The Rumba originates from Cuba as a typical dance of a hot climate.

It has become the classic of all the Latin American dances. In its present form many of the basic figures of the dance retain the age-old story of woman's attempt to dominate the man by the use of her feminine charm.

In a well choregrphed dance there will always be an element of "tease and run"; the man being lured and then rejected.

Incorporating all the elements of teasing and withdrawal, it is considered the most sensual of the Latin dances.

Rumba is composed of three rhythms, Guaguancó, Yambú, Columbia

When you point out that Rumba is about feminine charm it is not quite like that. Actually Rumba is a fertility dance and thorough time it has broken down into three classes (in Cuba, of course).

In Guaguancó, the male tries to "penetrate" the female and the female responds. (Of course, only dancing). In Yambú, the female just flirts but at the end "backs out" and refuses the pelvic thrust of the male dancer.

Columbia is a later development and danced only in very few country towns.