We all know perfectly well how, in movementsprofessional dancers born incendiary and very lively samba. This dance originated in Brazil, during the period of Spanish and Portuguese colonization. Since then, it has become a symbol of this country, a national treasure, to which every citizen is proud. However, despite the fact that samba is a Latin American dance, its rhythm and manner of performance are fundamentally different from all the other more common analogues.
A little history lesson
Around the 16th century, Portuguesethe conquerors brought to the present territory of Brazil a huge number of slaves from Angola and from the Congo. In the intervals between their duties, black people performed their national dances, which were called Batuque, Embolada and Catarete. The first of this list was so popular among the inhabitants of Africa that the European Inquisition officially banned it on its lands. During the dance, the partners touched each other with their navels, and also performed movements in which the body and hips swung.
Directly the origin of the dance "samba"dates back to the 19th century, when the map of South America was more or less formed, and new steps were introduced into the African choreography, which were called "Copacabana." It was thanks to the fact that now it was possible not to touch his partner, but to perform simply energetic steps, the dance became popular with the aristocracy of Brazil. But in those days it still bore the name Zemba Queca, but it was executed almost like a modern samba.
Dance, which has been dancing since the first days
Residents of Brazil are beginning to teach basic steps andThe movements of their children since they just make their first steps. For girls, as local aborigines consider, such training is extremely useful, since it allows you to keep your body in shape all the time. Young representatives of the stronger sex practice their choreographic skills in order to subdue the public, to make an explosive impression on others.
The most interesting is that the Brazilians are happywill teach any tourist to dance to incendiary rhythms and not feel tired. Therefore, going to Brazil, take with you comfortable shoes and clothes and be ready for an endless number of evenings that you will spend learning all the wisdom of this incendiary dance.
World glory of Brazilian traditions
In the first half of the 20th century, Europefinally learns what a samba is. The dance is becoming popular in the UK, France. Since in parallel at this time the cinema is developing, the samba begins to be performed by the actors in the frame. For the first time such a choreographic delivery can be seen in the movie "That Night in Rio de Janeiro".
Seriously the same Europeans began to study thisBrazilian tradition in the mid-fifties, when the British princess Margaret showed interest in samba. At that time, the dance finally migrated to a new continent, where it also received some updated interpretation. For example, the movement of Boto Fogo is still performed in a quarter of the rhythm, but Natural Rolls is already half the stake. Thus, the Brazilian samba dance slowly acquires international standards, and everything goes to the fact that it becomes part of the classics.
Varieties of samba, popular in our time
Today this most famous Brazilian dancealmost all over the world. No dance school or school can do without having to teach every client their Latin choreography movements. In the native land, the samba is performed in a somewhat different way, which is more rapid and customary for the Brazilians, rather than for us and the Europeans. For example, from such a Latin American dance, which is always kept at a rhythm of 2/4 or 4/4, you can form a lambada or macarena. Well, interpretations such as marco or bayonne are most often performed at the New Year's carnival in Rio de Janeiro, and they all have energy and high-speed performance techniques. The classical version of this choreography is characterized by more calm movements and measured steps, which, nevertheless, do not lag behind the pace of music.
Brief characteristics of dance movements
Samba, no matter how different it is, it does nothas always been characterized by certain movements. First of all, it's enough amplitude rocking the hips in time with the music. The very nature of the dance is based on flirting, lightness and a very fast pace, in which you need to manage to move the pelvis. Many believe that such an action is indecent, but if you remove this playful element, then what the viewer sees is ordinary sports dances. Samba, even though it gives the body considerable physical load and trains all muscle groups, must also have its own aura, its secret meaning. Only in this case it will be so incendiary and attractive, as we used to see it in the performance of professionals.
