Mambo
Awukho omunye umdanso osuka eningizimu yomngcele (wase-US) oke wathola ukuthandwa ngaleso sikhathi ukwedlula okwenziwe uMambo okhangayo ngenkathi kwethulwa okokuqala kusuka eLatin America. Ukufinyelela kukaMambo kungabonwa ngokusetshenziswa kabanzi kwesigqi sayo nguTin Pan Alley. Ama-ballads othando abhalelwe ukushaya kancane kwe-Mambo, izingoma ezintsha kwi-fast beat ye-Mambo, nezinombolo ze-rock 'n' roll zazenzelwe ithempeli. Esizweni sonke, abadansi ababengakaze bathuthuke ngaphesheya kweFoxtrot neWaltz babekhala ngemfundo kaMambo.
Ukuthandwa kweMambo cishe kwakungumsebenzi wabaphathi bamakhansela baseCuba uPerez Prado. Ngama-1930s okuqala, amaqembu womdanso wesitayela sesiLatin ayeza ngokuya ethandwa kakhulu yizethameli zaseMelika futhi egcwalisa amaza emoyeni ngamaRumbas, amaSambas namaTangos. Kwathi ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-50s, uPrado waqopha iculo elithi, “Mambo Jambo,” kwase kumnandi.
IMambo ingadanswa ngokusho kobuntu bomdansi ngamunye. Abadansi be-Conservative bangahlala endaweni evaliwe, ngenkathi abanesibindi ngokwengeziwe bangenza izinyathelo ezihlukanisa futhi bazihlukanise ngokuphelele komunye nomunye. I-Spins nokujika kudume kakhulu kubadansi beMambo. Ukulungele ukuthatha isinyathelo sakho sokuqala sokuya endleleni entsha yokuphila nejabulisayo? Xhumana nathi, kuFred Astaire Dance Studios. Ngaphakathi kweminyango yethu, uzothola indawo efudumele nenobungani ezokugqugquzela ukuthi ufinyelele ezindaweni eziphakeme, futhi ujabulele ukukwenza!