Latin Dance [Hardcover]

Elizabeth Drake-Boyt (Author)

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Hardcover: 161 pages
Publisher: Greenwood (Feb 2 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0313376085
ISBN-13: 978-0313376085
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 431 g

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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, the popularity of salsa today, and the broader social meanings and implications of their multicultural origins from the 1600s to the present. The historic connection between exhibition Latin dance and American modern dance through vaudeville is explained as well.

About the Author

Elizabeth Drake-Boyt, PhD, is a dance historian and adjunct professor in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN. Her published works include Dance as a Project of the Early Modern Avantgarde: An Analysis of Three Western Expressive Dance Works Created between 1900 and 1920 and their Cultural Implications.

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