Bright, passionate, energetic Brazilian folk dances conquered the whole world. And they owe their birth to the African Negro slaves, who had been introduced once upon a time, who transmitted to the Brazilians the incendiary rhythms of popular dances.
Brazil surprises all the inhabitants of the planet with a variety of colorful and very rhythmic dances. A wealth of beautiful music, beautiful dancers in colorful dresses, representatives of special schools and their partners are able to show fascinating show programs to the audience. The most popular Brazilian dances are samba, capoeira, ashe, lambada, funk.
The main rhythms of the carnival
Each year, a five-day carnival is held in Rio de Janeiro, which has become a popular holiday for Brazilians and all dance art lovers from other countries. The main thing in the carnival marathon of dancing is samba. Even the central square of Rio de Janeiro, which gathers participants and spectators of the carnival show, is called the "Sambadrom." Professional judges at the sambadrome choose the best Brazilian dance schools.
The most popular incendiary samba rhythm in Brazil is all year round, and not just during carnival days. The appearance of the famous dance was served by slaves from the Congo and Angola, brought to Brazil in the distant 16th century. Negro dance movements with the names of batuk, embolda, cathete to the Europeans seemed obscene, because during their performance the partners were in contact with the bodies.
Rocking and rotating bodies added to the simple figures of black-slave dances - this way in the first half of the 19th century a more rhythmic dance arose in movements. And with the addition of carnival steps, a Brazilian dance appeared a little later, called “mezemba”, which later became “samba”.
European popularity for circular dance with steps came at the beginning of the 20th century after the show in Paris, it was even called the South American waltz. The modified samba musical rhythms formed the well-known "lambada" and "makaren".
It is very important, while performing the dance, to maintain the true character of samba, otherwise it will lose a lot. The rhythmic movements of the hips, cheerful flirting of partners with each other form the basis of a dance that conveys a lot of emotions.
