Mambo

In Cuban music, especially in salsa and son, the " mambo" section typically refers to a brassy, rhythmically intense instrumental break, often featuring repetitive horn lines, call-and-response patterns, and building energy toward the climax of a song.

Casino

casino dance is a fun, social group dance often performed at gatherings where participants line up or form groups to follow simple, synchronized steps, usually to upbeat Latin or pop music.

Son

Son traditional, Son montuno, Son moderno.

Cha-cha-chá

A Cuban dance and music style created in the early 1950s by Enrique Jorrín, evolving from the danzón-mambo tradition in charanga orchestras.

Danzon

National dance of Cuba, evolved from danza.

Mambo

Evolved from son and danzón, popularized in Havana but rooted in eastern Cuba’s rhythms.

Rumba

Cuban rumba is an Afro-Cuban music and dance genre characterized by complex rhythms, call-and-response vocals, and expressive, often flirtatious movements, rooted in African and Spanish traditions.

Columbia

Rumba columbia dancing is a fast, acrobatic solo male dance in 6/8 time, where the dancer shows agility, balance, and improvisation—often mimicking machete fights, martial moves, or acrobatics—while dialoguing playfully and competitively with the lead drum (quinto).

Guaguancó

The dance involves a flirtatious "chase" between a male and female dancer, with the male attempting a symbolic pelvic thrust called the vacunao, and the female using body movements to evade or accept it.

Matanzas

The following dances have their origin in Matanzas:

• Rumba
• Yambú
• Guaguancó
• Danzón
• Abakuá

• Arara

  
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Nigeria

Origin of

• Rumba
  • Yambú
  • Guaguancó
• Orisha dances
• Bembé

Bembé

• Roots: Bembé is both a ritual and social dance associated with Yoruba-derived religions.
• Connection to Nigeria: The drumming and dancing in Bembé ceremonies directly reflect Yoruba ceremonial practices.

• Danced at religious festivals, often in honor of the Orishas.

  
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Cameroon

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