page_title: Pasodoble
section_title: Display pasodoble
hierarchical_section_title: Pasodoble / Types of pasodoble / By objective / Display pasodoble
caption_attribution_description: English: El pasodoble Amparito Roca interpretado por la Banda de Zestoa en las fiestas de 2010
context_page_description: Pasodoble is a fast-paced Spanish military march used by infantry troops. Its speed allowed troops to give 120 steps per minute. This march gave rise to a traditional Spanish dance, a musical genre including both voice and instruments, and a genre of instrumental music often played during bullfight. Both the dance and the non martial compositions are also called pasodoble.
context_section_description: A pasodoble performed mostly for spectacle purposes, sometimes in a bullfighting ring. This pasodoble may or may not have lyrics, but it often adapts other style of pasodoble and just changes the dancing to make it more spectacular for the public-often tourists. Essentially, this pasodoble dance involves role-playing. This two-person dance form has the man performing as the bullfighter and the woman as the cape. It is known as one of the fastest Latin ballroom dances because dancers make around 120 to 130 beats/steps per minute. In some versions, the man portrays the matador in the dance, and the woman portrays the bull. flamenco-like qualities infuse the dance as the man and woman challenge each other. 
  The leader of this dance plays the part of the matador. The follower generally plays the part of the matador's cape, but can also represent the shadow of the matador, as well as the flamenco dancer in some figures. The follower never represents the bull, although this is a common misconception.
  This form of pasodoble is a lively style of dance to the duple meter march-like music, and is often performed in the context of theater. This form of pasodoble was mistakenly taken as the original form by English and French musicologists visiting Spain in the 20th century.
caption: Amparito Roca being played by a wind band
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