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Dances of Latin America
Samba
General information:
To 1914 this dance was known under the Brazilian name "Maxixe". First attempts to present Samba in the European ball-rooms behave to 1923-24th, but only after the World War II Samba became popular dance in Europe. Samba has a very characteristic rhythm which is pulled out on a foreground for his best accordance the national Brazilian musical instruments. Originally he was named tamborim, chocalho, reco-reco and cabaca. Rhythmic national Brazilian dance Samba confidently entered in the program of modern Ballroom Dances now. Samba plugs in itself characteristic Latin motions by thighs which are expressed "Samba Bounce" by springy motion. The most developed on complication of rhythms and almost tender separately figure dance in which motions of thighs play a key role - generutings of rhythm.
Year of appearance: 1956
Musical size: 2/4
Rate: 48-52 times in a minute, rapid.
Motherland of dance: Brazil.
Account: "1" and "2" (or "Quickly" and "Quickly"), many separately taken motions have the rhythmic mutual relations.
Accents: characteristic for Samba feature - loosening is vertical (bauns), on principle selects Samba among other ballroom dances, foremost by the exactly accented decline downward.
Character: merry fiery with the element of the easy flirting. A pulsating rhythm becomes complicated high-quality (springy) feeling of bauns and work of thighs. It's especially spectacle at combination of plasticity and unexpected, but "soft" syncopating (irregular motion).
History of Samba:
History of Samba is history of confluence of African dances which came to Brazil with slaves from Congo and Angola, with Spanish and Portuguese dances, which the conquerors of South America brought from Europe. In a 16 century Portuguese brought many slaves with itself from Angola and Congo to Brazil, which brought such dances from Africa, as Catarete, Embolada and Batuque. These dances were considered very sinful in Europe , as in the process of dance persons touched belly-buttons (exactly by belly-buttons, but not stomaches - inquisition was very strict and intellectually developed).
Embolada is a dance, representing a cow with balls on horns for safety, now in Brazil word "embolada" is a synonym of word "ridiculous". Batuque was so popular, that king of Spain Manuel I produced a law, forbidding this dance. It is dance in a circle with steps, look like charleston, with a pair, dancing in a center a circle. Difficult dance, formed from combining of motions of these dances with the additional vibrations of corps and thighs, it was named Lundu in 1830. Later steps, which participants of carnival in Rio do (progressive, loki itp) were introduced in dance, which was named Copacabana (name of beach near Rio-de-Janeiro). Swell society of Rio-de-Janeiro is gradual also began to dance this dance, it was changed although, that it would be possible to dance in the closed dancing position (which was considered uniquely possible and correct). The dance was named Zemba Queca, and was described in 1885 as " elegant Brazilian dance".
The origin of the name "Samba" does not clear, although "Zambo" means "child from a negro and local (Brazilian) woman"(mulatto). Later dance was incorporated with Maxixe. It is Brazilian circular dance, described as Two Step. Maxixe was known in the USA at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Samba is often named a "South-American waltz", the rhythms of Samba are very popular and mutate easily, forming new dances - Lambada, Makarena. Different variants of Samba - from Bayon (Baion or Bajao) to Marcha dancing on a carnival in Rio-de-Janeiro.
Veritable character of Samba is merriment and flirtation, flirting with each other, attended with improper motions of pelvis with different interpretations. If it is not present, Samba loses a great deal of its meaning.