How do you dance the mambo

Mambo Dance Steps - Dance Poise

Mambo dance steps involves a bit of sensual Cuban dance moves. It is one of the most popular form of dances in United States. Mambo dance moves are similar to Salsa, but a bit crisper and difficult. If you want to break into a mambo, read on to learn this dance steps.

Mambo was widely popularized in Cuba by Prado Prez, in the 1940s. When Perez Prado and his orchestra toured United States in 1951, he created a craze on the New York dance floors with his mambo and came to be known as the mambo king. Mambo was second only to the rumba, another Cuban-African dance which spread in the United States like wildfire. Mambo became a popular dance form in dancing competitions in the dance halls of New York. Dancers twist and turn and throw their partners, arms, legs and hands in air when swaying to the mambo rhythms.

Mambo dancing is basically a 4/4 steps dance form. There are no movements on the first step of every 4/4 beat. This is followed by quick-quick-slow beats. When moving forward and backward, dancers sway their hips, which looks like a fluid motion flowing with the music. The fast-stepping mambo gave rise to another form of dance known as the ‘cha-cha’ dance.

Mambo is easy to learn but these basic steps may take little time to master.

Mambo Dance Moves

Stand facing your partner. Place your feet together.
Place the right hand on your partner’s waist and extend your left hand, palm facing up and arm bent to your side.
Hold your partner’s hand in a loose grip and wait for the music to begin.
Do not move when you hear the first beat. On the second beat, step back with your right foot. On the third beat, shift the body weight to your left foot.

Step forward with your right foot and bring both feet together on the fourth beat. The body weight has to be shifted on the right foot again.
After pausing for the fifth beat, shift your weight to your left foot and step forward on the sixth beat.
Shift the weight back to your right foot on the seventh beat and on the final eight beat shift your weight back to your left and step back, bringing your feet together again.

The female partner dances on the exact opposite dance moves of the male partner. She has to follow her man’s lead, dancing backward when he moves forward and moving forward when he dances backward.

Drag Around Mambo

If you wish to jazz things a bit, then you may try the “Drag-Her-Around” mambo moves, also called the cross-body lead. The lead faces the wall and at the end of the move the follower faces the wall. This is a three step dance, where the weight is shifted on the same feet, similar to the basic mambo steps. The variation in this form is the 180 degree pivot turn that is performed after the first weight shift. The lady partner just follows her lead and takes the steps forward and across the leads left side. She also performs the 180 degree turn but she breaks it up in two 90 degree turns in the second and final step.

Crossover Break

The crossover break is a stylish variation, when both the lead and follower keep their hands connected. Their feet turn one-quarter away from each other. They move into the ‘ballroom’ position, that is, the ‘fifth position’. The weight should be completely placed on the rear foot.

Mambo dancing is very energetic and full of life. It has been widely popularized today after the initial cool down brought about by Ricky Martin in the 1990s. This Latin dance is the one from where the term ‘shake it’ was first coined, due to the hip movements involved. The dancers appear passionate about each other and one can feel the intensity of emotions flowing through their bodies while dancing a mambo. Try the dance steps to liven up your spirits as Lou Bega rightly says in his song:

Mambo mambo eh eh
The babes are all around me
Mambo mambo eh eh
Dancin all night long
Mambo mambo eh eh
The babes are all around me
Mambo mambo eh eh
To the break of dawn

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The Mambo is one of the most vivacious of all the Latin dancing styles. It is characterized by strong hip movements, rhythmical body actions, quick footwork and unique arm wraps and turns.

History of the Mambo

Mambo is one of the Latin ballroom dances, which originated in Cuba. It is characterized by the exciting energy and enticing rhythms, which draws eyes and allows for a lot of fun for the dancers. Additionally, the Mambo is flirty and sensual.

It originated in the areas of Haitian settlements in Cuba. Many sources claim that the dance was named after Haitian voodoo priests (called “Mambo”) who served the villagers as healers and spiritual advisors. Mambo was also a word used for their drums that were used in rituals. Other sources say that the word was used to mean “shake it” or “a conversation with the Gods.”

The beginning of the Mambo occurred from music that was not even really intended for dancing. The music had roots in English and French music. It was music for music’s sake and was not for the purposes of dancing. While this type of music did have the possibility of being danced to, no dance had been created at the time that would match the beats. While originating in Cuba, the conductor of an orchestra would shout “give it mambo,” to signify the beginning of the orchestra to improvise their music.

