page_title: Rhumba
section_title: Dance
hierarchical_section_title: Rhumba / Dance
caption_attribution_description: English: Seattle's Capital Hill neighborhood has dance steps in the sidewalks on Broadway Ave. This one shows Rumba steps.
context_page_description: Rhumba, also known as ballroom rumba, is a genre of ballroom music and dance that appeared in the East Coast of the United States during the 1930s. It combined American big band music with Afro-Cuban rhythms, primarily the son cubano, but also conga and rumba. Although taking its name from the latter, ballroom rumba differs completely from Cuban rumba in both its music and its dance. Hence, authors prefer the Americanized spelling of the word to distinguish between them.
context_section_description: Two variations of rhumba with opposing step patterns are danced around the world. American style rumba was imported to America by band directors like Emil Coleman and Don Aspiazú between 1913 and 1935. The film Rumba, released in 1935, brought the style to the attention of the general public. American style rhumba is taught in a box step, known for its slow-quick-quick pattern danced on the 1, 3, and 4 beats of 4-beat music. International style rhumba was developed in Europe by Monsieur Pierre after he compared the established American style with contemporary Cuban dancers. International style is taught in a quick-quick-slow pattern danced on the 2, 3, and 4 beats of 4 beat music, similar in step and motion to the cha-cha-cha. Both styles were canonized in 1955.
caption: Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood has dance steps in the sidewalks on Broadway Ave.  This one shows Rumba steps.
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