"Brazilian Zouk Brazilian Zouk is a partner dance originating from Brazil. At first known as zouk-lambada, the dance is a descendant of lambada, and it was danced to Lambada Music. Later on it was danced to Caribbean Zouk music, from where it got the name ""Zouk"". (the dance style originated in Brazil and the music style to be distinguished from each other). Today (2018), Brazilian Zouk is danced to a broad set of music styles, including R'n'b, hip hop, and pop music. Currently several styles of Brazilian Zouk have evolved. To name a few styles that are present among dance"
"the dance itself. Umbigada Umbigada (from Portuguese ""umbigo"", ""navel"") is a dance move in various Afro-Brazilian dances. Sometimes translates as ""belly bump"" or ""belly blow"", it is performed as follows: a dancer opens her arms and extends her navel towards another dancer. The bodies of the two dancers may or may not touch. It is seen as a ""basic feature of many dances imported to Brazil and Portugal from the Congo-Angola region"": samba, fandango, batuque and many others. It is commonly used as an invitation to dance, e.g., during ""samba de roda"" (""""samba"" in circle""). However it may also constitute"
"Umbigada Umbigada (from Portuguese ""umbigo"", ""navel"") is a dance move in various Afro-Brazilian dances. Sometimes translates as ""belly bump"" or ""belly blow"", it is performed as follows: a dancer opens her arms and extends her navel towards another dancer. The bodies of the two dancers may or may not touch. It is seen as a ""basic feature of many dances imported to Brazil and Portugal from the Congo-Angola region"": samba, fandango, batuque and many others. It is commonly used as an invitation to dance, e.g., during ""samba de roda"" (""""samba"" in circle""). However it may also constitute an element of"
"Carimbó Carimbó is a Brazilian dance. The dance was common in the northern part of Brazil, from the time that Brazil was still a Portuguese colony, originally from the Brazilian region of Pará, around Marajó island and the capital city of Belém. Carimbó was a loose and very sensual dance which involved only side to side movements and many spins and hip movement by the female dancer, who typically wore a rounded skirt. The music was mainly to the beat of Carimbó drums. In this dance, a woman would throw her handkerchief on the floor and her male partner would"
"Bachatango Bachatango (often classed as a sensual form of modern bachata) is a style of dance that fuses the four-step Dominican bachata with Argentine tango moves, including elaborated kicks, dips, turns, ganchos, leg wraps and long pauses. The dance is characterized by sensual hip and body movements. Partners hold each other in a closed position where the female's inside right thigh is in contact with the inside of the male's right thigh, while using the hand placements of typical Latin style dances. With the popularization of bachata music, dancers worldwide tapped into the romantic side of bachata finding new ways"
"by fire, and covered with a deerskin. Carimbó Carimbó is a Brazilian dance. The dance was common in the northern part of Brazil, from the time that Brazil was still a Portuguese colony, originally from the Brazilian region of Pará, around Marajó island and the capital city of Belém. Carimbó was a loose and very sensual dance which involved only side to side movements and many spins and hip movement by the female dancer, who typically wore a rounded skirt. The music was mainly to the beat of Carimbó drums. In this dance, a woman would throw her handkerchief on"
"Corridinho The corridinho is a form of Portuguese dance, namely in the Algarve. It is danced with the pairs always embraced, forming a circle, girls inside and the boys outside the circle. By rotating the circle the pairs evolve side by side. At a certain time, when the music as a stronger beat, their feet hit the floor more intensely, stopping the rotation, to resume afterwards. Further away in the dance, the pairs embraced waltz by spinning in the same place. Next the circle starts rotating again always for the right side. It is a very traditional dance in Portugal"
"seen in festivals that also teach salsa, bachata an kizomba. In the southeast US, the Atlanta Bachata Festival and the Unity of Dance Festival in Orlando, Florida, offer bachatango workshops. Bachatango Bachatango (often classed as a sensual form of modern bachata) is a style of dance that fuses the four-step Dominican bachata with Argentine tango moves, including elaborated kicks, dips, turns, ganchos, leg wraps and long pauses. The dance is characterized by sensual hip and body movements. Partners hold each other in a closed position where the female's inside right thigh is in contact with the inside of the male's"
