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Mambo
Origin: Cuba. Basic step patterns include the Mambo basic, cross body lead, and step turns.
Bolero
Origin: Spain/Cuba. Basic step patterns include the basic movement, cross body lead, and outside partner break.
Salsa
Origin: Caribbean. Basic step patterns include the forward and back basic, side basic, cross body lead, and inside and outside turns.
Rumba
Origin: Cuba. Basic step patterns include the box step, Cuban motion, and spot turns.
Samba
Origin: Brazil. Basic step patterns include the Samba bounce, basic forward and backward steps, and side steps.
Cha-Cha
Origin: Cuba. Basic step patterns include the basic movement, New Yorker, Spot Turns, and Cuban Break (sometimes called 'cha-cha-cha').
Paso Doble
Origin: France/Spain. Basic step patterns include the Apel, Sur Place, and Grand Circle.
Merengue
Origin: Dominican Republic. Basic step patterns include the side basic, forward and back basics, and the stationary basic.
Bachata
Origin: Dominican Republic. Basic step patterns include side-to-side movements, three-step with a hip motion, followed by a tap including a hip movement on the 4th beat.
Jive
Origin: United States. Basic step patterns include the basic jive step, fallaway rock, link, change of places, and whip.
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