Paso Doble, and Jive. Social Latin dances (Street Latin) include salsa, mambo, merengue, rumba, bachata, bomba and plena. There are many dances which were...

War II. Some of these events included one or two Latin dances in the same competition as ballroom dances. As these events had no official standing, they...

Latin/Rhythm dances are commonly danced to contemporary Latin American music and (in case of jive) Western music. With the exception of a few traveling dances like...

States. Latin American music also incorporate the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Due to its highly syncretic nature, Latin American music encompasses...

national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their diasporas are multi-ethnic and multi-racial. Latin Americans are a pan-ethnicity...

International Dance Championships, and includes all categories in Standard and Latin American ballroom dance. The series of Latin American International...

rhythms, and the style. Modern Latin American dancing is very energetic. These dances primarily are performed with a partner as a social dance, but solo...

Latin America is a collective region of the Americas where Romance languages—languages derived from Latin—are predominantly spoken. The term was coined...

This is a list of dance terms that are not names of dances or types of dances. See List of dances and List of dance style categories for those. This glossary...

family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following for...

Cuban dances, such as mambo, pachanga, and rumba, as well as American dances such as swing and tap. Salsa is one of the most popular types Latin dances that...

ancestry. The term Afro–Latin American is not widely used in Latin America outside academic circles. Normally Afro–Latin Americans are called Black (Spanish:...

Novelty and fad dances are dances which are typically characterized by a short burst of popularity. Some of them, like the Twist, Y.M.C.A. and the Hokey...

Asian Latin American origin in both Japan and the United States. The first Asian Latin Americans were Filipinos who made their way to Latin America (primarily...

of dance usually begins with rituals, such as war dances, shaman dances to cure or ward off disease, dances to call rain and other types of dances. With...

Latin American literature consists of the oral and written literature of Latin America in several languages, particularly in Spanish, Portuguese, and...

Latin America as a region has multiple nation-states, with varying levels of economic complexity. The Latin American economy is an export-based economy...

ballroom dancing, the jive is often grouped with the Latin-inspired ballroom dances, though its roots are based on swing dancing and not Latin dancing. To...

and folk dances by origin. Most popular styles: tap, lyrical, and jazz Cakewalk Patting juba Stepping Tap dancing Jazz dance Moonwalk Belly dance Raqs...

This article lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases. Assertions,...

2003. The Laird Technique of Latin Dancing. International Dance Publications Ltd. Lavelle, Doris 1983. Latin & American dances. 3rd ed, Black, London. Look...

associated dance, music, and clothing. Over a dozen line dances were created for country songs during the 1980s. Many other early line dances were adaptations...

White Latin Americans or European Latin Americans (sometimes Euro-Latinos) are Latin Americans of European descent. Direct descendants of European settlers...

western dance forms were mostly created copying dance moves from other partner dances of various origins, Latin and non-Latin alike. Many such dances exist...

spoken elsewhere, such as in Africa and Asia. There is great diversity among the various Latin American vernaculars, and there are no traits shared by all...

countries of Latin America and the United States of America have been multifaceted and complex, at times defined by strong regional cooperation and at others...

This is a list of the fifty largest cities in Latin America by population residing within city limits as of 2015, the most recent year for which official...

Latin American cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of Latin America. Latin American film is both rich and diverse, but the...

the world. Ten international style ballroom dances—five Standard and five Latin—are defined by the World Dance Council (WDC), which has world-wide membership...

Latin music genres from anywhere in Latin America and Spain. Originating with Spanish-speaking musicians, Latin pop may also be made by musicians in...