Malambo is a folk dance in Argentina, a dance of gauchos. It is a solo dance of men (although it may be performed in groups). Its notable element are elaborate leg movements with energetic zapateados (stomping) and cepillados ("brushing"/"scrubbing").[1]
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Dance scholar and folklorist Ventura Lynch described it as "a battle between men who stomp in turn to music".[2]
There was no particular choreography for the dance. C.J. Videla-Rivero described it as follows: "One gaucho taps, kicks, crosses his legs, pounds the earth with the side of his feet, make his spurs tinkle, and fills the air with a thousand and one different figures while his opponent, crouched, watches him."[3]
It may be performed in various ways: solo, in groups (synchronized or individual choreographies), counterpoint vis a vis, counterpoint quartets. The last two are of competitive form (in fact, in this form malambo was born): the opponents take turns, and the one who stomps the best, wins.
A major Malambo performance and competition event, National Malambo Festival, is held annually in Laborde, Córdoba Province, Argentina m since 1966.[2][4]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Eduardo Gutierrez , The Gaucho Juan Moreira, 2014, ISBN 1624661386, p. XV
- ^ a b Leila Guerriero, A Simple Story: The Last Malambo, 2015, 2017 (book review; doi:10.1353/abr.2017.0088)
- ^ C.J. Videla-Rivero, "Few Words on Argentine Music", Bulletin of the Pan American Union, 1933, pp. 796-797 (free access)
- ^ Kenneth Dickerman, Mario de Fina, "In a small town in Argentina, gauchos compete for a coveted crown more than a half-century-old", The Washington Post, May 8, 2019
External linksEdit
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