Perez Prado came up with the dance steps for the Mambo in 1940. Perez introduced the dance at the La Tropicana nightclub in Havana in 1943. He then became the first person to sell his music with the label of “Mambo.” Following Cuba, Prado brought his talents to Mexico where the dance and music was adopted, but was later banned by the Mexican government for promoting a non-traditional dancing style. It was during the introduction of the Mambo to Mexico that Perez Prado was deemed the King of Mambo. The first version of the Mambo was known for the freedom of movement and the complex footwork. In fact, some of the first versions of the Mambo are said to have so many wild acrobatic movements that they were unable to be performed by dancers who were not professional.

After the introduction of Swing influences into Prado’s music, the Mambo inevitably reached the United States in New York’s Plaza Ballroom. A blend of American Jazz (Swing music) and Cuban music produced the energetic rhythms of this musical style. This was the location and favorite hangout of dancers from Harlem. In 1947, the Mambo was really getting people excited in many renowned venues. Versions of the dance were penetrating dance studios, resort hotels, and at nightclubs in both New York and Miami. The following was so incredible that those who were big fans of the Mambo adopted their label as, “Mambonicks.” It gained wide spread popularity in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.

Mambo Dance Today

Today, although the Mambo is popular in Ballroom dancing studios and in the Latin ballroom competition arena, it is less common as a social dance than it was in the 1950s. It has similar characteristics as Salsa dancing, however, dancers generally use more pronounced hip actions and “break” on the second beat.

The Mambo consists mostly of forward and backward movements. The basis of the dance is done with rock steps, side steps and occasionally has points, kicks, and flicks of the feet. There is also a hip movement used during Mambo. The untrained eye may think that Mambo and Salsa are the same dance, but they are different stylistically and danced on a different beat. Mambo dance breaks on the second count of the beat, while salsa dancing breaks on the first. Eddie Torres, Angel Rodriguez, and others, many of which were second generation New York Puerto Ricans, popularized the modern Mambo in New York in the 1980s. This style is sometimes danced to Mambo music, but often danced to older-style Salsa. This modern New York Mambo style is sometime referred to as “Mambo on two” because of the timing of it’s break in steps.

While it may not be as popular as it was in the 1950s and 1960s, it is regaining some popularity with a more pop or disco beat. Famous artists such as Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, and Lou Bega have assisted in Mambo’s regrowth. Mambo dancing has appears frequently on National and International Dance shows such as “So You Think You Can Dance,” “Dancing with the Stars,” and “Strictly Come Dancing.”

Mambo Dance Songs

“Mambo Italiano” Dean Martin
“Mambo #5″ Perez Prado
“Single Ladies” Beyonce
“Guaglione” Perez Prado
“Papa Loves Mambo” Perry Como
“La Timba Es Mia” Charlie Palmieri
“Brown Eyed Girl” John Skinner
“Lonely” Lou Bega
“Mosquito” Carlos “Patato” Valdes
“Mambo Gil” Tito Puente
“Danzonete” Batcumbele
“The Trumpet, Pt. 2” Lou Bega
“Blanco’s Waltz” Eddie Palmieri
“Varsity Drag Mambo” Machito
“En Casa De Pepe” Mon Rivera
“Corazón de Melón” Rosemary Clooney
“El Quiquiriñao” Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñero
“Lupita” Mariachi Fiesta Mexicana
“La Copa De La Vida” The Mambo Dawgs
“Ritmo, Tambó y Flores” Celia Cruz
“Sabes de que Tengo Ganas?” María Victoria
“Salsumba” Tito Puente
“Severa” Cortijo y Su Combo
“La Peleona” Irakere
“Mami Me Gusto” Arsenio Rodríguez
“Hong Kong Mambo” Tito Puente
“Chango Ta’ Beni” Mambo Big Band
“Vaya Puente” Tito Puente
“La Lucha” Mamborama
“Everything I Can’t Have” Robin Thicke
“Target” Joe Jackson
“La Soledad” Jimmy Bosch
“No Me Llores Mas” Hector Lavoe y Willie Colon
“Tu Amor Me Hace Bein” Marc Anthony
“Ven Devórame Otra Vez” Lalo Rodríguez
“Mambo Kings” Tito Puente

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Lyrics National Mambo - latin music translation, lyrics, video, clip

A girl went back to Napoli
Because she missed the scene
The native dances and the charming songs
But wait a minute, something's wrong

Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano!
Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano
Go, go, go you mixed up sicialiano
All you calabraise-a do the mambo like a crazy with a

Hey mambo, don't wanna tarantella
Hey mambo, no more a mozzarella
Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!
Try an enchilada with da fish a bac a lab and then a

Hey goombah, I love a how you dance a rhumbah
But take some advice paisano
Learn how to mambo
If you gonna be a square
You ain't a gonna go nowhere

