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Latin dance is a mix of various dance styles from cultures around the world, creating a dance style encompassing this new age of Latin culture. [9] Influences deriving from West African, African American, and European dance styles were all comprised in the making of many of these Latin dances such as: Salsa , Mambo , Merengue , Rumba, Cha-cha ...
Merengue is a type of music and dance originating in present-day Dominican Republic [2] which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States with Latino communities.
It also encompasses Latin American styles that have originated in the United States such as, salsa, New Mexico music, Tejano, various forms of country-Western, as well as Chicano rock, Nuyorican rap, and Chicano rap. [1] The origins of Latin American music can be traced back to the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the Americas in the 16th ...
The vague etymological origin of the term rumba, as well as its interchangeable use with guaracha in settings such as bufo theatre, [3] is largely responsible for such worldwide polysemy of the term. In addition, "rumba" was the primary marketing term for Cuban music in North America, as well as West and Central Africa, during much of the 20th ...
Linda Ronstadt in 1976. Starting in the mid-1980s, Billboard introduced the Top Latin Albums and Hot Latin Tracks charts for Latin music albums and singles. In 1980, Angélica María recorded for the first time in a U. K. studio, making an album of ballads and a single record with two pop songs in English, seeking some kind of crossover.
American style rumba was imported to America by band directors like Emil Coleman and Don Aspiazú between 1913 and 1935. The film Rumba, released in 1935, brought the style to the attention of the general public. American style rhumba is taught in a box step, known for its slow-quick-quick pattern danced on the 1, 3, and 4 beats of 4-beat music.
This category includes partner dances danced socially that are either of Latin American origin or arbitrarily classified and commonly recognized as such. It does not include Latin folk dances danced mainly for performance.
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