"another. Punta dance is a mimetic cock-and-hen mating dance with rapid movements of the buttocks, hips, and feet, while the upper torso remains motionless. Couples attempt to dance more stylistically and seductively, with better hip movements, than their competitors. As the evening progresses, the Punta became extremely “hot”; while the spectators egged on their favorites with cries of: mígira-ba labu, “don't leave (off) under him!” or: mígira-ba tabu, “don't leave (off) under her!” which has the same effect as, “don't let him (or her) beat you!” Over time due to their difficult history, music and dance became a way to"
"that Portuguese people like doing. Besides, you also see people enjoying the dance in the past Portuguese empire states like Goa, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, small part of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Macau (China). Corridinho The corridinho is a form of Portuguese dance, namely in the Algarve. It is danced with the pairs always embraced, forming a circle, girls inside and the boys outside the circle. By rotating the circle the pairs evolve side by side. At a certain time, when the music as a stronger beat, their feet hit the floor more intensely, stopping the rotation,"
"closer. This gancho action may be done by the either arm or by both arms, either simultaneously or in turn. The hand grip may either be kept, or immediately released after the hook. Exits from the resulting position vary. Gancho (dance move) Gancho means ""hook"" in Spanish and Portuguese, and describes certain ""hooking actions"" in some dances of Latin American heritage, in Argentine Tango (leg action) and Salsa (arm action and foot action) in particular. In Argentine Tango, a gancho is a sharp move when a dancer hooks a leg around a partner's leg by bending the knee and then"
"favorite in Cuba and all of Latin America. The dance most commonly represents the couple falling in love. Modern bolero is seen as a combination of many dances: like a slow salsa with contra-body movement of tango, patterns of rhumba, and rise and fall technique and personality of waltz and foxtrot. Bolero can be danced in a closed hold or singly and then coming back together. It is performed as an American Rhythm dance. Samba is the national dance of Brazil. The rhythm of samba and its name originated from the language and culture of West African slaves. In 1905,"
"pleasing their partners, who take turns responding to the confrontations. The movements are frenetic and with a high content of eroticism. Those of the women are different and express themselves more exciting and erotic. The dancers move quickly and forcefully, jumping, falling, raising their arms, shaking their shoulders and hips, following the rhythm of the drums. Mapalé The Mapalé is an Afro-Colombian style of dance that was brought over by the slaves, and representing the fishermen after a long day of work. Its name comes from the ""Cathorops mapale"" (fish) when they are out of the water. The dance moves"
"Lambada Lambada () is a dance from Pará, Brazil. The dance became internationally popular in the 1980s, especially in the Philippines, Latin America and Caribbean countries. It has adopted aspects of dances such as forró, salsa, merengue, maxixe and the carimbó. Lambada is generally a partner dance. The dancers generally dance with arched legs, with the steps being from side to side, turning or even swaying, and in its original form never front to back, with a pronounced movement of the hips. At the time when the dance became popular, short skirts for women were in fashion and men wore"
"and both boys and girls raise their hands in the air. On the second part of the music, the pairs embrace and waltz by spinning in place, to one side first and then to the other. Bailarico Bailarico (also known as bailharico) is a popular party at which a band plays and people dance in pairs. The music played is ""pimba"". It is more frequent in summer and it is usually in conjunction with a religious bank holiday. It is also more frequent in small villages. Portuguese folk dance. The pairs face each other without holding each other, and with"
"Arôxa, Fernanda Chamma, Paulo Goulart Filho."" The couples performed pasodoble, jive, quickstep, foxtrot, rumba, tango, zouk, cha-cha-cha or samba. The couples performed one unlearned dance to celebrate the most memorable moment of their lives. Waltz is introduced. The couples performed one unlearned dance to showcase what they aimed to be when they grow up. The couples performed one unlearned dance to famous film songs. The couples performed one unlearned dance to classic or popular Brazilian songs. The couples performed one unlearned dance to classic songs by Michael Jackson. The couples performed one unlearned dance. Djeiko Henes was unable to perform"
"group acts as a middleman so they do not need to interact. The choreography is determined by the rhythm and tempo. The style of dance is widely known for the specific hip movements that later led to the hula dance in Hawaii. They are abrupt hip movements that are enhanced by long grass skirts. The upper body remains more fluid and the head rarely moves. The dancers are synchronized. In partner dances the male dancer is often doing a different type of motion (involving bending at the knees with their arms out parallel to the floor) than the female dancer."
