When the Mambo came to New York, the original dance was rejected by American dance teachers and changed into what is now known as Salsa. American teachers called the original dance, "extreme" and "undisciplined" and added breaking steps so it could be a saleable commodity for social dancing. The changes they made can't even be danced to the original Mambo music.
The Cuban Mambo is one of the most beautiful free forms of dance. At social dances, one may enter the dance floor with a partner but the dancing may be evolve into dancing alone or with another partner. The Cuban people naturally put the music inside of them and let it come out in the freedom of movement.
Video below is of 2 little kids dancing the American accepted version of Mambo.
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Gosh, I'm the first one on today! Mambo Italiano! I like it when you put the little video clips in, because it gives us a real feel for the dance you are telling us about . What a wonderful hobby for youngsters to have !
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DeleteThey really do have the Latin moves for someone so young. Hope they grow up to be champions.
Oh my giddy aunt!! These two kids are too cute!! And they can dance me off the dance floor just by looking!! LOL!! Awwww hope these two continue to have a bright and brilliant future in dance!!
ReplyDeleteSo Salsa is a derivative of Mambo? Well I never knew!! Take care
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Old Kitty
DeleteWell, I hope no one would ever dance you off the dance floor. The kids gotta have the interest or you couldn't get them to practice as much as they did. It shows they did a lot of work on their dance.
Hmmm, I would think that with the freedom of the American dance style, people would've appreciated and welcomed the mambo as is. Ha! No wonder I find the salsa steps so structured for such wildly freeing music.
ReplyDeleteThe dance teachers did it because in order to give lessons there has to be some basic structure so they have something to teach to everyone. It would be harder to teach freedom of movement. I always find the basic salsa step kinda boring but then I guess one just concentrates on hip movement.
DeleteAnd, I thought I was the only one who secretly thought the salsa step was boring. But then I could be jealous because I haven't mastered it yet. I'm going to learn the Cuban mambo and see how that it fits me.
DeleteI only can think of the song "Mambo number 5".
ReplyDeletelearned something new tho, Salsa is evolved from Mambo.
I guess I'm stuck in the old Perez Prado's "Pappa loves Mambo, Mama loves mambo" ta ta ta dadada
DeleteThink it would be safer for all involved if I flailed around alone.
ReplyDeleteJohn
DeleteA broom can make make an agreeable partner. Not even any toes to step on. Ha
They're so young. It's a fabulous dance but I always feel a little uneasy seeing very young kids dancing like that, or am I just being old fashioned!?
ReplyDeleteRosalind
DeleteDo you mean like kiddy porn? I think that too when I see these kiddy beauty contests in their high heel and make-up.
This one I knew
ReplyDeleteSeen it a time or two
But no way I'd attempt it
For the floor I would hit
And unlike the rock I did not think of Mambo number 5
I thought of bimbo number 5 at my hive
Weird Al got in my head
Oh the dread
Mambo was a big craze
DeleteBack in my much younger days
If you had lived in that time
You would have danced I opine
No one sat on the side, trying to hide
All on the floor with a gal at their side
But that was in the 50's, a long time ago
Now there's a difference, a whole other show.
Here's to the 50's..... Yay
Love the beat of the music and look at those two kids go!! She even has heels on, I would break my neck.
ReplyDeleteSuppose to get up to 66 today.... heat wave!
Good. Now you can get out in your garden. I think I mentioned it snowed a lot yesterday. My veggies in the little greenhouse are up and I was afraid they would freeze, but the temp stayed between 40 and 50 in the GH. But I don't now how they did last night... haven't been out yet. (it's already 10 your time but only 7 here). I'm afraid to look at the temp.
DeleteHave fun digging in the dirt. Love to you
Those kids are Good!! Wow! Whenever I hear the word "mambo" I think of the movie - Dirty Dancing. Hey did you like that movie???
ReplyDeleteturquoisemoon
DeleteI love the movie, "Dirty Dancing." In fact whenever I find it on TV, I watch it.... for about the ten thousand time. I felt sad when Patric Swayze died. I bet you did too.
Those kids were great! What a fun video!!
ReplyDeleteRosey
DeleteI guess that is the time to teach them.... before they get self-conscious, huh?
I just loved seeing those two kids dance. And doing it so well! Far out!
ReplyDeleteBish
ReplyDeleteThey got all the right moves. Cute, huh?
Those kids were great...that has to take a lot of practice.
ReplyDeleteA very interesting style.
I love it!!! Those kids were amazing.
ReplyDeleteHey Manzanita,
ReplyDeleteWow, those kids were awesome! I loved to try dancing like that. I could imagine Sylvester Stallone doing that dance. Rambo does the Mambo :)
Gary :)