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Rumba Midterm
Flashcard set for Review
18
Dance
Undergraduate 4
03/19/2017

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Term
What does Rumba express?
Definition
Love, Loss, Strength, History and Daily Activity
Term
What are some of the instruments used in Rumba?
Definition
Claves, Human Voice, Shakers Drums ect....
Term
Define Hembra
Definition
Lowest Pitched Drum
Term
Define Macho
Definition
middle-register drum
Term
What are the three basic forms of Rumba?
Definition
Guaguancó (Wawango), Yambú, and Columbia
Term
Where is the space where Rumba is organized?
Definition

In solares-people would gather together after long weeks of work in urban streets, plazas,  and large verandas to avoid the heat in large living quarters.

 

Term
True or Flase: Yambú and Guaguancó are performed only by a couple (a boy and girl)
Definition
True
Term

What dance is described as the Rooster and the Hen and is performed in a small space?

 

A) Guaguancó B) Yambú C) Columbia

Definition
A) Guaguancó
Term

What dance is described as being between an older male and a female, is slow and represents the women of the island?

A) Yambú B) Columbia C) Guaguancó

Definition
A) Yambú
Term

What dance is described as a male competition dance and uses the drum as music?

A) Guaguancó B) Yambú C) Columbia

Definition
C) Columbia
Term
Name the Rumba movement: 1-2 Step. And is it masculine or feminine?
Definition
Basic Step and its Neutral
Term

Name the Rumba movement: The Drag. And is it masculine or feminine?

Definition
Guaguancó and its masculine.
Term
Name the Rumba movement: Across Body Swipe. And is it masculine or feminine ?
Definition
Daggers and they are masculine
Term
Name the Rumba movement: Side to side (with arms). And is it masculine or feminine?
Definition
Basket arms and they are feminine.
Term

Nicolás Guillen was..

a) A Cuban poet, journalist, politcal activst and writer

b) A painter

c) A famous dancer

Definition
A a) A cuban poet, journalist political activsit and writer
Term
Define Batao
Definition
The movement that traditionally a woman uses to protect her pelvic area during a guaguancó
Term
Define Vacunao/Vacunar
Definition
To vaccinate. Erotic pelvic gesture. The aim of the dance is to vaccinate (guaguancó)
Term
What does it mean to be writing from the inside?
Definition
A term used to express outside culture cannot fully write about the issues within the black culture because they have not experienced these issues.
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