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    The document summarizes the history and characteristics of the mambo dance and waltz dance. The mambo originated in Cuba in the 1940s as a faster version of the danzon and became popular in Latin America and the US, replacing the rhumba. Over time the mambo incorporated breaking steps and became known as salsa. The waltz began as a folk dance in Austria-Germany characterized by rotating movements. It uses a 3/4 time rhythm of quick, quick, quick steps and is a smooth, romantic dance that travels around the dance floor.

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    The document summarizes the history and characteristics of the mambo dance and waltz dance. The mambo originated in Cuba in the 1940s as a faster version of the danzon and became popular in Latin America and the US, replacing the rhumba. Over time the mambo incorporated breaking steps and became known as salsa. The waltz began as a folk dance in Austria-Germany characterized by rotating movements. It uses a 3/4 time rhythm of quick, quick, quick steps and is a smooth, romantic dance that travels around the dance floor.

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    The document summarizes the history and characteristics of the mambo dance and waltz dance. The mambo originated in Cuba in the 1940s as a faster version of the danzon and became popular in Latin America and the US, replacing the rhumba. Over time the mambo incorporated breaking steps and became known as salsa. The waltz began as a folk dance in Austria-Germany characterized by rotating movements. It uses a 3/4 time rhythm of quick, quick, quick steps and is a smooth, romantic dance that travels around the dance floor.

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    Mambo Dance

    Introduction
     Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuba which was
    developed in the 1940s when the music genre of
    the same name became throughout Latin
    America.
     The original ballroom dance which emerged in
    Cuba and Mexico was related to the danzon, albeit
    faster and less rigid. In the United States, it
    replaced rhumba as the fashionable Latin dance.
    Later on, with the advent of salsa
    and its more sophisticated dance,
    a new type of mambo dance
    including breaking steps was
    popularized in New York.
    This form received the name of ‘’salsa
    on 2’’, ‘’mambo on 2’’ or ‘’modern
    mambo’’
    History
     In the mid- 1940s, bandleader devised a dance for a
    new form of music known as mambo music, take
    its name from the 1938 song mambo 1980 song a
    charanga which had popularized a new form of
    danzon known as danzon mambo.
     This was a syncopated, less rigid form of the
    danzon which allowed the dancers to more
    freely express themselves during the last section,
    known as the mambo section.
     From Havana Perez Prado moved his music to
    Mexico, where his music and the dance was
    adopted.
     The original mambo dance was characterized by
    freedom and complicated foot- steps.
     The mambo dance that was spearheaded by Perez
    Prado and was popular in the 1940s and 1950s in
    Cuba, Mexico, and New York is completely different
    from the modern dance that New Yorker now call
    mambo and which is also known as salsa on 2.
     The original mambo dance contains no breaking
    steps or basic steps at all.
     The Cuban dance was not accepted by many
    professional dance teachers.
     Cuban dancers would describe mambo as feeling
    the music, in which sound and movement were
    merged through the body.
     Professional dance teachers in the US saw this
    approach to dancing as extreme, undisciplined,
    and thus deemed it necessary to standardize the
    dance to present it as a salable commodity for the
    social and ballroom market.
    In the 1940s, Puerto Rican
    dancer Pedro Aguilar, known as
    Cuban Pete, and his wife
    became popular as the top
    mambo dancers of the time,
    dancing regularly at The
    Palladium in NY.
    PEDRO AGUILAR
    Waltz Dance
    Introduction
     Is one of the most popular ballroom dances of all
    times. Considered by some as the Mother of
    Present Day Dances and the Backbone Dance
    of the ballroom dancing arena.
     The waltz is the basic for many dances. A truly
    romantic dance, the waltz is comprised of soft,
    round, and flowing movements.
    Waltz Distinctive Steps
     The basic movement of the waltz is a
    three- step sequence consisting of a
    step forward or backward, a step
    closing the feet together.
     The timing of the steps is known as
    quick, quick, quick or 1, 2, 3.
    History
    The waltz was born as an
    Austro-German folk dance
    known as an lander, which was
    characterized by the rotating
    movements partners dancing
    together.
    Waltz Rhythm and Music
     Waltz music is written in ¾ time
    counted as 1, 2, 3 -1, 2, 3. The first beat
    of each measure is accented
    corresponding to the extended highly
    stretched step that is taken on the first
    count, followed by the two short steps,
    with its distinctive rhythm pattern.
    Waltz Characteristics
     The waltz is a smooth dance that travels
    around the line of dance.
     Characterized by its rise and fall action,
    the waltz include a step slide and step in 314
    time.
     Dancers should move their shoulders
    smoothly parallel with the floor instead of
    up and down, and they must strive to
    lengthen each step.

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