Salsa dancing today is themost popular partner dancein the world. However, not many people are familiar with the complex history of how the dance originated. In this brief history of salsa, we’ll explore the origins of the world’s most popularLatin dance, from the Caribbean islands of Cub...
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Priscilla Renta, “Salsa Dance: Latino/a History in Motion,” Centro: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studie ? 16.2 (Fall 2004): 151.Renta, Priscila. 2004. "Salsa dance: Latino/a history in motion". Centro Journal 16 (2): 138- 157....
The Cuban Music Project provides information about the history of Cuban music. We explore evolution of Cuban Music from its Afro rhythms to the worldwide popularity of Cuban Salsa music and dance.
In music, Venezuela has produced one of the world's leading salsa bands in the person of Oscar D'Leon whose music has become emblematic of this genre's tradition even in Puerto Rico and New York City (the original sources of salsa music). World pop diva Mariah Carey is the daughter of...
Beyoncé is nominated in nine categories across four fields — including three of the coveted General Field categories, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year — in 2023. Along with Dance/Electronic Music and General Field, she is a...
Salsa, the island's most recent contribution to world music, is rooted in African rhythms. Puerto Rico has classical composers and performers and has been the site of the international Casals Festival since the 1950s. There are established ballet companies and groups that perform modern, folk, ...
Priscilla Renta, “Salsa Dance: Latino/a History in Motion,” Centro: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studie ? 16.2 (Fall 2004): 151.Renta, P. (2004). Salsa dance: Latino/a history in motion. Centro Journal, 16(2), 138- 157. Retrieved from http://www.redalyc.org/articulo....
Salsa, hybrid musical form based on Afro-Cuban music but incorporating elements from other Latin American styles. It developed largely in New York City beginning in the 1940s and ’50s, and it peaked in popularity in the 1970s. A dance associated with th