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1. MERENGUE

2. Merengue is a style of music and dance originated in theCaribbean, especially in theDominicanRepublic in theearlynineteenthcentury.This folk dance has becomewidespread and regarded as theDominicannational dance.sourceItisuncleartheorigin of the merengue. There are differentviewsonthesubject are: -Alfonsecawhoinventedmeringue.-Itsorigin and appearanceorlost in thepast. HISTORY

3. - Itwasborn as a Creole tune afterthebattle of Talanquera won theDominicans.- Merengue comes from a Cuban musiccalled UPA, whichhad a partcalled merengue. The UPA cameto Puerto Rico, arrivedto Santo Domingo in themiddle of lastcentury.Thisrhythm has evolvedthroughoutthetwentiethcenturywiththeintroduction of new instrumentslikethesaxophone and laterwiththeappearance of bandswith instrumental sections of winds.

4. Whenwe dance merengue we can seetwothings: the position of dance derivedfrom Western Europe and themovement of thehipsrevealshisAfricanroots.We can dance togetherorseparate, it more popular dance separate. Thereare threestyles of merengue Merengue TypicalMerengue OrchestraMerengue guitar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRKnPSUC48Y BASIC STEPS

5. Theinstrumentsthatmake up the merengue dance musicknown, are traditionallythedrum, Guira, parakeetripiaoaccordion, saxophone, piano and trumpet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OvqSRuf2rQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HavTXIs-CJ8 THE MUSIC

6. CHAMPIONSHIPS Theyare performedindoorsbecauseitis a ballroom dance. There are severaltypes of competitions: -Classics -Modern - Latinos: Thissectionisincludedthe merengue. They dance in pairs in a separateroomwherethey are evaluatedby a jury. Errors are penalizediftheymakemanymistakes and theirexpulsionfromtheroom. PD: Wehavenotfoundanything more aboutcompetitionsanywhere.Escuchar

7. http://perceianadigital.com/index.php/educacion-fisica/1066-los-bailes-de-salon-en-la-educacion-fisica-en-secundaria- http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merengue_(g%C3%A9nero_musical) http://www.banderas-del-mundo.com/America_Central/Republica_Dominicana/index2.htm GLOSSARY

9. Celia Berenguer Lax

10. Lorena BotíaCliment

11. Mª Teresa Caballero López

12. Vanessa Konopnicki

13. Marta Ortín RuizMEMBERS OF THE GROUP