A spirited Spanish solo dance performed in triple time, typically performed by women with castanets and elaborate arm movements.
Spanish word of debated origin, possibly derived from cachua or related to sounds of castanets, first popularized in Spain and Latin America in the early 1800s. Became famous through European ballet.
The cachucha became a sensation in European ballet when the famous dancer Fanny Elssler performed it in Paris in 1836—Europeans were fascinated by this passionate, rhythmically complex Spanish dance!
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