"and they perform in music festivals, concerts and theatrical plays in Crete. They published a record together in 2005. Marianna Zorba Marianna Zorba (; born 1967 in Athens) is a Greek singer and a music teacher. She loves ethnic and folk music. In 1997 she represented Greece in the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest. She was engaged to Manolis Manouselis, a composer, the week before the grand finale in Dublin. A few weeks after the contest they married. Marianna and the song, ""Horepse"" scored 39 points and reached 12th place. Marianna and Manolis decided to move to Crete in 2002. He"
"Zaza Korinteli Zaza Korinteli () better known by his stage name Zumba (born December 29, 1973) is a Georgian rock musician, folklorist and civic activist. His music fuses a wide variety of genres, principally Georgian folk tradition, rock, and reggae. Being a multi-instrumentalist on guitar, bass, wind instruments, percussions, and vocals, he leads the band ZumbaLand and also collaborates within several other musical projects. His stage name is an acronym of a Georgian phrase ""zogjer ubralod moindome, bolos agisruldeba"" (), translated as ""Just wish sometimes – it will eventually come true."" Born in Tbilisi, Korinteli graduated from the Department of"
"Zortziko The zortziko is a dance rhythm that originates in the Basque Country. It is also used as an accompaniment rhythm for vocal melodies, such as ""Gernikako arbola"", the unofficial anthem of the Basques, composed in 1853 by José María Iparraguirre . The zortziko has a distinctive 5/8 time signature, consisting of three subdivisions of 1, 2, and 2 beats. Some theories hold that it is in 5/4 time, ""like the Rueda except that the 2nd and 4th beats are almost always dotted notes"" , or that it actually is a double compound meter combining an irregular binary (5/16 divided"
"Orchestra. Zortziko The zortziko is a dance rhythm that originates in the Basque Country. It is also used as an accompaniment rhythm for vocal melodies, such as ""Gernikako arbola"", the unofficial anthem of the Basques, composed in 1853 by José María Iparraguirre . The zortziko has a distinctive 5/8 time signature, consisting of three subdivisions of 1, 2, and 2 beats. Some theories hold that it is in 5/4 time, ""like the Rueda except that the 2nd and 4th beats are almost always dotted notes"" , or that it actually is a double compound meter combining an irregular binary (5/16"
"of traditional Zulu, Sotho, Shangaan, and Xhosa music, fused with Marabi (also known as South African Jazz), and Kwela, and with modern (electric instruments), American R&B, soul, and gospel. The cyclic structure of marabi melded with traditional dance styles such as the Zulu indlamu, combined with a heavy dollop of American big band swing thrown on top. The indlamu input dance style developed into the ""African stomp"" style, giving a notably African rhythmic impulse to the music. The pairing of mbaqanga with vocals became known as ""mgqashiyo"", meaning ""to bounce"", after the ""bouncy"" rhythms of the style or simanje-manje music"
"dance resembles a galloping horse. Jit Jit (also known as jiti, jit-jive and the Harare beat) is a style of popular Zimbabwean dance music. It features a swift rhythm played on drums and accompanied by a guitar. Jit evolved out many diverse influences, including domestic chimurenga, Congolese rumba and Tanzanian guitar styles. The genre was popularized in the 1980s by bands like Chazezesa Challengers, The Four Brothers and Bhundu Boys. Jit is one of Zimbabwean fast beat, but there is a confusion between the more popular ""sungura"" which is said to be jit which was popularised by Chazezesa Challengers and"
"destinations as a player progresses, as well as authentic customs, local rhythms and native dance styles. The game was followed by ""Zumba Kids"" on November 19, 2013. All of the Zoë Mode-developed Zumba titles run on Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3. Zumba Zumba is an exercise fitness program created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto ""Beto"" Perez during the 1990s. Zumba involves dance and aerobic movements performed to energetic music. The choreography incorporates hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa, merengue and mambo. Squats and lunges are also included. The Zumba trademark is owned by Zumba Fitness, LLC, which does not charge licensing"
"Project in 1939 in Tuolumne County. Mazurka The ""mazurka"" (in Polish mazurek, plural ""mazurki"") is a Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, and with ""strong accents unsystematically placed on the second or third beat"". The folk origins of the ""mazurek"" are two other Polish musical forms which are the slow ""kujawiak"", and the fast ""oberek"". The ""mazurek"" is always found to have either a triplet, trill, dotted eighth note (quaver) pair, or an ordinary eighth note pair before two quarter notes (crotchets). In the 19th century, the dance became popular in many ballrooms in different"
