It’s already been more than three years since the pop diva Christina Aguilera–the five-time winner of the Grammy Award, released her previous album, “Back to Basics,” which sold 1,694,000 copies all over the world. We rarely see her on stage, as the last two years she’s been raising her little boy, Max. Now let’s pass to [...]
If a theatrical show, then pasodoble. If a dramatic performance, then pasodoble. The gypsy bravado with touching flamenco sensuality– it’s again, pasodoble. Pasodoble (also spelled Paso Doble) is a competition or exhibition dance, not a social one. So, it needs professionalism and competency, body language proficiency and dramatic talent to act in pasodoble. Within the [...]
When I was younger and hated rock music my father kept on telling me, ” You have a good taste for music but remember that unless you understand rock music, the music you listen to will be just a nice combination of sounds and nothing more.” I needed years to understand what he meant by [...]
Tango… it developed from Spanish dances, traveled through both Americas to Europe and now has a special version of almost every country where it had ever settled for a while. In this diversity tango still remains one of the most recognizable dances all over the world. Modern dancing of tango can be best characterized by [...]
Soft, elastic moves, sensual swaying, hips and arms almost “singing,” passionate eye contact within such a romantic melody – this is rumba, the dance of love. Rumba is a Cuban dance with Spanish and African origin – this explains the emotional and spontaneous character of rumba dance. Rumba is danced within Afro-Cuban music type of [...]
When you feel the energy of happiness, lightheartedness and intimacy with people around – that’s the breathing of samba inside you. Samba comes from African dances modified in Brazilian manner. Samba is danced throughout Brazilian carnival parades, especially during the well-known carnival in Rio de Janeiro. It may even seem that millions of people from [...]
The legendary rock/metal band Anathema is going to release a new album this year. According to metalstorm.ee, the CD release date is May 17, 2010. Anathema is one of those bands that have gone through several changes. But the surprising thing about Anathema is that they never lost their unique face–they still manage to create [...]
If you go crazy with salsa… then you’re far from being alone in your infatuation. This mixture of Latin and Afro-Caribbean dancing cultures is a true “sauce with spicy flavor” — as this is what the word “salsa” actually means. Salsa’s origin is the whole dancing world — Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, [...]
Cha-cha-cha or cha cha is the fireworks of the Latin modern dancing style. Cha cha is a Cuban dance, with Spanish and African influences put together within the Latin beat — an explosive mixture for any dance floor. Cha cha is danced in 4/4 time, the last beat split into two, so it takes five [...]