Bomba Dance Tutorial with Afro-Puerto Rican Dancer Mar Cruz | If Cities Could Dance

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From the paseo to the marullo, learn a few basic steps of bomba with Afro-Puerto Rican dancer Mar Cruz in Loíza, Puerto Rico. Mar and her sister María represent a new movement of Afro Latinos who are reclaiming their cultural traditions to celebrate Black pride and acknowledge the island's complex history of racism.

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🪘 Want to learn how to dance bomba? Here are basic moves to get you started:
0:00-0:29 Intro
0:29-0:56 El Batey and Paseo
0:56-1:07 Piquetes
1:07-1:20 Marullo
1:20-1:44 Abanico doble
1:44-2:00 El cierre
2:00-2:20 La cuatro
2:20- 2:29 Carrera para atrás

Add in some hand movements:
2:29-2:39 Látigo & La limpia
2:39-3:08 More information about bomba
3:08-3:19 Outro and Credits

Jump into el batey and move to the beat of the drums as Mar leads you through a few fundamental movements of seis corrido style bomba in our latest how-to. ¡A bailar!

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