Dance IQ

line

Rhythm Dance Styles | Smooth Dance Styles |Benefits of Dance

line

Mambo

Mambo

A Cuban bandleader named Perez Prado is credited with starting the Mambo dance craze in the mid-1950s. The Mambo is a Rumba with a break on 2 and 4 in 4/4 time, danced according to the individual dancer’s temperament.

While conservative dancers can maintain a closed position, daring dancers can perform breakaway steps and completely separate themselves from each other.



Dan Rutherford (Owner/Director)& Nicole Carroll
Dancing Mambo at the 2002 National Championship

< Back to "Rhythm Dance Styles" >