Mambo is a Latin dance that originated in Cuba and it corresponds to the mambo music. Cuban dancers would describe mambo as "feeling the music" in which sound and movement are merged through the body. It was invented by Cachao in 1930s in Havana and was made officially popluar by Perez Prado (father of mambo) in the 1940s when he moved to Mexico.Mambo led to the birth of Cha Cha Cha.
An example of authentic Mambo dance can be seen in the film 'The Motorcycle Diaries'.The original mambo dance contains no breaking steps or basic steps at all.But the professional dance teachers in the U.S. standardised it for the ballroom market and thus the modern mambo is danced to salsa music instead of Mambo music. Eddie Torres (Mambo King of Latin Dance) is further reponsible to popularize this new form of latin american mambo.
The mambo follows a 4/4 beat and some distinctive steps are La Cucuracha, Manita a Mano, New York, New York Bus Stop, El Molinito, The Liquidizer, El Mojito, Los Giros Locos, etc.Popular Mambo songs include "Mambo Italiano", "Papa Loves Mambo", "Mambo #5", "I Saw Mommy Do The Mambo", and "They Were Doin' The Mambo". The films having mambo scenes are Take the lead, dirty dancing(Havana nights), dance with me, mama loves mambo, etc. Mambo can be used as a seduction technique because both the partners have to follow the gyrating movement of the hips.
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