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  CUBAN SOCIAL DANCES: ONTOLOGICAL FOUNDATION, TAXONOMIC CRITIQUE AND TERMINOLOGICAL FORMULATION IN MCC Abstract This article establishes a formal critique of the traditional nomenclature used in the classification of Cuban dances, highlighting its epistemological limitations and technical consequences. Based on this critique, the term Cuban Social Dances is proposed as a precise functional category, and an ontological typology is introduced based on origin and degree of formalization: Empirical Cuban Social Dances and Well-Formed Cuban Social Dances , within the framework of the Cuban Casino Square Method (MCC). 1. Problem of Traditional Nomenclature The dominant institutional classification in Cuba has historically organized dance manifestations into three main categories: Folk dances (mainly Afro-Cuban) Cuban popular dances Peasant dances Within this structure, an additional subdivision has been introduced: Ballroom dances Popular dances However, this system presents structura...

  MCC CHOREOGRAPHIC CATALOGUE Casino Square Method (MCC) VOLUME 2 Register of Combinatory Positions of the Casino Square Method for Well-Formed Cuban Social Dances 1. CLOSED POSITION — STATE 0 (Ps.Ce–0) (Structural preparatory state) 1.1. General definition The Closed Position — State 0 (Ps.Ce–0) is an initial structural configuration of the linked couple, characterized by: a mutual displaced V foot state , and a Closed Classical Link (ECC) , which establish the conditions of stability, coupling, and readiness for leading. 1.2. General structure of the position The position is composed of two subsystems: Couple foot state Link system (ECC) 1.3. Mutual foot state [FIGURE 1 — Mutual foot state] The couple’s foot state presents: V-shaped configuration in both components, heels oriented inward, toes opened at an angle, slight anterior overlap of the forefeet , opposed and offset arrangement. 1.3.1. Individual components [FIGURE 2 — Individual foot states] The following are defined: E...

  🇬🇧 What Types of Casino Exist Today? 🇬🇧 Once it is understood what Well-Formed Casino is, it becomes necessary to take one step further: to organize the real panorama of Casino Dance as it exists today. Because the problem is not only technical. It is also typological . One name, multiple realities Today, under the name “Casino,” very different practices coexist. This generates confusion because: 👉 the same word is used 👉 to refer to different phenomena The result is: misunderstandings, conceptual mixtures, and the absence of clear criteria. General typology of Casino From an analytical perspective, it is possible to identify four major types of empirical Casino , plus Well-Formed Casino as a differentiated category. 1. Workers’ Social Club Casino (1960s–70s) This type of Casino corresponds to dancers: born in the 1950s, socially formed in the 1960s and 70s, within the context of revolutionary Cuba. Its natural space was: 👉 workers’ social clubs Main characteristics relat...