guarachan.
/ɡwaˈratʃa/ ‘A lively Spanish dance in 3/ 8 or 3/ 4 time, usually accompanied on the guitar by the dancer himself’ (Stainer & Barrett 1876). Also, the music to which it is danced.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > Spanish dance or dancing > [noun] > specific dances
canary1592
zambra1672
seguidilla1763
bolero1787
folia1790
malagueña1810
guaracha1828
polo?1830
cachucha1841
romalis1841
ole1845
zapateado1845
jota1846
rondeña1853
jaleo1865
flamenco1896
tango1896
bulerias1918
paso doble1919
farruca1931
seguiriyas1967
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Latin-American
fandango1800
zamacueca1855
habanera1878
rumba1912
tango1913
milonga1914
guajira1923
samba1929
son1931
son Afro-Cubano1942
mambo1946
Afro1949
montuno1951
cha-cha1954
guaracha1956
pachanga1956
bossa nova1962
salsa1975
songo1978
1828 T. Moore Say, what shall we Dance? i. 8 Shall we..To the light Bolero's measures move? Or choose the Guaracia's languishing lay?
1956 M. W. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) iii. 26 Of the native Cuban dances, the Habanera, Guajira, Punto, and Guaracha contain strong Spanish elements.
1958 E. Borneman in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xxi. 270 The music of the Machito band..boiled down to two types: (1) Afros, rumbas, guarachas, congas, sones and boleros, with jazz trumpets, jazz tenor and alto-saxophones improvising against the Cuban rhythms; (2) jazz numbers of the sort..written for Chick Webb.
1962 J. Stewart tr. J. Cousseau Death of Miss Cunningham i. 58 To the raucous sound of a guaracha, Indian women..were dancing.
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