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n. A dance of Cuban origin, combining complex footwork with a pronounced movement of the hips.

n. A modern ballroom adaptation of this dance.

n. Music for this dance or in this style.

n. a slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time

v. To dance the rumba.

n. syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba

n. a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance

v. dance the rhumba

n. a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement

"Mr. P é rez Firmat suggests that one attraction of the rumba was that it was less threatening than, say, Argentina 's overtly seductive tango: Smooth rather than sultry, the rumba is a dance of courtship, not possession."

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