Rhumba

Segments of their routines feature a "rhumba", a drummer's duel, drumstick juggling, exploding flagpoles, and other humorous details. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Its style is high in Latin verve: the language of ballet infused with rhumba, tango and salsa, as well as the athleticism of the Brazilian martial art form capoeira. ❋ Unknown (2011)

She wades to the tiny grass island where brown men are dancing—a rhumba of rattlesnakes. ❋ Christopher Allen (2011)

The 49-year-old actor dedicated this week's rhumba set to the tune of "Stay Gold," from his breakthrough movie The Outsiders, to Phyllis, his wife of 24 years. ❋ Unknown (2011)

My wife left me alone and went off to rhumba with another man. ❋ Susan Tepper (2011)

I try doing the fox trot and the waltz and the rhumba and the cha-cha. ❋ Susan Tepper (2011)

At least he looks cool while dancing the rhumba in his boxers in front of a mirror, unlike you. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She not only makes you believe she can sing, she teleports you around the world through the magic of song; with each number, you believe you're sitting under Paris skies, or snuggling beneath a wet palm tree on a rainy night in Rio, or dancing the rhumba in Havana to the accompaniment of an awkward sousaphonist. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)

In a short 1954 Washington Post feature story on Ms. Veihmeyer, she was described as "an enthusiastic dancer [who] won a cup in Jamaica for doing the best rhumba." ❋ Post (2010)

The trip includes private access to Finca Vigia, Ernest Hemingway's waterfront home in Cojimar; a cigar-rolling workshop; a visit to the Matannzas, the birthplace of rhumba; and a stay in the five-star Iberostar Grand Hotel Trinidad. ❋ Sara Clemence (2011)

The workouts here each feature one Latin dance style -- cha-cha, salsa, merengue, samba or rhumba. ❋ Unknown (2010)

With French maracas playing in the background (those cicadas do give off such a rhumba-shaking sound), I sit at my desk beside an open window and study "The Perfume of Broom". ❋ Unknown (2009)

All the tensions between Carrie & Co. were fixed with a few snark cocktails, kicky heels and a rhumba beat. ❋ Sarah Rose (2010)

Ben Folds took the song and made it a full-on 60s lounge rhumba with musical depth that transcends the simplicity of the original. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Papa Wemba's name is likewise associated with soukous and Congolese rhumba, and he is a major force in his own right, cranking out hit after hit. ❋ Michal Shapiro (2010)

Since his debut in 1969 as one of the founders of the influential Zaïko Langa Langa, who shook up the rhumba scene with their powerful new approach and set the scene for the soukous craze, he's set trends... now celebrating 40 years at the top. ❋ Michal Shapiro (2010)

With ABC set to announce Monday the line-up for the next season of “Dancing With the Stars,” online rumors have been flying about might end up doing the celebrity-rhumba. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A caravan rolls through the Amazonian heartland, led by a magician-huckster whose band of entertainers includes a rhumba dancer, an accordionist, his pregnant wife, and a mute. ❋ Unknown (2010)