Monthly Archives: February 2018
Song + dance. As “the Thing” conquered the world?
It so happens that a particular song and a particular dance form an inseparable link in our head, like “Marx-Engels” or “Dolce Gabbana”. Moreover, sometimes the dance is invented from scratch — especially for the song. Loalwa resistacne the First sign of a good song-dance — infectiousness. When you listen to it and whether you like it or not, you can’t get it out of your head. Take, for example, the same “Lambada”. This dance appeared long before the famous song. His homeland was the North of Brazil. Experts say that the style was based on a kind of cross between the new flamenco, Rumba and other equally sensual Latin American dances. Continue reading
Song + dance. Is it hard to dance to “Macarena” and “Ketchup Song”?
To repeat the success of “the thing” — a song and dance in one bottle — was only by the mid-1990s. In many features, history repeated itself — again it was a rousing Spanish-Latin rhythms, provocative and powerful clip production promotion. However, let’s go in order… scan the cover of the disc the Honor of creating a new song-dance belongs to the Spanish Duo LOS DEL RIO, consisting of two quite Mature men — Antonio Romeo Monche and Raphael Ruiz Perdigones. As with the Lambada, they found their source of inspiration in South America. In 1992, the Duo toured Venezuela and once got to a private party, where “lit” local flamenco dance teacher — Dana Patricia. Continue reading