"Significant contribution in the development of Georgian culture, he was awarded the Presidential Order of Excellence by President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili in 2012. Official web address : www.zazakorinteli.com Zaza Korinteli Zaza Korinteli () better known by his stage name Zumba (born December 29, 1973) is a Georgian rock musician, folklorist and civic activist. His music fuses a wide variety of genres, principally Georgian folk tradition, rock, and reggae. Being a multi-instrumentalist on guitar, bass, wind instruments, percussions, and vocals, he leads the band ZumbaLand and also collaborates within several other musical projects. His stage name is an acronym of"
"Zorbas ""Zorbas"" (or more commonly, ""Zorba's Dance"") is an instrumental by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. The song featured in the 1964 film ""Zorba the Greek"", for which Theodorakis wrote the soundtrack, and became popular around the world. It is now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas. The film's track has since been recorded as a standalone song by many different musicians from around the world. Some of the more notable are listed below. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass recorded a 4:25 version of the song (as ""Zorba the Greek"") for their 1965 album ""Going Places"". Issued as"
"been introduced to the French Caribbean in the late 1800s. In the 21st century in Brazil and the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, ""zouk"" (and its progenitor-band Kassav’) remains very popular. In popular 20th century folk dancing in France, the Polish/classical-piano (see Chopin) ""mazurka"" evolved into ""mazouk"", a dance at a more gentle pace (without the traditional 'hop' step on the 3rd beat), fostering more-intimate dancing and associating mazouk with a “seduction” dance (see also tango from Argentina). This “sexy” style of mazurka has also been imported to “balfolk"" dancing in Belgium and the Netherlands, hence the name ""Belgian Mazurka"" or ""Flemish Mazurka""."
"Mazurka The ""mazurka"" (in Polish mazurek, plural ""mazurki"") is a Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, and with ""strong accents unsystematically placed on the second or third beat"". The folk origins of the ""mazurek"" are two other Polish musical forms which are the slow ""kujawiak"", and the fast ""oberek"". The ""mazurek"" is always found to have either a triplet, trill, dotted eighth note (quaver) pair, or an ordinary eighth note pair before two quarter notes (crotchets). In the 19th century, the dance became popular in many ballrooms in different parts of Europe. The Polish national"
"resemblance to the musical instrument. Bazooka (instrument) The bazooka is a brass musical instrument several feet in length which incorporates telescopic tubing like the trombone. Radio comedian Bob Burns is credited with inventing the instrument in the 1910s, and popularized it in the 1930s. It was also played by jazz musicians Noon Johnson and Sanford Kendrick. From its start within a lipreed mouthpiece – which may consist of nothing but the bare tube or may employ a mouthpiece which is handmade to emulate one from a low brass instrument – the air column expands into a wide length of pipe"
"""Alto Peru,"" a region that is modern day Bolivia and through Chile between 1825 and 1830. The Zamba is a slow dance in three-quarter time played primarily on guitar and bombo legüero. The steps of the dance are a walking step, an alternate step (two steps at one time), and a tip toe alternate step or ""sobrepaso punteado"" (three steps at one time). The Zamba also requires a handkerchief. Today Zamba is frequently danced in the streets of Argentina and always danced in Argentine folklore parties and festivals.It is performed during the national holidays of Argentina. Zamba (artform) Zamba is"
"Zoblazo Zoblazo is a musical style from Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, created in the early 1990s. It is a cosmopolitan popular dance music with simple up-tempo rhythm and high tech instrumentation and contains a mixture of traditional dance rhythms from southern Côte d'Ivoire. Zoblazo's best known exponent is Freddy Meiway, who has released a series of Zoblazo records starting in 1989 with the record ""Ayibebou"" with his group Zo Gang. An ethnic N'Zema from Grand Bassam, Meiway integrated folk rhythms from Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana with and is danced to with a white handkerchief. From his second album in 1990 entitled"
"Bazooka (instrument) The bazooka is a brass musical instrument several feet in length which incorporates telescopic tubing like the trombone. Radio comedian Bob Burns is credited with inventing the instrument in the 1910s, and popularized it in the 1930s. It was also played by jazz musicians Noon Johnson and Sanford Kendrick. From its start within a lipreed mouthpiece – which may consist of nothing but the bare tube or may employ a mouthpiece which is handmade to emulate one from a low brass instrument – the air column expands into a wide length of pipe that slides freely around a"
