This article is about the dance and its music. For the band, see Contradanza (band). For the aria from "Carmen", see Habanera (aria).
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Contradanza (also called contradanza criolla, danza, danza criolla, or habanera) is the Spanish and Spanish-American version of the contradanse, which was an internationally popular style of music and dance in the 18th century, derived from the English country dance and adopted at the court of France. Contradanza was brought to America and there took on folkloric forms that still exist in Bolivia, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Panama and Ecuador.
In Cuba during the 19th century, it became an important genre, the first written music to be rhythmically based on an African rhythm pattern and the first Cuban dance to gain international popularity, the progenitor of danzón, mambo and cha-cha-cha, with a characteristic "habanera rhythm" and sung lyrics.
Outside Cuba, the Cuban contradanza became known as the habanera – the dance of Havana – and that name was adopted in Cuba itself subsequent to its international popularity in the later 19th century,[1] though it was never so called by the people who created it.[2]
Contradanza (also called contradanza criolla, danza, danza criolla, or habanera) is the Spanish and Spanish-American version of the contradanse, which...
cousin the contradanza are sequence dances, performed to a pattern, usually of squares, to music that was instrumental. Neither the contradanza nor the danza...
immigrants, Country Dance had great influence upon Latin American music as contradanza. The Anglais (from the French word meaning "English") or Angloise is...
introduced such as the French contredanse, which gave rise to the Cuban contradanza. Contradanza itself spawned a series of ballroom dances between the 19th and...
was the contradanza, which commenced as a local form of the English country dance and the derivative French contredanse and Spanish contradanza. While...
son's structure originated from the contradanza in Havana around the second half of the 19th century. The contradanza included many of the traits that are...
An important rhythm of the south region of the Pacific coast is the contradanza (it is used in dance shows due to the striking colours of the costumes)...
cinquillo is a typical Cuban/Caribbean rhythmic cell, used in the Cuban contradanza (the "habanera") and the danzón. The figure is also a common bell pattern...
accordion-like instrument closely associated with tango Stylistic origins Polka contradanza flamenco mazurka contradanse other European music styles candombe Peruvian...
the Spanish word habanero, "from Havana") may refer to: Habanera or contradanza, a style of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century Habanera, a...
Afro-Cuban rhythmic motifs in the 19th century when the habanera (Cuban contradanza) gained international popularity. Musicians from Havana and New Orleans...
Afro-Cuban rhythmic motifs in the 1800s with the popularity of the Cuban contradanza (known outside of Cuba as the habanera). The habanera rhythm can be thought...
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was declared a National Cultural Heritage by the Peruvian government. Contradanza. Expression cultivated in Huamachuco city, in the villages Urpay, Shiracmaca...
includes influences from Spanish song and dance, such as Bolero and contradanza as well as Afro-Cuban rhythm and percussion elements. Moda de viola is...
tropical music became a global phenomenon with the popularization of Cuban contradanza (also known as habanera). Cuba would continue to spearhead the development...
reads "...otra del Sr. Brito, Portugues: el fandango, la guaracha y seis contradanzas, todo en cifra para guitarra...". A later entry #83, 15 October 1796...
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rumba, La guaracha, La canción y el bolero, Música instrumental, De la contradanza al danzón, al chachachá and Hacia el presente, en el presente. Dr. Olavo...
Tambor Tropical music Other genres Aguinaldo Canción melódica Christian Contradanza Criolla Danza Décima Pasacalle Pasillo Plena Pregón Punto guajiro Seis...
Tambor Tropical music Other genres Aguinaldo Canción melódica Christian Contradanza Criolla Danza Décima Pasacalle Pasillo Plena Pregón Punto guajiro Seis...
of Peru, using handkerchiefs as props. The dance is a mix of Spanish contradanza and Andean zamacueca, and is a stylized reenactment of a courtship, showing...
occasions. By the late 1700s, the country dance (French contredanse, Spanish contradanza) had come to thrive as a popular recreational dance, both in courtly...
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