1, Rumba
Rumba, is the phonetic translation of the Spanish Rumba, expressed in R, also known as the dance of love, one of the Latin dance program. Originating from the sixteenth century in Africa, the folk dance of the black song and dance, popular in Latin America, and then developed in Cuba, so it is also called the Cuban Rumba, the rhythm of the dance for the 4/4 beat.
2, cha-cha-cha
Cha-cha-cha, is the most primitive derivation of the mambo, in the 1950s Latin dance - cha-cha-cha is popular throughout the United States, the most popular Latin social dance. Many musicians, even other songwriters who hadn't considered the Latin dance, and many of Dixie's musicians adopted the Latin dance-cha-cha to popularize the rhythm.
3, Samba
Samba (Portuguese: Samba), is a type of dance and music originating in Bahia, Brazil. It has its earliest roots in African indigenous dances with religious rituals, brought to Brazil by black slaves who were trafficked to Brazil, and then mixed with other cultures that spread to the region, gradually evolving into today's samba.
4, cowboy dance
Cowboy dance, also known as Jet Dance. One of the Latin dance program, expressed in J. Cowboy dance is originally a kind of tap dance of cowboys in the western United States, prevalent in the twentieth century in the twentieth and thirtieth centuries. During the Second World War, American soldiers brought the cowboy dance to Britain, due to the impact of the war, people's mood of timely fun, resulting in the development of cowboy dance to the point of madness.
5, bullfighting dance
Bullfighting dance is a kind of Latin dance, originated in France, prevalent in Spain, imitating the Spanish matador action of a dance. The male partner is as vigorous and powerful as a bullfighter. There is no crotch twisting action, the footsteps are clean and sharp, and the marching style of the dance gives people a kind of courageous and fearlessness.
Expanded Information
The origin of Latin dance is quite complicated to trace, and each of its dances originated in a different country, with different backgrounds, histories, and development histories, but the vast majority of them originated in the Americas, and they are the fusion of three cultures.
As early as the 16th century, the European conquerors in order to get enough labor and a large number of black Africans imported to the American continent, to the 17th and 18th centuries, from the three continents of the culture has been gradually fused in the American continent.
Dance, as the main form of entertainment for the lower and middle classes, naturally reflected this cultural fusion, and with the later influx of elements of European court dance, these folk dances were further standardized, evolved and perfected.
After World War II, Americans spread these dances around the world, and they were especially popular in Europe. Subsequently, the Europeans standardized and processed these folk dances, and finally included Latin dances in the world competition in 1960, and divided them into five types: rumba, samba, cha-cha-cha, bullfighting, and cowboy, and there were unified regulations on their steps, beats and other aspects.
After the end of the Second World War, the British Dance Association once again put the collection, collation and processing of ballroom dance (national standard dance) in the first place, about 1950,
British Dance Association in the foxtrot, tango, slow waltz and quick step dance on the basis of the construction of the fast waltz, cha cha cha, rumba, cowboy dance, samba and bullfighting dance of the national standard dance text theory and teaching standard
In about 1955, the number of 10 dances was established and has been used ever since.
Additionally, the 10 types of National Standard Dance were divided into 2 types of Modern Dance (Waltz, Tango, Quickstep, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz) and Latin Dance (Rumba, Cha Cha Chacha, Jive, Samba, Paso Doble). Thus, it has formed 1 set of theory, 2 types of dance systems, and 10 dance styles.
Cuba is the birthplace of Latin dance and Latin music. Originally, Latin music and dance was a way of celebrating victory or harvest, and later developed into a way for young people to express their love for each other.
In the process of its development, Latin dance has been too enthusiastic because of the movement, expression of emotion is too blunt and without any constraints and was rejected, but this did not affect the development of Latin dance, irresistible charm and finally made the Latin dance popular in the world.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Latin Dance
Latin Dance is the most popular dance in the world.