Word: rhumba
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...characters. Eriko Watanabe cuts a droll figure as the experienced but caustic and somewhat unattractive dancer whom Sugiyama agrees to partner in an amateur competition; Naoto Takenaka hams it up as a painfully self-conscious colleague who dons a wig and hurls himself with fiendish gusto into the rhumba; Sugiyama's two fellow dance-pupils--one short and hyper, one big and docile--offer some great moments of physical comedy. Amusing, too, are the private investigators whom Sugiyama's wife hires to monitor her husband's movements and who end up getting so interested in his new activity that they...
...Latin dances consist of the Cha Cha, Samba, Rhumba, Paso Doble and Jive. The Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz and Quickstep make up the standard dances...
...Service News advertisements for the best deal on military uniforms and Bell Telephone's contributions to the war effort yielded to ads offering to fill the book orders of veterans or teach Harvard students to dance the rhumba...
...music, while a bit bland when compared to the complex orchestrations of Disney's Alan Mencken, Manilow holds his own. With numbers that range from a Spanish-flavored rhumba to a putting-on-the-ritz style ballroom affair, the music itself is somewhat catchy, and fits the animation. Surprisingly, it is the lyrics, by Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman, that are the really cheesy part of the score. With none of the creativity of Disney's Howard Ashman or Tim Rice, songs like "Let Me Be Your Wings." suffer from overly commonplace declarations of love, while the more upbeat numbers...
...American Style Team Match, which includes the waltz, tango, rhumba and swing, the Yale team came in second and the New York University team came in third, McMains said. In the International Style Team Match, which includes the waltz, quickstep, chacha and jive, Yale came in second and Cornell third...