# Beguine (dance)

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Dance and music form popular in the 1930s

Not to be confused with [biguine](/source/Biguine).

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Beguine Etymology Guadeloupean Creole French: begue Genre Ballroom dance, Latin dance Origin Guadeloupe, Martinique

The **beguine** ([/bəˈɡiːn/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) [*bə-GHEEN*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key))[1] is a [dance](/source/Dance) and music form, similar to a slow [rhumba](/source/Rhumba). It was popular in the 1930s, coming from the islands of [Guadeloupe](/source/Guadeloupe) and [Martinique](/source/Martinique), where, in the local [Antillean Creole](/source/Antillean_Creole) language, *beke* or *begue* means a [White man](/source/White_people) while *beguine* is the [female form](/source/Grammatical_gender). It is a combination of [Latin folk dance](/source/Latin_dance) and French [ballroom dance](/source/Ballroom_dance), and is a spirited yet slow, close dance with a roll of the hips,[2] a movement inherited from rhumba.[3]

After [Cole Porter](/source/Cole_Porter) wrote the song "[Begin the Beguine](/source/Begin_the_Beguine)", the dance became more widely known beyond the Caribbean. The song was introduced in Porter's *[Jubilee](/source/Jubilee_(musical))* musical (1935).

In 1984, Italian pop music duo [Al Bano and Romina Power](/source/Al_Bano_and_Romina_Power) released the song "Al ritmo di beguine (Ti amo)" from their album *Effetto amore*.

## See also

- [Biguine](/source/Biguine)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["beguine, noun"](https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/beguine). *Oxford Learner's Dictionaries*. Oxford University Press. Retrieved December 13, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Sarah James (27 February 2013). ["Spotlight: Beguine Dance"](https://www.heykiki.com/blog/2013/02/27/spotlight-beguine-dance/). Retrieved 7 December 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Chris & Terri Cantrell (2005). ["Rumba Characteristics"](http://www.rounddancing.net/dance/articles/guest/cantrell/RumbaCharacteristicsCantrell.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved December 7, 2018. {{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical))

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