This document provides information on various Latin dances including mambo, cha cha cha, salsa, samba, merengue, bachata, tango, and flamenco. It discusses their origins in Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, and Spain. It traces their development from the 1930s to present day and notes how they blended various African and European musical and dance influences. Key musicians and dates in their popularization are also mentioned.

1. Chary Goris
“Christelle”
Wednesday, December 08,
2010

2.  Social Latin
dancing
 Ballroom Latin
dancing

4. “Conversation with the Gods”
 African and European parentage; it
is a modification of danzon with
lighter version of combos called
charangas
 Appeared in the late 1930s as an
individual genre
 Antonio Arcaño, Orestes Lopez, &
Arsenio Rodriguez contributed
towards the creation of mambo
 Mambo mania aroused in the mid-
1950s
 Perez Prado on 1943 popularized
the mambo dance characterized by
its expressive use of arms, head, &
hands
<http://www.dancegumbo.com/bestbets>

5.  Represents a triple step
style of dancing the
mambo
 A.K.A Mambo-rumba &
Triple mambo
 In 1951, Enrique Jorrin a
Cuban mambo musician
created Cha Cha Cha. He
was a member of the
Orquestra America
Charanga
 This new style of mambo
spread to Europe in the
early 1960s
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6. “Sauce”
 Another type of mambo that
developed in the 1960s by
Cuban & Puerto Rican
immigrants in NYC
 The “clave”
 Salsa lyrics were often about
barrio life
 1980s Salsa Romantica
 The dance is very similar to
mambo because it is fast, but
without slowing down or
pausing
<http://www.ejournal.fi/virtual-
slot2/index.php?action%5B%5D=IArticleShow::showArticle('36689')>

7. “Pray”
 First introduced in Brazil during slave
trading between 1600-1888
 Originated from the Angolan mesemba a
type of ritual music; also, influenced by
Candomble a religion from Africa
 The salves used samba to camouflage their
religious ceremonies as parties from their
owners
 Mauro Almeida & Donga first to record
samba “Pelo Telefone” in 1917
 In 1922 Samba was brought to Paris and
there it blended with Jazz resulting in
Samba-Carioca
 In 1928 Samba schools gave back the original
African heavy drums to Samba
 Capoeira: Brazilian martial arts/dance
 Stan Getz helped popularize Samba & Bossa
nova in the U.S
 Samba returned in the 1980s with Pangode
<http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2007/02/18/1171733602351.html>

8.  Developed in the Dominican Republic
derived from a Cuban music called UPA
 The UPA first became popular in Puerto
Rico and then reached Dominican
republic
 Merengue became very popular in 1850
replacing a dance called Tumba
 Instruments include the accordion,
guiro, drums
 Types of Merengue:
Merengue Tipico (Perico Ripiao)
Merengue Clasico
Merengue Urbano “Mambo”
 The dance is characterized by moving
hips sideways and feet like if you were
walking
<http://www.grupofantasia.com/percussion_instruments_pop_up.htm>
<http://www.conmishijos.com/ocioencasa.colorear/296/acordeon>

9. “Meeting”
 Emerges in the 1960’s in the
Dominican Republic
 Jose Manuel Calderon was the first
artist to record Bachata in 1962
 Bolero
 Romantic, melodramatic music
about love, heartbreaks, despair, &
serenades for women
 Has a signature guitar based sound
 The dance has 5 steps can be
danced side ways or forward and
backward
 Use to be considered
unsophisticated

10. “Touch”
 Originated from Argentina in the
1870s
 The Milonga & the Habanera are like
the parents of Tango
 The dance was developed by the
compadritos & prostitutes of Buenos
Aires, Argentina
 Cortes & quebradas the more
dramatic the better; partners dance
together
 Tango mania reached Paris, France in
1913
 The Golden Age began in the 1920s
 The 1st instruments to accompany the
dance were the flute, violin, & harp,
with guitars & clarinets. Then the
bandoneon in the late 19th century.
“Is one supposed to dance it standing up?” –Contesse Melanie de Pourtales
<http://www.stayinbuenosaires.com/es/blog/category/eventos-de-tango/>

11. “Flame”
 Developed in Spain by the gypsies
 This style was first known as gitano
 Was recognized in the 19th century
 Began as a way to seek relief and
escape in self expression through
the songs or music of suffering,
lamentation, and protest
 The songs were sung accompanied
by a guitar or guitar like
instrument
 The Golden Age 1869-1910
 The dance has Indian and Hindu
influences because they involve
footwork and hand movements
<http://www.flamencoenbarcelona.com/>
<http://www.eyeonspain.com/spain-magazine/flamenco-music.aspx>

12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUWv
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13.  Nonperiodicals
 Collier, Simon, et al. Tango. Illus. Ken Haas. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. Print.
 Edwards, Gwynne. Flamenco. Illus. Ken Haas. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2000. Print.
 Web sites, e-sources
 “Bachata - Bachata, campesinos, Bachata Rosa, Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music.”
Bachata. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.jrank.org/cultures/pages/3623/Bachata.html#ixzz17M9UzMZF>.
 “Cha Cha Cha.” Cha-Cha-Cha. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.umich.edu/~umbdc/DanceSyllabus/haagr/PDF’s/ChaCha.pdf>.
 “Flamenco History.” Origen y Evolucion del Merengue. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.sabordominicano.com/merengue.htm>.
 “History and origins of Flamenco.” History of Flamenco. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.xs4all.nl/~davidbos/flamenco/history.htm>.
 Leymarie, Isabelle. “Mambo Mania.” The Perez Prado Pages. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.laventure.net/tourist/mambo.htm>.
 Mambo. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2010. <http://www.100x100salsa.com/art-mambo.html>.
 New World Encyclopedia contributors. “Samba.” New World Encyclopedia. Vers. 866275. New World
Encyclopedia., 26 Nov. 2008. Web. 6 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Samba?oldid=866275>.
 Origenes de la Bachata. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. <http://www.republica-
dominicana.it/gadgetbachata/historiabachata6.htm>.
 Samba history enters Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.sambacity.info/samba-history.html>.
 Stewart, James. A Short History of Tango. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.edinburghtango.org.uk/tango/Historyoftango.php>.
 Images
<http://tineybopper.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html>