| Famous International Dances:
Salsа:
The authorship of the name is attributed to "king mambо" Tito Puente (1923-2000). The distinct features — timing 4/4, phrasing with a period in two tacts, a fast pace with difficult rhythmic forms, which are a combination of rhythms "tumbao" and "son-clave".
The salsa combines a set of styles and their variations, this term can be used for describing the majority of genres, which originated from Cuba, such as the Chachacha and the Mambo. Anyway, the salsa is attributed to a specific style, developed in the 60-70s by the Cuban and Puerto-Rican immigrants in New York and its stylistic derivatives, such as salsa romantica.
The original salsa, by and large, is Cuban, although its style is a mixture of Puerto-Rican and Latin American styles, combined with pop, jazz, rock and R&B.
On the other hand, Puerto-Ricans, more than other Latin American people, have developed and popularized this musical style. Colombians remained curators of the musical tradition of the salsa while other modern musicians continue their experiments within its style limits.
In the world, salsа it is divided into two types and five basic subtypes:
1. "Circular" salsа, which include: Cuban salsа (casinо), Venezuelan (Dominican) salsа and Colombian salsа;
2. "Linear" salsа or salsа Cross body style. These include salsa of London, New York, Palladium and Puerto Rico and Los-Angeles;
3. Sthe separate kind, which gained huge popularity, is related to the Rueda dе casino.
Tango (spanish: tango) is an ancient Spanish folk dance. It's a couple ball dance of independent composition, and differs in energy and accuracy of rhythm. It was developed and spread in Argentina and Uruguay and then it became popular all over the world.
Earlier the tango was known as the tango criollo or simply tango. Today, there are many dancing styles of tango, including the Argentina tango, Uruguayan tango, ball tango (American and international style), Finnish tango and ancient tango. The Argentina tango is frequently considered as the "authentic" tango as it is closer to the initial tango, danced in Argentina and Uruguay.
Scottish dances – a collective name of dances, associated with the Scottish culture.
The most popular Scottish dances are:
Scottish folk dancing. It was developed fully by the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, but has more ancient history. Usually danced in "sets" (groups) of 3-4 pairs, special attention is paid to the shift of pairs from one to the other. The main tempo of the music is reel, Irish jig and strathspey.
"Ceilidh" - simple dances, performed in folk parties.
"Highland" – a solo dance, conceived as a male dance, but now it has become universal. The main attention is given to foot work, often these types of dances are compared to ballet.
"Ladies’ Step" – a solo female dance.
"Cape Breton Step" - Scottish step dance, performed by both men and women as solo dances at festivals and parties. Cape Breton step has a direct relationship with Cape Breten island in Gulf of St. Lawerance (Nova Scotia), which is a part of Canada's province. Large numbers of Scottish immigrants, speaking the Gaelic language, settled here in the 18th and 19th centuries, in order to escape from reprisals and economic difficulties. They brought their culture of the Scottish step. Unfortunately, in Scotland, where traditions of population living in the highlands were suppressed for a very long period by English rule, the step dance was almost lost. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the Scottish step again began to appear in Scotland.
Rumba - is a pair Cuban dance of African origin. The distinctive features of the rumba is the erotic slow movements fused with wide steps. The world famous melody of the rumba is considered as "Guantanamera", written by Zhozeito Fernandez and soon become a classic rumba.
History of the Rumba:
The Rumba originated in Havana in the 19th century in combination with the European Contradanza. The name "Rumba", probably, occurs from the name of dancing groups in 1807 — "rumboso orquestra", though in Spainish, the word "rumbo" means "way"
To understand Greek music, you need to feel the spirit of Greece.
Music and dance - it is the soul and psyche of the Greek people. To understand the Greek dance, to catch its rhythm as unusual music for the ear - means to touch the Greek soul. |
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