CARIBBEAN MUSIC & DANCE

 
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By: Donna Lee, Iris Won, and Arianna Rivera

 

This website is dedicated to the education of the native and popular music of the islands of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. To many Latin@s around the world, the music not only encompasses dance, but entire histories and cultures. “Latin music has evolved from a specific, geographically located style to one having multiple sites of articulation. Transcending geographic and cultural boundaries has been central to its affective power – its capacity as dance music to literally move thousands of people.58

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