Rumba
Rumba names two quite different things. In Cuba it is a festive complex of music, dance and song, with yambú, guaguancó and columbia forms, which grew in the nineteenth century among Afro-Cuban workers in Havana and Matanzas. UNESCO inscribed Rumba in Cuba in 2016, noting its African roots, Antillean and flamenco elements, and its transmission by imitation within families and neighbourhoods.
Ballroom rumba took shape in North America in the 1920s and 1930s, inspired mainly by son cubano and the bolero-son rather than by Cuban rumba itself; a first rumba contest is recorded at the Savoy Ballroom in 1930. The ISTD's 1947 Latin syllabus listed Cuban Ballroom Rumba. It is now one of the five International Latin dances, with the WDC listing a tempo near 24 measures per minute.
Sources
- Rumba in Cuba, a festive combination of music and dances and all the practices associated — UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Rumba — Wikipedia
- Rumba (dance) — Wikipedia
- History of Latin American dance — Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing
Organisations connected with this dance
- UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (Representative List, Rumba in Cuba, 2016)
- Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD), Latin American Dance
- World DanceSport Federation (WDSF)
Listed as references; being listed is not an endorsement by or of the organisation.