Upon the contradanzas arrival in cuba during the 18th century, it quickly rose to prominence as the islands national dance. These recordings represent a collection of masterpieces, which will now be preserved as an important part of the archives documenting the history of cuban music. Trumpeter arturo sandoval comes close on danzon to cutting the afrocuban masterpiece everyones awaited since his glorious sound first surfaced. Son cubano was originally danced by the africans of cabo. In the united states, it replaced rhumba as the most fashionable latin dance. Salsa dance, commerce explored in juliet mcmains book.
Circumcaribbean dialogues in music and dance currents in latin. Danzon is a ballroom dance played by the cuban charangas. Pekkarinen not just a dancer artist, designer, illustrator, some photography, makeup artist, caricaturist and do it myself kinda gal. When they returned to spain, they would stop again in cuba for inspections and taxation. Mambo is a latin dance of cuba which was developed in the 1940s when the music genre of the same name became popular throughout latin america.
In so doing, this text provides a number of ways to create, perceive. From the animated solos on africa, tres palabras, and conjunto to the flowing, crisply articulated lines on groovin high, sandoval plays with imagination, verve and flair, displaying a more original and distinctive concept than. Cuba dance danzon in havana cuba cuba culture news. Dance styles and history in this guide, you will find a wide range of credible resources for your research, as well as a list of sites to avoid. The chacha dance originated from cuba and was originally known as the chachacha. It is a figure dance formed by couples supplied with arches and sprays of flowers, much in vogue in the second half of the 19th century. It is also an active musical form in mexico, and is much loved in puerto rico as well.
The paper dives into the history and development of the. In cuba, the dances of european origin acquired new stylistic features derived from african. By the early twentiethcentury, it had exploded in popularity. The dance gained popularity around the 1950s and was created from two other dances the mambo and the danzon. Madrid is a music scholar whose research focuses on the intersection of modernity, tradition and globalization in music and expressive culture from mexico, the u. Danzon is the official musical genre and dance of cuba.
Written in 2 4 time, the danzon is a slow, formal partner dance, requiring set footwork around syncopated beats, and incorporating elegant pauses while the couples stand listening to virtuoso instrumental passages, as characteristically played by a charanga or tipica ensemble. The danzon evolved from the cuban contradanza, or habanera. A methodology for study published in 1983 by dance books. Circumcaribbean dialogues in music and dance studies the emergence, hemispherewide influence, and historical and contemporary significance of this music and dance phenomenon. It has traditionally appealed to couples in their golden years but now a younger generation is giving it a whirl. Danzon comes from the words danza and son, two other dance styles danzon is a dance that is tipically seen to be derived from the african antigua regions, and originated during the xvii century and derives from son cubano. Other information include proper searches, evaluation of websites, databases, and books related to the subject of dance. This paper covers the study of the danzon, cubas official national genre and dance. Caribbean dance in global commerce, published in 2015 by oxford university press. While working with the charanga group orquesta america in cuba performed at dance halls in havana. Salsa is the latin american dance that managed to revolutionize the way we dance and move one the dance floor. Dance history is not only an academic or artistic undertaking. The danzon persisted and became the national dance of cuba. She answered a few questions about her work and the book.
History get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies. It is a descendant of the popular the spanish danza of the 1800s and the french contredanse contradanza brought by the french immigrants fleeing the haitian revolution, who settled in the cubas eastern region. We hope that they will be used by this and future generations in the study and. In 1997 we saw the mexican style of danzon in veracruz and found it to be very different from the cuban style. Discover librarianselected research resources on dance history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines. Because pelvic movement was included, whether soft sways as in the cuban danzon or bodytobody hip grinds and the enlacing of the legs as in the brazilian maxixe, the early 20thcentury couple dances were seen as both titillating and wicked. It endeavors to get as close as possible to the dance, to its nostalgic melodies, to its wild rhythms, and although it violates its intimacy, its form and its harmonic language, it is a very personal way of paying my respects and expressing my emotions towards truly popular music. With them came the contradanza, their europeanbased popular dance music. Then the need was to provide a theoretical basis for dance history as a burgeoning area of academic study, to offer examples of good history writing and to outline various curriculum development strategies.
It is also an active musical form in mexico and is still much loved in puerto rico. This book studies the emergence, hemispherewide influence, historical, and. A brief history of the rumba travel smithsonian magazine. List of books and articles about dance history online research. Danzon is a significant addition to the literature on latin american music, dance, and expressive culture. An interactive arts approachprovides an indepth look at dance from the dawn of time through the 20th century. In the late 1700s, after the bloody haitian revolution, many haitians and french colonists fled to cuba. The danzon was preferably danced during winter, because. Dance history explores the intersection of the collective narrative with the human body. As the name in spanish implies, the danzon is a long dance. In this article, i examine the history of a genre that spans several continents and several centuries. Dancing developed as a natural expression of united feeling and action. Danzon dance studio social dancing australia, canberra, australian capital territory. The paper dives into the history and development of the genre from european colonization, to its structure and musical characteristics, and how it has culturally impacted the country of cuba.
The ships then sailed to their final destinations of buenos aires, san juan puerto rico, and other ports. Arturo sandoval brings all of his skills, enthusiasm, and connections to bear on this 1993 recording, composing 8 of the 11 tunes and fusing afrocuban rhythms, jazz improvisation, and some unusually wellhandled pop textures. The danzon was preferably danced during winter, because, according to the dancers, it led to extreme overheating. By the early twentiethcentury, it had exploded in popularity throughout the gulf of mexico and caribbean. A fundamentally hybrid music and dance complex, it reflects the fusion of european and.
From ballrooms to concert halls, mexico kept this cuban. It is slower, with more cadences and variety danza or contradanza. Danzon is integral to the history of cuban dance music, popular between 1880 and 1940. The origins of dance the earliest history of human dance is a continuing mystery. Using an investigative approach, this book presents the who, what, when, where, why, and how of dance history in relation to other arts and to historical, political, and social events. Circumcarribean dialogues in music and dance oxford. Juliet mcmains is an associate professor in the university of washington dance program and author of spinning mambo into salsa. A brief history of the rumba born out of slavery in 19thcentury cuba, the lively music and dance form takes many shapes. Latin american dance latin american dance the caribbean. During the colonial period, spanish ships stopped in havana to have their cargoes inventoried and taxed.
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