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Many 1950s and 1960s dance crazes had animal names, including "The Chicken" (not to be confused with the Chicken Dance), "The Pony" and "The Dog". In 1965, Latin group Cannibal and the Headhunters had a hit with the 1962 Chris Kenner song Land of a Thousand Dances which included the names of such dances.
Square Dance: George Balanchine: Antonio Vivaldi: New York City Ballet: New York City Center: November 21 Agon: George Balanchine: Igor Stravinsky : New York City Ballet: New York City Center: December 1
The Rumberas film (in Spanish, Cine de rumberas) was a film genre that flourished in Mexico's Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Its major stars were the so-called rumberas, dancers of Afro-Caribbean musical rhythms.
This is the main list of dances. It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following for categorized lists: List ...
This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance. For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin .
In Caro diario (1993), Nanni Moretti dances on a clip of this song broadcast on a TV set. A sample of the song is used by the band The Avalanches at the end of their track Frontier Psychiatrist, from their 2000 album Since I Left You. The song can also be heard in the background in a diner in Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman".
), Sophia Loren dances to an instrumental arrangement of the tune, opposite Vittorio De Sica in a simplified imitation of mambo dancing. [ 29 ] The song was also used in the beginning credits of the 1988 mob comedy Married to the Mob starring Alec Baldwin , during a dancing scene in the 1996 film Big Night , and in the 1999 comedy Mickey Blue ...
Salsa lyrics range from simple dance numbers, and sentimental romantic songs, to risque and politically radical subject matter. Music author Isabelle Leymarie notes that salsa performers often incorporate machoistic bravado ( guapería ) in their lyrics, in a manner reminiscent of calypso and samba , a theme she ascribes to the performers ...