Pachanga
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[edit] Music
In Cuba in 1955, Los Papines fused the violin-based music of charangas and the trumpet-based music of conjuntos Eduardo Davidson's La Pachanga (1959), recorded by Orquesta Sublime, introduced Cuba to a Colombian dance (which was confusingly called "charanga" in the USA). But, as Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba in 1959, the epicenter of Latin music moved to other islands and then south. Charanga and pachanga became brief fads in the USA, while the "son" left Cuba and migrated to Puerto Rico.[1]
[edit] Dance
As a dance, pachanga has been described as "a happy-go-lucky dance" of Cuban origin with a Charleston flavor due to the double bending and straightening of the knees. It is danced to the downbeat of four-four time to the usual mambo offbeat music characterized by the charanga instrumentation of flutes, violins, and drums.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ A brief summary of Latin-American Popular music
- ^ Ballroom DanceBook for Teachers. Betty White. 1962. David McKay Company, Inc. page 327. Library of Congress Number 62-18465
[edit] External links
- Video of a pachanga dance lesson by Eddie Torres and Melissa Rosado.
- Video of pachanga dance performance by Melissa Rosado at the 2010 Hamburg Salsa Congress in Germany.
- Video of Palladium-era dancers dancing pachanga at the 2004 West Coast Salsa Congress
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