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Bolero



Decho Kraev & Bree Watson

"I Finally Found Someone"
Barbra Streisand
w/Bryan Adams

I Finally Found Someone - Duets


Rhythm & Timing:

How to Count the Basic Rhythm:1 hold 2, 3, 4 (Slow, Quick, Quick)
Time Signature:4/4 (4 beats per bar of music)
Accent:strong accent on count 1, secondary accent on count 3
Beat Value: count 1= 1 beat, count 2= 1 beat,
count 3= 1 beat, count 4= 1 beat
Tempo for Professionals & Amateurs: 104 beats per minute
Tempo for Pro-am: 96-104 beats per minute





Song Examples: listen to and purchase songs by clicking on iTunes links

Vintage Bolero
"Johnny Guitar"
by Renato Carosone
 Johnny Guitar - Renato Carosone Gold Collection
Traditional Latin Bolero"Usted" by Luis Miguel
Usted - Romance
Contemporary Bolero"Unbreak My Heart" by Toni Braxton
 Un-Break My Heart - Ultimate Toni Braxton



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Description:

Bolero music is the epitome of romance, with it's slow tempo, typically passionate vocals and languid rolling beats. Dancers interpret this music with rise and fall through the knees and body to fill out the music, coupled with elegant lines and to keep it from looking too waltz-y, Latin hip action. Slower than it's cousins, American Rumba and International Rumba, the music for this dance demands full use of the body to brings across the character of the dance-which is the sensuous love story between a couple.

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