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In the early to mid-20th century, the mambo, rumba, and cha cha cha became popular dances in the United States. In the mid-1970s Latin dance again became very popular, though primarily rhythms from the Caribbean were...
201410 pages
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Lolly Ockerstrom Virgin Islander Americans include immigrants from the British Virgin Islands and their descendants, and migrants from the U.S. Virgin Islands to other areas of the United States. Because U.S....
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Topic overview, Brie...
Cumbia, a form of Latin American popular music originating on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. The name was originally applied to a traditional dance of the region as well as to the music of the dance and the musicians...
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William Maxwell Honduran Americans are immigrants or descendants of people from Honduras, a country in the center of Central America. Honduras is bordered to the north by the Caribbean Sea, to the west by Guatemala, to...
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Drew Walker Venezuelans Americans are immigrants or descendants of people from Venezuela, a country situated on the northern coast of South America. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea to the north,...
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Colombian migration to the United States is a relatively recent phenomenon in American migration history. Colombians began to migrate to the United States in significant numbers during the early 1980s. Colombia's rapidly...
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Mexican-origin dances derive from each regional state in Mexico and the various forms and styles that reflect each community’s unique customs and traditions. The folk genre is one of the most popular Mexican-origin dance...
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Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, a Chilean composer, was born on January 18, 1919, in Santiago. His composition teachers at the National Conservatory of Music in Chile were Humberto Allende and Domingo Santa Cruz. He received...
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The relationship between dance and dance costumes is complex and does not simply reflect dance practice in a specific period, but also social behavior and cultural values. Dance costumes can be divided into the following...
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An age-old means of communicating messages that reflect social trends, social dancing is secular partnering between males and females or participation among groups. The secular and sacred combine in some cultures, and a...
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Social dancing refers to all those forms of dance that are recreational and public. It is not a professional form of dance, except for exhibition dancing or teaching, nor a form of theatrical dancing, such as ballet,...
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A death dance is a widespread ritual that can take many forms and is usually performed to mark a funeral. There are many reasons why mourners dance at or after a funeral. Sometimes people perform death dances to prevent...
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Zumba is a form of aerobic dance exercise similar to Jazzercise; its distinctive characteristic is its use of Latin American music and dance rhythms to create a party-like atmosphere in class sessions. The name comes...
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Records show that the first Peruvians came to the United States to work in the gold mines of California in 1849. However, there is little information about whether they settled down or returned to Peru. There is,...
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The term “cultural nationalism” refers to movements of group allegiance based on a shared heritage as in language, history, literature, songs, religion, ideology, symbols, land, or monuments. Cultural nationalists...
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KAREEM KHUBCHANDANIAssistant Professor, Department of Drama and Dance and the Program in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Tufts University, Medford, MA The various forms of Asian drag, their reception in Asia and...
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In the early to mid-20th century, the mambo, rumba, and cha cha cha became popular dances in the United States. In the mid-1970s Latin dance again became very popular, though primarily rhythms from the Caribbean were...
Lolly Ockerstrom Virgin Islander Americans include immigrants from the British Virgin Islands and their descendants, and migrants from the U.S. Virgin Islands to other areas of the United States. Because U.S....
Cumbia, a form of Latin American popular music originating on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. The name was originally applied to a traditional dance of the region as well as to the music of the dance and the musicians...