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The Samba is one of the few progressive Latin dances. The music is lively and fun and the dance is often a popular choice amongst social dancers. Energetic and fun to learn to dance.
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The Samba dance is a very funky, and energetic dance. Once you learn it, you’ll be the hottest thing on the dance floor. But, you don’t want to do the right dance but dress the wrong way. more »
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In Rio de Janeiro where Samba comes from people celebrate Carnival season with this dance. Rio de Janeiro dancers are world famous for the fantastic costumes they wear. However their version of Samba is danced solo! It is in fact a totally different dance from the one danced as part of Latin-American program.
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Samba de Roda - is a ritual dance preserved in some Bahian towns. It usually refers to Samba being performed in a Capoeira roda (roda refers to the formation of the capoeiristas (capoeira players) in a circle).
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After slavery was abolished in 1888, the people of Africa migrated south and began living near Rio de Janeiro, the birthplace of the Samba music. Despite the initial reaction to it and the attempts to suppress it, the Samba music continued to become more and more popular. The Samba is more than just music, it is a dance and way of celebration. The dance was a large part of the popularizaton of it. In August of 1928 first Samba “school” opened under Ismael Silva. The school was called “Deixa Falar” or “Let them Gossip” a most appropriate title. It was just a club really ... the people that gathered their taught and learned Samba from each other and they felt it very appropriate to refer to it as a school.6
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Samba is the most light-hearted of all the Latin dances. Flamboyancy, ostentation, and emotion energize the beat with the dominating Samba bounce and abandoned hip and pelvic movements. The body above the waist should be held steady, this is a characteristic of all the developed Latin dances. The upper torso is held poised and toned with the rib cage lifted. The shoulders are held relaxed at normal height, and care must be taken not to raise them. There is a well-toned suppleness of the knees and ankles.
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