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World Of Dance: Latin And Caribbean Dance
World of Dance: Latin and Caribbean Dance
Book Category:
Juvenile Nonfiction > Performing Arts > Dance
Author:
Margaret Musmon
Editor::
Elizabeth A. Hanley
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9781604134810
Price:
USD 35.00
Publication Year:
2010

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The various cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean have produced their own unique forms of dance.?Latin and Caribbean Dance?highlights dances indigenous to Cuba (mambo and cha-cha-cha), the Dominican Republic (merengue and bachata), Haiti (compas and Vodou ritual dances), Argentina (tango), and Brazil (samba and capoeira). Explore how each dance has developed and been adapted through European and African influences, as well as how they continue to develop in the modern world.

 
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