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Entertainment

The art or field of entertaining, especially that provided by performers.

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salsa

Entertainment; Dance

Salsa is a syncretic dance genre originated from Cuba, as the meeting point of European and African popular culture. It later spread to Puerto Rico and the rest of the Caribbean ...

west coast swing (WCS)

Entertainment; Dance

West Coast Swing (WCS) is a partner dance derived from Lindy Hop. It is characterised by a distinctive elastic look that results from its basic extension-compression technique of ...

rumba

Entertainment; Dance

Rumba is a dance term with two quite different meanings. First, it means Cuban event of African style, organically related to the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. There are ...

cha-cha

Entertainment; Dance

Cha-cha is the name of a Latin American dance of Cuban origin. It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953. This ...

waltz

Entertainment; Dance

The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in 3/4 time performed primarily in closed position.In contemporary ballroom dance, the fast versions of the waltz are called Viennese ...

abrazo

Entertainment; Dance

(close embrace) Used in Milonguero style, and Salon style. Close body contact. The women’s arm is around the shoulders of the man or behind the man’s back. In Salon Style the ...

abrazo in Nuevo Tango

Entertainment; Dance

(abrazo) Used in Nuevo tango. No body contact, very loose informal open  arms. The women’s left hand is holding the man’s arm at or above the elbow

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