Who Knows how to dance cumbias?

Question

does any one know?? thanks 4 the info...oh and if u could explain in GREAt detail, or gimme a site to go on, that would be great! thank you!!

Answer 1

I dance cumbia. It is similar to salsa. Here is how to dance Cumbia:

1. Know and listen to the Cumbia music.

You dance Cumbia with Cumbia music. The rhythm of Cumbia follows a three beat pattern in a bar of note. There is a strong down beat on the third beat. Listen to the third beat. After the third beat is a pause. The count is 1, 2, 3 (break) and pause

2. Starting the dance for men, march the first two steps on the first and second beat... 1 and 2, with 1 by stepping your left foot in-place on the first beat; then 2 by stepping your right foot in place on the second beat. If you are a woman, do the reverse in-steps, step first with your right foot, then left.

3. Break your foot at the third beat. Breaking means moving your body and foot. If you are a man, you will usually move or break with your left foot on the third beat. If you are a woman, break with your right foot. Wait for the down beat at the third beat of a bar of measure in the cumbia music. Once you hear the down beat (also called clave), move your foot (man - left foot; woman - right foot), stepping backward in a circular motion.

Try it out with a music.

If its your first time to dance it, try enjoy the music first by dancing with the patterns I mentioned here. For first timers, I wouldn't advise partner dancing.

4. Enroll in a cumbia lessons!!!! There's nothing better than a workshop with an experienced dance teacher. If you are here in Manila, Philippines, you can join my dance workshops.

Answer 2

i might ask them in the event that they thought it may well be attainable which you will learn merengue or cumbia in view which you're gaining knowledge of Salsa... i'm gaining knowledge of ukulele and guitar. I discovered uke first, which gave me a reliable historical past in track thought, so as quickly as I switched to guitar, i wanted extremely actually approximately 5 minutes to learn my first track. i comprehend lots of people who started with guitar and later got here across gaining knowledge of a sprint ukulele to be extraordinarily undemanding. I surely have discovered swing, lindyhop and tango. Tango is the only one that is rather distinctive from the others. Swing is rather very reminiscent of all of the easy latin dances: merengue, mambo, samba... i comprehend extremely some people who're from or have lived in critical/south usa/mexico and that they have all advised me that there is little to learn with merengue. that is extraordinarily lots purely salsa in a distinctive style. all of the strikes are extraordinarily lots an identical. in case you prefer to get technical, all of the dances that revolve around leaning removed from one yet another have a collection of strikes it incredibly is surely a 'go away and return development. Tango is distinctive in that that's a dance the place the companions lean mutually. This makes the flow set extremely distinctive in execution, communique and visual allure.

Answer 3

Those vids are not cumbia at all. Some strange hopping dance. This is true cumbia from barranguilla