Kizomba

Kizomba
Technology:	unclassified
Type:	Couple dance , ballroom dancing
Music:	Kizomba (music) , African music
Time signature :	4/4
Tempo:	90-120 bpm
Origin:	Angola
Creation time:	~ 1980
	List of dances

Kizomba is both a dance and music from Angola that developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The word Kizomba comes from the Kimbundu language and means: festival, gimmick, dance, entertainment. Kimbundu is one of the many languages spoken by the natives in Angola, which is mainly spoken in the area of the capital Luanda .

dance

The Kizomba dance comes from Angola and is strongly derived from the Caribbean carnival music style Zouk . Zouk spilled over to Angola, where he mingled with traditional Angolan music and the semba , but also the passada as well as coladeira and mazurka from Cape Verde. This is how Kizomba was created.

Other genres have emerged from the classical dance Kizomba, such as B. Kizomba Fusion, Ghetto Zouk, and Urban Kiz.

technology

Kizomba dance

Kizomba is considered a harmonious and sensual couple dance. Kizomba consists of five different basic steps and is usually danced very closely with the partner in the area of the upper body, with the pelvis moving away from that of the partner for better mobility. There are no figures in Kizomba compared to other dance styles, but the dance style shows similarities with Tango Argentino in terms of positions and posture . Therefore, Kizomba is sometimes called the "Afrotango" by Central Europeans. Often Kizomba is referred to as "inner dance art", whereby a so-called energy flow should arise between the two partners.

music

Due to its great popularity, Kizomba is sung by many Luso-African artists. Well-known interpreters from Angola are Caló Pascoal , Don Kikas , Eduardo Paím, Irmãos Verdades and Matias Damásio. Also Paulinha is one of the most famous performers of Angola. The Kizomba of São Tomé and Príncipe is very similar to the Angolan, well-known performers are Juka and Haylton Dias .

The Cape Verdean Zouk (with the musical genres Ghetto Zouk , Cabo Love and Colá-Zouk) is often confused with Kizomba. It differs from Kizomba in the use of Creole instead of Portuguese , mostly a slow tempo of 90–100 bpm and a predominantly romantic mood. Cape Verdean zouk is partly influenced by Coladeira .

Others

In 2011, in East Timor , medical students who had learned the dance in Cuba angered several politicians, such as the President of Parliament Fernando de Araújo . That is why an “anti-pornography law” was called for.

Individual evidence

↑ Adebayo Oyebade: Culture and Customs of Angola . Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007, p. 156
↑ Lasama calls on Timorese medical students to apologize to the public . ( Memento from November 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Televizaun Timor-Leste, June 29, 2011: “The Parliamentary President Fernando“ Lasama ”de Araujo, has called on the Timorese medical students who studied in Cuba to extend apology to the public for their wide spread sensual dance called “Kijomba ala Cuba” because it has not reflected the Timorese culture. “The state provide them scholarship this is because the cooperation between the two countries. I am concerned about their attitude as people said and therefore I will ask the Health Minister to talk with them. They should not imitate culture of other countries and should state they will not repeat it, ”Lasama said. MP Maria Rosa da Câmara from the National Congress for the Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) and Getrudes Moniz said the Timorese students who engaged in Kijomba dance ala Cuba, have also did the same dance in Oe-Cuse district and is responded negatively by the local residents ; therefore they called on the Parliament to produce an anti-pornography law in the country. "

[1] Adebayo Oyebade: Culture and Customs of Angola . Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007, p. 156

[2] Lasama calls on Timorese medical students to apologize to the public . ( Memento from November 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Televizaun Timor-Leste, June 29, 2011: “The Parliamentary President Fernando“ Lasama ”de Araujo, has called on the Timorese medical students who studied in Cuba to extend apology to the public for their wide spread sensual dance called “Kijomba ala Cuba” because it has not reflected the Timorese culture. “The state provide them scholarship this is because the cooperation between the two countries. I am concerned about their attitude as people said and therefore I will ask the Health Minister to talk with them. They should not imitate culture of other countries and should state they will not repeat it, ”Lasama said. MP Maria Rosa da Câmara from the National Congress for the Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) and Getrudes Moniz said the Timorese students who engaged in Kijomba dance ala Cuba, have also did the same dance in Oe-Cuse district and is responded negatively by the local residents ; therefore they called on the Parliament to produce an anti-pornography law in the country. "