Bolero

Using Leading Whole Tone Scale - Bolero is a slow, beautiful expressive dance with smooth, gliding movement, dramatic arm styling and a romantic feel. It can be danced by either a couple or as a solo. The oldest type of bolero originated in Spain during the late 18th century. In Spain it is danced in 3/4 time. Dancer Sebastiano Carezo is credited with inventing the dance in 1780. Cuban Bolero was derived from the old Spanish Bolero, and danced either in 2/4 or 4/4 time, it is often called the Cuban Dance of Love. Originally it was danced to the constant beat of drums. By the early 1900's the Bolero reached Mexico and Latin America, eventually gaining recognition in North America by the late 1920's, and made popular in the US when French Composer Maurice Ravel wrote his famous Bolero in 1928.