Samba

The Samba originates from Brazil. It was and is done as a celebratory dance during the popular street festivals. The music has a sensual, heart-pounding contagious rhythm which makes even non-dancers want to get up and dance.

When one sees pictures of people dancing at Carnival in Rio, it is the Samba. It was first introduced in the U.S. in a Broadway play called "Street Carnival" in the late twenties. The festive style and mood of the dance has kept it alive and popular to this day, and the rhythm pervades popular music. The South American Samba is faster and more staccato than its American counterpart, and often done as a solo dance. Americans and Ballroom studios have developed partner-dance steps to fit the style. Both have the sharp and stylish "Samba Tick."