Question

While most dance instructors repeat this syllable three times after the count of “1, 2,” some versions of that dance start on 2. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this syllable that, when repeated two or three times, names a Cuban ballroom dance with two slow and three quick steps.
ANSWER: cha [accept the cha-cha or the cha-cha-cha]
[10m] Pucho Brown claimed that this music and dance style, a hybrid of Latin and R&B that originated among Puerto Rican New Yorkers in the ‘60s, was “cha cha with a backbone.” It shares its name with an Oakland street dance whose performers “pop” in its “electric” style.
ANSWER: boogaloo [or bugalú; accept electric boogaloo; prompt on boogie]
[10h] Both the cha-cha-cha and the boogaloo can be danced to this bass rhythm from Cuban music that complements the clave. Usually played by the congas, this term is synonymous with guajeo and montuno.
ANSWER: tumbao
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