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  2. Contradanza - Wikipedia

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    Contradanza (also called contradanza criolla, danza, danza criolla, or habanera) is the Spanish and Spanish-American version of the contradanse, which was an internationally popular style of music and dance in the 18th century, derived from the English country dance and adopted at the court of France.

  3. Dance in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    More dynamic dances were incorporated in these zarzuelas during the 1950s to the 1970s, such as the cakewalk, buck-and-wing, skirt dance, clog, tap, and soft-shoe [42] that were more upbeat and had an American rhythm to them, as well as social dances like the Charleston, foxtrot, big apple, one-step, slow-drag, rumba, mambo, samba, cha-cha, and ...

  4. Cariñosa - Wikipedia

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    According to the book of Francisca Reyes-Aquino, Philippine Folk Dances, Volume 2, there is a different version of the cariñosa in the region of Bicol. Reyes-Aquino is a Filipino folk dancer and cultural researcher who discovered and documented Philippine traditional dances, one of which is the Cariñosa. [1]

  5. Philippine folk music - Wikipedia

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    As Christianity was introduced to the Philippines, Dance Music classified as belonging to the Christianized Groups are somewhat related to Western music as well. Dance Music falling under this category may also be called Habanera, Jota, Fandango, Polka, Curacha, etc. and has the same characteristics as each namesakes in the Western Hemisphere.

  6. Habanera - Wikipedia

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    Habanera or contradanza, a style of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century; Habanera, a work for violin and piano by Pablo de Sarasate, part of the Spanish Dances; Habanera, a work for piano of 1885 by Emmanuel Chabrier, arranged for orchestra by him in 1888; Habanera, composition for flute or violin & piano by Maurice Ravel

  7. Milonga (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Along with milonga, dances such as habanera were associated with whorehouses and prostitution. This association was so prominent that to dance the dances in establishments or dance halls you needed a permit from the city. This was because Buenos Aires officials believed that the dances would lead to prostitution. [5]

  8. Habanera (aria) - Wikipedia

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    Habanera ("music or dance of Havana") is the popular name for "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (French pronunciation: [lamuʁ ɛt‿œ̃n‿wazo ʁəbɛl]; "Love is a rebellious bird"), an aria from Georges Bizet's 1875 opéra comique Carmen. It is the entrance aria of the title character, a mezzo-soprano role, in scene 5 of the first act.

  9. Tresillo (rhythm) - Wikipedia

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    The habanera was the first of many Cuban music genres which enjoyed periods of popularity in the United States, and reinforced and inspired the use of tresillo-based rhythms in African American music. [b] From the perspective of African American music, the habanera rhythm can be thought of as a combination of tresillo and the backbeat. [19]