Latin dance / Elizabeth Drake-Boyt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drake-Boyt, Elizabeth.

Series:

American dance floor.

The American dance floor

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance--Latin America.

Dance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 161 pages) : illustrations

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Latin dance and music have had a widespread influence upon the development of other social dance and music styles in the United States. As a result, Latin dance styles are among the most important dance forms in America. Latin Dance addresses every major style of Latin dance, describing the basic steps that characterize it as well as its rhythmic pace and time signature, and examining its development from European, African, and Amerindian influences. The author explains the range of styles and expression to be found in Latin dances primarily within the context of couples social dancing, th

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Series Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Spanish Latin Dances and Others Under the Influence""; ""Chapter 2: Tropical Latin Dances""; ""Chapter 3: That Latin Beat: How Latin Dance and Music Got into the United States""; ""Chapter 4: That Latin Beat: What They Did When They Got Here""; ""Chapter 5: Latin Exhibition and Art Dance""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix I: Online Resources""; ""Appendix II: Latin Dance on Film""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""

""P""""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-155) and index.

ISBN:

9798400677007

9786613056450

9781283056458

1283056453

9780313376092

0313376093

OCLC:

712039709