Rumba

Rumba is a music and dance term with two different meanings.

First, it means Cuban event of African style, the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music.^[1][2] This use of the term 'rumba' is quite different from the Latin ballroom dance.

Second, it refers to one of the Latin ballroom dances. In this sense, the Rumba is the slowest of the five competitive International Latin dances. The Paso doble, the Samba, the Cha-cha-cha and the Jive are the others. This ballroom Rumba was also danced in Cuba to a rhythm they call the bolero-son. The international style was derived from studies of dance in Cuba in the pre-revolutionary period.^[3]

1. ↑ Orovio, Helio 2004. Cuban music from A to Z. Duke, Durham NC. p191
2. ↑ Daniel, Yvonne 1995. Rumba: Dance and social change in contemporary Cuba. Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN.
3. ↑ Lavelle, Doris 1983. Latin & American dances. 3rd ed, Black, London.