bolero

1. : a Spanish dance characterized by sharp turns, stamping of the feet, and sudden pauses in a position with one arm arched over the head. also : music in ³/₄ time for a bolero. 2. : a loose waist-length jacket open at the front.

The "Bolero rhythm," a triplet-infused rhythm pattern derived from Maurice Ravel's _Boléro_, appears in a number of rock music singles beginning in the late 1960's.

History of the Bolero Dance The Bolero originated as a Spanish dance in 1770s and had many different names. It was known as the “Escuela Bolera, “Goyescas”, and “Baile de Palillos”. Bolero dancing fused common popular dances with classical ballet to create a dance that was more polished for stage.

Bolero is a slow dance characterized by smooth, gliding movement, dramatic arm styling and a romantic feel. Bolero is a mixture of 3 dances: Tango (contra body movement), Waltz (body rise and fall) and Rumba (Cuban motion and slow Latin music).

Boléro is a slow form of Spanish dance with roots in Spain and Cuba. Contemporary boléro is a hybrid of other Latin and ballroom dances and combines the lilting rise and fall of the waltz, the contra-body movement of tango, and the slow movement and Latin music associated with the rumba.

Nostalgia is one of the main feelings evoked by bolero. However, in most cases, this nostalgia is invented and represents longing for a glamorous period that had never really existed for most of the people who indulge in it.

Maurice Ravel Maurice Ravel, in full Joseph-Maurice Ravel, (born March 7, 1875, Ciboure, France - died December 28, 1937, Paris), French composer of Swiss-Basque descent, noted for his musical craftsmanship and perfection of form and style in such works as Boléro (1928), Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899; Pavane for a Dead ...

The bolero is danced in a 4/4 time signature to music about the same tempo as International Rumba, about 96 bpm. With a 2-1-1 beat value, this dance is typically counted using slows and quicks, where a slow represents two beats and a quick represents one beat.

Nostalgia is one of the main feelings evoked by bolero. However, in most cases, this nostalgia is invented and represents longing for a glamorous period that had never really existed for most of the people who indulge in it.

The main melody of “Boléro” is adapted from a tune composed for and used in Sufi [religious] training. Ravel decided that the theme had an insistent quality and thus repeated it over and over without any real development, only a gradual crescendo as the instrumentation grows throughout the piece.

The Bolero is a traditional Spanish dance dating back to the late 1700s. It is all about love and romance and is quite slow and sensuous. The dancers, individually or together, produce brilliant and intricate movements to the rhythmic accompaniment of their castanets.

Bolero is danced to music which has a rhythm similar to Rumba, but is slower and usually with less accented percusion – music played in the melodic style of Latin ballad.