The contradance and quadrille, in their diverse forms, were the most popular, widespread, and important genres of creole Caribbean music and dance in the ninete

In Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship, Yvonne Daniel provides a sweeping cultural and historical examination of diaspora dance genres.

In the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, the complex interplay between anticolonial resistance and accommodation resounds in its music. Guadeloupean gwoka music�

Initially branching out of the European contradance tradition the danzón first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in 19th-cen

Initially branching out of the European contradance tradition, the danzón first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in ninetee