Author(s): Margaret Musmon,Jacques D'Amboise,Elizabeth A Hanley
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 120
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Language: English
Date Published: 2010-05-01
Dimensions: 170.18 x 236.22 x 12.7mm
Publication City/Country: Broomall, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps

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.