Dance In Latin America

Question: How did Cuba and Brazil affect popular music, culture and dance in the 1940’s and 50’s? A. Plan For Investigation How did Cuba and Brazil affect popular music, culture and dance in the 1940’s and 50’s? In this investigation I am going to establish what affects Cuba and Brazil had on popular music and dance. The first thing I’m going to do is discover how the music from Cuba and Brazil spread to America, the center of music. While doing my research I will be looking at what types

Latin America is home to an extremely diverse population, this is predominantley down to the fact that the majority of Latin America was colonized by the European superpowers of colonial times such as, Spain, Portugal, Britain, France and the Netherlands. As a result of this colonialism there has been significant political and social unrest in Latin America which has hindered the development of both social and economic processes. The “Blancos” dominated social, politcal and economic systems for over

creating a demand for sheet music. Cuba even had a piano factory. This increase in access caused an explosion of piano music to be written. The Caribbean also was influenced. It had internationalized the habanera, a dance that was very popular in Cuba. Habanera was often used in dance music and theater. Moving onto the 20th century, popular music genres included Puerto Rican plena, Argentine tango, Dominican merengue, and Brazilian samba. These genres became national symbols for the countries from

interesting that, as it mentioned in the beginning of the chapter, Latin American culture is so closely tied with European and African culture. However, I can see why since Spanish colonies, Portugal, and other places interacted with Latin America even so far as to leave an influence on their language, and black slaves were brought to parts of Latin America to be imported. One musical feature that the Europeans helped to incorporate into Latin America music is the singing with their languages. In fact, we learned

derived from a strongly flavored sauce. The name was appropriate since salsa music is a ‘sauce’ because of the mixture of other styles of Cuban music with a Puerto Rican influence Salsa dance was born after the slaves were given freedom to dance to their rhythms on the streets. Those people who performed these dances were known as ‘sonterios.' The music had a complex rhythm well-known as ‘Toques’ from the drums. Salsa is not old. It is reasonably new but its musical roots date back to centuries. It

heritage with them, including the dance forms characteristic of their culture. While in a new location, these cultural aspects can serve to unify people of a common ethnicity, giving them a physical expression of their collective identity. On the other hand, when a minority group of people practices its dance forms in a new geographic location, dominant groups of people often adopt them. Failing to understand the social significance and original meanings of such dances, the majority group appropriates

An Active Role in Shaping History From the beginning of their colonization and enslavement, the histories of the Africans and the African-descended were shaped ultimately by outsiders. The colonization of Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America were all controlled and executed by the Europeans. The slave trade and plantations were also under the power of whites. Even the emancipation of slaves, though the African-descended definitely contributed, was mostly shaped by and a result of decisions

In Latin American countries, they have a very unique culture. With their holidays, music, celebrations, and art, the countries in Latin America never cease to bring joy in people’s lives. Latin American culture is vastly different than other cultures in many ways. In Latin America, the languages of Spanish and Portuguese are dominant and most people speak them. However there are people who speak other languages as well. Latin America includes nineteen countries and several territories. There are

MUSI 1004 Term Project A. Video Review on the video of: “The JVC/ Smithsonian Folkways Video Anthology of Music and Dance of the Americas –Volume 4: Music and Dance of the Caribbean” In this video review, I am going to discuss the musical background and components observed in the video about the Music and Dance of the Caribbean from Latin America. On the background of Caribbean music: the Amerindians are the first people that have settled in the Caribbean and thus are the pioneers of Caribbean

In Latin America, African music and dance did not rise to prominence in an unadulterated form, but rather one transformed by interactions with European styles in a process known as transculturation. Such an intricate transmutation occurs when cultures exchange aspects, including music, language, or dance, and mutually influence each other in both beneficial and adverse ways. John Charles Chasteen explores this concept in profound detail throughout National Rhythms, African Roots wherein he explains