melody through my ear, I just cannot resist my mood getting affected by it. Since I was a child, memories flood me with singing in my mother’s car, “One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Everybody in the car so come on let’s ride”, from Lou Bega’s song, “Mambo Number 5”. As a lad I desired a way to listen to these songs not only through a radio in my house or inside a car, but in a way that would allow me to hear any song I wanted at any time. Luckily for me, my parents gave me my first Sony CD Walkman. Just
edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Print. Peter Bakewell. A History of Latin America. Bakewell Books. p.74. Selvin, Joel. Telephone Interview. November 12, 201. Sublette, Ned 2004. Cuba and its music: from the first drums to the mambo. Chicago. Thomas G. Paterson. Contesting Castro. United States War Department, Informe sobre el censo de Cuba, 1899 (Washington, D.C., 1900), pg. 732.
the dance itself was originated in the Caribbean. The dane known as the Salsa contains a variety of different music which come from many different countries that have the Hispanic influence. This dance has a combination of many movements from the Mambo, Cha-Cha-Cha,
how to properly dance salsa. Salsa dance is not easily performed. Salsa dance originally came from Cuba. Salsa is one of the most dynamic dance in the 90s and continued to be today also. Both the music and the dance styles of salsa is similar to Mambo. Salsa is danced differently. Some performers will dance it very quickly and complicated while some salsa dance are more relaxed and sensual and it almost looks like Argentine tango. The dancers followed along by adding more complicated steps to the
change could be seen on a macro scale. The economy was booming steady until the recession in 1957; although, this recession was nowhere near as great as the depression. During this decade the ratio of male to female in the work force was approximately 5 to 2 which tells us that women were still mostly at home taking care of the children while the men worked and paid for the family to live off of; because more men worked they had a typical life expectancy of 65.6 where as women lived to be about 71 (Bradley)
According to Holger Henke in his The West Indian Americans, Jamaican Rex Nettleford was correct when he said, “’dance was a primary instrument of survival’.” As such a vital part of cultural traditions, dance plays and integral role in the history culture. Three of the most influential styles of dance in the Caribbean are the Rumba, The Merengue, and the Salsa. The word Rumba is defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary as “a ballroom dance of Haitian and Dominican origin in 2/4 time in which one
Does “Music equal life?” Have you ever wondered what this quote could really mean? Well, music in society can play a major significance in our persona. Music, I believe is the essence of defining yourself, other than our family and peers. This contributes to our development not only emotionally and psychologically, but involvement within society. The way we walk, talk and dress can be a determining factor from the music aspect as well. Our involvement is all based on these assumptions of how
Majority of people in this world want to live in a healthy ways. Unfortunately, still have some people not just in our country but also in the world that do not know about the important of exercise. Exercise encourages people to achieve health and it is a part of a healthy live. Exercise not just for athlete but it is also for novice people. Exercise can be done by anyone regardless of age and gender. Exercising can reduce the risk of harmful illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, heart
Cultural Purity and the Refute of the Inevitable Momentum In the introduction to “The Pure Products Go Crazy,” James Clifford offers a poem by William Carlos Williams about a housekeeper of his named Elsie. This girl is of mixed blood, with a divided common ancestry, and no real collective roots to trace. Williams begins to make the observation that this is the direction that the world is moving in, as Clifford puts it—“an inevitable momentum.” Clifford believes in that, “in an interconnected
Yaremi Ontiveros DAN 110-01; MW 11:00 am Final Self Reflection Paper Fall 2016 1.) My favorite dance lab was West African because I enjoyed dancing to the beat of the drums and learning about the history of the dance we performed. The choreographer mentioned that the dance we performed is normally performed to welcome outsiders. One reason why I found the dance lab enjoyable is because it was my first time dancing West African so I was vulnerable and less judgmental. Therefore, I did not feel hesitant
achievments are called paradigms. a paradigm is defined by Kuhn as “an accepted canon of scientific practice, including laws, theory, applications, and instrumentation, that provides a model for a particular coherent tradition of scientific research” (Trigger 5). When results arise that cannot be explained through the current paradigm, a new paradigm may begin to form. the new paradigm originates with new theories that are proposed as a result of the anomalies that were found. “to be accepted as a paradigm
Musical theatre is a type of theatrical performance combining music, dance, acting and spoken dialogue. Written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, ‘West Side Story’ is a classic American musical based on William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The through-composed score and lyrics are used to portray different characters and their cultures, the rivalry between the Jets and Sharks, and the emotions felt as the story progresses. This essay will be exploring the music and how effective the
Jasmine Bryson Jim Watson HUMA 1153 15 April 2018 El Mundo de la Salsa Caleña My experience at the Hispanic Flamenco Ballet concert in Houston, Texas was absolutely phenomenal! At the concert, I learned all about the Latin American countries and their different cultures. For every Latin country, they displayed a short slideshow explaining their culture and the roots it derived from. After the slideshow, dancers came out dressed as if they were in that particular country and performed a cultural
Gerard Clarke and Michael Jennings (2008: 6) define FBO as “any organization that derives inspiration and guidance for its activities from the teachings and principles of the faith or from a particular interpretation or school of thought within the faith” . In short basically FBOs are directly indirectly religiously tied organisations. FBOs also differ in terms of the kind of approach they have towards development and the ways in which they view what people need in order to live a dignified life
Post World War Two Racism, in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Communities. Over the years Australia has had many different problems with racism and racism affecting peoples’ lives. Many racial groups have been affected, most significantly the Aboriginals. The end of world war two in 1945 marked a huge change in types of racism. Australia went from the ‘superior’ white Australians dominating over immigrants and aboriginals. To a relatively multicultural and accepting society that is present today
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George, Rosemary Marangoly, and Helen Scott. "An Interview with Tsitsi Dangarembga." Novel (Spring 1993):309-319. [This interview was conducted at the African Writers Festival, Brown Univ., Nov. 1991] Excerpt from Introduction: "Written when the author was twenty-five, Nervous Conditions put Dangarembga at the forefront of the younger generation of African writers producing literature in English today....Nervous Conditions highlights that which is often effaced in postcolonial African