Lesson 5.

1:
latin style
 Swing
it was developed and became popular in the United
States during World War 1(1930's). The Chicago style
Jazz of Benny Goodman, the band leader who developed
the rhythm for this dance.
 Rumba
The origin can be traced from Cuba. It is an exotic dance with
violent and sinews movements of hip, shoulder and torso.
Rumba contains three main characteristics that distinguish it
from other dances:

(1)the action is in the feet and the knees;

(2)there is a delay shift of weight;
(3) the upper body is upright and quiet, with a focus
on one's partner.
 Samba
It is came from Brazil. It differs from other Latin-American
dances because it is lively and vigorous and the feet are
constantly leaving the floor. It is literally a "bouncing
step“.
 mambo
It is credited to a Cuban bandleader named Perez Prado
who, in 1943, mixed the strong American Jazz influence
with the predominant Cuban rhythm, creating a
"particular“ dance with a "jagged rhythm: there is a beat
in every bar on which the dancer takes no step, but
rests".
 Cha-cha
It is defined as the "Cuban dance that evolved from the
Mambo... (rising) to great popularity in the mid 1950's." "The
rhythm is an uneven beat pattern of the slow, slow, quick,
quick, slow and is counted 2, 3, 4, and, 1, with the 4-and-1
being the familiar Cha Cha Cha triple.
 jive
Jive became popular on the 1940's. It is a milder form of
Swing/ Jitterbug/ Lindy dancing. Jive has three basic
forms, the single, double, and triple.
Activity #2