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UBC Literature Etc. proudly presents
“Latino Music & Dance Workshop”
Journey through Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela,
Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
--- Let’s Salsa down the winter end,
and welcome spring with our toes standing on the floor!
冬末　等等主義不等春天的腳步
用熱情的拉丁音樂擊潰你的耳膜
讓我們　用腳尖與人群邂逅
用身體搖擺出　狂野的南美風情
帶給你一場沸騰的熱帶風暴
Date: Feb 25, 2006 (Sat)
Location: UBC Partyroom
Sign-in @ 1:00pm / Ends @ 4:30pm
Event Rundown
01:00pm
01:30pm
02:30pm
02:35pm
03:35pm
03:40pm
04:30pm
Event Sign-In (30 min)
History of Latin American Music (50-60 min)
Break (5 min)
Intro + Dance Part 1 (60 min)
Break (5 min)
Dance Part 2 (50 min)
Ending
You are also welcome to join us for dinner and dance after
the workshop at Mesa Luna restaurant!
Location: Mesa Luna @ 1926 West Broadway, Vancouver
Time: 6 pm
Fee: Set Menu (16.95 + 15% Gratuity and taxes)
Latin America
is the region of the
Americas where
Romance languages derived from Latin are officially or primarily
spoken. Alternatively, Latin America is typically contrasted with
Anglo-America where English, a Germanic language, predominates. Latin America corresponds roughly to all nations south of
the United States including Mexico, most of Central and South
America, and the countries of the Caribbean where Spanish,
Portuguese, French, or related Creole languages are spoken. The
majority of the people in Latin America is of mixed origins,
the result of racial intermingling among Europeans, Africans,
and American natives. One of the main characteristics of Latin
American music is its diversity; contrary to a widespread misperception, there is not one specific Latin American style of music.
The so-called “Latin music” covers generally only the HispanoCaribbean music (salsa, merengue, bachata, etc.), that is to say
the styles of music that have been strongly influenced by African
rhythms and melodies. It is also possible to find completely different styles of music in Latin America, such as the Argentine
tango, Colombian cumbia and vallenato, Mexican ranchera or
the various styles of music from Pre-Columbian traditions that
are widespread in the Andean region. In Brazil, samba, American jazz, the European classical music and choro have developed
the so-called bossanova music.
Tango
A dramatic presentation of machismo, love, and intensity
through instrumental power.
Stylistic origins: Mixture of numerous African and European
styles, including polka, milonga, habanera, flamenco, mazurka,
contradanse and candombe
Cultural origins: Late 19th century Buenos Aires
Typical instruments: Violin, piano, guitar, flute and bandoneon
Mainstream popularity: Major, first Latin
craze in Europe and North America in
1930s and 40s
Famous Artists:
- 1999 - Gotan Project, famous group
using electronic elements
- Contemporary - Jorge Chamin
Yo-Yo Ma, Martha Argerich
Recommended Albums
- The Best of Carlos Gabriel
- La Revancha (Gotan Project)
- La Historia Del Tango (Astor Piazzolla)
dance
,
Samba
Stylistic Origins: Portuguese and African Music (started as religious rhythm to call forth various gods.)
- Forms of Samba include: Samba no pe, Samba de Gaieira,
Samba Pagode, Samba Axe, and Ballroom
Samba.
Stylistic Features (Dance): Lively, rhythmic in 2/4 time.
Instruments (usually) used: repinique,
caixa, surdo, chocalho, pandeiro, agogô,
tamborim, cuíca, apito, timbal, Cavaquinho
Origin Time: (Music/Dance) developed as
distinctive kind of music in the early 20th Century.
Famous Artists:(1970s):
Martinho da Vila, Clara Nunes, Beth Carvalho.
Trivias:
- Bossa Nova was actually a branch of Samba music.
- To adherents of the Afro-Brazilian religion, Candomble,
Samba means to pray, to invoke your personal orixa (god/saint).
- Samba was founded on West African roots, which these
rthythms were used to call forth various gods.
Bossa Nova
Stylistic Origins: American Jazz and Brazilian Samba
Musical features: complex harmonic and less percussive.
Cultural Origins: Late 1950s, along the beachsides of Rio de
Janeiro.
