"Malambo" |
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The two most popular are |
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THE SOUTHERN STYLE |
THE NORTHERN STYLE |
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(Buenos Aires "Región Pampeana") |
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The figures are gentle.The dancer shows creativity and skills |
It's the opposite. Vigorous and active where the dancer | ||||
but no roughness in the execution. |
expresses his skills with natural roughness. |
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COUNTER POINT "MALAMBO" | |||||
A competition where there is no limit in the number of competitors. These dance one after |
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the other creating a figure of their own, and the winner will be the one with |
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more skills, creativity and with the largest diversity of figures. |
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A CHALLANGE OF FIGURES |
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It's among two competitors who challange each other with a dancing "figure". One starts |
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with a basic figure called "escobillado" (like softly brushing the floor), then proposes |
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a figure to hiscompetitor, and ends with a salute. Following, the other dancer. |
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starts with the basic figure, then tries to imitate his competitor's figure,then performs |
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a figure of his own,and closes with a final salute. When one of the proposed dancers is |
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unable to complete the proposed figure, becomes the looser and the competition ends |
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"BOLEADORAS" |
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The Argentine Gaucho, did not use "Boleadoras" in the "Malambo",he only used its to work. |
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The "Boleadoras" are used by the city man for artistic shows. |
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Dances Choreography Links |
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Aires
Arunguita
Calandria Caramba
Chacarera
Cuando Ecuador
Escondido
Gato
Huella
Mariquita
Media Caña
Patria Pericon Nacional |
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