It is a challenge for me - I am not Brazilian, but I am completely passionate about samba. Samba is not only a dance, it is a lifestyle, it is a religion.” "I hope I can enter the 'avenida' and ...

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.

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 ...