Hey mambo! mambo italiano!
Hey mambo! mambo italiano!
Go, go, Joe, shake like a Giovanno
Hello kess-a-deetch-a you getta happy in the feets a

When you mambo italiano
Shake-a Baby shake-a cause i love a when you take a me
Mama say "stop-a or I'm gonna go to papa"
And a hey ja drool you don't a have to go to school

Just make-a wid da beat bambino
It's a like a wine
Kid you good a lookin' but you don't a-know what's cookin' till you

Hey mambo, Mambo italiano
Hey mambo, mambo italiano
Ho, ho, ho, you mixed up Siciliano
it's a so delish a ev'rybody come copisha

How to mambo italianoooooo!

Italian mambo (translated)

The guy returned to Naples because he missed the scenery there,
By local dances and charming songs.
But wait a minute, something's not right!
Because now it's...

Hey mambo, Italian mambo*!
Hey hey, mambo, Italian mambo!
Come on, go, go, you're confused, Sicilian,
All you Calabrians mambo like crazy...

Hey mambo, I don't want a tarantella Hey mambo, no more mozzarella.
hey mambo italian mambo
Try the enchilada**** with baccala*****.

Hey buddy I love how you dance the rumba
But, my advice to you, friend,
Learn to dance mambo.
If You Be Old Fashioned,
That won't get you far.

Hey mambo, Italian mambo!
Hey hey, mambo, Italian mambo!
Go ahead, Joe, dance like crazy.
As they say, you find happiness in a pizzeria,
Dancing Italian Mambo!

Hey dumbass, you don't have to go to school,
Just do it with a big girl
Like wine, it gets better with age.
Baby you're pretty
But you don't know how to seduce until. ..

Hey mambo, Italian mambo!
Hey hey, mambo, Italian mambo!
Ho, ho, ho, you're confused Sicilian0149 As they say, you find happiness in a pizzeria,
Dancing Italian Mambo!

* - musical style and dance of Cuba, spread in Latin America

** - Italian folk dance accompanied by guitar, tambourine and castanets (in Sicily)

*** - young Italian cheese from the Campania region. Classical mozzarella is made from black buffalo milk, but cow's milk mozzarella is also on sale

**** - traditional Mexican dish (pancake with spicy meat filling)

***** - dried cod A girl went back to Napoli
Because she missed the scene
The native dances and the charming songs
But wait a minute, something's wrong

Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano!
Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano
Go, go, go you mixed up sicialiano
All you calabraise-a do the mambo like a crazy with a

Hey mambo, don't wanna tarantella
Hey mambo, no more a mozzarella
Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!
Try an enchilada with da fish a bac a lab and then a

Hey goombah, I love a how you dance a rhumbah
But take some advice paisano
Learn how to mambo
If you gonna be a square
You are not a gonna go nowhere

Hey mambo! mambo italiano!
Hey mambo! mambo italiano!
Go, go, Joe, shake like a Giovanno
Hello kess-a-deetch-a you getta happy in the feets a

When you mambo italiano
Shake-a Baby shake-a cause i love a when you take a me
Mama say " stop-a or I'm gonna go to papa & quot;
And a hey ja drool you do not a have to go to school

Just make-a wid da beat bambino
It's a like a wine
Kid you good a lookin' but you do not a-know what's cookin' till you

Hey mambo, Mambo italiano
Hey mambo, mambo italiano
Ho, ho, ho, you mixed up Siciliano
it's a so delish a ev'rybody come copisha

How to mambo italianoooooo!

Mambo Italian (translation)

Man returned to Naples , because there the missed landscapes,
According to local dances and the charming songs.
But , wait a minute , something is wrong!
Because now it's ...

Hey, mambo , mambo Italian * !
Hey-hey, mambo, mambo Italian!
Come on, come on, come, you are confused, Sicilian,
All you kalabriytsy , dancing the mambo like crazy ...

Hey, mambo , do not want the tarantella ,
Hey, mambo, no more mozzarella.
Hey, mambo, mambo Italian,
Try enchilada with bakkaloy **** ***** .

Hey, buddy, I love how you dance rumba,
But my advice to you, my friend,
Learn to dance the mambo.
If you're old-fashioned,
That does not go far.

Hey, mambo , mambo Italian !
Hey-hey, mambo, mambo Italian!
Come on, come on, Joe, dance like a madman.
As they say, you gain happiness in a pizzeria ,
Italian dancing mambo!

Hey, stupid, you don't need to go to school,
Just do it with a big girl,
That, like wine, with age better.
Baby, you're cute,
But you do not know how to seduce, yet .