The word “clave” refers to the round hardwood stick used as a percussion instrument in tropical latin music (Afro-Cuban, salsa, merengue, cha cha, etc.). It looks a little like a hot dog without the ...

Recently, radio host Ayana Contreras went to Cuba to dig into a rhythm known as clave. She says clave is essentially a "five-beat rhythmic structure and it's the backbone of a lot of Latin music forms ...

Hands were clapping in the clave rhythm on Friday afternoon inside the Longs Peak room inside the University of Northern Colorado University Center. Leading the clapping was Samuel Torres, a Latin ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A place where a mixture of different rhythms can be felt, is right in the heart of the Queen City. Salsa is one of the most popular Latin dances practiced worldwide. When ...

Introduction: a call for rhythm and power / Derrick Le̤n Washington -- On social dancing and social movements: salsa and resistance / Sydney Hutchinson -- Bailando salsa en la sala: how we learned to ...

Salsa: condiment or dance-floor conflagration? A sauce for Mexican food, or a percussion-driven musical style based on clave, a five-stroke Afro-Cuban beat? The answer of course, is yes to both, and ...

Friends with a passion for Latin dance started a recreational business to teach the art, and it has grown in popularity during the past two years. Clave Dance is the name of the salsa studio, which is ...