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  • In this dance the man performs "zapateo" meanwhile the lady perfoms "zarandeo".

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • In this dance the man performs "zapateo" meanwhile the lady perfoms "zarandeo".

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • In this dance the man performs "zapateo" meanwhile the lady perfoms "zarandeo".

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Huevito sits on a cajón (box drum), plays the jawbone of an ass (quijada ) and is a zapateo shoe-dancer extraordinaire (as shown at Litchfield in the photo by Fran Kaufman).

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Freddy "Huevito" Lobatón is a zapateo shoe-dancer extraordinaire.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Huevito sits on a cajón (box drum), plays the jawbone of an ass (quijada ) and is a zapateo shoe-dancer extraordinaire (as shown at Litchfield in the photo by Fran Kaufman).

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Freddy "Huevito" Lobatón is a zapateo shoe-dancer extraordinaire.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • South American gauchos created their own zapateo or "shoe-tapping" dance.

    East Bay Express Rachel Swan 2009

  • Some will return this year, not to perform but to check out the second iteration, which promises to be equally broad in scope, with performances of Spanish flamenco, South African gumboot, zapateo criollo, step dancing, and Samoan sasa - a call-and-response from that involves a lot of chanting and slapping the floor.

    East Bay Express Rachel Swan 2009

  • The Latin theme continues with the Bay Area Peruvian group De Rompe y Raja, who will showcase the art of zapateo criollo, a percussive dance form that mixes African rhythms with Creole,

    World Music Central 2009

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