I love love love vintage Brazilian jazz. I listen to it on earphones everyday when I'm working. I'm sure passersby think I'm crazy, dancing in my chair as I'm working away.
I really, really want to learn to Samba. I was taking lessons for a while, Portuguese language, from a woman from Brazil. I had her over one night for dinner with some other girls. We all got drunk and Dyla tried to teach us to Samba. It was fun.
There's a Brazilian community in the bay area. A Samba group in Mountain View. I'm looking into it.
Has anyone here Samba'd?
Full Version: I Want To Samba
Well.. one of my sons just got back from a year and a half in South America. He spent several months in Brazil. He speaks Spanish and learned Portuguese fairly easily he says.
He's also a fine recreational dancer and loves salsa, meringue, cumbia, fallenato and other Latin dances.
He spent Carnaval in Salvador de Bahia, the 'samba capital' of Brazil. He said that samba was the hardest dance because of the speed and the rapid foot movements. But he loves it! I notice that since he came back his body just keeps moving to an internal rhythm.
He's also a fine recreational dancer and loves salsa, meringue, cumbia, fallenato and other Latin dances.
He spent Carnaval in Salvador de Bahia, the 'samba capital' of Brazil. He said that samba was the hardest dance because of the speed and the rapid foot movements. But he loves it! I notice that since he came back his body just keeps moving to an internal rhythm.
I used to play with a samba band and have done a bit of samba dance as well - not what you think of as ballroom samba, but something a little more carnival. It is just such exciting music.
There are lots of different sub-genres within samba, such as batucada, maracatu, samba reggae with different pace and rhythm and different dance steps - some of which can be easier to pick up.
There are lots of different sub-genres within samba, such as batucada, maracatu, samba reggae with different pace and rhythm and different dance steps - some of which can be easier to pick up.
I've samba'd - carnival style, not ballroom or anything elaborate. I also dance salsa & merengue. I have Cuban blood, not that it 'matters', but hey, it helps a little I think - lol ;-)
QUOTE (Irinadax @ Apr 4 2008, 11:00 AM) 
I've samba'd - carnival style, not ballroom or anything elaborate. I also dance salsa & merengue. I have Cuban blood, not that it 'matters', but hey, it helps a little I think - lol ;-)
No ballroom, heaven forbid!
the place I'm gravitating toward is all Brazilian...
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Well, I've never done Samba in the traditional proper way, but I've been to Brazil and they have kind of a casual freestyle way of doing Samba that wasn't really too hard. I guess you'd say they dumb it down but it's still really fun! You'll have a blast, I'm sure.
Sounds like great fun!
Love Latin music. Have only danced Salsa, but all the beats just make me want to dance.
I hope you have a great time!
Love Latin music. Have only danced Salsa, but all the beats just make me want to dance.
I hope you have a great time!
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