Cuban culture encompasses a wide range of dance forms. The island's indigenous people performed rituals known as areĆto, which included dancing, although...
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Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and 4,195 islands, islets...
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cha-cha), is a dance of Cuban origin. It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by the Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrin in the early...
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American dance, associated with salsa music. It originated in the late Eastern Cuba and gained popularity in New York in 1960. Salsa is a mixture of Cuban dances...
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Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuba which was developed in the 1940s when the music genre of the same name became popular throughout Latin America. The original...
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The music of Cuba, including its instruments, performance, and dance, comprises a large set of unique traditions influenced mostly by west African and...
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Conga line (redirect from Conga (dance))
novelty line dance that was derived from the Cuban carnival dance of the same name and became popular in the US in the 1930s and 1950s. In order to perform...
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is a secular genre of Cuban music involving dance, percussion, and song. It originated in the northern regions of Cuba, mainly in urban Havana and Matanzas...
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In Cuba, a popular dance known as Casino was marketed abroad as Cuban-style salsa or Salsa Cubana to distinguish it from other salsa styles when the name...
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story takes place in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution. Patrick Swayze, star of the original film, appears as a dance instructor. In 1958, Katey Miller,...
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