with their lively bars and samba clubs, are the perfect places to see circles of musicians play live, dance the night away and feel the energy of this music. For an evening of Brazilian rhythms in ...

Originating from the Angolan word "semba," meaning "invitation to dance," samba is the dance of Brazil's Carnival. Samba was born in the 17th century in a popular meeting spot for Afro Brazilians.

Everyone knows the Samba is the National Dance of Brazil – but that changed in 2012 when André Rieu played his first ever concert series in Brazil’s hustling and bustling commercial capital of Sao ...

At the Brazilian bar ALVORADA (Kichijoji Honcho 1-chome) on Sept. 30, pulses were racing as Japanese dancer Saaya Suga, 33, performed samba decked out in a gorgeous costume in a tiny space.

Rio de Janeiro's top 13 samba schools are gearing up for carnival and the parade at Rio's Sambadrome where they will compete on 11 and 12 February to be crowned carnival champions. Ninety-thousand ...

An energetic dance associated with the carnivals of Brazil with a time signature of ... shakers and agogo bells. A genre of samba and jazz with a time signature of 2/4. In Bossa Nova, there ...