The international
ballroom version of samba is a lively, rhythmical dance. It differs considerably from the original
samba styles of Brazil; in particular, it differs from
Samba de Gafieira, a partner type of Samba in that country.
Technique
The ballroom samba is a
partner dance
file:Tanzturnier 28.JPG, Ballroom dancers performing the tango.
file:dance-At-Bougival.jpg, upPartner dance, ''Dance at Bougival'' by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883
Partner dances are dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of t ...
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The ballroom samba is danced to music in or time. For dance competitions and examinations, the recommended tempo is 48-56 bars per minute. It uses several different rhythmic patterns in its figures, with cross-rhythms being a common feature. Thus, for three-step patterns, common step values (in beats) are:
When danced certain rhythms from the above, the dance features a bouncing action, with body elevation occurring at the last 1/4beat of the first bar.
[''The Revised Technique of Latin American Dancing'', chapter "Samba", ]ISTD
The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) is an international dance teaching and examination board based in London, England. The registered educational charity, which was established on 25 July 1904 as the ''Imperial Society of Dance T ...
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Latin dances
Ballroom dance
Samba