From Mambo to Hip-Hop (Name) (University) The movie ‘From Mambo to Hip-Hop’ is a great documentary about a revolution in the entertainment industry. It talks of evolution on Salsa music and Hip-Hop culture in suburbs of New York. South Bronx is a ghetto neighbourhood. The people living in the area are challenged economically. There is a record of high cases of violence that exist in the streets due to high crime rate and drugs being traded as a means of survival (Gordon, 2005). Most of the
The movie ‘From Mambo to Hip-Hop’ is a great documentary about a revolution in the entertainment industry. It talks of evolution on Salsa music and Hip-Hop culture in suburbs of New York. South Bronx is a ghetto neighbourhood. The people living in the area are challenged economically. There is a record of high cases of violence that exist in the streets due to high crime rate and drugs being traded as a means of survival (Gordon, 2005). Most of the people living in the area are descendants of African
In this brief poem by Martin Espada titled “Latin Night at the Pawnshop,” sacrifice is a harsh reality met by many people who come to America searching for the ultimate American dream. This unpleasant portrait of America represents the tension between societies that unify a mixture of cultures versus a society that requires people to renounce part of their cultural characteristics to assimilate into their new community. The complete set of instruments of a salsa band is for sale in a pawnshop window
soothing 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.
of paper ... ... dance, and shaped our society This movement started when Mario Bauzá moved to New York and shared his music with the world. During the 1940’s and 50’s Latino music thrived and progressively became more and more popular. The mambo dance was a very new and popular dance. This dance was eye opening to the entire world, and consisted of people from all ages and all races dancing on the same dance floor. During this period, the United States specifically, was able thrived socially
Machito and the Afro Cubans, who played authentic Afro Cuban music instead of “pseudo-Latin” music. Their style was Son, but with Jazz influences and used a big band section. From this band Puente formed his own band and would be the epicenter of the mambo craze. The song Puente would be most famous for and what this chapter focuses on is “Oye Como Va’ or “See how She Moves.” This song has a Cha-Cha-Cha element to it, but Puente used a big band section, made the tempo faster, and used more syncopation
more ensemble based, presenting characters engulfed in queer culture. By deconstructing the approaches that French Canadian playwright Steve Galluccio, Mambo Italiano, and English Canadi... ... middle of paper ... ... Canada, we are able to evoke a culture and its urgency into a philosophy and art form. Works Cited Galluccio, Steve. Mambo italiano. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2004. Print. Goldie, Terry. In a queer country: gay and lesbian studies in the Canadian context. Vancouver: Arsenal
Project in Music Submitted by: Rivera, Cris Stephanie M. 10 FORTITUDE Submitted to: Sir Paulo Ricardo M. Isaac MAPEH Teacher Latin dances hail from several different countries in South and Central America, and most have influences that range far beyond this region. Some dances are easier to learn than others, but all Latin dances have a flair that both spectators and dancers alike adore. Popular Latin Dance Styles The following Latin dances are the ones that are most often learned and performed
backward motion while the other moves forward. What really gives the Mambo its style though is the hip-swaying action that the weight shift creates. Although the Mambo is a couple's dance, the basic step has appeared in everything from line dancing to aerobics videos, where individual dancers perform the three-beat step either alone or as part of a group. The Cha Cha Cha, also called the Cha Cha, is a Cuban-born dance, similar to the Mambo in style. However, after the basic movement of stepping forward
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.
From there, Penny tells Baby that if she goes through with the abortion, she cannot dance with Johnny at Sheldrake. Billy then suggests that Baby fills in for Penny and Johnny was not to please about the idea. Johnny starts to teach Baby the mambo. For several weeks, the two spend many practice sessions together and began to have a romantic attraction for one another. As their relationship starts to grow, Penny comes back from the abortion and finds out that the doctor who performed the abortion
of Mambo” for his role in popularizing the fast-paced, rhythmic form of Cuban
West Side Story focuses on the battle between two gangs in New York City. Even though the two groups consist of different races, they both face the issue of being a group of outsiders. Within the Sharks, they create separation between the men and women of the group. The musical’s communities are reinforced through the ideas used for the musical’s creation and the various dance numbers The idea of having two groups create a sense of community was present since the inception of the original Broadway
some sounds from the Moorish to made their own style. (Revels-Bey) Latin music is a mix of different sounds, beats, and rhythms obtained from Spain and Latin America. The styles of Latin music are: el mambo, la rumba, la zarzuela, flamenco, el tango ,el merengue, la cumbia and salsa El mambo and the rumba are kind of similar in sounds but experts can distinguish them by their beats. They say that the mambo’s musical has unexpected beats and that the rumba starts with a group of improvised verses
different dances that were very interesting. Two dances that caught my attention were the “Toro Mambo” representing the state of Sinaloa and “Payasos of Tlaxcala” representing Tlaxcala. The “Toro Mambo” from the region of Sinaloa is one of the most popular dances in Mexico. The dance is really interesting for the reason that it represents a story in where a bull would dance on a place known as the “mambo.” In this folk dance the dancer do movements at the same paste while trying to imitate how the
All About Voodoo I wanted to learn about a religion that I had no clue about a religion that was not like my own in any way, or so I thought the more I studied this religion the more I found out that Voodoo and Christianity are very similiar. I have always grown up in a Christian religion I have never really studied about any other religion. I chose to learn about Voodoo. Voodoo itself means spirit. This is not like any religion that I have ever read about. “Voodoo originated in the West Indies
love story with seven female dancers and one male. Their movement reflected a fight between two girls for a boy. In order to give sensuality and to transmit the physical beauty of the women through movements, they made use of Latin rhythms. Salsa and Mambo were the main musical backgrounds. The dancers also applied dancing techniques belonging to those Latin rhythms. The str...
Roman Catholicism has always been a part of Haiti’s culture. “Roman Catholics believe that God was the object of faith, and faith itself was belief in Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God. The apostle Paul taught that faith meant belief in Christ and the preaching of Christ, which is the word of God, as well as obedience to Christ. Faith also was the key to salvation, and as such it offered confidence in the reconciliation with God” (Brittanica). It was the religion of the natives of the island of
Salsa is one of the most distinctive genres of the 1900s in the music industry; characterized by a very lively, powerful and danceable upbeat. Salsa is a fusion of many Latin musical genres that combines rhythms, instruments and musical elements primarily from the Cuban son based on a three-two beat with syncopation rhythmic pattern known as the clave and Afro-Cuban dance. The roots of salsa originated in Eastern Cuba, but by mid-century the Havana came to be home to this music and many foreign musical
imperative if they are born anywhere outside of Puerto Rico. Salsa – meaning spicy - is a term associated with music and social dance. This popular music and dance evolved from earlier Cuban musical forms such as Son, Son Montuno, Cha cha cha and Mambo, which were popular in the Caribbean time period. There are some discrepancies on where the term and music actually originated. According to P. Manuel, the music form of “salsa has incorporated substantial elements of Puerto Rican music, such as