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| What
is Salsa? Music & Dance Styles |
| Salsa
Music: From
Wikipedia: Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Spanish Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad. Salsa incorporates multiple styles and variations; the term can be used to describe most any form of popular Cuban-derived genre, such as chachachá and mambo. Most specifically, however, salsa refers to a particular style developed in the 1960s and '70s by Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants to the New York City area, and stylistic descendants like 1980s salsa romantica. The style is now practiced throughout Latin America, and abroad; in some countries it may be referred to as música tropical.[1] Salsa's closest relatives are Cuban mambo and the son orchestras of the early 20th century, as well as Latin jazz. The terms Latin jazz and salsa are sometimes used interchangeably; many musicians are considered a part of either, or both, fields, especially performers from prior to the 1970s.[2] Salsa is essentially
Cuban in stylistic origin.[3], though it is also a hybrid of Puerto
Rican and other Latin styles mixed with pop, jazz, rock, and R&B.[4]
Salsa is the primary music played at Latin dance clubs and is
the "essential pulse of Latin music", according to author
Ed Morales,[5] while music author Peter Manuel called it the "most
popular dance (music) among Puerto Rican and Cuban communities,
(and in) Central and South America", and "one of the
most dynamic and significant pan-American musical phenomena of
the 1970s and 1980s".[6] Modern salsa remains a dance-oriented
genre and is closely associated with a style of salsa dancing. |
| What
is Salsa Rueda, Casino Rueda or Rueda de Casino? |
| From Wikipedia: Rueda de Casino (Rueda, Casino Rueda, Salsa Rueda) is a particular type of round dancing of Salsa. It was developed in Havana, Cuba in the late 1950s and early 1960s by the famous group Guaracheros de Regla and one of its main choreographers and creators was Jorge Alfaro from San Miguel del Padron, a soloist of a comparsa. Pairs of dancers form a circle, with dance moves called out by one person, a caller (or 'Líder' or 'cantante' in Spanish). Many moves have hand signs to complement the calls; these are useful in noisy venues, where spoken calls might not be easily heard. Many of the moves involve the swapping of partners.The names of the moves are mostly in Spanish, some in English (or Spanglish; e.g., "un fly"). Some names are known in slightly different versions, easily recognizable by Spanish-speaking dancers, but may be confusing to the rest. |
