What is Bolero?

Bolero is a Spanish dance with dramatic, complex steps and dramatic stops. It began as a folk dance and at the beginning of the 18th century it became popular in Cuba as a social dance. The name concerns both dance and dance music. Its popularity has spread from Latin America to the United States at the end of the 20th to the mid -1930s. This music is romantic and the rhythm is slow and smooth. The Spanish dancer Sebastian Cerezo is attributed with the creation of the original dance in 1780. Often considered to be a charming type of Fandang. The romantic style of dance is his almost game attraction of couples in a nearby hug and then dramatically apart. Bolero is mainly about partners and good dancers know how to tell his audience.

There are many popular songs with Bolero rhythm. It can dance to Songs as Sade's Smooth Operator . Some famous songs Bolero popular in North America include sin oncusas ni rodeos by Julio Iglesias, Why by Annie Lenox and From there to eternity by Frank Sinatra.

Bolero Round Dancing became popular in the age of 90. Round dance is a dance dance that is choreographed to contain all couples dancing the same movements and patterns. The pairs move a circular direction counterclockwise when they dance. Bolero is also performed as a competitive dance.

Bolero is considered a relatively easy dance to learn, but it is difficult to manage properly. The basic movements are relatively simple and include walks called PASEO and sudden stops called bien Parado . It is based on a dance step called Slip of Pivot , which rotates the body with a ball of the foot. Turning helps to give dancing a needle and smooth beauty. What makes it difficult to master is the drama and an aspect of attention that must be communicated to the audience.

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