"the feet during which the man follows the woman, opposite to front, touching her with his shoulders after having turned around, and only occasionally he touches his right arm to the left hand of his partner while both swing to the rhythm of the music. His movements are happy and roguish. Huayno Huayno (Wayñu in Quechua) is a genre of popular Andean music and dance, originally from the Andes highlands. It is especially common in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, but also present in Chile and Argentina, and is practiced by a variety of ethnic groups, especially the Quechua people. The"
"can go from average pace to very fast. Men dance with the whole foot on the ground while women, often wearing heels, dance just on the balls of the foot. Professionals may change the steps slightly, taking 4 steps per measure instead of 3, and often add various arm movements depending on the mood of the music. There are also regional forms of the dance in Brazil where the essential steps are the same, but because of a change in the accent of the music people will dance similar movements to the slightly changed accents. For instance, in Bahia the"
"being the ""exotic dancers"" as the ""side dish"" to the men performing. Articles such as these focus more on the woman's bodies then their dancing and musical talents. In the early 2000s Latina women became the beauty ideal in hip hop culture. Rappers would travel to Brazil and other places in South America, set up cameras and display their money so women would flock to them. Women in Brazil and in other countries in South America, that thrive off tourism, would become an American rapper's ""groupie"" to help make a living for themselves and their families."" Groupies are showered with"
"Gancho (dance move) Gancho means ""hook"" in Spanish and Portuguese, and describes certain ""hooking actions"" in some dances of Latin American heritage, in Argentine Tango (leg action) and Salsa (arm action and foot action) in particular. In Argentine Tango, a gancho is a sharp move when a dancer hooks a leg around a partner's leg by bending the knee and then straightening. Both male and female partners may perform ganchos, however when followers perform them, they often happen as a consequence of their trailing leg running into one of the leader's (purposefully positioned) legs. This hooking may be done both"
"to side movements and many spins and hip movement, which became the basis of the lambada. After a while, a local radio station from Belém (Pará's capital city) started to call this new type of music ""the strong-beated rhythm"" and ""the rhythms of ""lambada"""". The term ""lambada"" had a strong appeal and began to be associated with the new emerging face of an old dancing style. The word ""lambada"" means ""strong slap"" or ""hit"" in Portuguese. However, as a dance form, ""lambada"" is of obscure etymology. In Portuguese it may refer to the wave-like motion of a whip. This flowing"
"their legs. The most common movement is just swinging the umbrella and passing it from hand to hand while executing regular movements. Starting in the 1950s, one of the biggest contributors to the passo is the master Nascimento do Passo. It's said that he added more than 100 different movements to the dance since then. He also founded the first Frevo school in Recife in the late 1990s. The image of the passista is one of the most prominent icons of the carnival of Pernambuco. American pop-star Cyndi Lauper is dancing the frevo when she sings her song ""Maybe He'll"
"a baby in her lifeboat, as the pig played the ""Maxixe"" whenever its tail was twisted. Maxixe (dance) The maxixe (), occasionally known as the Brazilian tango, is a dance, with its accompanying music (often played as a subgenre of choro), that originated in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro in 1868, at about the same time as the tango was developing in neighbouring Argentina and Uruguay. It is a dance developed from Afro-Brazilian dances (mainly the lundu) and from European dances (mainly the polka). Like the tango, the maxixe travelled to Europe and the United States in the"
"Bailarico Bailarico (also known as bailharico) is a popular party at which a band plays and people dance in pairs. The music played is ""pimba"". It is more frequent in summer and it is usually in conjunction with a religious bank holiday. It is also more frequent in small villages. Portuguese folk dance. The pairs face each other without holding each other, and with their backs turned to the neighboring pair, form a circle. In the first part of the music, the circle rotates with the girls backing up and the boys going towards them. They take baby bouncing steps"
