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samba

Latin American ballroom dance; the music for this. Samba originated in Brazil and became popular in the West in the 1940s. There are several different samba rhythms; the bossa nova is a samba-jazz fusion.

samba

Afro-Brazillian secular music and couple-dance form, spanning the continuum from traditional percussion and vocal-dominated street styles of the Carnival parade to the more popular renditions of the ballroom dance orchestras.



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In Mario Nascimento's Arere, the dancers of Bale de Rio Preto executed capoeira-style flings and rolls with rhythmic abandonment and a satisfying, uncomplicated directness.
FESTIVAL UNEARTHS WEALTH OF BRAZILIAN DANCE by HUTERA, DONALD / Dance Magazine
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