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Sevillanas and Salsa
By: Sidney Melendy
Period: Fourth
Background
Sevillanas came around the time of the ‘Reyes Catolicos’, the
fifteenth century.
Also believed that they came from the Castilian version,
Seguidillas.
Sevillanas mixed with several other spanish dance forms, around
the eighteenth century.
Sevillanas, meaning a type of spanish dance, made it into the
spanish language dictionary in 1884.
Sevillanas Music and Dance
Dance is divided into four or seven parts.
These parts are then divided into three verses.
These verses are each split into six parts.
Dancers doing sevillanas are accompanied by guitars.
The key of the guitar depends on the singer.
Sometimes clapping, castanets, and tambourines are used.
Music is a ¾ metre though some believe it is in a 6/8 metre.
Sevillanas is a standardised dance with little variation.
Salsa in Los Angeles, USA
Dominant influences are from Puerto Rican salsa,
Latin Ballroom, and West Coast Swing.
LA style salsa moves are sexy, exciting, and
flamboyant.
LA does not have a distinctive salsa music style.
Cuban salsa music does not work with the LA dance
style.
Salsa in New York, USA
New York dance style is strongly Puerto Rican
influenced.
Current New York salsa style is called Mambo or
Salsa On 2.
During the 1940’s and 50s, Cuban musicians
strongly influenced the New York music scene.
Salsa in Cuba
Cubans call their salsa dance style ‘Casino’.
Cuban style salsa differs from the North American
salsa style due to the fact that it is circular and not
linear.
Salsa Rueda de Casino is a synchronised cuban dance
group with constant exchanging of partners.
Salsa in Colombia
Movements are accompanied by a steady upper
body and quick, intricate footwork.
Colombian type of Salsa actually surprises
foreigners.
Colombian Salsa is a mix of African and
traditional movements.
Salsa in Africa
West African style is called salsa mbalax, more
African based than Latin.
Vocals are based on call and response chant, the
lead vocalist will improvise and tell stories.
The stories could be about future trips or about
people in the crowd.
History of Salsa
Salsa bands were influenced by American jazz when
many Cuban and Puerto Rico people settled in the
U.S.
Both hard salsa and soft salsa are very popular to this
day still.
Every composition of Salsa involves African
percussion.
History of Timba
Timba is a Cuban genre of music, another name for
it is salsa cubana.
The word Timba was used as song lyrics, song
titles, and is the name of a neighborhood in
Havana.
When it was used as a music genre name, it began
as Timba Brava, 1989.
What is Salsa?
Salsa is a dance that many cultures help change,
New York is where the term “Salsa” first began.
The word first solved as a type of protest against
bland food.
There is not one person or place that can be the
founder of Salsa.