[Tango-L] Kizomba

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

Does anyone know much about Kizomba?  Some people think it's a salsa-tango blend, but an internet search indicates some roots in semba which comes from samba.  It's a recently developed dance from Angola.  Here's a basic steps video, which shows ochos and box steps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgjYKtdRGz8&feature=related


I also found this website about this dance.  What I like is that it specifically talks about how young people felt like they were missing something in semba.  They added a percussion and called it a new dance, rather than say that they are evolving semba.
http://www.kizombadance.com/kizomba.html

Here's an example of semba.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNewca9FZ9U&feature=related


I found it interesting that the timing of the creation of this dance is similar to the rise of nuevo tango.  However, I'm guessing that the older generation might not have had an issue with kizomba because the younger people gave it a different name (though I could be wrong).  Golly gee, what could the tango world learn from this?  Hmmm.  **scratches chin**

Trini de Pittsburgh