2. Merengue is a style of music and dance originated in theCaribbean, especially in theDominicanRepublic in theearlynineteenthcentury.This folk dance has becomewidespread and regarded as theDominicannational dance.sourceItisuncleartheorigin of the merengue. There are differentviewsonthesubject are: -Alfonsecawhoinventedmeringue.-Itsorigin and appearanceorlost in thepast. HISTORY
3. - Itwasborn as a Creole tune afterthebattle of Talanquera won theDominicans.- Merengue comes from a Cuban musiccalled UPA, whichhad a partcalled merengue. The UPA cameto Puerto Rico, arrivedto Santo Domingo in themiddle of lastcentury.Thisrhythm has evolvedthroughoutthetwentiethcenturywiththeintroduction of new instrumentslikethesaxophone and laterwiththeappearance of bandswith instrumental sections of winds.
4. Whenwe dance merengue we can seetwothings: the position of dance derivedfrom Western Europe and themovement of thehipsrevealshisAfricanroots.We can dance togetherorseparate, it more popular dance separate. Thereare threestyles of merengue Merengue TypicalMerengue OrchestraMerengue guitar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRKnPSUC48Y BASIC STEPS
5. Theinstrumentsthatmake up the merengue dance musicknown, are traditionallythedrum, Guira, parakeetripiaoaccordion, saxophone, piano and trumpet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OvqSRuf2rQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HavTXIs-CJ8 THE MUSIC
6. CHAMPIONSHIPS Theyare performedindoorsbecauseitis a ballroom dance. There are severaltypes of competitions: -Classics -Modern - Latinos: Thissectionisincludedthe merengue. They dance in pairs in a separateroomwherethey are evaluatedby a jury. Errors are penalizediftheymakemanymistakes and theirexpulsionfromtheroom. PD: Wehavenotfoundanything more aboutcompetitionsanywhere.Escuchar
