Quebradita Time! [CANCELLED] at Mesa Amphitheatre

The Quebradita dance style, meaning ‘Little Break’ in Spanish, is actually a Mexican dance style, popularized in the 1990s mainly in the Los Angeles and South Western United States. The history of the dance form is somewhat hazy, and thought to originate from the US – Mexican border area, and was popularized in California – Mexican border regions. The dance is performed to the music of electric guitars and instruments influenced by synthesizers. In the Brinquito or the Caballito dance styles, the dancing steps are quite largely athletically orientated, but in the Quebradita dance, the trotting style steps are more acrobatically oriented.

It is usually performed as a regional Mexican song and usually performed to the accompaniment of electric guitars and instruments with synthesizers. In the quebradita dance, as in any other dance style, as expected, there are both a male and a female dance partners. The male dancer lowers his female partner into a deep backwards position, almost to the point where she touches the floor. Then the he quickly pulls her upright again. This immediate upward lifting movement is what is referred to as the "little break". Also, as expected, this technique of lifting the female partner to the upright position requires a fair amount of physical strength, and as such has led to the dance being rather a specialized style of dance. In the Brinquito or the Caballito dance styles, the dancing steps are quite largely athletically orientated, but in the Quebradita dance, the trotting style steps are more acrobatically oriented.