thehen, etc. It was done for amusement on the farms by the black population of Cuba.However, it became a popular ballroom dance and was introduced in the United Statesabout 1933. It was the Americanized version for the Cuban Son and Danzon. Thecharacteristic feature is to take each step without initially placing the weight on thatstep. Steps are made with a slightly bent knee which, when straightened, causes the hipsto sway from side to side in what has come to be known as "Cuban Motion."

SALSA: This is a favored name for a type of Latin music which, for the most part, has itsroots in Cuban culture and is enhanced by jazz textures. The word, Salsa, means saucedenoting a "hot" flavor and is best distinguished from other Latin music styles by definingit as the New York sound developed by Puerto Rican musicians in New York. The dancestructure is largely associated with mambo type patterns and has a particular feelingthat is associated mainly with the Clave and the Montuno.

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SAMBA: This Brazilian dance was first introduced in 1917 but was finally adopted byBrazilian society in 1930 as a ballroom dance. It is sometimes referred to as a Samba,Carioca, a Baion or a Batucado. The difference is mostly in the tempo played since thesteps in all three dance are very similar. The style is to bounce steadily and smoothly.They say that the Samba was introduced in the United States in 1939 by the lateCarmen Miranda.

SEVILLANAS: A Spanish folk dance consisting of seven "Coplas." Each Copla is a littledance in itself divided into three parts. Each part begins with an "Entrada" and endswith a "Pasada". It is performed by couples and furnished an excellent foundation for allforms of Spanish dance.

SPANISH WALTZ: A smoothly danced waltz in open position using the armmovements of the classic Spanish dance.

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TANGO: Continental/English - See INTERNATIONAL TANGO

http://www.argentour.com/tango/hernansalinas/indexing.htmlThere are essentially three types of Tango - Argentine, American and International Style.

Argentine Tango: (arrabalero) A dance created by the Gauchos in Buenos Aires. It wasactually an attempt on their part to imitate the Spanish dance except that they danced itin a closed ballroom position. The Tango caused a sensation and was soon to be seen theworld over in a more subdued version.

American Tango: Unlike the Argentine Tango, in which the dancer interprets the musicspontaneously without any predetermined slows or quicks, the American Tango featuresa structure which is correlated to the musical phrasing. The dance is executed both inclosed position and in various types of extravagant dance relationships which incorporatea particular freedom of expression that is not present in the International style.

International Tango: This is a highly disciplined and distinctively structured form of theTango which is accepted worldwide as the format for dancesport events. Thedancers remain in traditional closed position throughout and expresses both legato and staccato aspects of the type of music appropriate to this style.

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EVOLUTION OF THE TANGO:

The history of the Tango can be traced surprisingly enough to a country dance of17th Century England. The English country dance became the CONTREDANSE in France,and this in turn was called the CONTRADANZA in Spain or later simply DANZA.When imported by the Spaniards into Cuba, it became the DANZAHABANERA. Duringthe Spanish American War, a popular dance called the Habanera del Cafe appeared whichwas the prototype of the Tango. The whole genealogy is presented in the followingchronological table:

Country Dance : England 1650 Contredanse : France 1700 Contradanza : Spain 1750 Danza : Spain 1800 Danza Habanera : Cuba 1825 Habanero : 1850 Habanera del Cafe : 1900 Tango : 1910

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XONGO: (CHAN GO) A dance of the Macumba ritual in Brazil. It is in honor of thejungle god Xango.

XTOLES: (CHI TOL LES) The Mayan Warriors dance of Mexico.

YAQUI INDIAN DANCES: Dances of the Indians of Sonora, Mexico, among whichEl Venado is the most popular. It depicts the fascination of a young deer for a campfire.He finally loses his life by jumping into it.

YURUPARI: Ritual dance of the Indians of the Amazon basin said to protect the youngmale dancers against feminine seduction. The rites of Yurupari are held by the Indians inthe jungles of Brazil. The African Brazilians practice their fetishistic ritual of themacumba from which stem many Brazilian dance patterns. The Spanish and Portuguesecontribute the rituals of their Christian religion and all three now have enriched the danceswe learn and enjoy in the ballroom.

ZAMBRA: The Zambra has a definitely Moorish origin. Prizes were given to the youthwho could dance the Best Zambra with his Moorish maiden during the Caliphateof Cordoba. Today it is the dance of the Gitano women of Spain.

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ZANDUNGA: The songs and dances in Waltz time of Southern Mexico. The lyrics tella story and more often funny situations between persons are rhymed and danced.

ZAPATEADO: The Spanish and Flamenco dances of Spain in which rhythmic patternsare made with the heel and ball of Filigrano. Also a man's dance which consists purelyof intricate stomping. (See photo)

A distinctive type of footwork that originated in Spain. When dancing the zapateado the performers skillfully drive the heels of their shoes or boots into the dance floor, pounding out swift, often syncopated rhythms which complement the different sounds of the musical instruments. The zapateado can reduce even the most sturdy dance floor to splinters because of the vigor with which it is danced.

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