Latin dances

The term Latin dance has two meanings, depending on whether the context is social or Ballroom dance. Latin dance includes a wide range of dances originating in Latin America and Cuba. Examples include the cha cha cha, rumba, samba, salsa, mambo, danza, merengue, tumba, bachata, cumbia, and bolero. Some also include tango and Argentine tango in this list, although they differ from the rest in their style. In Argentina tango is not considered folk ... more

The term Latin dance has two meanings, depending on whether the context is social or Ballroom dance. Latin dance includes a wide range of dances originating in Latin America and Cuba. Examples include the cha cha cha, rumba, samba, salsa, mambo, danza, merengue, tumba, bachata, cumbia, and bolero. Some also include tango and Argentine tango in this list, although they differ from the rest in their style. In Argentina tango is not considered folk dance as is the case with dances like chacarera, gato, escondido and zamba. Typical Bolivian folk dances are morenada, kullawada, llamerada, caporales and the recently created tinku. In Colombia one of the typical dances is the cumbia. The second is a more formal usage, to describe a category of International style ballroom dances, also called Latin American dances or International Latin. It consists of the following five dances: rumba, samba, paso doble, cha-cha-cha and jive. The last dance is not of Latin origin, and dance teaching... less