Dance Styles - Rumba (American Ballroom)

Welcome to Rumba (also spelled as Rhumba)!
  • Originating from Cuba, Rumba has a “quick-quick-slow” beat and is referred to as the “dance of love” or the "dance of romance".
  • There are several different types of Rumba:
    • (a) American-style Ballroom Rumba;
    • (b) International-style Ballroom Rumba; and
    • (c) Cuban Rumba (which is further subdivided into (i) Rumba Yambu, (ii) Rumba Guaguanco, and (iii) Rumba Columbia (solo dance)).​
  • We teach American Rumba at BoogieCamp, which has the Box Step as the basic step.

Rumba Play List

Dance Steps & Video Lessons for Beginners 

All videos link to YouTube and have been created by third parties not affiliated with BoogieCamp (unless specified otherwise). ​
  • Basic Box Step
  • Crossover Breaks & Underarm Turn
  • Quick Chasses
  • Open Break & Underarm Turn
  • Cuban Walks
  • Parallel Breaks
  • Butterfly
  • Fifth Position Breaks
  • Crossover Breaks & Follower Swivels
  • Fallaway and Walks
  • ​Cross Body Lead

Rumba Moves for Solo Dancers

In addition to learning the Leader and/or Follower moves in the above partner dancing videos, below is a track using solo American Rumba moves.
Video created by Olga at BoogieCamp

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Music Lists

Rumba Songs - Latin Flavoured
Rumba Songs - Non-Latin A-M
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Rumba Songs - Non-Latin N-Z
To purchase songs, go to iTunes (download iTunes here) or to Google Play.

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