 Cuban
Rhythms 
Homero is one of the most versatile dancers in the world. He can provide
anything from Afro-Cuban Rumba dance shows, Salsa shows and classes to
personal training in the art of dancing the Orishas.
Call on +44 (0)208 249 8190 or email info@SalsaCubana.co.uk
for more information.
Son is a unique sound from Santiago De Cuba, in the East of Cuba. The
sound can be traced back to the seventeenth century when musical groups
fused African and Spanish musical rhythms to develop the sound which later
became known as Son. The music has evolved over the years by absorbing
new musical influences from instruments such as ‘bungas’ or
clay pots, the guitar, tres, maracas, claves, the bongo and the botijuela
(African hand piano). The format used a ‘motivo’ or story
told by a solo singer which made gentle mockery of the hardships of life
and the absurdities of the authorities. The cheeky lyrics and sensual
dancing which accompanied the music made this a form of music and dance
looked down on by the ruling Spanish elite. Son remained very much a sound
enjoyed by working people until it was made more popular in Havana in
the 19th and early 20th centuries by the ‘Soneros’ such as
Sexteto Habanero and Sexteto Occidente, who started playing at popular
and religious celebrations, and from there its influence spread to the
rest of Latin America. If you want to hear Son, you can do no better than
listen to the legendary Cuban band Sonora Matancera, or to the music of
one of the greatest Soneros of all time, Oscar D’Leon.
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