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Malambo (dance)
Malambo is a folk dance in Argentina, a dance of gauchos. It is a solo dance of men (although it may be performed in groups). Its notable elements are elaborate leg movements with energetic '' zapateado''s (stomping) and ''cepillados'' ("brushing"/"scrubbing"). Dance scholar and folklorist Ventura Lynch described it as "a battle between men who stomp in turn to music". Leila Guerriero, A Simple Story: The Last Malambo', 2015, 2017book review ) There was no particular choreography for the dance. C.J. Videla-Rivero described it as follows: "One gaucho taps, kicks, crosses his legs, pounds the earth with the side of his feet, make his spurs tinkle, and fills the air with a thousand and one different figures while his opponent, crouched, watches him." It may be performed in various ways: solo, in groups (synchronized or individual choreographies), counterpoint ''vis a vis'', counterpoint quartets. The last two are of competitive form (in fact, in this form malambo was born): the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chakaymanta Dance School (7)
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Asheville Citizen-Times
The ''Asheville Citizen-Times'' is an American, English language daily newspaper of Asheville, North Carolina. It was formed in 1991 as a result of a merger of the morning ''Asheville Citizen'' and the afternoon ''Asheville Times''. It is owned by Gannett. History Founded in 1870 as a weekly, the ''Citizen'' became a daily newspaper in 1885. Writers Thomas Wolfe, O. Henry, both buried in Asheville, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, a common visitor to Asheville, frequently could be found in the newsroom in earlier days. In 1930 the ''Citizen'' came under common ownership with the ''Times'', which was first established in 1896 as the ''Asheville Gazette''. The latter paper merged with a short-lived rival, the ''Asheville Evening News'', to form the ''Asheville Gazette-News'' and was renamed ''The Asheville Times'' by new owner Charles A. Webb. The ''Citizen'' was in a former YMCA and the press was in the swimming pool. The ''Times'' was in the Jackson Building. The ''Citizen'' had to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America's Got Talent (season 11)
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America's Got Talent
''America's Got Talent'' (often abbreviated as ''AGT'') is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Fremantle (as well as distributed by) and Syco Entertainment, and broadcasts on the NBC television network. It premiered on June 21, 2006 after plans for a British edition in 2005 were suspended, following a dispute within the British broadcaster ITV. Production would later resume in 2007, following the success of the first season. Each season is mainly run during the network's summer schedule, and has featured various hosts over the course of the program's history. The current host is Terry Crews. The program attracts a variety of participants from across the United States and abroad, who possess some form of talents. Acts range from singing, dancing, comedy, magic, stunts, variety and other genres. Each participant or act who auditions, attempts to secure a place in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosquín Festival
The Cosquín Folk Festival (not to be confused with the Cosquín Rock festival) is one of the most important folk music festivals of Argentina, and most important in Latin America. It lasts nine days and takes place in the second half of January in the city of Cosquín, a scenic, Punilla Valley location in Córdoba Province. The tradition used to refer to ''nine moons of Cosquín.'' History The first Festival was held Cosquín between 21 and 29 January 1961. The initiative came from a group of city residents led by Dr. Reinaldo Wisner and Dr. Alejandro Guinder, who decided to organize a folklore music and culture show during the summer holidays, in order to attract tourism. The presence of renowned artists from around the country exceeded all expectations, and the festival became the largest annual folk event in the country, as well as one of the most important in Latin America. The Cosquín Festival unfolded into a ''boom of folklore music'' in the 1960s and '70s, becoming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Washington Post
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Leila Guerriero
Leila Guerriero (born 17 February 1967) is an Argentine journalist and writer. Career Leila Guerriero graduated from the Colegio Nacional Normal Superior de Junín. She is of Syrian Christian and German descent. She studied tourism, a field in which she did not end up working. Her empirical start in journalism was in 1992 when she got her first job as editor at ''Página/30'', a monthly magazine of the newspaper '' Página/12''. After sending a story entitled "Kilómetro cero" to the paper's reception desk, she received, four days later, a call from the then director Jorge Lanata. Since then her works have appeared in various media such as ''La Nación'' and ''Rolling Stone'' from Argentina, ''El País'' and '' Vanity Fair'' from Spain, '' El Malpensante'' and ''SoHo'' from Colombia, and ' and ''El Mercurio de Valparaíso'' from Chile. In addition, she is the Latin America editor for the Mexican magazine ''Gatopardo''. In 2010 she won the ninth edition of the from the Fundación ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chakaymanta Dance School (4)
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Ventura Lynch
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Zapateado (other) , traditional dances of Mexico
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Zapateado may refer to: *Zapateado (Spain), traditional dance and music of Spain *''Zapateado'', a work for violin and piano by Pablo de Sarasate, part of the ''Spanish Dances'', Op. 23 *Zapateado (Mexico) The zapateado is a group of dance styles of Mexico, characterized by a lively rhythm punctuated by the striking of the dancer's shoes, akin to tap dance. The name derives from the Spanish word '' zapato'' for "shoe": ''zapatear'' means to strike w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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