Latin American dance

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Aztec round dance

Guatemalan dance-drama

See dancers in Lima performing the “Marinera Limeña” dance on courtship

Couple dancing a jarabe, detail from Popular History of Mexico, mosaic by Diego Rivera, 1953; on the Teatro des los Insurgentes, Mexico City.

Couple in a position that characterizes the dance known as the maxixe, early 20th century.

View dancers performing the “Baile de palo” an open-couple dance of African heritage

Carnival parade

Participate in a religious dance at the festival of St. Sebastian in Jalisco, Mexico

See dancers performing the “Son de la negra” dance in Jalisco, Mexico

Capoeira: Brazil's martial art dance

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Latin American dance: Media

Videos

See dancers in Lima performing the “Marinera Limeña” dance on courtship

See dancers in Lima performing the “Marinera Limeña” dance on courtship

Dancers in Lima performing the marinera limeña, an open-couple social dance...

Video: © Susan V. Cashion

View dancers performing the “Baile de palo” an open-couple dance of African heritage

View dancers performing the “Baile de palo” an open-couple dance of African heritage

Dancers from the Dominican Republic performing the baile de palo, an open-couple...

Video: © Susan V. Cashion

Participate in a religious dance at the festival of St. Sebastian in Jalisco, Mexico

Participate in a religious dance at the festival of St. Sebastian in Jalisco, Mexico

Segment of an extensive religious dance performed at the festival of St. Sebastian...

Video: © Susan V. Cashion

See dancers performing the “Son de la negra” dance in Jalisco, Mexico

See dancers performing the “Son de la negra” dance in Jalisco, Mexico

Dancers in Jalisco, Mex., performing the son de la negra, an open-couple...

Video: © Susan V. Cashion

Capoeira: Brazil's martial art dance

Capoeira: Brazil's martial art dance

Overview of capoeira.

Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

Images

Aztec round dance

Aztec round dance

Aztec round dance for Quetzalcóatl and Xolotl (a dog-headed god who is Quetzalcóatl's...

Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago

Guatemalan dance-drama

Guatemalan dance-drama

Moros y cristianos dance-drama from Guatemala. The dancer depicting the...

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Couple dancing a jarabe, detail from Popular History of Mexico, mosaic by Diego Rivera, 1953; on the Teatro des los Insurgentes, Mexico City.

Couple dancing a jarabe, detail from Popular History of Mexico,...

Shostal Associates

Couple in a position that characterizes the dance known as the maxixe, early 20th century.

Couple in a position that characterizes the dance known as the maxixe, early 20th...

Brown Brothers

Carnival parade

Carnival parade

Women dancing in a Carnival parade, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Images

Dancers during Carnival in Oruro, Bol., performing a masked dance-drama known as a diablada, which typically features as characters devils, their mistresses, Inca rulers, and slave drivers.

Dancers during Carnival in Oruro, Bol., performing a masked dance-drama known as...

© Peter McFarren/Bolivian Photo Agency

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