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Paso Doble or pasodoble is a lively style of dance
Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to Motion of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of Emotional expression, social social interaction or presented in a spirituality or performance setting....
 to the duple meter
Metre (music)

Meter or metre is a concept related to an underlying division of time characteristic of western music. The concept provides that the pattern, is usually 2, 3, or 4 beats long, , and each beat may be normally divided into 2 or 3 basic subdivisions ....
 march-like pasodoble
Pasodoble

Pasodoble is a typical Spanish culture march -like musical style as well as the corresponding dance style danced by a couple. It is the type of music typically played in bullfighting during the bullfighters' entrance to the ring or during the passes just before the kill....
 music. It actually originated in southern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 , but is modeled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 bullfight
Bullfighting

Bullfighting or tauromachy , is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, some cities in southern France, and several Latin American countries, in which one or more live bulls are ritually killed as a public spectacle....
. Paso doble means "double step" in Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
.

doble is based on music played at bullfight
Bullfighting

Bullfighting or tauromachy , is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, some cities in southern France, and several Latin American countries, in which one or more live bulls are ritually killed as a public spectacle....
s during the bullfighters' entrance (paseo) or during the passes (faena) just before the kill.






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Paso Doble or pasodoble is a lively style of dance
Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to Motion of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of Emotional expression, social social interaction or presented in a spirituality or performance setting....
 to the duple meter
Metre (music)

Meter or metre is a concept related to an underlying division of time characteristic of western music. The concept provides that the pattern, is usually 2, 3, or 4 beats long, , and each beat may be normally divided into 2 or 3 basic subdivisions ....
 march-like pasodoble
Pasodoble

Pasodoble is a typical Spanish culture march -like musical style as well as the corresponding dance style danced by a couple. It is the type of music typically played in bullfighting during the bullfighters' entrance to the ring or during the passes just before the kill....
 music. It actually originated in southern France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 , but is modeled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 bullfight
Bullfighting

Bullfighting or tauromachy , is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, some cities in southern France, and several Latin American countries, in which one or more live bulls are ritually killed as a public spectacle....
. Paso doble means "double step" in Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
.

Traditional

Pasodoble is based on music played at bullfight
Bullfighting

Bullfighting or tauromachy , is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, some cities in southern France, and several Latin American countries, in which one or more live bulls are ritually killed as a public spectacle....
s during the bullfighters' entrance (paseo) or during the passes (faena) just before the kill. The leader of this dance plays the part of the matador
Matador

A torero is the main performer in bullfighting events in Spain and other Spanish language-speaking countries. He or she is the person who performs with and kills the bull....
. The follower generally plays the part of the matador's cape, but can also represent the bull or a flamenco
Flamenco

Flamenco is a Spain term that refers both to a musical genre, known for its intricate rapid passages, and a dance genre characterized by its audible footwork....
 dancer in some figures. Its origin dates back to a French military march with the name ”Paso Redoble“. This was a fast paced march and that is why this is a fast paced Latin American dance which was modeled after the Spanish bull fight.

Ballroom

Paso Doble, like Samba
Samba (ballroom)

Samba is a lively, rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin in 2/4 time signature danced under the Samba music. However, there are three steps to every bar, making the Samba feel like a 3/4 timed dance....
, is a progressive International Latin
Glossary of partner dance terms

This is the list of dance terms that are not names of dances or types of dances. See List of dances and List of dance style categories for those.This glossary lists terms used in various types of partner dances, leaving out terms of highly evolved or specialized dance forms, such as ballet, tap dancing, and square dance, which have their own elab...
 dance. The Paso Doble is the Latin dance most resembling the International Standard
Glossary of partner dance terms

This is the list of dance terms that are not names of dances or types of dances. See List of dances and List of dance style categories for those.This glossary lists terms used in various types of partner dances, leaving out terms of highly evolved or specialized dance forms, such as ballet, tap dancing, and square dance, which have their own elab...
 style, in that forward steps are taken with the heel lead, the frame
Frame (dance)

Frame is the body position maintained by dancers during partner dancing. Maintenance of the frame provides connection , making lead and follow possible....
 is wider and more strictly kept up, and there is significantly different and less hip movement
Glossary of partner dance terms

This is the list of dance terms that are not names of dances or types of dances. See List of dances and List of dance style categories for those.This glossary lists terms used in various types of partner dances, leaving out terms of highly evolved or specialized dance forms, such as ballet, tap dancing, and square dance, which have their own elab...
.

A significant number of Paso Doble songs are variants of España Cañi
España Cañí

Espa?a Ca?? is a famous instrumental Spanish music piece of pasodoble music by Pascual Marquina Narro . The song was written around 1925. It is also known as the Spanish Gypsy Dance....
. The song has breaks in fixed positions in the song (two breaks at syllabus levels, three breaks and a longer song at Open levels). Traditionally Paso Doble routines are choreographed to match these breaks, as well as the musical phrases. Accordingly, most other ballroom Paso Doble tunes are written with similar breaks (those without are simply avoided in most competitions).

Because of its inherently choreographed tradition, ballroom Paso Doble for the most part danced only competitively, almost never socially — or at least not without sticking to some sort of previously-learned routine. This said, in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
, Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
 and some parts of Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 to the west of the river Rhine
Rhine

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, it is danced socially as a lead (not choreographed) dance.

See also

  • Pasodoble
    Pasodoble

    Pasodoble is a typical Spanish culture march -like musical style as well as the corresponding dance style danced by a couple. It is the type of music typically played in bullfighting during the bullfighters' entrance to the ring or during the passes just before the kill....
     musical form


External links

  • - videos of Paso Doble dance performances
  • - a contemporary Paso Doble from So You Think You Can Dance, choreographed by Jason Gilkison