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DanceCrazy presents Learn How To Dance Rhumba For Beginners. This is your complete step by step guide to Rumba Dancing. In this Rumba instructional series, we'll walk you through an amazingly fun array of beginner Rumba dance steps that are sure to light a fire on the dance floor. From the very basics, our professional Rumba dance instructors guide you through every step of the way. Learning the Rumba has never been as easy and exciting.
This spicy and sensual dance combines luscious rhythms, memorable melodies, and gorgeous patterns to create the ultimate, intimate expression of Latin romance. With the resurgence of Latin music and dancing, the Rumba is hot again. Once you learn the simple Rumba dance steps, the music does the rest! Rumba Volumes 1 and 2 provide easy to follow instruction with multi-angled presentation, helpful tips, practice to the music, and important advice for sustained success on the dance floor.
You can hear the syncopated rhythm of drums and feel the excitement building as the four-four time of the music begins to build. Your toes start tapping, you start wiggling in your seat. You want to dance, rumba dancing in particular. Grab a partner and take to the dance floor for one of the world's favorite 'tease and run' styles of dancing.
The rumba originated in Cuba and was first seen in the United States in the 1920s. There are actually two types of rumba dancing: one Spanish, one African, as the original version of the dance came to the islands with African slaves in the 16th century. Very popular with the middle class of Cuba, it was popularized in the States when Xavier Cugat and his orchestra, which specialized in Latin American music, opened at the popular Coconut Grove in Los Angeles. The dance duo of Pierre and Lavelle established the officially recognized version of rumba dancing, 'The Cuban Rumba' in 1955.
Rumba dancing is a very sensual dance that uses flirtation as part of its allure. The native dance from Africa was danced extremely fast with exaggerated hip movements and aggressive actions from the man and defensive actions from the woman. It morphed into the current version of rumba dancing that now spotlights the female dancer, who teases her partner and then rejects him numerous times in the slow dance as she takes small steps and subtly swings her hips.
The music that accompanies the rumba is very syncopated and uses a lot of percussion instruments, such as the maracas, the claves, the maribola, and drums. It is very difficult to find modern musicians that can provide appropriate music for rumba dancing. Because of the slowing down of the dance after World War II, the actual tempo of the rumba from its original form has slowed down considerably.
Rumba dancing is actually a generic term for many different types of Latin American dance. Other names for the dance include Son, Danzon, Guagira, Guaracha and Naningo. The modern version of the rumba includes bits of each of these other styles. Depending on which Caribbean Island you are on will depend on which of the above names is used. The rumba dancing that is taught at schools that specialize in ballroom dancing is based on the Son style, which is also the base dance for the salsa and mambo. The rumba is also believed to be a contributor to the style known as the cha-cha-cha. There is even a Flamenco rumba. People interested in learning the rumba can go to an accredited studio that teaches ballroom dancing. Classes are also offered at special schools that teach only the Latin American dances, such as the Flamenco Institute Flora Albaicin. Many clubs that predominately feature Spanish music have patrons that engage in rumba dancing. Dancing With The Stars, a popular television show that features various ballroom dances, has showcased the rumba.
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