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Also known as paso doble

thumb|Festeros parading pasodoble as a military march thumb|right|Pasodoble on ice: Luca Lanotte & [[Anna Cappellini]] thumb|260px|Poster for a bullfight in Barcelona

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Country of origin
Spain
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Commons category
Pasodoble
topic's main category
Category:Pasodoble
inception
1780-00-00
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview

20 sections
Contents
  • Structure
  • History
  • Others
  • Types
  • By objective
  • March pasodoble
  • Taurine pasodoble
  • Popular pasodoble
  • Band pasodoble
  • Display pasodoble
  • Tunas
  • By region
  • Mexican pasodoble
  • Puerto Rican pasodobles
  • Colombian pasodobles
  • Spanish pasodobles
  • Ballroom
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Festeros parading pasodoble as a military march thumb|right|Pasodoble on ice: Luca Lanotte & [[Anna Cappellini]] thumb|260px|Poster for a bullfight in Barcelona

Pasodoble (Spanish: double step) is a fast-paced Spanish military march used by infantry troops. Its speed allowed troops to give 120 steps per minute (double the average of a regular unit, hence its name). This often was accompanied by a marching band, and as a result of that, the military march gave rise to a modern Spanish musical genre and partner dance form. Both voice and instruments, as well as the dance then began to develop and be practiced independently of marches, and also gained association with bullfighting due to the genre being popular as an instrumental music performed during bullfights.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pasodoble” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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