Rumba

A passionate story of love and tension between man and woman. This dance is also a position dance, so not a lot of movement on the floor. The 4th beat is the most important.

For tournaments the rumba is between 1,5 and 2 minutes. The official amount of beats is 27.

For the woman the attractive hip movement is the most important, while for the man the whole body is used to impress the woman.

The rumba is all about impressing and seducing from the opposite sex. On a slow beat the woman tries to impress and challenge the man, to finally reject him. Al this while the man tries to impress the woman and lets her know he's interested.

The rumba is an erotic passionate dance where the actions of the body are the most important in executing this dance.

This dance requires well timed and dynamic actions. Especially the women steals the show in this dance, while the man is only there to establish more attention on the woman.

History - Rumba

Many Africans came to the Americas because of the slave trade. They brought with them their own culture. (read "dance")

The Rumba developed as a Cuban dance. This dance has been standardized, in spite of the fact that there are many Cuban Rumba variations. In its recent form of basic figures, this dance contains the age-old premise of the lady, trying to dominate the gentleman by means of her womanly charms. In a well choreographed dance you will always find elements of teasing and Withdrawal.

The gentleman is being seduced and then rejected. The sensual and erotic movements of the lady are being answered by the gentleman through his movements, his desire for her, and his attempts to prove his manhood by physical domination. Unfortunately, at the end he never succeeds.