The Latin Dances are known for their fast turns, hip motion, and overall quick pace.

Rumba: Rumba is a romantic Latin Dance with Afro-Cuban origins.  Rumba is a broad term referring to multiple music and dance forms, including Danzon, Guaracha and Son.  these forms are a blend of African slave and colonial Spanicsh culture. The livelier forms feature fast hip movements and sexual strutting performed to a fiery orchestra of percussion.  However, Ballrom Rumba comes from Son, one of the slower, less eroticized versions of dance.