"even only finger tips slightly against each other, the Follow's hand following the Lead's hand. Another important leading mechanism is hip contact. Though not possible in traditional Latin dances like Rumba, Cha-cha, Tango Argentino because of partner separation, hip contact is a harmonious and sensual way of communicating movement to the partner, used primarily in Standard or Ballroom Dances (English / slow Waltz, European Tango, Quickstep etc.) and Caribbean dances. 'Backleading' is when a Follow is executing steps without waiting for, or contrary to the Lead's lead. Both are considered bad dancing habits because it makes the Follow difficult to"
"with over-the-top humorous intentions. Surra de Bunda The Surra de Bunda is a dance move by the group , from São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil, which involves a female dancer ""beating"" her buttocks into a man's face. It is best known outside Brazil as the subject of a brief wave of internet reporting in 2010. The phrase Surra de Bunda in Brazilian Portuguese loosely means ""butt beat"", ""butt pounding"" or, more accurately, ""punishment by ass"". During the groups' performance, male audience members are invited onto the stage, and will sit down onto a chair placed on the floor"
"time, showing which one has the most lightness and repertoire of feet changes in the tap-dancing. The dancers can be boy and girl, boy and boy (most frequent) or rarely two girls. While one of the dancers dances, the other just ""goes along"". Afterwards, they ""both drag their feet for a while"" until the other one takes his turn. They stay there, disputing, seeing which one of them makes the feet transitions more eye-catching. The ""fandango do Ribatejo"" refers specifically the form of fandango practiced in Ribatejo, Portugal. The dance is usually performed by two Campinos. As a result of"
"itself. Quilombos were small villages inhabited by escaped slaves, a symbol of slave rebellion. Whatever is the origin of this dance, it has deep African slave roots and it is part of Brazilian history. Suscia is mostly danced during religious celebration in the region, especially the Festa do Divino Espírito Santo, which is a monthlong festival. Suscia is a frenetic sensual dance, where one male and one female hops in circles in very close proximity of each other. Others stand around in a big loop singing a ditty and clapping to the sound of drums. Everyone takes his or her"
"partially away, or in a considerable distance, only holding their hands up the shoulders. Influences from Cuban salsa and other Caribbean dances has given mobility to forró, with the woman — and occasionally the man — being spun, although it's not essential to spin at all. The more complex movements may prove impossible to be executed in the usually crowded dancing area of forrós. Below is a list of the most popular styles of forró in Brazil: Xote originally has its roots in the schottische. Miudinho and puladinho can be danced to baião music and even to arrasta-pé, but in"
"long trousers, and the dance has become associated with such clothing, especially for women wearing short skirts that swirl up when the woman spins around, typically revealing 90s-style thong underwear. Also known as the forbidden dance, from the time that Brazil was a Portuguese colony, Carimbó was a common dance in the northern part of the country. Carimbó was a loose and very sensual dance which involved many spins by the female dancer, who typically wore a rounded skirt. The music was mainly to the beat of drums made of trunks of wood, thinned by fire. Carimbó involved only side"
"the shape and feel of the embrace. Ballroom technique dictates that partners arch their upper bodies away from each other, while maintaining contact at the hip, in an offset frame. In Argentine tango, it is nearly the opposite: the dancers' chests are closer to each other than are their hips, and often there is contact at about the level of the chest (the contact point differing, depending on the height of the leader and the closeness of the embrace). In close embrace, the leader and the follower's chests are in contact and they are dancing with their heads touching or"
"dance studios, schools or companies. Tap dance, disco, jazz dance, swing dance, hip hop dance, the lindy hop with its relationship to rock and roll music and rock and roll dance have had a global influence. Dance styles fusing classical ballet technique with African-American dance have also appeared in the 21st century, including Hiplet. Dance is central to Latin American social life and culture. Brazilian Samba, Argentinian tango, and Cuban salsa are internationally popular partner dances, and other national dances—merengue, cueca, plena, jarabe, joropo, marinera, cumbia, and others—are important components of their respective countries' cultures. Traditional Carnival festivals incorporate these"