Zapateado (Mexico)

The zapateado is a group of dance styles of Mexico, characterized by a lively rhythm punctuated by the striking of the dancer's shoes, akin to tap dance. The name derives from the Spanish word zapato for "shoe": zapatear means to strike with a shoe. It is widely used in sones, huapangos and chilenas.

The term is also used to refer to percussive

See also

• Zapateado (Spain)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mexican zapateado.

• David Ewen, Encyclopedia of Concert Music. New York: Hill and Wang, 1959.

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