— At Hazleton Area High School, Carmen Ramos teaches Spanish, but on a recent afternoon she played music, held hands with one of her students and started teaching cumbia, a Colombia dance.

Students at Salt Brook School in New Providence experienced traditional Spanish music and dance during a presentation by the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre, New Jersey’s premier Spanish ...

The Spanish Royal Academy has added "perreo" to its dictionary, but the term's been around for decades. The move puts a spotlight on the dance and its significance in reggaetón music.