cuban+dance

**CUBAN- DANCE**
**By: Gary Bozowski**

** Cuban dance comes from the Spanish and African settlers that first came to this island. Those first settlers who came to this island had brought the music and dance from their homelands. These forms of dance have evolved over the years and has eventually turned into the dances we see today. This information has come from __http://www.cuba-culture.com/cuban-dance.html__ **

** This video provides a great sample of what we are going to be talking about in this lesson; ** ** cuban dance **



Now, there are several different types of dances that are found in the Cuban cultural, some are newer than others. Here are a few.

__SALSA__ = Is defined as a very lively and vigorous cuban dance that combines elements of Jazz, Rock, and Soul Music.

__Flamenco__ = Is defined as a dance that is done in a group and is very uniform.

Interactive Corner: Watch this video on flamingo and follow along, then you will be a great Latin dancer!!!!!

media type="custom" key="18006380" This is the music that is usually danced to in Spain: media type="custom" key="18006708" CASTANETS: They are one of the tools used in the popular flamenco dance, here is an instructional video on how to use them properly. media type="custom" key="18007586"

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