"needed] There are three schools of dance in Uzbekistan: Khorezm, Fergana and Bukhara. Each one has its peculiarities and specific features. Khorezm dance is well-known because of its fiery nature. The most popular of the dances is ""Lazgi"", which both young and old dance. The music consists of an introduction and main body including folk melodies. Six or eight dimensional flowers are portrayed. At the start, slow and simple dance movements are made with the fingers, wrists and shoulders, and then the whole body starts to move. The pace accelerates and becomes increasingly energetic. Men and women dance it very"
"performing Djongo music. Bil Aka Kora's version of Djongo is a fusion of Kassena and modern musical styles such as jazz, reggae, and blues. Djongo was originally the traditional music of the Gourounsi or Kassena (ethnic groups in the south of Burkina Faso), produced with a lot percussion instruments such as bendre, lunga, djembe, drums and flutes. Djongo is traditionally a dance of rivalry, vitality, strength and energy that Kassena men dance to impress and seduce girls or before going to war. Kora modernized Djongo and made it into a musical style appreciated throughout Burkina Faso, even though the lyrics"
"zouk was zouk béton, a fast tempo jump up carnival style of music originating from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, was popularized by the French Antilles Kassav' in the 1980s. However it was too fast, and the style lost ground in the 1980s due to the strong presence of kadans or compas, the main music of the French Antilles. The problem is that musicians from Martinique and Guadeloupe have wrongly labeled compas as ""zouk"" or ""zouk love"", creating a sense of confusion in Africa, Cape Verde, Angola, Brazil, Portugal and other places. Haitian musicians taught Antilleans how to"
"Zamba (artform) Zamba is a traditional dance of Argentina. It is a style of Argentine music and Argentine folk dance. Zamba is very different from its homophone, the samba - musically, rhythmically, temperamentally, in the steps of the dance and in its costume. It has six beats to the bar and is a majestic dance, performed by couples who circle each other waving white handkerchiefs very elegantly. It has common elements with the cueca. Zambas are composed about every genre, from those that celebrate people or events of Argentine history, to those that describe the beauty of a region, or"
"Zorgho Zorgho is a town in the Zorgho Department of Ganzourgou Province in Burkina Faso. Zorgho is the capital of Zorgho Department and Ganzourgou Province and has a population of 21,518. There is a traditional Mossi dance from the town of Zorgho called ""warba"". The dance involves the dancers moving one after another, shaking their bottoms and shoulders quickly. It was traditionally accompanied by the ""bendré"", a gourd drum with a sheep's skin. Around the first week of July every year, the customary festival of ""Nabasga"" is held in the town of Zorgho to pay homage to ancestors. The festival,"
"""The rhythmic foundation and primary identifiable feature of modern mbalax is the sabar...in Wolof gewel percussionist parlance, mbalax literally means 'accompaniment'. Within a sabar ensemble, different drums play different roles, and mbalax refers to the accompaniment parts played by the mbeng-mbeng. However, the mbalax part varies rhythmically from one dance to another. Mbalax Mbalax (or Mbalakh) is the national popular dance music of Senegal and the Gambia. Mbalax is a fusion of popular music from the diaspora, the West, and afropop such as jazz, soul, Latin, Congolese rumba, and rock blended with ""sabar"", the traditional drumming and dance music of"
"of southern Mozambique from the 1400s or earlier when Mozambican tribes were experimenting with musical instruments and particularly wooden instruments and percussion sounds from traditional drums, xylophones, and marimbas. The indigenous Chopi people became particularly active in this art and are the documented source concerning the early times of this form of music and dance, the timbila which has been registered in the UNESCO heritage archives as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The dance style, in essence, requires the dancer to shake the hips in tune with the rhythm but the whole body should be"
"Jit Jit (also known as jiti, jit-jive and the Harare beat) is a style of popular Zimbabwean dance music. It features a swift rhythm played on drums and accompanied by a guitar. Jit evolved out many diverse influences, including domestic chimurenga, Congolese rumba and Tanzanian guitar styles. The genre was popularized in the 1980s by bands like Chazezesa Challengers, The Four Brothers and Bhundu Boys. Jit is one of Zimbabwean fast beat, but there is a confusion between the more popular ""sungura"" which is said to be jit which was popularised by Chazezesa Challengers and many others including Alick macheso"
"Mbalax Mbalax (or Mbalakh) is the national popular dance music of Senegal and the Gambia. Mbalax is a fusion of popular music from the diaspora, the West, and afropop such as jazz, soul, Latin, Congolese rumba, and rock blended with ""sabar"", the traditional drumming and dance music of the Wolof of Senegal. The genre's name derived from accompanying rhythms used in ""sabar"" called ""mbalax"". The traditional form of ""mbalax"" originated from the ""sabar"", a Wolof genre that historically fused musical and cultural practices from different ethnic groups such as the ""Njuup,"" a religious ""Serer"" music. The popular dance form of"
