My hobby - Dance

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My hobby - Dance

• Author
• Dominika Tomkowicz
• Class
• II TEp
• School
• ZSP 1 in Krosno

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About Me

• My name is Dominika. I am 17 years old.
• I attend the second class in TE p.

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My hobby

• My hobby is dance. This is my passion. I attend
  lessons of dance in school. I take part in a
  dance team. We act at many concerts and
  festivals. On the 30th of June 2005 we danced
  during celebrations of the Day of Sport in our
  school.

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Types of Dance

• Rumba
• Casino
• Merengue
• Salsa
• Cha Cha
• Samba
• Flamenco
• Disco

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Rumba

• There are two sources of the dances one Spanish
  and the other African. Although the main growth
  was in Cuba, there were similar dance
  developments which took place in other Caribbean
  islands and in Latin America generally.
• The "rumba influence" came in the 16th century
  with the black slaves imported from Africa. The
  native Rumba folk dance is essentially a sex
  pantomime danced extremely fast with exaggerated
  hip movements and with a sensually aggressive
  attitude on the part of the man and a defensive
  attitude on the part of the woman. The music is
  played with a staccato beat in keeping with the
  vigorous expressive movements of the dancers.
  Accompanying instruments include the maracas, the
  claves, the marimbola, and the drums.
• Rumba is the spirit and soul of Latin American
  music and dance. The fascinating rhythms and
  bodily expressions make the Rumba one of the most
  popular ballroom dances.

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Casino

• Casino Dance is internationally known as Salsa.
  The name Casino appeared in the early 1960s in
  Havana. As a pastime and entertainment for most
  Cubans, Casino became a predominant rhythm in
  Havana. It gave birth to Rueda de Casino, which
  originated in Patricio Lumumba beach club (former
  Nautico) in Miramar. This form of circular dance
  was the creation of dancers from Regla and the
  Guaracheros de Regla.

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Merengue

• The Merengue is the national dance of the
  Dominican Republic, and also to some extent, of
  Haiti, the neighbour sharing the island.
• Partners hold each other in closed position and
  do walks sideways or circle each other, in small
  steps. They can further switch to a double
  handhold position and do separate turns never
  letting go each other's hands. During these turns
  they may twist and tie their handold into
  intricate pretzels. Other choreography is
  possible.Although the tempo of the music may be
  frantic, the upper body is kept majestic and
  turns are slow, typically four beats/steps per
  complete turn.

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Salsa

• Salsa is not easily defined. Who invented salsa?
  The Cubans, Puerto Ricans? Salsa is a
  distillation of many Latin and Afro-Caribbean
  dances. Each played a large part in its
  evolution.
• Salsa is similar to Mambo in that both have a
  pattern of six steps danced over eight counts of
  music. The dances share many of the same moves.
  In Salsa, turns have become an important feature,
  so the overall look and feel are quite different
  form those of Mambo. Mambo moves generally
  forward and backward, whereas, Salsa has more of
  a side to side feel.
• Salsa is danced on music with a recurring
  eight-beat pattern, i.e. two bars of four beats.
  Salsa patterns typically use three steps during
  each four beats, one beat being skipped. However,
  this skipped beat is often marked by a tap, a
  kick, a flick, etc. Typically the music involves
  complicated percussion rhythms and is fast with
  about 180 beats per minute

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Cha Cha

• Originally known as the Cha-Cha-Cha. Became
  popular about 1954. Cha Cha is an offshoot of the
  Mambo. In the slow Mambo tempo, there was a
  distinct sound in the music that people began
  dancing to, calling the step the "Triple" Mambo.
  Eventually it evolved into a separate dance,
  known today as the Cha Cha.
• The dance consists of three quick steps (triple
  step or cha cha cha) and two slower steps on the
  one beat and two beats.

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Samba

• The Samba originated in Brazil. It was and is
  danced as a festival dance during the street
  festivals and celebrations. First introduced in
  the U.S.A in a Broadway play called "Street
  Carnival" in the late twenties. The festive style
  and mood of the dance has kept it alive and
  popular to this day. Samba is a fun dance that
  fits most of today's popular music.

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Flamenco

• The flamenco came from Andalusia in what is now
  Spain, influenced heavily by the local gypsy
  population, the Gitanos. Large amounts of the
  musical stylings and dance movements of flamenco
  come from the Jewish tradition, as well as from
  Moorish culture.
• Flamenco dancing is an incredibly emotive dance
  style, with the dancer always striving to express
  his or her emotions through movement. Sharp
  movements and facial expressions play a greater
  role in flamenco dancing than in many other style
  of dance, reflecting this desire to convey the
  deepest feelings one is experiencing. While
  flamenco dancing, the dancer may clap their
  hands, kick their feet, snap castanets (small
  handheld percussive instruments), or jerk their
  body abruptly to demonstrate the desired emotion.
  At the same time, losing control is never an
  option in flamenco dancing, and this passionate
  display is always tempered by sustaining the
  highest levels of grace and precision in
  movements.

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Disco
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