Instruments mainly involved: nylonstring classical guitar, played fingerstyle
(w/o a pick); piano (usage initiated by
Jobim.)
Famous Artists:
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto,
João Gilberto, Nara Leão, Carlos Lyra
Recommended Albums: “Chega de Saudade,”
performed by João Gilberto and composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes.
Trivias:
- ‘Bossa Nova’ means ‘the new beat’ or ‘the new way’.
- Bossa Nova’s instrumental music could also be called ‘sambajazz’.
- Best known Bossa Nova song ever written was “Garota de
Ipanema” (The Girl from Ipanema).
- There was a dance developed to correspond to the bossa nova
music; it was introduced in 1960 and faded out in the mid-60s.
Merengue
Mood: lively, joyful music and dance
Meter: 2/4, tempo: fast.
Stylistic origins: Possibly Haitian méringue, Spanish contradanza, Spanish decima and African plena, or at Talanquera
Typical instruments: Bass guitar, Diatonic accordion, Guira,
Guitar, Saxophone, Trumpet, sometimes Trombone
Mainstream popularity: Some in the early 20th century, continued pan-Latin popularity
Famous Artists:
Miriam Cruz & Las Chicas Del Can, Juan Luis Guerra, Wilfrido
Vargas, Sergio Vargas, Johnny Ventura, Kinito Mendez, Ravel,
Josie Esteban y la Patrulla 15, Pochy y su Cocoband, Fernando
Villalona,Cuco Valoy, The Freddie Kenton Orquestra and
Conjunto Quisqueya. Other artists popular in the Dominican
Republic as of 2004 include Krisspy, Toño Rosario, El Jeffrey
and Tulile.
Bachata
Mood: subjects are usually romantic; especially prevalent are
tales of heartbreak.
Beat: The music is in 4/4.
Stylistic origins: closely related to - the pan Latin-American
romantic style called bolero. Over time, it has been influenced
by merengue
Cultural origins: in the countryside and rural marginal neighborhoods of the Dominican Republic. emerged in the 1960s.
Trivia:
- Juan Luis Guerra won a Grammy in 1992 for his album Bachata Rosa allowing bachata to gain legitimacy and international
recognition.
- At 2004, the Dominican group Aventura is probably the best
known bachata group worldwide, its single “Obsesion” having
dominated for a long time radio play both in major US latino
markets, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.
Rumba
Stylistic origins: African, native and Spanish music
Cultural origins: African slaves in Havana and Matanzas
Typical instruments: Quinto and tumbadoras drums and palitos
Mainstream popularity: Significant in Latin America and Africa,
rare elsewhere
Famous Artists:
Franco Luambo, OK Jazz, Dr Nico Kasanda, Sam Mangwana,
and Tabu Ley Rochereau
Mambo
Stylistic origins: Cuban son montuno and danzon mixed with
American big band swing
Cultural origins: 1940s Cubans in Havana, drawing on HaitianCuban influences
Typical instruments: conga, bongo, timbales, claves, upright bass,
piano, trombone, trumpet, saxophone
Mainstream popularity: Significant in Cuba, sporadic in US and
elsewhere, peaking in the 1950s
Famous Artists:
Mambo Aces, Killer Joe Piro, Paulito and Lilon, Louie Maquina,
Cuban Pete, Machito, Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez and Jose
Curbelo.
Trivia:
- Mambo returned to prominence in the 1995 when Guinness
used Perez Prado’s track Guaglione in an advertising campaign
featuring the dancing of Dublin actor Joe McKinney. The song
was released as a single and reached number 2 in the UK charts.
- In 1999, Lou Bega released a remix of Mambo No. 5, another
Prado original, which became a hit across Europe.
Salsa
Stylistic origins: Primarily Cuban
son, mambo, rumba and Puerto
Rican music
Cultural origins: 1960s and 70s
New York City Latin melting pot
Typical instruments: guitar,
trumpet, trombone, piano, claves,
cowbell, timbales, conga
Mainstream popularity: Very
popular in Latin America, Japan
and United States
Triva:
- The terms Latin jazz and salsa
are sometimes used interchangeably
UBC Literature Etc. 等等主義研究社 02-06
website: http://www.ubcle.com
source: Wikipedia
cover design: Grace Lin
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