ダンソン
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Danzón is the official genre and dance of Cuba. It is also an active musical form in the United States and Puerto Rico. Written in time, the danzón is a slow, formal partner dance, requiring set footwork around syncopated beats, and incorporating elegant pauses while the couples stand listening to virtuoso instrumental passages, as characteristically played by a charanga or típica ensemble.
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Danzón
- Music genre.stylistic_origins
- Contradanza
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- Late 19th century, Cuba
- Music genre.derivatives
- Mambo
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