Contemporary dance music of Cuba: timba phenomenon
Abstract
Latin American dance tradition plays an important role in modern popular music, in particular, such genres as rumba, mambo, cha-cha-cha, pachanga, bugalu, salsa. The leading center of Latin American music has always been Cuba. In the wake of the popularity at the turn of the 20th–21st centuries, a new phenomenon arises – timba, which can be called the pinnacle of the evolution of Cuban dance music. Timba attracted wide public interest around the world and in Russia, in particular. Amid the crisis and rapid changes taking place in Cuban society, Timba became a symbol of the national identity of Afro- Cubans, forming a special subculture. At the same time, the timba incorporated key elements of previous genres, becoming the quintessence of the style and genre features of Cuba’s dance music. The article gives a historical excursion into the dance culture of Cuba with the identification of subsequent ties reflected in the modern Cuban timba. Timba is analyzed in detail as a new genre of Cuban from the standpoint of structure, choreography, instrumental composition.
About the Authors
M. M. Chikhacheva
Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maria M. Chikhacheva, Cand. Sc. (Art Criticism), Professor at the Department of Music History
660049, Krasnoyarsk
M. L. Kustova
Russian Federation
Milada L. Kustova, investigador independiente
Irkutsk
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Chikhacheva M.M., Kustova M.L. Contemporary dance music of Cuba: timba phenomenon. ARTE. 2024;(1):24-36. (In Russ.)
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