{"id":1608,"date":"2016-01-29T11:16:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T11:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2016-01-29T11:16:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T11:16:32","slug":"danzon-mexico-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/2016\/01\/29\/danzon-mexico-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Danz\u00f3n in Mexico Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the University of Southampton\u2019s, \u2018Mexico Week\u2019 in November 2015, a danz\u00f3n workshop was held at Turner Sims, organised by the University\u2019s Music department and led by danz\u00f3n expert Dr Hettie Malcomson. Danz\u00f3n is a popular form of Cuban and Mexican dance and music, and a precursor to modern styles such as the mambo and the cha-cha-ch\u00e1. The participants of the workshop were taught the basic steps before putting their new-found skills to the test with live music provided by the University of Southampton\u2019s Hartley Danzonera. The Danzonera \u2013 a group of Music students led by Jamie Wall \u2013 performed danz\u00f3n classics such as \u2018Por un Cerro Mejor\u2019, \u2018Linda Jarocha\u2019, \u2018Massacre\u2019 and \u2018Emilio Amarra tu Perro\u2019, finishing with the fast and furious mambo \u2018Que Rico Mambo\u2019. Typical of Mexican danz\u00f3n music, the band consisted of saxophones, brass, piano, bass, timpani, congas, g\u00fciro and clave. It was great fun, giving everyone a taste of Mexican music and dance on a wet, winter\u2019s evening.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nyle Bevan-Clark<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1613\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/files\/2016\/01\/Mambo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1613 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/files\/2016\/01\/Mambo.png\" alt=\"Mambo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/files\/2016\/01\/Mambo.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/files\/2016\/01\/Mambo-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The performers in the 2015 University of Southampton Hartley Danzonera were: Beth Hopkins, Wayne Hau, Alto Saxophone; Nyle Bevan-Clark, Isaac Harrison, Tenor Saxophone; Will Heaton, Trombone; Tom Kidman, Jamie Wall, Trumpets; Ben Wright, Timpani; Anna Stonehouse, Congas and Piano; Charlie Chart, G\u00fciro and Clave; Ed Holland, Bass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the University of Southampton\u2019s, \u2018Mexico Week\u2019 in November 2015, a danz\u00f3n workshop was held at Turner Sims, organised by the University\u2019s Music department and led by danz\u00f3n expert Dr Hettie Malcomson. Danz\u00f3n is a popular form of Cuban and Mexican dance and music, and a precursor to modern styles such as the mambo and the cha-cha-ch\u00e1. 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