Fundamentals of Rumba

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Authentic Cuban Rumba basics (NOT BALLROOM) to add fun to salsa dancing by Rafael & Janet. Twice Tropicana world champions Rafael and Janet were both born and trained in Cuba as professional dancers. Check out their DVD "Get it Right" for more Cuban salsa tips.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: December 14, 2006 at 5:07 pm
Author: derbeno

Length: 00:05:53
Rating: 4.52
Views: 599268

Tags: Salsa Rumba Cuba

Video Comments:
Saphira2082 (November 18, 2008 at 3:38 pm)
No it sounds like a salsa...I think it's cuban rumba
Waterman445 (November 17, 2008 at 3:04 pm)
this isn't rumba music. Sounds like samba!!!!!
deatha44 (November 17, 2008 at 3:13 am)
magnificent!
rfmullig (November 13, 2008 at 6:22 pm)
The music is NOT guaguanco! The percusion is playing tumbao, bass tumbao, piano montuneando, clave is playing clave de son. In Puerto Rico and New York this would be salsa.
dogbertbc (November 16, 2008 at 8:36 pm)
Read the video description. They're teaching Rumba movement to be used in salsa dancing. Hence, they demonstrated it to salsa music.
rfmullig (November 13, 2008 at 6:16 pm)
Primero, no se la escribe "rhumba" sino rumba.
La musica que ponen no es rumba y en Cuba no se dice salsa sino bailar casino. La rumba se evolucionaba en CUBA. Tiene sus origenes en la musica religiosa cubana que si vino de africa. La "rumba" no es un ritmo sino una catagoria de ritmos. eg. rumba columbia, rumba gauganco, rumba yambu, etc... lo que ellos estaban bailando no fue nada tradicional. Ademas, el baile de Rumba guaguanco es una improvisacion. (Perdone la falta de acentos.)
Prince738 (November 7, 2008 at 4:59 am)
Alguien sabe el artista o el nombre de esta cancion, porfavor alguien?
drd187 (November 4, 2008 at 10:06 pm)
OUTSTANDING WORK
NORALYN1 (November 4, 2008 at 7:03 am)
Muy hermoso...I loved your steps.
Muchas Gracias!
katydid41 (November 1, 2008 at 2:06 am)
Oh please stop with the rude exchanges. Rumba is danced in many countries with many variations. Many countries claim a style as their own. It is based on African rythyms and spread in the Americas from Cuba.
Ballroom rumba derives its movements and music from "son", as do the salsa and mambo. When son was brought to the United States in the early 1930's it was renamed rumba. This "son/rumba" was characterized by twice as fast tempo than the modern ballroom "dance of love" rumba. Enjoy!