RUMBA

 

 

Some dancers considered Rumba the most erotic and sensual Latin dance, for its relatively slow rhythm and the hip movement. Rumba is actually the second slowest Latin dance: the spectrum runs Bolero, Rumba, ChaChaCha, Mambo in order of the speed of the beat.

American Style Rumba is characterized by the Latin motion (sometimes called Cuban motion or hip sway) arising from a knee being bent, as opposed to the straight leg style used in International.

The basic move in Rumba is known as a Box Step. It is similar in basic structure to Waltz and other box-step dances in step position, but uses a 4/4 timing versus the 3/4 timing found in Waltz. Assuming an eight count step (two measures of 4/4), steps occur on one, three, four, five, seven, and eight. This leaves a "slow--quick-quick-slow--quick-quick" pattern to the dance in its most basic form.

 

Recommended Rumba Tunes:

"Manana de la Carnaval" - Luis Miguel

"Inolvidable" - Luis Miguel

"Otra Vez" - Chayanne

"Eres Todo en Mi" - Ana Gabriel

"No Se Porque Te Quiero" Ana Belen & Antonio Banderas

"Lo Mejor de Mi" - Cristian Castro

"Falling Into You" - Celine Dion

"Fall Again" - Glenn Lewis

 

Bronze Level Syllabus	Silver Level Syllabus	Gold Level Syllabus
1) The Closed Basic 2) Open Basic Movement 3) Alternative Basic 4) New York 5) Solo Spot Turns 6) Switch Turns 7) Underarm Turn 8) Underarm Switch Turns Summary of Turns in Rumba 9) Shoulder to Shoulder 10) Hand to Hand 11) Progressive Walks and Kiki Walks 12) Side Step 13) Cuban Rocks	14) The Cucarachas 15) The Fan 16) The Alemana 17) The Hockey Stick 18) The Natural Top 19) Opening Out 20) Natural Opening Out 21) Closed Hip Twist	22) The Open Hip Twist 23) Reverse Top 24) The Aida or Fallaway 25) The Spiral and Other Spirals 26) The Rope Spin 27) The Sliding Door 28) Fencing 29) The Three Threes 30) Continuous Hip Twist 31) Continuous Circular Hip Twist 32) Three Alemanas