rumba
Swaying Latin dance
Rumba is a ballroom dance of Cuban origin characterized by pronounced hip movements and a slow-quick-quick rhythm.
The music accompanying it features syncopated beats and percussion.
As a verb, to rumba is to perform this dance: We rumbad until midnight.
Also spelled rhumba.
Rectangular dance footwork
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- LatinAncient Roman language
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
costume · sequins · foxtrot · quickstep · waltz · tango · cha-cha · performance
Festive public celebration
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- street partyOutdoor neighborhood gathering
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
merriment · nightclub · dance hall · cabaret · Saturday night · jubilee · live music · social dance
Latin music's rhythmic spine
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- polyrhythmOverlapping musical beat patterns
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
groove · pulse · percussion · congas · cascara · bongos · cowbell · meter
Cropped open-front jacket
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- mamboFast Cuban ballroom dance
- timbaAfro-Cuban dance fusion genre
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
melody · composition · arrangement · horn section · tres · maracas · claves · brass
Cuba's largest city
- claveLatin music's rhythmic spine
- Afro-CubanBlending African and Cuban
- sonMale child relation
- Celia CruzLegendary Cuban salsa vocalist
box step
Rectangular dance footwork
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- LatinAncient Roman language
- partnershipShared business arrangement
choreography · costume · sequins · foxtrot · quickstep · waltz · tango · cha-cha · performance · posture
fiesta
Festive public celebration
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- street partyOutdoor neighborhood gathering
revelry · merriment · nightclub · dance hall · cabaret · Saturday night · jubilee · live music · social dance · descarga
clave
Latin music's rhythmic spine
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- polyrhythmOverlapping musical beat patterns
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
tempo · groove · pulse · percussion · congas · cascara · bongos · cowbell · meter · accentuation
bolero
Cropped open-front jacket
jazz · melody · composition · arrangement · horn section · tres · maracas · claves · brass · improvisation
Havana
Cuba's largest city
- claveLatin music's rhythmic spine
- Afro-CubanBlending African and Cuban
- sonMale child relation
Celia Cruz · timba · Tropicana · cajón · Santería · Yoruba · solar
cucaracha
Spanish for cockroach
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
allure · sultry · passion · intimacy · connection · tease · romance · desire · tension · expression
- dancesballet, waltz, tango, salsa, hula
- Latin American Musictango, samba, bossa nova, cumbia, bolero
- Spanish Musicflamenco, Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias, fandango, bolero
- Afro-CubanAfro-Cuban, Yoruba, Santeria, orishas, African roots
- Venezuelan Spanishfino, arepa, rancho, bolas, bolo
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, folk dance
rumbawaltz
Dance in three-quarter time
foxtrot · quickstep · polka · Viennese waltz · minuet
rumbamarch
Rhythmic group walk
classical music · polka music · Scottish reel · hymn · Gregorian chant