Dance Rhumba

american style rhumba box figure.



seattle s capital hill neighborhood has dance steps in sidewalks on broadway ave. 1 shows rumba steps.

two variations of rhumba opposing step patterns danced around world. american style rumba imported america band directors emil coleman , don aspiazú between 1913 , 1935. film rumba, released in 1935, brought style attention of general public. american style rhumba taught in box step, known slow-quick-quick pattern danced on 1, 3, , 4 beats of 4-beat music. international style rhumba developed in europe monsieur pierre after compared established american style contemporary cuban dancers. international style taught in quick-quick-slow pattern danced on 2, 3, , 4 beats of 4 beat music, similar in step , motion cha-cha-cha. both styles canonized in 1955.

international style

rhumba 1 of ballroom dances occurs in social dance , in international competitions. of 5 competitive international latin dances (pasodoble, samba, cha-cha-cha, jive, , rumba), slowest. ballroom rumba derived cuban rhythm , dance called bolero-son; international style derived studies of dance in cuba in pre-revolutionary period.

the modern international style of dancing rumba derives studies made dance teacher monsieur pierre (pierre zurcher-margolle), partnered doris lavelle. pierre, london, visited cuba in 1947, 1951, , 1953 find out how , cubans dancing @ time.

the international ballroom rumba slower dance of 120 beats per minute corresponds, both in music , in dance, cubans of older generation called bolero-son. easy see why, ease of reference , marketing, rhumba better name, inaccurate; same kind of reason led later on use of salsa overall term popular music of cuban origin.

all social dances in cuba involve hip-sway on standing leg and, though scarcely noticeable in fast salsa, more pronounced in slow ballroom rumba. in general, steps kept compact , dance danced without rise , fall. style authentic, use of free arms in various figures. basic figures derive dance moves observed in havana in pre-revolutionary period, , have developed own life since then. competition figures complex, , competition dance separates social dance. details can obtained syllabuses of dance teaching organizations , standard texts.

american style

there variant, commonly danced in united states, box-like basic figures.