The dance: A Halloween-themed samba, set to the song “Werewolves of London.” Solo, relaxed and smiling, made her way through the steps without obvious difficulty, but still had trouble with ...

Samba is an Afro-Brazilian dance that was introduced in the early 1900s. It is performed with rapid rhythmic steps and a swaying, rocking motion from the dancers made to lively beats.

Amy Purdy had one condition before agreeing to dance a five-minute solo in the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympics in Rio. Her top priority: Making sure she could move like a Brazilian.

* Forró The most popular dance and music style of North-Eastern Brazil, forró usually features an accordion, with fast, syncopated rhythms similar to Samba.

The Asakusa Samba Carnival has grown from modest beginnings in 1981 to become one of Asia’s largest summer festivals, attracting 500,000 spectators each year. With about 4,000 participants in 18 ...

The Raio De Luz Samba dance group in Hayward has been getting ready to wow the crowd with their moves and dazzling costumes and headdresses at San Francisco's upcoming 45th annual Carnaval ...

This partnered dance, that took place in a type of dance hall called a gafieira, was danced to new urbanised samba music styles that utilised non-percussion instruments such as the guitar and flute.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – For the very first time ever the City of Huntsville and The Blossomwood Foundation are teaming up to bring the “Rio Nights” Samba Dance Competition with an outdoor ...

Samba Dance and Fitness is located in Facit, Whitworth set amongst the foothills of the Pennines between Bacup and Rochdale. Samba Dance and Fitness provide classes from the age of 2½ upwards and ...

Officially reopening their doors in 2024, Samba Heat Dance offers 25 different dance styles, from standard ballroom, to Carribean styles, anything a dance enthusiast could need.