"men and the hip movements or popping of ladies, especially to tarraxinha music. Kizomba is completely different because the Kizomba music which is faster than Getto-Zouk and asks for continuous movement with less breaks, circular and you dance more grounded with soft knees. But Kizomba is also danced to Ghetto-Zouk but different as it is done by Urban Kiz dancers. Most of this new style pioneers believe that there more similarities than differences between Urban kiz and Kizomba. Urban Kiz receives criticism from the original Kizomba dancers, that say that Urban Kiz differs too much from Kizomba and therefore should"
"Zumba Zumba is an exercise fitness program created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto ""Beto"" Perez during the 1990s. Zumba involves dance and aerobic movements performed to energetic music. The choreography incorporates hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa, merengue and mambo. Squats and lunges are also included. The Zumba trademark is owned by Zumba Fitness, LLC, which does not charge licensing fees to gyms or fitness centers. Approximately 15 million people take weekly Zumba classes in over 200,000 locations across 180 countries. The Brazilian pop singer Claudia Leitte is the international ambassador for Zumba Fitness. Zumba was founded in the mid-1990s by"
"""200% Zoblazo"", Meiway became the second best known Ivorian and N'zema musician after Alpha Blondy, and has released a steady stream records, the most recent ""9ème commandement –900% zoblazo"" released in 2007. Zoblazo Zoblazo is a musical style from Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, created in the early 1990s. It is a cosmopolitan popular dance music with simple up-tempo rhythm and high tech instrumentation and contains a mixture of traditional dance rhythms from southern Côte d'Ivoire. Zoblazo's best known exponent is Freddy Meiway, who has released a series of Zoblazo records starting in 1989 with the record ""Ayibebou"" with his group Zo"
"fast dance song in 2/4 or 4/4 time, the dancers (who were already seated in a semicircle) stood and began clapping and slapping themselves in time (""patting Juba""). One dancer or a couple then moved downstage to the focal point of the semicircle and performed a set of elaborate dance steps, lasting for about 16 bars. Once these dancers retreated back to the semicircle, another dancer or pair of dancers took a turn. This repeated until all dancers had soloed. Finally, all the dancers broke ranks and danced the minstrel show into an intermission. Nineteenth century commentators claimed that the"
"a long, slow rising and falling melody, and ""tambu"" itself, which is faster paced and shorter in duration. Tambu (music) Tambu (also tambú) is a drum, music genre and dance form, found on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, and is a major part of the Dutch Antillean music. On Bonaire, it is also known as ""bari"". Curaçaoan tambu is a major part of that island's culture, and is there a genre that is considered ""muziek di zumbi"" (literally, ""spirit music"", referring to music of African origin), and is accompanied by instruments like the ""wiri"", ""agan"" and triangle. The word ""tambu"" derives"
"the hot and cold forces within the human body, whose healing process, to Tumbuka people, is a ritual dance with singing and music. The UNESCO inscribed the ritualistic ""Vimbuza"" dance as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008. The musical instruments that accompany the ""Vimbuza"" includes a Ng’oma or “drums of affliction”. A healer diagnoses spirit possession, and with the patient undertakes dance healing ritual treatment over several weeks or months.The dance tries to bring the patient into a trance, while the songs call the spirits to help. Men participate by creating drum rhythms that are spirit-specific and sometimes as"
"couples. The Mazur is a faster dance in which pairs glide across the floor. The dance is laced heavily with French influences and the dancers move with grace and speed. The Mazur was one of Chopin's biggest influences when composing his music. The Oberek is a fast, vivacious dance in time. The word ""oberek"" is derived from ""obrot"" meaning, ""to turn"". Great leaps and feats of athleticism are demonstrated by the men. The Polonaise is the most stately of the national dances. Danced in triple () metre, the Polonaise is often the first dance at large events. In Poland, the"
"a video of Sendero Luminoso's leadership dancing to the song was given to the media, showing that the organization's heads were hiding in Lima itself. The British dance act LCD covered the song in 1998. Their version peaked at number 20 in the UK chart that year, and at number 22 when re-issued in October 1999. Zorbas ""Zorbas"" (or more commonly, ""Zorba's Dance"") is an instrumental by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. The song featured in the 1964 film ""Zorba the Greek"", for which Theodorakis wrote the soundtrack, and became popular around the world. It is now commonly played and danced"