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I spent sometime today looking for video clips of rumba syllabus figures and found some good ones. According to this page on the USISTD site, the following is the international rumba syllabus.
Rumba
Pre-Bronze/Student Teacher

Basic Movements
Cucarachas
New York
Spot Turns Left and Right
Shoulder to Shoulder
Hand to Hand
Progressive Walks Forward & Backward
Side Steps
Cuban Rocks

Bronze/Associate

Fan
Alemana
Hockey Stick
Natural Top
Opening Out Right and [...]

These are some of my favorite Rumba songs.
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When you dance latin dances, you need to be grounded. By “grounded,” I mean
*the center of your weight should be low
*when you step and transfer weight to a leg, your supporting leg should  compress into the floor
*you need to have constant foot pressure on to the floor
In addition to the groundedness, you need to [...]

Here is the list of tempo for each dance (American style and International style) as specified by NDCA.
 
International Style

Cha Cha   — 31 MPM (124 BPM)
Samba     — 48-50 MPM (96-100 BPM) — 2 beats per measure
Rumba    — 27 MPM (108 BPM)
Paso Doble –60-62 MPM (120-124 BPM) — 2 beats per measure
Jive         — 38-44 MPM (152-176 BPM)

American Style

Cha [...]

MPM (measures per minute) and BPM (beats per minute)
Rumba is danced to a slow 4/4 (4 beats per measure) time music.  The American style rumba is faster with 32-36 MPM or 128-144 BPM than the International rumba (27 MPM or 108 BPM), according to the NDCA (The National Dance Council of America’s rule book.
Breaking on [...]

World Super Stars Dance Festival DVDs are always joy to watch. So far, I only have 2005, 2006, and 2007 DVDs, and the 2007 version is my favorite. Especially, I like Brian Watson & Carmen’s rumba and Jive and Slavik Kryklyvyy and Elena Khovorova’s cha cha. (This DVD is available from Danceshopper.com.)
Although [...]