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Bán Rarra, a Cuban rumba dance group, in Havana, Cuba. La técnica cubana is a hybrid of Afro-Cuban dance traditions, European ballet, rumba, flamenco, Cuban nightclub cabaret, and North American dance. [1] The goal in creating técnica was to establish a distinctly Cuban modern dance form that represented Cuba's multicultural population.
Thus, the new style came to be known as "cha-cha-chá" and became associated with a dance where dancers perform a triple step. [5] The basic footwork pattern of cha-cha-cha (one, two, three, cha-cha-one, two, three) is also found in several Afro-Cuban dances from the Santería religion.
Styles of cha-cha-cha dance may differ in the place of the chasse in the rhythmical structure. [10] The original Cuban and the ballroom cha-cha-cha count is "two, three, chachacha" or "four-and-one, two, three". The dance does not start on the first beat of a bar, though it can start with a transfer of weight to the lead's right. [11]
Juego de maní ('game of peanut') often simply called maní or mani, sometimes referred to as baile de maní ('dance of peanut') or bambosa, [1] is a stick-fighting martial art and dance that was developed in Cuba by African slaves. It is still kept alive today in Cuba by folkloric groups. Practitioners are referred to as maniseros. [2]
Rumba 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, during the late 19th century. It is based on African music and dance traditions, namely Abakuá and yuka, as well as the Spanish-based coros de clave.
Los Muñequitos performed, and gave dance and drum classes in Arcata in 1992, 1994, and 1998. Beginning in 1996, Humboldt State University invited touring Cuban folkloric masters to teach at their Explorations workshop. [3] Eventually, the University obtained visas for Cuban teachers, and brought them directly from the island to the workshop.
Charanga is a type of traditional ensemble that plays Cuban dance music (mostly Danzón, Danzonete, and Cha cha chá) using violin, flute, horns, drums. José Fajardo brought the song "La Pachanga" to New York in the Cuban charanga style. The orquesta, or band, was referred to as charanga, while the accompanying dance was named the pachanga. [2]
Tumba francesa is a secular Afro-Cuban genre of dance, song, and drumming that emerged in Oriente, Cuba.It was introduced by slaves from the French colony of Saint-Domingue (which would later become the nation of Haiti) whose owners resettled in Cuba's eastern regions following the slave rebellion during the 1790s.